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Posted: 22nd Feb 2002
Pairs of colourful, long, thin, triangular flag strips attached to either staff or poi look grouse house! Zunni poi i fink is the name for it..The flapping sound is really sweet - you are rewarded more if you are a faster twirler!On the downside, having two flags per end for staff *does* create significantly more drag than fire! and it's easier to tangle your poi - especially with moves involving butterflies or gerbils."'Tis but a flesh wound!"-The Black Knight

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Posted: 22nd Feb 2002
Hi Tarn.That must have been preety annoying to deal with. When did you find out?Flags certainly look different to a plain baton, I've got some for my large firestaff and it does make it look better when practicing.It also creates a lot of drag on the staff, so be prepared for a more sluggish feel and responce to what you may be used to.Malcolm (the guy who runs this site) has some nice tails/flags designed for non-fire twirling.Have a look in the Shop at the top of this page...Sorry to hear about the fire getting cancelled ------------------Charles (AKA INFERNO)newdolbel@hotmail.comhttps://juggle.co.nz/fire/fire.html

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Posted: 22nd Feb 2002
Thanks for your comments Bender.Charles - we were advised by the national committe on Wednesday that we had permission to do it, so we thought 'wicked, we can do an amazing routine!' and then today, some woman (I won't mention the words we want to use) from the local area said fire regulations at the venue won't allow it. It would have been better if they just said so from the start - we can understand the regulations thing but why tell us one thing just to tell us another two days later. Aargh!Anyway, enough said. I've seen the baton with the comet tails and that sounds really good so might have to go for that one - will have to catch up with you to see how they work. Will u b there on Mon?Malcolm - UV light fittings has given us another idea - cheers for that.