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Posted: 29th Aug 2005
"I like to firetwirl for fun and profit."

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Posted: 29th Aug 2005
Hey More plz!! all quotes are appreciated greatly i really need them to finish this properly! Thanks guys!

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Posted: 29th Aug 2005
Twirling is a art that statisfies the universal need to dance, and combines the appeal of flames. It lends well whatever background you have in body movemebt - a classical jazz dancer will likely firetwirl in a different, just as beautiful manner than someone with a martial arts background.

twirling is great way to spunks!

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Posted: 29th Aug 2005
The joy, for me, in twirling, goes beyond the flames. It is something that can bridge the gap between seemingly different people.
Properly done it is an exercise in respect, caution, and nature as well as physically and mentally. There are very few portable activities which fit all these criteria. I think that is part of what makes it so appealing and widespread.

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Posted: 30th Aug 2005
For me fire spinning is about enjoying the aquisition of new skills and the developement of them. The warmth (sorry didn't notice the pun till later) of the community is remarkable and creats a deep sense of involvement. Also, you get to spin fire and look hella cool!

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Posted: 30th Aug 2005
Its spiritual. Prehistoric people though that flames were some form of magic, we're continuing that idea only we're controlling the magic.

Its also a fantastic way of meeting people and breaking the ice at parties :P

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Posted: 30th Aug 2005
It's great exercise, for your body and mind. The concentration required for difficult moves has to be maintained for the length of the burn. Also, if you dance and spin, then it exercises every muscle in your body. Plus it looks cool. Plus it smells cool. Plus I'm a pyro at heart.

After much consideration, I find that the view is worth the asphyxiation.
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Posted: 30th Aug 2005
actually i twirl to justify my presence on firetwirling websites as a platform to further my agenda of more llama jokes.



more i say!

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Posted: 30th Aug 2005
I do it because I got bored of not pulling

I think I do it because its the only time I feel comfortable performing to an audience. It may also be because its the only thing I'm half good at.

The existance of flamethrowers says that someone, somewhere, at sometime said "I need to set that thing on fire, but it's too far away."

Posted: 30th Aug 2005
Good point, FRD. I normally hate having everyone watching me, but when I spin, I'm concentrating on the staff, not the crowd. A first for me. (Also the pulling point is good )

After much consideration, I find that the view is worth the asphyxiation.
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Posted: 30th Aug 2005
Thank you all of you! It means a great deal that you people have taken an interest in contributing to my article! Though Im sorry to say not all quotes can be included, though i promise Atleast one from each of you will be. Im limited to a single page to put all my information. But regarldess I say thank you and bring on more quotes as I believe when it comes to opinions there is no such thing as enough! Thanks again and Like i said all will recieve a personal thankyou! This will do brilliantly for my first step into journalism!

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Posted: 1st Sep 2005
As a community based thing, I think spinning is a brilliant 'joiner'. Look at the variety of people that have posted in this thread alone:
We have a student, getting into journalism
we have a few uni students
a professional fire artist
a pre-trade electrician.

Some of the other people about the place include high school teachers, a doctor or two, call centre workers, as seen, plenty of students, geeks, hippies, gippies (not sure how that one works). There are people on here that i've never met, never really directly talked to, probably never will meet, but who's opinions, thoughts and ideas have helped me more than most people i see day-to-day.

It's a massively multinational, multicultural meeting ground, and (possibly) due to the fact it's a fairly minority-sort of thing (not many spinners about the place), its a lovely, close, warm, loving place to hang out.

Spinning, for me, is all about having fun. Sure, i like to show off a bit, but i'm also always offering to teach people how to do it themselves. it can be a slow, relaxing dance in the sun, it can be fire with a drumming circle at night, it can be going nuts with some glowsticks at a rave. There's so many paths to go down, whether you want to be uber technical, ultra smooth, spend more time with them wrapped around you than not, or whether you're one of the crazy deliberate tangle people, and many combinations of the above.

cliche's aside, spinning really is what you want it to be.

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