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"Hey! i have to ask you guys and girls a question. I am going to the beach for spring break and have a number of skill toys i want to take with me. (uv poi,diabolo,exc.) So how should i ..."
"i just thought i'd toss this topic up... i've been using home-made fire poi for a while now and i've decided it's time to buy a real pair.. as mine are falling apart and i'm too lazy to..."
"I'm basically a backyard spinner, but we (me and a few friends) have been asked to help promote a community event. The show will be held inside during the day, and fire probably won't ..."
Posted: by Jez
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"In a previous topic malcolm said that the new electroglow equipment have the led's glued in. If this is the case how do you get the modules out to change the batteries?If they are going..."
"My performance grooup and I are looking into shaking up our act, and are looking for colored Zinc Oxide.Anyone have any suggestions?"
"Ive been twirling poi for a few months and really want to start using fire, i was gonna order some off of this site (too lazy to make em), but not sure which ones. I wondered if there a..."
"Hi there.. I've been a lurker on these forums for some time now, and I finaly am going to make my fire poi.. however, I went to lowes, and I'm not sure what I should use for the chains...."
Posted: by SaggyD2034
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"I'm sorry everyone, I am new at this stuff, but i am clueless as to what meteors are, i started poi a month ago, and had glowsticks 2 months before that, but on this site, it doesn't gi..."
"any info on this topic is welcome...i have found myself with my fire toys burning bigger and bigger.. enough to the point people are wanting me to peform.. so far i have don..."
"I've been playing around with a single long poi now 4 almost a year and hav'nt met anyone so far who plays with it 2. It involves lots of complex wrap moves and involves way more movem..."
"I don't *think* I've seen this mentioned here before...Anyhow, one of my fire-friends, who does double-staff, has burned himself more than once by catching a staff right on the bolts th..."
"now that there's a poi moves and staff moves thread folder, how about a misc. toy moves folder also? there people could discuss some of the other fire toys (like fingers, fans, flags, n..."
"I had noticed that in my profile that a spot for your ICQ number is provided. My observation however is that lately many other programs have been getting thier fair share of use. For ex..."
"2 x (standard heavy-load handle, ~ 10cm doubled up medium chain, 4 metres braided absorbent rope (10cm i think)).Just add fire.Nice big sheet of flame, definitely worth doing.Easier to ..."
"Hello everyone!Im fourteen and im quite hooked with fire breathing. I already do fire twirling already. I havent tried fire-breathing yet, so thats why i need anyones help. All the site..."
"I am sure that I have seen kevlar thread avaliable, you know, the type that looks like a roll of cotton you would sew a button on with in the past but...WHERE THE HELL IS IT?I long for ..."
"Aaaarrrggghhh!!!! Please please please (grovel grovel grovel), could someone help me to make some good firestaffs that don't bend?I had a performance last Saturday, got B to make me t..."
"I've been practicing with (non-fire) poi for about 3 months now and i LOVE IT...Hopefully by spring time i'll progress to FIRE! My question is whats the best way to hold the poi? It fe..."
"I have seen some discussion lately about people weighing down their glowsticks because they are too light... I couldn't find much on HOW to do it. Any suggestions on how to make them ..."
"using coleman camping fuel.if i spin the wicks out, how long must i wait before re-dipping them in the fuel bucket? time limit? or what signs do i look for?i tried a lil search.. but co..."
"Ok, i searched the old articles and there has been a fair amount of talk about using photons and photon II's as poi but no one actually stated much about them. If anyone has bought phot..."
"Hey,I'm sure there's probably a more appropriate place for me to post this question, but i'm kinda tired and don't have the energy or patience to search for it, so sorry.Anyway, recentl..."
"hey guys,im having a spot of bother trying to learn how to do snakes with clubs (or in my case swinging/juggling knives). has anyone out there got a video of someone doing a snake?i'd ..."
"Hi! I'm looking for instructions or tutorials about fire ropes, that are very popular this year in France. All over the world, (the Web!) poi or staff seam more appreciated. Could you t..."
"I'm interested in getting into firefingers, but not the kind that you slip over each finger. I'm looking for the kind where you hold on to a "fan" shaped thing with 4 or 5 long pieces ..."
"Let me put the cart way before the horse and ask a few questions about fire meteors (now that I actually own a pair of practice meteors... THANKS CASSI!)Yeah, yeah I've searched both he..."
"Ok, I'm making my first pair of fire poi. I have a few of the materials. I have a 100% cotton towel and the two chains.I am wondering what size eye bolts, washers, and buts I need. I..."
"WOW!!.. Today seem to end in a spectacular way!Apart from spending the day with Kato, C@ntus, Jo derry, Orange, Tempest to name a but a few known faces from HOP. Tempest happened to bri..."
"First off, does anyone remember the tops that are on a string and you thrown them out to start them spinning on the ground? And second, anyone know where I could get info on them? I'm a..."
"WHat's up all?Okay, this is my first post so I'm kind of nervous. I've been coming to this site for a few months now, but (and don't ask me why) I never even though to check out the di..."
"Ok, I have been spinning my streamers for long enough and glowsticks are just to damn light &lbr;weight&rbr; for me; I want some pizazz! I believe the time for fire has come but what t..."
"If anybody is interested, I have available thru my website, an alternative to the Photon Rav'n, which I call the Raven Bomber. It's a little bigger then the Photon, BUT it is the same t..."
"Ok, here is the deal. I have been reading some posts on the board, and looking for tutorials or info pages on getting started with fire poi. However, I haven't really found any basic ..."
"I saw some road flares on the freeway the other day. Are these likely to explode or are they twirlable?------------------!You've just been Skeked!"
"Hello,Im an amateur at this glowstick-twirling stuff (about 1 month) Being up in the great white north, im forced to practice indoors. This is making things very difficult, as i have ve..."
"Wish they came out a year ago... so i wouldn't have ended up spending 400 dollars to make mine... sigh------------------&lbr;&rbr;Dhuong-Vu Truong==== &lbr;&rbr;Dhunky ===="
"Just curious about what books on fire manipulation you lot have come across other than those on this web site.So far I have only come across Fire Eating Manual A MANUAL OF INSTRUCTION b..."
"I'm trying to help out my soon to be Father-in-law. I got him addicted to Glow Poi over the holiday, and I'm trying to find him info on the cheapest places in Tacoma Washington to get ..."
"for those of you who may not know what flagging looks like, here are a few clips of yours truly waving them about. enjoy.http://www.terra-sea.com/dangerboy/fire/vidclips/flag1.avihttp:/..."
"I just got my first fire poi, and am wondering how much wick to wrap.that' it, sorry for the inconvenience"
"i just got the goods to do sparkly poi, but my friend is claiming that steel wool doesnt light under a normal flame, is he right??"
"hey im fairly new to this stuff, i made my own poi using a small guage neon nylon kite string, with key rings on the ends and glowstix(seeing how im not so stupid that i would learn w f..."
"Like most people I like, every know and then, to wrap the tails of my poi round the balls making it easier to practice or easier to use in crowded places etc etc.Well I was spinning the..."
"I just started trying to use different materials for spinnin. I have some chains which have a diameter of about 3/4 inch. I used them and did a handwrap...it *kinda* hurt.Any suggesti..."
"Ok, so I bought some juggling clubs off Malcolm the other day, because I'm not that great a club juggler and I thought the fire might get me into it a bit more...So then, yesterday (fou..."
"How do those people in the pictures section make those hundreds of colored trails w/ glowsticks? Is it just the speed of the camera, or some computer generated mod?------------------ww..."
" Has any one ever boought really cheasy cheap glow sticks and had them change colors. I bought a bunch at this dollar store place for 50. a peice and they were about 6 inches. an odd th..."
"I was just practicing with a few mates in my back garden yesterday, and it was really windy. Problems that arose:1) lighter didn't work2) wicks kept going out3) Throws kept blowing away..."
"I'm not sure if I'm posting this in the correct forum or not, but here it goes...Last night at a club I saw a guy doing what he called a "magic carpet". He was twirling an all white te..."
"I was looking at the pictures and I saw that in one of them someone was swinging what looked like glowsticks of more than one colour(One is on page 18 and the other on page 19)does anyo..."
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