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Location: Leeds, United Kingdom
I have been asked to spin fire at a roller disco event in Leeds and thought it might be fun.
The only problem is I am not that great at roller skating. I can spin poi whilst walking or moving around but im not sure about skating at the same time.
Has anyone ever roller skated/bladed or ice skated whilst spinning fire before?
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Location: Epsom, Surrey, England
Icon does - there was a video of him in his thread i seem to remember.
We got asked to do half-time (well, inter-third) entertainment for our local ice hockey team once...
I'm assuming they're closing the rink or roping off an area for you - the risk assesment for that otherwise would be insane...
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I've tried once with a staff and it was fine (although I'm pretty sturdy on inline skates)
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I'm assuming they're closing the rink or roping off an area for you - the risk assesment for that otherwise would be insane...
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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.
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Location: Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
I'd think take a pass on the skates unless you skate as easily as you walk, certainly don't assume they expect you to do it on skates just as it's at a rink.
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yeah i've done it...wicked fun! Contact staff is actually surprisingly fun (and easy?) with skates because you can turn in such smooth constant circles...
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Location: Canberra, Australia
Yeha i have done it, and it is great fun.
I have also hula hooped on rollerskates which was also lots of fun.
But I have done a lot of skating playing inline hockey and working up to hopefully doing rollerdurby, so i would say pass on the skates if you are not comfortabele because it will affect how good your poi spinning will look.
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Location: wombling free..., United Kingdom
*runs to skates...peruses which pair to use* next step vert poi (i think staff could be a little dangerous here) 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.
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Location: Philadelphia, PA - USA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoHCksFsaPc
I seem to remember a vert ramp fire staff video being posted a long time ago... Dunno where you would find it though.
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done it on the ice, yup yup
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There are some sweet videos of Ninja Rob on ski's with nunchux and staff...
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