Where can I buy a dancing pole in Helsinki?

mryct · Post by **mryct** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 4:25 pm

Hey all,

Just wanna know where I can buy a dancing pole. Not the toy dancing pole... real and safe one.

Thanks a lot!

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mrjimsfc · Post by **mrjimsfc** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 5:08 pm

OK, I'm confused! Do you want the brass pole the strippers (Pole Dancers) use or the hand rail (bar) the ballet dancers use? Both must be specially cut to fit and specially mounted for structural integrity but one is mounted vertically and the other horizontally.

If it is to be used at home, the Talonmies will have to pre-approve the installation.

mryct · Post by **mryct** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 8:36 pm

Sorry didn't state it clearly. What i want is the vertical one. But I think there should be such kind of pole that can adjust the height and can be installed easily by users at home, isn't it?

Hae · Post by **Hae** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 3:58 pm

http://www.platinumstages.com/

you can get any type of pole here. just ask them if they're willing to ship to helsinki. oh, if they do, make sure to tell them to label the shipment as garden decoration pipe, NOT STRIPPER POLE to avoid the import tax.

AldenG · Post by **AldenG** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 5:35 pm

That looks like a good one for several reasons:

It provides balance and stability for your craziest pole tricks. I don't know how crazy your pole tricks are, but it seems like that would be important.
Lighting options provide environment for parties. Not every pole (or every party) can make that claim.
Stripper pole base may be used as a coffee table when pole is removed. Very practical in small Finnish apartments. Plus when importing, you can call it "coffee table with lighting options and inertial stabilizer unit," thus avoiding the Nykänen tax.

mryct · Post by **mryct** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 12:57 pm

Thanks for the info.

Hae · Post by **Hae** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 1:58 pm

AldenG wrote:Plus when importing, you can call it "coffee table with lighting options and inertial stabilizer unit," thus avoiding the Nykänen tax.[/list]

hahahahahaha brilliant!

luckykitty · Post by **luckykitty** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 1:41 pm

Wow geez, i didnt know ppl were expert at importing dance poles, u guys a great

D
I think we have the most knowledgeable forum on the net

... for the kind of questions everyone always wants to ask but has noone to ask it to.
im still wondering how many ppl have a convertible coffee table/pole in their house but sounds like fun

. "Wanna coffee? Or do you wanna just dance?" : P

narcisse · Post by **narcisse** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 3:09 pm

Hello,

I bought my X-Pole (from France) on poledanceheaven dot com (they are based in UK but they deliver everywhere in Europe, so no taxe problem!!!). I paid 200€ shipping included last January.

sinikala · Post by **sinikala** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 5:39 pm

mryct wrote:What i want is the vertical one. But I think there should be such kind of pole that can adjust the height
and can be installed easily by users at home, isn't it?

Thanks for that; I now have a horrid mental image of some gomper / munter writhing around an acro prop.

biscayne · Post by **biscayne** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 4:06 pm

Can't believe women buy this s**t. Years of chaining ourselves to railings so we can dance around poles...............christ almighty

Rick1 · Post by **Rick1** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 4:12 pm

Might be a 'man' too. Always that feministic touch

narcisse_d · Post by **narcisse_d** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 5:08 pm

But this is also a sport not only a dance!!! And for me, there is nothing degrading in this, it depends how you practise it: how you are dressed, where you practise it, the way you use it...

sinikala · Post by **sinikala** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 6:03 pm

narcisse_d wrote:But this is also a sport not only a dance!!! And for me, there is nothing degrading in this, it depends how you practise it: how you are dressed, where you practise it, the way you use it...

Have to agree with Biscayne on this one.

What's next? Women shooting ping-pong balls out of their pooters as an Olympic sport?

ajdias · Post by **ajdias** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 9:39 pm

sinikala wrote:What's next? Women shooting ping-pong balls out of their pooters as an Olympic sport?

Damn those YT captions...

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