Lou travelled to Penang, Malaysia in 2007 and took these wonderful photos at a Thaipusam (more on ModBlog) festival..

Local boys taking part in the festival.

See more in “Cultural Rituals“ (Culture)

And then came the exciting part!

Suspendee who’s still sporting the same smile he began with - Aegis. Photographs - Jon Madd.

Candace took these beauties at the recent ROP BBQ.

Click through for a shot of Emrys (the founder of ROP) “getting his tranquil on” during a knee suspension..

Here’s another shot from the day of suspensions that Swastika Freakshop organised recently..

Click here for the Okeepa suspension in case you missed it!

See more in ““Superman” Suspension“ (Ritual)

And fight he did!

Photo by iam:cricket.

Tyler sent in this timelapse video of a play piercing session on his friend Allii.

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Not to be outdone by his previous feature on ModBlog, xRonix has sent in these photos from the same eye and ear sewing session..

See more in “Eye sewing“ (Ritual)

The following photos are from the BMXnet convention in July (more).

I almost drifted off (I mean that in the best possible way) when I saw this peaceful shot of Mike just after he settled in to a two point chest suspension..

Aided by Swastika Freakshop.

See more in “Vertical chest suspension“ (Ritual)

Ryan, Kyle, Bryan and Josh (what, no Y in your name?) competing in the underground sport of Pool Pulling.

See more in “Pulling and Trucking“ (Ritual)