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"Welcome to HoP's social forum!The social forum is the place for chat and forms a large part of our open and friendly community. After all we can't just talk about poi and staff spinning..."
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"Hi, ALL! I started teaching myself staff in high school, around 5 years ago and have now progressed into Dragon Staff - LOVING IT! After a couple of days practice my forearms are start..."
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"I've got a dilemma. I recently moved into a new rental unit (a basement suite below my landlords), and whereas my previous landlord was okay with me spinning fire on the property, this ..."
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"Hello fellow poi-ers!I recently had a thought about getting more bodily tone from regularly spinning poi. As standard, a set of cathedral wick fire poi weigh in about about 350-400g (pe..."
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"Hi there. Someone just told me about using magnets to make a regular belly dancing sword into a temporary fire sword. You use strong magnets to hold the wick to the sword then go about ..."
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"Hey fellow Flow Artists,Here is an essay I wrote last year about the benefits of the Flow Arts. Feel free to leave any thoughts, experiences, ect. that you have.The Physical and Psychol..."
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"Hey guys. Just want to pass on my V4's to someone looking to get into poi or wants this model on the cheap. I'm selling them on eBay at the link below. http://www.ebay.com/itm/152243338..."
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"I've been spinning with contact poi for a while and feel I finally deserve some decent LED poi but don't know which ones to get. Either pod poi or Emazing's new Epoi would have been my ..."
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"So we've been using lamp as fuel put have noticed we're having bodily allergic reactions to it. It's nothing serious but my chin starts to break out in zits after about 15mins and my hu..."
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"Hey everyone, so I've been spinning poi for about 4 years and am looking to get into performing. I want something other than just spinning going for me, and want to combine it with nor..."
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"Hi All, I just want to ask if someone ever tried using medical cannabis? I have read many articles suggesting highly concentrated cannabis oil can be effective and alternative meds for ..."
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"Is it ok to use a eucalyptus based lamp oil to spin, i know anything citranilla is wrong but i was wondering abut this"
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"As christmas is coming, We're going to organize a small dance party. Then we need a special Disco Ball lamp, it must have brilliant lights and Multi stage modes. Can someone give me a a..."
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"So I'm wanting to tour the US hitting up as many cities that are big on fire spinning as I have time for, where should I go? What are the best places for it? What do and don't you like ..."
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"Well, this topic has been bandied about a bit lately, but it's a bit different for me. See, I'm a doctor, so a career change is not really much of an option.So at age 31, I have comple..."
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"this hasn't happened to me *yet* while it's on fire. but while practicing with the fire poi, i got nailed in the eye. and i collapsed on the floor because it was so painful.has this hap..."
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"Hi there my name is Rozy. I am fairly new to poi but I think I'm in love. It would be great to meet with some local folks and share ideas. I also had a chance to spin fire this past w..."
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"I have been asked to teach poi spinning at a new dance studio and the owner is requesting that I have instructor insurance. I am having a very hard time finding coverage even if I expla..."
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"Just had a quick question not sure if this is common. I'm fairly new to poi I've been spinning a little under two months. I've realized when I do close contact tricks such as spiral wra..."
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"I am part looking for a suitable alternative to fire fans for inside performance. I have yet to come across an LED version. Does anyone have any recommendations for giving unlit fans a ..."
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"I assume parks are out. What kind of places are usually good to go light up without legal issues getting in the way? I want to hang out with some friends and maybe burn for them in a co..."
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"I have recently received a few cases of feedbacks on pod poi not turning on or intermittently turning on from my students (I am running a small poi academy). Rather than send back to Ho..."
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"Someone who performs on the street is a street performer. Someone who does parlor tricks is called a magician. Someone who is ordained is called a Reverend, or Minister.Is there an offi..."
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"Hello everyone,I was wondering if anyone had any experience using any of the following methods to remove excess fuel from fire poi and what your experience of using any of them are? i.e..."
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"Hi there,my Name is Nikolaj and im about to travel to Australia for 1 Year or More. Im a Poi Spinner for 3 1/2 Years now and i also do Contact Juggling for 1 and a Half year.Im interes..."
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"hey guys I am planning to travel to Italy for this years EJC. it will be my first holiday in ten years and my first time traveling abroad ! I have sorted flights in to venice and entry..."
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"So, I'm performing for the first time this summer, and I'm picking up some underpinnings for my costumes.So I have a question for the ladies who perform.. What do you wear? It's virtual..."
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"Hi Community,first post here :) Anyways, I was wondering what kind of methods you use practice, I bet there are many tricks out there. I have tried and put a round aerobie frisbee on th..."
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"Hello there, i live in northern new jersey close to manhattan, i have not met people in jersey who spin props, and there are no spinning communities around here that i have found, so i ..."
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"Wondering if there are any other spinners in Greece right now. I am currently living in a very remote place, so no chance to meet anyone.Peace xIrini"
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"In a week or two, I get to stop wearing the stupid medical boot that's been stopping me from dancing and spinning. I'm excited about that, but I need to be sure to not re-injure myself...."
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"You know in the older days, it used to be all about the Aussies doing their thing, the Europeans being all geeky, and the Americans going faster with less control. Things have certainly..."
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" Where do you go to spin? A park? A friends house? Certain festivals and if so which festivals are open to having spinners? Are there any places you would suggest not to go and spin? (..."
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"I'm working a fire show in Nassau, Bahamas on New Years and trying to figure out if white gas (camp fuel) is available for purchase? Or if there's a safe way I can bring it via plane? I..."
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"Just curious, how do you guys view glowstringing?couple questions to focus/start off the discussion:Is glowstringing and poi one and the same or different? If it's different then how d..."
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"I've got a question you might be able to help with- I'm asking here because I got chewed out and freaked on over at Dubai Tripadvisor. (Some of the regular posters there tend to get qui..."
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"Hello Everyone,It is a struggle to find others who fire twirl regularly. There are no workshops or centres which others can meet. There are no classes for children or adults. We are rar..."
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"Anyone on for meeting up and doing some poi.It seems a non existent pastime these days....Cheers,Merlyn"
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