# Miss Pole Dance World 2009 - Felix Cane - WOW **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 10, 2009, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-pole-dance-world-2009-felix-cane-wow/495901 "2009-05-10T01:54:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![smurfslappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@smurfslappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smurfslappa)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-pole-dance-world-2009-felix-cane-wow/495901/1 "2009-05-10T01:54:08Z")
h ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUppVDO-fmQ There’s no nudity but I went ahead and made the link NSFW just in case. There’s a woman on a pole after all. This is quite simply the most amazing performance on a pole I’ve ever seen. This is art, really. Check it out for yourself. She’s a native Aussie, but moved to Las Vegas to with Cirque du Soleil. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-pole-dance-world-2009-felix-cane-wow/495901/2 "2009-05-10T01:59:43Z")
:eek: I’ll be in my bunk. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-pole-dance-world-2009-felix-cane-wow/495901/3 "2009-05-10T01:59:55Z")
As you said, wow. She’s amazing. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-pole-dance-world-2009-felix-cane-wow/495901/4 "2009-05-10T02:31:10Z")
That should be an Olympics event. ---
**Author:** ![smurfslappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@smurfslappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smurfslappa)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-pole-dance-world-2009-felix-cane-wow/495901/5 "2009-05-10T02:41:05Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > That should be an Olympics event. Twelve year old Chinese girls on poles would ruin the whole event for me. ---
**Author:** ![Terraplane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Terraplane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terraplane)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-pole-dance-world-2009-felix-cane-wow/495901/6 "2009-05-10T03:24:48Z")
I don’t have much else to say but that was really impressive. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-pole-dance-world-2009-felix-cane-wow/495901/7 "2009-05-10T03:43:47Z")
In the immortal words of Neo: Whoa (Tempered by the knowledge that with that physical condition, she could snap me in half for sure…) > [@smurfslappa](#): > > Twelve year old Chinese girls on poles would ruin the whole event for me. Damn you, you made me contemplate the notion. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-pole-dance-world-2009-felix-cane-wow/495901/8 "2009-05-10T04:02:48Z")
> [@](#): > > Tempered by the knowledge that with that physical condition, she could snap me in half for sure… If it’s your time, that’s the way to go. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-pole-dance-world-2009-felix-cane-wow/495901/9 "2009-05-10T04:12:54Z")
Beautiful! Astonishing mixture of grace and athleticism. She’s creating moves that I have never seen before, especially the bit at the two minute mark. ---
**Author:** ![smurfslappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@smurfslappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smurfslappa)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-pole-dance-world-2009-felix-cane-wow/495901/10 "2009-05-10T04:18:26Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > Beautiful! Astonishing mixture of grace and athleticism. She’s creating moves that I have never seen before, especially the bit at the two minute mark. It blew my mind, too. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-pole-dance-world-2009-felix-cane-wow/495901/11 "2009-05-10T04:20:00Z")
With her _ankles_? Holy _hell_. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-pole-dance-world-2009-felix-cane-wow/495901/12 "2009-05-10T04:38:09Z")
Moving between two poles in one dance could make a man a mite jealous. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-pole-dance-world-2009-felix-cane-wow/495901/13 "2009-05-10T05:16:13Z")
I’ll be in my room doing a little…er…fuck it…I’ll be in my room masterbating. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-pole-dance-world-2009-felix-cane-wow/495901/14 "2009-05-10T05:36:45Z")
Holy cannoli. :eek: That is some serious athleticism. Considering the grace and power required to do that, pole dancing should find a place as an Olympic sport. But I doubt that it will. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-pole-dance-world-2009-felix-cane-wow/495901/15 "2009-05-10T05:38:40Z")
p.s. Mind you, I am not moved by the sexuality of it - just the athleticism of it. ---
**Author:** ![smurfslappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@smurfslappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smurfslappa)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-pole-dance-world-2009-felix-cane-wow/495901/16 "2009-05-10T05:42:27Z")
> [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](#): > > p.s. Mind you, I am not moved by the sexuality of it - just the athleticism of it. Mmm hmmm… suuuuure… ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-pole-dance-world-2009-felix-cane-wow/495901/17 "2009-05-10T06:08:08Z")
> [@smurfslappa](#): > > Mmm hmmm… suuuuure… In all fairness - sure, this is hot as hell. And, er, I’ll be in my bunk. But that’s truly secondary to the sheer _skill_ on display here. It’s not just that this woman manages to hold herself in position on the pole in ways very, very few people would even be able to _consider_ doing - it’s that she makes it look utterly effortless. There’s no sign of strain or exertion - it’s not until you think about what she’s actually doing that you realize that this really is a level of athleticism that wouldn’t be out of place in a gymnast or a ballerina. ---
**Author:** ![smurfslappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@smurfslappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smurfslappa)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-pole-dance-world-2009-felix-cane-wow/495901/18 "2009-05-10T06:13:18Z")
> [@Mr.Excellent](#): > > In all fairness - sure, this is hot as hell. And, er, I’ll be in my bunk. But that’s truly secondary to the sheer _skill_ on display here. It’s not just that this woman manages to hold herself in position on the pole in ways very, very few people would even be able to _consider_ doing - it’s that she makes it look utterly effortless. There’s no sign of strain or exertion - it’s not until you think about what she’s actually doing that you realize that this really is a level of athleticism that wouldn’t be out of place in a gymnast or a ballerina. Yeah I know, the first time I saw it I thought it was hot as hell, then when I saw her do that ankle thing at about two minutes in I really began to realize how amazing this really is. Also my eyes were bugging out of my head. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-pole-dance-world-2009-felix-cane-wow/495901/19 "2009-05-10T06:18:14Z")
> [@Mr.Excellent](#): > > In all fairness - sure, this is hot as hell. And, er, I’ll be in my bunk. But that’s truly secondary to the sheer _skill_ on display here. It’s not just that this woman manages to hold herself in position on the pole in ways very, very few people would even be able to _consider_ doing - it’s that she makes it look utterly effortless. There’s no sign of strain or exertion - it’s not until you think about what she’s actually doing that you realize that this really is a level of athleticism that wouldn’t be out of place in a gymnast or a ballerina. Very true. This _is_ gymnastics, just using equipment not in the regular set. This is right up there with [Olga Korbut’s 1972 uneven parallel bars routine](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOOmFgBAdIA) in terms of redefining a skill. ---
**Author:** ![smurfslappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@smurfslappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smurfslappa)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-pole-dance-world-2009-felix-cane-wow/495901/20 "2009-05-10T06:41:36Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > Very true. This _is_ gymnastics, just using equipment not in the regular set. This is right up there with [Olga Korbut’s 1972 uneven parallel bars routine](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOOmFgBAdIA) in terms of redefining a skill. Woah… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-pole-dance-world-2009-felix-cane-wow/495901.md?page=2)