Supanova 2011 !!

Hey Verge Nerds,

A few weeks ago, us Verge girls got our Geek on, having a ball shooting the guys & girls of SHWA [aka Southern Hemisphere Wrestling Alliance] at SUPANOVA 2011!!!

Check out their Facebook page - http://www.facebook.com/#!/SHWAwrestling 

What an incredible experience!

This is a world where the words ‘Body Slam’ and ‘Free Hugs’ can be heard in the same sentence…Frequently!

 There was costume after costume of anime fans, comic book fanatics, gamers, movie whizzes, TV buffs &, of course, Wrestlers! Megs (the cheeky geeky) and Beck (Batman’s girlfriend) felt rather underdressed the first day in our relatively conservative Verge Uniforms, so we stepped it up a notch on Sunday (let’s just say there were leather pants involved)…

Of course our highlight was watching the wrestling matches!

AWESOME! We started off meeting the guys & girls from SHWA. They are the friendliest & funniest group of people- You can tell they honestly love what they do. As the convention opened to hordes of costumed Perthians, the Wrestling costumes were donned, and Megs & Beck copped an eyeful of what could only be described as ‘Manflesh’ =D (it’s a hard life being around butts and abs, we tell ya)

By 12pm the crowd surrounding the ring was enormous, ready to see some blood (Joking! ...sort of). The guys came onto the ring yelling and thumping chests (King Kong style) with testosterone & ego on full throttle. Amazing to see the commitment these guys give to their sport (trust us, they took an absolute beating!!). We have to commend the skill involved in this sport as these guys get seriously hurt. Guys leap from the top of the ropes onto their opponent with an almighty sickening smack when they make contact. To walk away from that with just aching  limbs, slap marks, the occasional blood nose & swollen eye, just to do it all again an hour later, then yeah…free hugs all ‘round. On Sunday even one of the girls got in there. Those bikini babes have gumption!

It was great to see the crowd getting into it, especially the kids. Young boys and girls were chanting the wrestlers’ names and cheering - and all couldn’t wait to get “fisticuff photos” with the guys after the matches. Adorable!

We barely put the camera down with the amount of photo ops. In between the matches, some of the guys walked around the pavilion getting Mean-Machine shots with the rest of the costumed public. Lots and lots of photo-bombing (most notably to Batman and the Storm Troopers)!

Big shout out to Amanda for inviting us along and running the show!

And huge thanks to all involved on the day, you made us feel very welcome =D

For more info, or to be notified of their next show, head to http://www.facebook.com/SHWAwrestling

‘Til next time,

The Verge Gals!