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There are many types and brands of pole dance grip. How do you know what works? Simply put: something different works for everyone. Every person is different: how much someone sweats, what your skin type is, how your skin reacts to cold, heat and movement ... Some products dry out the skin, other products just sweat it off. Finding the right grip is often a difficult and costly process! Flexmonkey has the solution. After a year of research * of various brands, a top 3 of best grip products has been rolled out. This is based on the use, effect...

We already knew that pole sport is becoming more and more popular. At every party there are a handful of ladies who agree to have practiced this sport before. The number of participants in the Dutch championships is still growing. And the pole dance studios aren't just found in big cities. More and more often there are gyms in small communities that add a pole sport lesson to the program. Sometimes that grows into a studio of its own. Meraki, open since May 2019, is one of those new pole dance studio that has outgrown the gym and opened its...

What a fantastic weekend it was during the Dutch pole-and-Line Championships 2019 (end of June). Despite the beautiful weather, many sports enthusiasts came to encourage the athletes. The enthusiastic booing was regularly heard in the entrance hall where the Flexmonkey popup store was located. With insane performances and a completely new category of Aerial hope, the public was treated to the ever-increasing level of sportsmen and women. Remarkable was that the amount of double entrees. More than other years there were several athletes who competed in more than one category. Maud Rietbroek, Zara Melis and Nayla Aarts provided both a...

Thanks to the Athlete of the Year award, Maurit's Christmas, Kelly de Vos and Janne Jacobs went home with a cup. Janne was the youngest of the couple to be commended for her commitment to the pole sport. She has given several demo s for dance schools and during festivities in the village where she lives. It wants to highlight the pole sport positively and among as diverse an audience as possible. For example, on request, she has been involved in the day-to-day use of elderly people and has acted as a duo during a live performance of an orchestra!...

You can vote for your favorite pole athlete again! Last year, voting was simple on the principle of 'who gets the most votes'. As feedback on this method it was considered that it looked very much like a popularity contest. Whoever has the most followers on social media would most likely win. While that doesn't say anything about how the athlete has committed to pole sport. This year Paalsport Bond Nederland has therefore adapted the process and besides voting, a committee has also been set up. This committee examines the role of the athlete in the sport. This is how...