"Poi Documentary" Need Pictures/Videos from "Poi Wounds"

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glass:

fantastic vid-s!!
thanxs a lot ..and i hope we can enjoy soon that poi flag one

josh

the beginning of Poi ?!! a good Qustion !
Bauer Franz (Linz/Austria)was 1994 in NZ in Nelson and there the people try to create somthing new...they put a string on the Club´s and with the time the Club get shorter and the string longer finaly they found the way back to the traditional Poi.
I was Rock Climbing and traveling in Thailand 1990-1991-1992-1993-1994.In 1995 crossing Malaysia & Indonesia.1996 Thailand Laos Cambodia Vietnam.No"Fireactivitis" BUT April 1997 I came back to Thailand for Rockclimbing(Rai Ley Beach) there I saw 20 people plying firepoi&staff most of them rockclimbers.
TEX was the first thai rockclimber and firetwirrler and he is married to an english girl(conected to the world)and he was doing Fireshows and selling "Firechains"
My first poilesson I got from a swedish rocklimbing girl.
Francoa from Paris double staff & Climber
a teacher from switzerland Poi & Climber
and I remember some people from Slowakia.and more...
In India 2000 I got the first time the word "Poi" and that it comes from NZ - Nelson
2001 I met "Robert Heart" in Thailand (Koh Phangan) he gave me no lessons because I am to old.cool what!!!
Lucky me. I went to the next beach where "Tim West"(Auckland -NZ) was teaching.
Maybe the best poiplayer of that time (& doublestaff-contactjuggling-juggling....)he was travelling around the world...Burning Man..Ibiza..UK..India..Thailand...?/Tim West is the Best/
well well well
POI is going around the world
I am shure there are many other people and storys about the beginning.
tell us your story !
10 year´s Poi.The Evolution is incredible.sometimes I can`t believe what is going on and where will it end!
E N D L E S S
cheers Thai Tom

mmm very interesting TT!

In Oz I can clearly remember fire spinning / UV twirling at parties in the early to mid 90s when I was still at uni. I've heard of fire performance (fire twirling, juggling and breathing) crews from Adelaide in the early 90s - next time I bump into one of the guys I'll ask him what he knows of the early local history. See if I can track it back some more.

I'm sure its all going to lead back to Robert Heart at confest or something .

I'd love to hear about the early Burning Man fire twirling crews...there surely must be a lot of folklore there.

Nice work on the vids Glass. :applause:

Hey well, Max (Duvan) just passed through Brisbane on his world exploration, to shoot some footage at Uberoz3. What a nice man! If he asks if he can come stay/work with you, I suggest you say yes!
Happy travels Max and I really look forward to seeing the doco when its done and the Uberfootage when it arrives of course too.
Cheers
Gabe

hey max, good to have you in brisbane
hope you can use the riverfire footage....maybe a segue somehow
don't remember what happened to it, but back around 2000 there was a set of poi that got sent around the world....from city to city for twirlers to use
bec and elke from phoenix fire tribe had it in brisbane....they might know where it came from or went....
a nice early example of the now ubiquitous poi community....
-sam

Hi Max,

you go to South America?

I just dropped Max off at the Airport leaving New Zealand and heading back to Australia. Such a nice man, would also recommend him to all single women as excellent husband material. Jesse thinks he is the coolest.

Is Max coming to Common Ground?

Round here that counts as a Stirling silver reference for your dating CV.

I can add:
He makes grown women cum, just by looking at them.

I know glowstringing was popular in the 80's rave scene.

He comes to Brazil?

hi guys,

sorry, took me some time to post something!

@glass: thanks for the videos! nice stuff, especially the granny hehe

@ossian: I'd love to go to Brazil but I got no time/money to go there. Thanks for your info though about your spinning scene, was very interesting!

@malcolm: thanks for the kind words hehe

@all: I will hopefully update you about what's going on in a week or two, it is an amazing trip and I got so many nice things to tell. so see you soon

Hi guys,

I am looking for pictures or videos from "Poi Wounds".
Did you ever burn yourself badly or did you hit yourself
with beaming poi so many times that your leg turned blue?

I would like to show some of these in the documentary.
I wouldn't mention your name when showing the picture
or video (unless you want me to) but I would definitely
put your name in the "special thanks" credits

Yes, I am aware of the fact that you have a lot
of things to do but I would be very glad if you
could spare a minute to help me with my project
- it would help me making a nice film
so if you have any videos or pictures that you
want to share please contact me at the following
address: duvan[at]gmx[dot]de

keep spinning!
max

/edit: I have a little surprise waiting for those
who participate in my beg for help ;))

hey max,

i heard you will soon live in berlin..

there, i know a "poi wound master", i have a litte vid of it but on dv- cassette ..if not next burn is coming- sure

also, another frined of mine in heidelberg got a collection of nice poi wounds pictures

see you

josh

yeah, cool, very nice, Thank you thank you thank you, josh
I will contact you as soon as I am "up there"!

Hey I dreamed you were sitting on some steps at a friendly house last night!
Happy travels and happy settling in Berlin!
Gabe

Interestingly - I was talking to one of my old skool fire twirling friends, who told me he first saw firetwirling at Confest in '87, and was involved in fire performance in Adelaide soon after. Even more interestingly, the fire twirling he saw at Confest was CONTACT style, slow and body roll-y. Certainly wasn't Robert Heart style.

lol so it seems likely round about the time when confest first appeared in Oz that someone present wasn't wearing no pants.
I believe Felix Pyrotechnique (FNQ) had involvement with fire at confest in the earlier days.

I've never met Mr Heart so I can't really comment on that...