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#901379 - 17/12/09 03:16 AM orbitals and ball chain
WoodlandApple Offline
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Registered: 01/12/09
Loc: Australia
are ball chain ok to use for air wraps, hyperloops and orbitals?
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#901415 - 17/12/09 01:15 PM Re: orbitals and ball chain [Re: WoodlandApple]
Tide Offline
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Registered: 17/06/09
Loc: Sydney, New South Wales, Austr...
I really wouldn't do orbitals with ball chains due to the shape, but I'm not entirely sure about hyperloops. I might have heard some people do hyperloops with ball chains, but I would advise against any chain-chain contact with ball chains.
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#901417 - 17/12/09 02:26 PM Re: orbitals and ball chain [Re: Tide]
SpinnerofDetroit Offline
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Registered: 25/10/09
Loc: Trenton, MI, USA
I'm pretty sure you need oval link, I think wire would kink, and I think the oval links will kind of grab each other.
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#901423 - 17/12/09 03:08 PM Re: orbitals and ball chain [Re: SpinnerofDetroit]
DaG Offline
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Registered: 21/06/05
Loc: Brisvegas
I started doing orbitals with ball chain.
As every link of ball chain is a swivel you don't need to add handle swivels to them for orbitals and for me they worked great.

I do prefer my oval link chain now tho, it seems I can get more sustain on them, and I know there could be some safety issues with ball chain if you have heavy poi but as far as learning goes, you should be ok
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#901427 - 17/12/09 04:46 PM Re: orbitals and ball chain [Re: DaG]
WoodlandApple Offline
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Registered: 01/12/09
Loc: Australia
thanks everyone, Ive nailed air wraps and hyperloops with my sock poi, still working on orbitals (the width of the sock poi kinda get in the way I find) and was wondering if I could transfer them onto my fire poi, which are ball chain; cathedral heads.

Id much prefer not for it to break and for me to cop a flying fireball of fury to the face.
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#901441 - 17/12/09 08:51 PM Re: orbitals and ball chain [Re: WoodlandApple]
UnscrupulousChavOffersFoot Offline
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Registered: 17/04/02
Loc: Possibly Romania
Ball chain = love

As DaG said, each link is a swivel, so they are happy to just keep going round and round and round.

Thin ball chain is by far my preferred chain to use. smile
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