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welcome!!!
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Keeper of the Spitfire
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Hi
to HoP
Lets steal a spaceship and head for the sun, and shoot the stars with a lemonade ray gun.
All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
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'ello!
I was always scared with my mother's obsession with the good scissors. It made me wonder if there were evil scissors lurking in the house somewhere.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
**giggles**
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All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
9,831 posts
Location: body in Las Vegas, heart all around the world, USA
yup that's my own tongue
I was always scared with my mother's obsession with the good scissors. It made me wonder if there were evil scissors lurking in the house somewhere.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
**giggles**
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Cheers!
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Hello, and welcome to HoP!
My state of mind is not yours to define!
There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
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Hi Poi Girl, you sound just like me, I've only been learning since xmas and learnt all I know from "The Art of Poi" - the free video I got when I bought my pois off HOP.
AAARRRGGGHHH!!! My giant stick broke!!! In two!!! My stick broke in two!!! 
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Super Gidg!!!!
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Gidg bounces in on her pogo stick ... boing ... boing ... boing ...
Welcome to HoP PoiGirl!
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is NOT.
Proud member of the HoP DPS.
Sanity is a highly overrated state of mind.
I'm normal ... it's everyone else that's crazy.
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playing the days away
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Location: The Middle lands, United Kingdom
Hello Poi Girl!!
Glad you're enjoying learning so much, it's just the best isn't it!! And you kow what, I don't think it's actually possible to stop learning poi you can just go on forever like a Mach truck 
Let's relight this forum 
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You can see my avatar, I can't, nor can I see anyone else's; Don't suppose you know why?
You say your friend can do BTB five beat weave after only three months!? That's incredible I only just finally mastered the reverse five beat weave today but no way could I even do a two beat weave BTB.
AAARRRGGGHHH!!! My giant stick broke!!! In two!!! My stick broke in two!!!
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Poi-tato
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Location: Iceberg 319, Canada
hola poi girl hows life in the states
It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potato's.
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Location: In Melbourne at the moment, Australia
Hi Poigirl, how goes?...... Nice of ya joining the family..... make yaself at home...
i did hehe
also watching the world go by!!!!
Trick ferret on the making hehe!!!!
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Location: Out, United Kingdom
Yeah I got into fire as soon as poss. I saw a bloke poi-ing it large with fire on a beach in the summer and thought it looked fun so I went home made some tennis ball and string pois and practised with those. 4 months later at xmas I got my fire pois and gallon of paraffin...so I lit up. Have you lit up yet, you should, it's awsome
My favourite move would have to be a tie between the 5 beat weave (cos I could do it for hours just watching a continous stream of pois going in front of me) and my between the legs moves (cos it makes the crowd go oooooooh
). What about you? AAARRRGGGHHH!!! My giant stick broke!!! In two!!! My stick broke in two!!!
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P.S. Check out the photos in my gallery.
AAARRRGGGHHH!!! My giant stick broke!!! In two!!! My stick broke in two!!!
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playing the days away
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Location: The Middle lands, United Kingdom
ball chain is best by far. Cable is worst by far.
If you can get stainles steel ball chain it's better than plated (chrome, zinc etc) and will last lots lots longer
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Thanx Custom Bug, that's just what I wanted to hear.
I'm ordering right this very instant a pair of #13 chains. playing the days away
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Location: The Middle lands, United Kingdom
sweet
enjoy!
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Location: USA
I sure will!
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I concur with bug, ball chain is the way to go. And also with the stainless steel ones, I don't have them and mine started going rusty after I left them outside for one night (and it hadn't even rained!).Also, make sure you practice with the heavier of your pois, cos I did loads of prctice with my comets and then when I did a show the my fire pois they felt really weird and I spooned most of my moves. So practice with the heavier ones cos the light weight ones are easier to get used to after using a heavier pair.
AAARRRGGGHHH!!! My giant stick broke!!! In two!!! My stick broke in two!!!
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I agree, use stainless steel ball-chains; mine aren't SSteel and they started to rust after only one night outside (and it didn't even rain!).Also, mike sure you practice with the heavier of your pois cos they're hard to get used to after using light weight ones, but light weight are easy to use even after only ever using heavy ones. I learnt the hard way and burnt quite a lot of my own hair off while putting on a fire show after having not even picked up my fire opis for a while
AAARRRGGGHHH!!! My giant stick broke!!! In two!!! My stick broke in two!!!
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Location: USA
Heehee, thanks for the tips. I have been weighting my tennis balls down with washers, and they feel basically normal now. In fact, I used my LEDs the other night and they were SO light that I didn't have to work at all! It was a really cool feeling - too bad it can't happen all the time.
I'm going to make a crappy pair of chains to get me through 'til my good ones arrive and if they are strong enough (I'm going to give them some serious testing) a friend and I may light up tonight...ooooooh.
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