Yep thats me up there
Its going on August 24th- 25th in Tinley Park, IL.
Yes, it's the competition I was too chicken shit to enter was going try out for back a few months ago. I decided I didn't fit into any category other than the awesome category and that was not an option.
I am not a beginner but I cant say I am advanced yet either. I am that awkward kid between middle school and highschool all over again. You know...too "cool" to hang out and chill with the middle school kids (beginners) and too young to be accepted by the highschool kids.( super amazing pro's...ahem Cleo the Hurricane)
I cant possibly be the only one in this awkward place in my pole journey.
If I had to guess Alethea Austin and Karol Helms (the only two pros whom I have met in person) MUST have gone through this right?
So I did some research trolling on you tube and hoping for comments back from these two awesome magical beings and sure enough they were not born with their pole super powers. They earned them the old fashioned way through practice,trial and error, Jack Daniels,Bud Light,Tylenol and or a good amount of inner drive and inspiration.
I watched Alethea's oldest videos and found this one.
Then in 2008...
Now 2012 ...
How awesome is her ass that! She is one of my main inspirations to Push Past the pain that comes along with pole.I took a class with her earlier this year and I wish it would have been 2 hours longer she was so great.
Karol had alot more old school videos on her page and she responded to my comment thanking her for not deleting the videos. She said " Its funny to look back and see how terrible I was"..for the love of god..this means that I am not alone!
Then in 2008...
The cat reminds me of one of one of Dirdy Birdy's videos of Minty or Billy getting in the way of the pole. If you didnt know shes the main attraction in Australia and is also a kind caring person and a voice for many animal charities.
Now in 2012..
I cant wont try to change the thumbnail and I think You Tube does that on purpose, who isn't going to click on that last one?
There is hope fellow pole chicks/ dudes.
Karol is a very strong individual who is also a fellow skinny person who sometimes gets shitty ass comments from insecure broads on you tube comments about her weight. Shes hot, thin, has alot of friends that can get their legs spread high enough to kick you in the face.Get over it.
AAAANNNYYHOOOOO.....
Please 3 followers feel free to post comments about your experience so far on your pole journey.
I know exactly what you mean, for ages I was in "pole comp limbo" apparently I was too good to be considered an amateur but at the same time I didn't think it was fair for me to be put in "Professionals" competing against women who are teachers etc and pole for a living.
ReplyDeleteLast year one of the studios in Sydney started a Semi Pro Comp which was aimed at pole dancers that were to good to be amateur but not quite ready to set their sites on entering comps like Miss Pole Dance Australia. Basically anyone could enter as long as they hadn't made the finals for any national level competition. I think there needs to be a few more comps like this. There needs to be a middle ground.
A lot of the comps over here now will class anyone who has won an amateur competition as a professional. I honestly don't see how that works. The last Amateur night that Bobbis had split the comp by levels. Beginners and Intermediate 1 competed against each other, Intermediate 2 and Intermediate 3, and then Prep Advanced and Advanced. So in some comps views if the girl that won the Beginners/Intermediate 1 division entered their comp she'd have to enter as a professional and compete against girls who teach, perform professionally and advanced students. I don't see anyone at that level wanting to put themselves through that.
Anyway that's just my opinion.
Billie
xxx
thanks Billie for your feedback!
Delete