Friday fun: Trackshittaz at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012

The Eurovision Song Contest is held this year for the 57th time. The final will be held tomorrow in Baku, Azerbaijan. Trackshittaz represented Austria in the semifinals with their song Woki Mit Deim Popo (translates into shake your bottom). They didn't make it to the final, which might not surprise anyone, and this video is not worth watching even for the "pole dancing" (Ok, you can catch an invert or two if you watch closely) but the UV costumes on the dancers are fun. Watch when they turn off the lights at 1:57.

You can also read and discuss this post at http://poleranking.com/threads/friday-fun-trackshittaz-at-the-eurovision-song-contest-2012.333/#post-850

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Friday Fun: More animals pole dancing

These keep coming up, here's the best of the rest:

And how about this human... sorry, feline flag?

You can also read and discuss this post at http://poleranking.com/threads/friday-fun-animals-pole-dancing.111/

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Friday fun: More Pole Dancing Comics

Last Friday I shared some pole dancing comics that didn't draw on the strip club history of pole dancing. Here are some of the funniest that do:

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Friday Fun: Pole Dancing Comics

You know pole dancing has gone mainstream when comics on the subject are no longer necessarily strip club related...

Have a great weekend!!

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Friday fun: Pole Dancing is Prohibited

In Taiwan, pole dancing must be a real problem. The sign says "pole dancing is prohibited".

This sign on Swedish trains tries to warn you about the doors closing quickly. But it's not just me who sees a pole dancer instead. Making pictographs is no easy task!

This Chinese sign apparently doesn't actually prohibit pole dancing. I don't know what is forbidden here.

This sign might be fictive but at least it's clear.

Sometimes 10 words say more than one picture

Have a nice weekend and remember to flash your skills only where's it is appropriate!

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Friday fun: Pole dancing fails Top10 video

This post shouldn't really be labeled Friday fun at all. This post should be called "Yes, there is a difference between those cheap stripper poles and real pole dancing poles. Watch the video and find out what it is."

What next, aerial hoop on a hula hoop? Curtains used as aerial silks?

...Although I could sympathise with number four. Happens to the best of us. That's why there's no ceiling lamp in my living room.

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Friday fun: Pole dancing gifs

Could this be the most popular pole dancing gif? Jenyne Butterfly's signature move: The Iguana Walk.

Inverted crusifix drop

Some body waves

            

And last, my favourite one...

Yup, that's Oona K. for you. Have a great weekend!

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Friday fun: Pole dancing robots

Last year Tobit Software had two real, human dancers at their stand at CeBIT. After becoming more acquainted with the world's biggest high-tech fair's visitor profile they decided to hire pole dancing robots instead. These girls don't come cheap though, it apparently costs $40 000 to hire them for an event. Don't expect any tricks or even climbing, I guess metal to metal doesn't provide enough grip. There is one thing these babies can do that Jenyne Butterfly can't: They can keep an eye on the visitors while strutting their stuff, as they apparently have cameras for heads... Handy, but still a tad expensive. If you're not short on cash, contact Giles Walker and never pole alone again.

Tobit Software's stand at CeBIT 2012 featured pole dancing robots.

Giles Walker's promotional video

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The Pole Dancing Bunny wishes you a Happy Easter!

It's Easter! Four days OFF, nothing to do but pole dance! Follow the white rabbit! 

Hauskaa pääsiäistä!

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Friday fun: Animals pole dancing

No explanations needed. Enjoy the pictures.

Yeah, that looks more like Mallakhamb to me.

                                   

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Friday fun: Mallakhamb

Mallakhamb is and an Indian sport, basically pole gymnastics on a vertical, wooden pole. It looks super impressive and videos of Mallakhamb players, as the are called, have been circulated at offices for some Friday fun. For pole dancers, however, Mallakhamb is more than viral videos. There are a lot of moves that pole dancers have picked up from either Mallakhamb or Chinese Pole. In the video below, you can see what pole dancers would call cupidos, ayshas and crusifixes. But take a look at what the first player does at 0:40. A shoulder mount, but instead of climbing up the pole he pushes his legs through and back down. Or how about that back flip straight into brass monkey at 1:40?

Eat this, Anastasia Shukhtorova.

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Friday fun: Pole bruise map

When I went for my first pole dancing lesson ever this picture was taped to the wall in Pole4Fit's hallway. I studied it waiting for the lesson to start, thinking it was just a joke. Well, the funniest jokes always pertain to real life, don't they? After the first lesson I was already sporting bruises on my inner calves and foot arches. Since then I've had almost all the bruises in the map and many more. I think the only one I haven't had is one on my forehead, but I did have an imposing bump and bruise on my chin for weeks after a brass monkey gone wrong.

Pole burn, "the mark of recognition" on my wrist will probably never heal, but to me that's more beautiful and tells more about me as a person than any tattoo ever could.
(OK, basically it just tells that I hold on to the pole too tight in certain advanced spins...)

I'm sorry that I can't give credit to whoever originally draw this map. If you happen to read this: Thank you!

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Friday fun: Shit Pole Dancers Say

It's Friday. Pole dancers around the world are thinking about going out, but decide against it and stay indoors to work on that scorpio / handspring / death lay. At least a lucky few have a friend to practice with, preferably someone with an unlimited stash of Mighty Grip. Jenyne Butterfly and Steven Retchless have each other. It's Shit Pole Dancers Say: "I didn't fall, I graced the ground", "I don't like that move, it's ugly" and ultimately "Do you wanna go watch YouTube?"

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