Huge meteor thread, anyone?

Danke! i don't speak much German but i'll probably be able to make my way around through the site.

Brass Monkey, I tried your butterfly/neckwrap... nearly took myself out the first time but now I've got it downpat. It's AWESOME!

I'm pretty new to Meteors, but recently got some fire ones from here. love them. Been doing meteors and poi for about 6 months now, and staff for about a year. but something i was wondering.... has anyone ever seen a pair of Meteor Poi with MORE than 2 Wicks? I.E. 4....

yeah, i guessed that already, which is y i'm starting weight training, so i don't pull anything when i make them...

I'll post pic's as soon as i make them.

i only started meteor a few weeks ago, so its realy giving me some hasles. iv been doing poi and staff for about 5 years, but i didnt even know about meteor untill about 2-3 years ago, and i dont know anyone wot does meteor, so its taken me till now to figure out how they work, and how to make them. iv got 9 mm cotton rope, with gulf ball monkey fists. so if anyone recons i should change it, let me know.

I do some meteors but I try to do it with my spotter only. I tend to stick to triditional fire meteors rather than kevlar wicked ones. (triditionaly fire meteors are just two bowls filled with fule teathered together with rope or chain.)
Because of this I'd rather not take the risk of putting others in danger just in case I do accually happen to mess up.

I've been doing meteor for exactly a week and 2 days! I've done a bit of poi before and just like everyone has said... it doesn't help.
But I'm getting better at meteor I nailed a HUGE butterly throw on sunday! I was with my friends and I said "Ok I've never pulled off a throw before but I'm gonna give it a go."
I threw it from a two handed butterfly it went HIGH it came down and I brought it into a one handed butterfly.
It made my day, it really did.

I am new to Meteors. I made my own from two strings and two marbles. could someone post some tips on getting started? I'm clueless...

I just got my meteors a while ago, and I think I'm getting the hang of them - a bit different to poi, but I'd love to learn more wraps or throws. Right now I'm either doing really basic stuff, or just flailing, enjoying it and hoping I don't end up strangled or bashed up.

Anyways, if there are any meteor twirlers in the Melbourne area, I'd love to hear from you

Hi!
I´m new here and I´m looking for Meteor inspiration. I learned Meteors in China and now I´m looking for different types of tricks and stuff to do..
Any more good videos anywhere?

Hi lindalinda...

It's always nice to meet a new meteorist (they call us crazy, but we'll show them! Mwahahahaha! Haha! Ha.).

For good videos, there are a few gems on youtube. After a minute or so of near-random searching (and half an hour of watching) I found this playlist, some awesome stuff on there.

Where abouts in China did you learn? Were the lessons circus-based or martial arts-based?

Hi! Thank you, I´ll check it out soon
I was in Beijing and the class was circus/acro based, I´m also circus based

where did all the meteor people go?
I need more inspiration help me!!!

Well, look at poi and staff moves and see what you can use from there. I am sure new stuff will come up at some stage....

thanks, I guess thats a good idea.
I havent done so much poi and I´m very stuck on the trad. chinese style of meteors. Trying to find new ways..

If you are looking for something new to try out with meteors, there's a series of youtube videos with Chris Bailey (Rovo) demonstrating several concepts he's developed with double meteors. Double meteor is sick fun! He brings in a lot of inspiration from different toys that goes beyond traditional Chinese meteor.

If I can find the link again, I'll tag in in here.


the videos are from Rovo's workshop at FireDrums 09. They were posted up on this person's channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/donteatgrandma

Pretty interesting videos - does anyone have the video of the guy doing contact meteor? I think it was set under a road bridge.

@ jarle" The guy was Dmenza from Paris - amazing person - here is the link
http://www.homeofpoi.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/856288/Re_contact_Meteor_D_menza_Bir_.html


@ squid: Thx for the link - truly inspiring. Unfortunately I missed his double workshop and fortunately someone had a camera :))

Ah, thanks for that Analemma. Now I have many more distractions from my exam study! Yay!