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Location: Bournemouth
seen them on firetoys.com ....................Any good?
was hibernating through winter.....oh and summer i spose...ok im just lazy
Sweet talented nutter
2,615 posts
Location: Brisbane Oz, Australia
Yeah they aint to bad but apart from traditional skipping there isn't too much more you do with them .
Why don't you e-mail Bec or Moonpixie about them .
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29 posts
Location: London, England
They work well when combined with other equipment such as unicycles or balls. Hard though.
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Location: usa, Dallas, Tx
They work pretty good. I recomend finding out how tight the weave on the rope is first. It usualy is luck of the draw trying to find good tightly weaved kevlar rope. You can do just about anything I have seen with a normal jump rope and normal rope for that matter. It is a serious toy that can get wrapped around your legs and feet not to mention your hands can get burned if you aren't careful how you fuel it. It is possible to do some contact or wrap work but be weary. I also know people who get two people working from each end and use it for accent work giving it a osithiscope, or however it is spelled, like a stereo screen output. Which honestly looks really kewl.
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45 posts
Location: halifax uk
has anyone tried double dutch yet ?
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2,676 posts
Location: The countryside, Australia
I had a go of the single person one the other week, they are quite dangerous, but really exciting at the same time. All I can do with skipping is forward and criss cross
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195 posts
Location: Southern California, USA
I reeeeeeally want one of thsoe. I skip rope while on my unicyle and that would just make it at least 15 times more exciting.
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enthusiast
382 posts
Location: In Ger Land, India
When I was at a festival last year we where doing fire in a circle, and then a man would get out one of these ropes and do laps around the edge and everyone loved it and it did look great.
I would say get one
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water based
5,125 posts
Location: melbourne, Australia
miss egyptology - we need videos
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195 posts
Location: Southern California, USA
there's a bit of me jumproping in this one, it's adrillf and I messing around, with some of kael in there too, and then our first go with fire poi by the three of us. www.increasingentropy.com/video/UtahHOP.wmv
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ohm mani padme hum
134 posts
Location: Worcester, MA, USA
instead of buying one, which is ridiculously expensive, i wold buy some 1/2" kevlar rope and make you're own. pretty easy o make handles that have a swivel connection of some sort, and it will be heck of a lot cheaper than buying one...
water based
5,125 posts
Location: melbourne, Australia
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makin one now
"you know there are no trophys for doing silly things in real life yeah pete?" said ant "you wont get a 'listened to ride of the valkyries all the way to vietnam' trophy"
*proud owner of the very cute fire_spinning_angel, birgit and neon shaolin*
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Location: They seek him here, they seek him there...
we have a home made one in our equipment bag... dont go near it tho.. the flames are huge, and i dont skip....
you dont just have to skip with it... certain poi moves can be done with impressive effects
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ohm mani padme hum
134 posts
Location: Worcester, MA, USA
does anyone have any video with one actually on fire? and doing skipping along with moves other than skipping? because i would be interestd to see some of the other moves, as well as to see how it looks lit..
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Location: Ft. Myers, Florida, USA
yeah that might make a cool video too
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6 posts
Location: USA
there are a few people that are doing that here now for some time, they are hip hop girls that screw around with regular sash ropes soaked in colmon stove fluid in the back streets of miami, so far i havent seen any intelegent progress in that field here.
mostly they seem to be trying to get the attention of the top gangbanger by being dangerious, they dont seem to have an artistic intent.
26 posts
Location: Melbourne
Dont try regular cotton rope as half the time it is'nt 100% cotton. Had a couple of nutts trying it with SHELITE of all things and a pair of rubber gloves (heat resistant). First time it burnt through and wrapped around one of them, the second time it happened again but avoided the wrap (you think that they would learn!)
I've been toying with the idea of inserting a steel cable inside a cotton rope or kevlar rope to make it structurally sound and leave a gap at the end of the rope to the handle or cover the last 1/2 ft to stop the handles (ie my hands) burning too much.
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Location: Geelong!, Australia
I would love to try out a fireskipping rope, seeing as its the only thing I'm good at.
Pete, if you have made one, I wanna use it!!! ...please
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the henna lady
6,193 posts
Location: WNY, USA
I've had mine for a few years. Made it myself. Just make sure that you crimp the metal on the ends really well, so the rope doesn't come loose. Also remember to make it longer than a normal jump rope to give you slack and to help slow it down a bit because the additional weight can make them go fast which means the fire doesn't show as well.
Google Cirque Du Flambe. They've been using them for near a decade and do all the major circus style jumping with layers of people, ropes, acrobatics and such.
There are tonnes you can do with a jump rope. It is just like everything else...only boring if you do not push for something more.
Pele
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old hand
896 posts
Location: Manchester England
I had a portion of my ponytail stolen by one, they are so fun and can be a good thing to have for a little spinning break,
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Location: UK, Essex
they must be brilliant to photograph..... well the once anyway. a mahousive circle of fire.... hmmmmm i supose if you cant skip you shouldnt relaly use one!!!
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