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Posted: 30th Jul 2007
My video thread contains two staff vids which both have throws in them. You can find it [Old link]

Hope it helps

By the way, i recently started poi after a year of consistent staffwork and I've found it a bit cumbersome to learn too, so it's not just you However after persisting with poi I'm finding it easier, and I am certain that most poi spinners have gotten where they are today through persistence.

Keep on spinning

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Owner of burningoftheclavey
Owned by Lost83spy

Posted: 30th Jul 2007
Those firefans are WICKED. Are the difficult to take one!?

Posted: 30th Jul 2007
Okay, so if you spin it -not twirl-...it blows out flame!? crazy. Um....how hot DOES the aluminum get? I'm going to make a staff tonight or tomorrow....and I need to know what type of material to make the grip out of.

Posted: 30th Jul 2007
If you roll the staff between your hands without 'spinning off' your wicks prior to lighting, it creates a fire pillar-like effect. You can get very toasty from that and it's a nice show-starter, but something you'd want to work up to once you're confident with fire first

There are plenty of staff creation FAQ's on HoP which can be found by utilising the 'search' function.

I use tennis grip for my staves and secured by tennis grip tape.

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Owner of burningoftheclavey
Owned by Lost83spy

Posted: 30th Jul 2007
Yeah I'm finding these FAQs...super useful. I'm really confident in fire...I"ve been spinning poi for a while (on fire)...and my technique just is NOT working...I guess I like spinning that big ol' stick more :P. Is there any other place besides HOP that has good faqs on tricks? I mean...I can spin staffs around my neck, down my leg...etc...but is there any other sources out there that I may be able to pick up stuff (besides asking about it here)? I'm really excited about making a firestaff tomorrow.

Posted: 31st Jul 2007
if you want to see some staff throws check out the staff juggling thread there is a great video with all staff juggles
note: seb is just as good live as in the vid

A couple of balls short of a full cascade... or maybe a few cards short of a deck... we'll see how this all fans out.

Posted: 31st Jul 2007
Great site for tricks is https://mcp.tepookatoys.com/index.php

O.B.E.S.E.

Owned by Mynci!

Posted: 4th Aug 2007
eightbit
im glad your enjoying the staff therfe are far to many poi players in the world already
i have been training with staffs for about five years and incorporate loads of throws and hightspeed twirling alongside staff juggling and running about like a nutter,its all great fun,
i love watching contact staff but im not so keen on practising it,
here are links to some of my videos online

https://www.jugglinginferno.com/video.asp

https://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7449477139138366739

https://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7449477139138366739

as mynci says check out the staff juggling thread,there is a great video loads of advice and some of the most skilled staff jugglers in the world regualrly posting ideas and advise,
try and hunt down rubberheart videos also anything by imakakode,bentstix and entheogen,bastl,meast and the anntti (rubber heart)
if you really like high speed stuff you can watch this link
https://www.firestaff-tutorials.co.uk/
((and i will love you forever beacause im pretty solitary speed freak on this forum))

good luck which ever path you choose and remeber to follow you own style as much as possible..
tim