Pole Play Corner: Crystal Lai

This week’s athlete Biography is extremely interesting, I’m very excited to introduce Crystal Lai.

This Dynamic 29 year old, has a degree in Chemistry and has just started as a campus director for an after school math program for high performing children.

Crystal has been pole dancing for over 8 years and she has also been an active teacher/instructor at Tantra Fitness in Vancouver, BC, Canada for 7 years. When she is not on tour this is the studio she calls home.

Having discovered pole dancing 8 years ago gives Crystal an interesting story for how she came to consider a pole class. Looking for a new way to stay active in University she tried others sports and dance, never really being too interested in any.

On her 19^th birthday celebration she was taken to a strip bar and was instantly hooked on the art of pole dancing. She started searching for pole dancing classes and luckily came across Tantra Fitness. Tammy Morris left an unforgettable performance at Brandi’s and she signed up the next day and has been pole dancing ever since.

Crystal does not have any prior gymnastic, dance or yoga background and really is a true inspiration to girls that are new to the sport. Tammy Morris was un-doubtable her very first pole inspiration. Jenyne Butterfly is another one of her pole idols.

Crystal makes sure she introduces variation in her performances and loves to look for new moves to perform, however she really loves to perform her jade split. Other favourite moves are the Iron-X and Tik Tok. Her 2014 goals are to focus on crazy flips and drops.