Riot Hooping & Aerial Dance

Follow the endless spirals of Savannah, Georgia hoop dancer and aerialist, Riot, me! You can find photos, video, and blurbs about my life as an entertainer.

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I’ve been wanting to do a comparison for a while.  The photo on the left was taken before I ever started lifting weights or performing aerial (the costume was for The Rocky Horror Picture Show).  

The photo in the middle was probably a year or so later; at this point, I had been performing a bit, but was not yet weight lifting (tummy is tighter, arms and shoulders a little larger).  

The photo on the right is from December 2012; performing and lifting for several years (can’t see them, but I have visible abs at this point, bicep, shoulders, lats, and traps have gained a lot of mass).  The tattoo artist that did my sleeve always poked fun at me because my arms were so scrawny.  He joked if I ever started bulking up, the pirates would be fucked. 

The pirates are now fucked.

I’ve been wanting to do a comparison for a while. The photo on the left was taken before I ever started lifting weights or performing aerial (the costume was for The Rocky Horror Picture Show).

The photo in the middle was probably a year or so later; at this point, I had been performing a bit, but was not yet weight lifting (tummy is tighter, arms and shoulders a little larger).

The photo on the right is from December 2012; performing and lifting for several years (can’t see them, but I have visible abs at this point, bicep, shoulders, lats, and traps have gained a lot of mass). The tattoo artist that did my sleeve always poked fun at me because my arms were so scrawny. He joked if I ever started bulking up, the pirates would be fucked.

The pirates are now fucked.

Lulz, yes!  I’ve heard some of these before.

You can tell where the straps took my skin as a memento.

You can tell where the straps took my skin as a memento.

From a photo shoot with Holly Leung over the summer.

From a photo shoot with Holly Leung over the summer.

They’re not pretty, but I’m getting there with the arm-breakers.
And the unicorn ear placement is just amazing.  It makes the famous fancy prance unicorn leggings epic.

They’re not pretty, but I’m getting there with the arm-breakers.

And the unicorn ear placement is just amazing.  It makes the famous fancy prance unicorn leggings epic.

Notice how I’m not washing the massive pile if dishes.

Notice how I’m not washing the massive pile if dishes.