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Sorry, also

 

will the competation be using stretch or tricot (non stretch) fabric?

 

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Hey Symone

 

The preliminaries that are happening Sept 8th, are they looking for a full act or is it just a skill set demonstration?  Also if you go by video audition are you obligated to perform the routine use in the video

 

thank you 

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Look up “arm breaker” the trapeze/straps move, it’s very similar but needs less strength to hold on pole

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英文老師

 

English teacher living in Taiwan, 

An actual certified teacher, not joe blow with a degree in basket weaving working in a cram school.  I work at a public government elementary. 

 

And part time aerial arts teacher/performer (I train with crazy chinese acrobatics 🙂

 

 

 

 

 

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out of all the rigs listed, by far the one at trapeze rigging is the best, easy to set up, quick and very safe

 

I"ve bought 2 rigs from trevor, he's great to work with

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Personally I cant say I support stripping,  I truly think it's a very demeaning job for any woman to do, especially when you have DJ's narrating in the background with comments like "look at that bitch swing"

however that does not mean people have the right to throw out nasty comments like "strippers deserve what they get" many times there are life circumstances that force girls into the trade unwillingly.  yes, there are many girls who take it up for the money/fame/whatever.  I may not respect their life choice, but never would i disrespect the individual or wish them harm.  That accident could have happened to any pole performer, or aerialists for that matter.  

belittleing the women for what she does will do nothing but to stroke your own inflated sense of personal morality,

my prayers are with her, and I hope one day she can find a job where she is respected for her talent, not just here D cup.  

 

and sorry for all the spelling mistakes, for some reason the spell checker was not working for me

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I do have a 38' and love the thing to pieces, unfortunately it's back home in Canada right now. It's a one piece and I couldn't bring it on the plane.  

I personally find knee holds much easier on the 38, as I can jam it right up in my knee pit and it tends to stay there.

the only move I have had trouble learning on it was the death lay, there just isn't enough surface area to hold on to.

On a side note I have a friend whose family builds industrial equipment, he said he might be able to build me a 38 pole, but with a rubber cover like Chinese poles, kinda the best of both worlds.  

well see if it pans out

 

Anyways, I do recommend the 38 for people with small hands, but if you intend to compete I suggest sticking to the 45 so it's not a big jump come competition time. 

 

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I had a an xpole origional, and the same thing happened to me as well.  I never could figure out a way to get it off, once it's jammed, it pretty much jammed. 

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Just on a side not for those of you looking into the brass poles in canada, Aradia fitness purchases it's poles from action poles, and just resells them to you at a higher price, just go directly through action poles and you save on the middle man costs. 

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girl I live it taiwan, do you have any idea how expensove it is to call America? that would be my food budget for the week  https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_eek.gif

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so what is the ETA on the one piece (one month, 2 etc…)

and also on the mulit piece? 

also, i've been trying to get ahold of you guys for a shipping quote, and i havn't had any respone,

how much do you normally charge for international shipping?

 

thanks 

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"Right now, just a mutli-piece but if we get enough demand for the multi-piece brass then it will be available sooner."

 

Hugh???

did you mean to say it will only be available in the single piece, but if there's enought demand for it the brass will be available in the multi piece? 

I'm confused. 

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is that going to be a multi piece brass or the single that only fits in one ceiling size? 

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I would very much be interested in the 38 multi peice brass, is there any chance this will be out within the next month or so?

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also note that the brass xpole uses is not the same type of brass used by well……. every other brass pole company, it's sllllliiiippppery, I bought the x pole brass and hate it, it's not grippy like normal brass at all.  I actually just sold it and am buying a true brass pole.  if you want a 38' try action poles, they dont spin, but their pretty much the only company in NA that makes 38'. note on the website it says 1.5, but it is actualy a 38' 

 

cheers

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thank you ladies for all the good replies

 

To be honest I'm not overly worried about the students I taught on a regular basis, if anyone else starts teaching my "advanced" group will contact me to let me know, and ask questions about the instructor. they all fall in the friend categories, and we were pretty close knit.

but there were several other girls that came less regularly, and those are the ones' I'm worried about, and the new students that just don't know better. 

and I agree there are different level of pole classes, however from experience I've found that YouTube has a tendency to bite you in the a** on that one.  Girls watch videos and and want to try what they see.  I"ve had to step in a few times and tell certain individuals they are not ready for this or that trick.  but at the very least when the time came that they were ready I had the know how to teach it properly.  girls in a "no trick" class tend to get restless after a run of lessons, where they have achieved the objectives of the floor work and want to go further.  Then what happens? the inexperienced instructor either has to tell them they don't know how to teach those moves and loose a customer, or attempt to teach a trick they don't even know how to do themselves, and that is where it gets dangerous.  

I explained to the lady in the email that it was a good goal to be able to become a pole instructor, but to be a good instructor she needed to seek out training first.  unfortunately we live rather far from the nearest pole school, she would be required to travel for professional coaching, which is unfortunate for all of us, but that's what comes with living on an island.  

englann86 you talk about the pole community getting wind of something like that and starting drama, well there is no pole community here, there was the girls I taught and that was it.  and I do have to agree with lizzyliz on the fact that if an instructor i was under was replaced by someone that knew less then me I would be very upset at both wasting my money and at being taught incorrectly. 

It's a tough call….

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http://nimblearts.org/dvdsforsale/

 

more instructional videos, for fabric

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Hey girl

 

I've owned 3 xpoles and have had nothing but problems with all 3 of them

the gold finish stripped off of my titanium pole, and the x joints got stuck to the point they can no longer come out

my chrome was the old style screw one, the base plate got stuck and would not come off, and the chrome started to flake off in certain parts

I bought the next x pole brass thinking they had finally done something right, and it was a huge mistake. their "brass" is extremely slippery to the point there was no point in paying extra for it, it's no better then the titanium gold.

 

I do however highly recomend action brass poles, they are portable and take less then 2  min to go up or down

 

cheers

 

not a company I will buy from again. 

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I did a google search and came up with no results for tight grip II, Not even on the company's website.  Are you sure it's not a knock off brand?

 

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I"ve tired a bunch of grip aids, and generally have found most work well for the body, but not the hands as sweat tends to come right through (itac is espedially bad for that) a solution I have found, (and yes it sounds rather dumb) is that your hands are sweating because they are hot, so have a bucket of ice water available, when your hands get overheated and start to get wet dip them in the ice water for about a min, whipe them off and your good to go.  sounds simple, but if your hands arn't hot, their not going to sweat.

 

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ya, go through the brassworks email

brass fittings are their main business, even thougth personally their poles are the best i've ever danced on, not bad for a company that only does pole work on the side.  

 

I have nothing but good to say about the company, great customer service and excellent product (though their dome piece on the top could be a bit bigger for stability)

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I totally just spelled country wrong, 

6 years of university education folks, 6 years

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they offered to exchange it, good on NZ

 

when I contacted xpole us to confront them about the pole being true brass they threatened me with legal action, (you can read it in the first letter I posted) funny how different countrie branches treat customers differently.

 

 

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alright, here is the second response xpole sent me when asked about the metal mix:

 

 

Below is direct from the product designer and managing director of X-Pole International:

 

"Brass is an Alloy – there is no such thing as ‘Pure’ brass. Brass is a combination mixture of Copper and Zinc. The proportions of zinc and copper can be varied to create a range of brasses with varying properties.

The higher the copper content the softer the brass – and so that is prone to bending and damage. We use a 70:30% ratio (Copper/Zinc) which gives good longitudinal strength together with good damage resistance."

If we made the entire pole brass including the dome and the base then the cost would significantly increase and since brass is not as hard as steel it would be able to withstand less ceiling to floor pressure.

 

Our goal is to make the X-Pert to be the strongest, sturdiest, and safest professional pressure mounted pole on the market.

In addition, the main reason people wanted the brass is for the grip. As the dancers are not "gripping" either the dome or the base during their routines we decided strength and cost were more important to the design.

Also, whereas one piece lined brass pole are on the market, it is much more difficult from a production standpoint to make a multiple piece portable pole that is lined (weight,cost etc.). By using a proper ratio of Copper & Zinc and thorough product testing we determined we could make a really strong, safe portable brass pole that received great reviews.

 

Sorry I wasn't able to read the whole Studio Veena thread, but I did come across some good reviews on the brass as well."

 

The part about having the dome and base made of titiumun I understand compleatly, it's a lot cheaper for the buyer and your not dancing on the base/dome so whatever, that was never an issue for me.  but i'm still kinda dissapointed with the brass mix, by making it more durable they sacfriced on grip, which is generally why people buy brass in the first place.  they didn't lie about it being brass, but I still feel jaded that's it's not the type of brass the buyer expects from a pro brass pole.   that's my two cents, I know some people like the new model, but after useing a "true brass" pole there's really no comparison.  

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hun, your better off going with action pole, I only paid $400 for mine with $80 shipping, compared to bobby or pussycat that charge something like $900AD for the pole alone.  Their brass is true brass, and has a steel core for strenght.