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Location: South-Eastern Europe
Hidy hoo to you, all! : D
Obviously I'm new, so I wanted to introduce myself and ask for help. My name is Ana and I was always impressed by Art of Poi. But as I live in place where this is not very common to do, I have never had chance to try it 'till few days ago- on my happiness! : ) I was out with friends and met some totally crazy and cool people who do it for quiet a long time and they invited me to join them. I was extremely glad and went to my very first "class". I tried it with stick and found it much harder than chains, so I stuck with them. Now I am looking to buy chains, but in my country you can't find it and shipping them from USA would be too expensive, I think. Yesterday I made improvisation of poi-chains, but I would ask for help... if any of you can give me easy "step-by-step" instuction how to make one, which will be good but still very easy to use as I'm newbie in this whole thing. And as you might notice, English is not my first language and I have small problem with terms about poi (I learnt them all on my own language)... so some pictures of materials would be great!
Also, I am looking forward to make some friends here! : )
Have fun,
~Ana.
P.S. If there's anything you would like to know about me, feel free to ask.
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,276 posts
Location: Oxfordshire/Wiltshire, United Kingdom
Hey!!!
There are instrustions and pictures on here somewhere (i know thats not very helpful of me - sorry!)
Use some socks and put in a tennis/juggling ball or maybe a small bag of rice or lentils... they make uber good poi! xxx
tHeReS gOoD aNd EvIl iN EaCh InDiViDuAl fIrE, iDeNtIfIeS nEeDs AnD fEeDs OuR dEsIrEs.
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
hi ana!
where are you from?
the HoP shop is one of the best places to buy chains from BTW.
-v-
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Location: Cornwall, United Kingdom
Hello and welcome to HoP!!!
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Location: Manchester, England (UK)
welcome here! there are lots of places on the web that teach you how to make poi, try doing a search on google
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Location: Portland Oregon USA
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[psylocibin fingerbobe].
479 posts
Location: London, United Kingdom
Welcome Ana,
Come on in, sit down, make yourself at home
Member
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Location: Jasper, Alberta, Canada
I agree with Vixen (absolutely 
kiss-a-holic's by the way...), sock poi is a great way to start, and I've been able to learn airwraps with them easier than with a chain. The free lessons section on this site is a great place to start for learning the basic moves.I hope you enjoy yourself here, and there seems to be no end to what you can learn here.
...it's safe to say that relationships inspired by the art of poi are not necessarily 'poi'fect...!
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,533 posts
Location: Hampshire College, MA, USA
y0! congratulations, because i anti-hate you!!
tell us about yourself!
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Gromit's Humble Squire
4,496 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Hi Ana!
It looks like you came to the right place to find the rest of the crazy and cool people 
Where are you from?
Incidentally, when I started poi, I didn't really know where to get help from, so I did learnt everything in 'my own language' too. e.g. That twisty-thing-round-on-the-side, or that-twisty-thing-not-like-the-other-twisty-thing, or not-a-twisty-thing...
Ah memories..About equipment, HoP's got a good selection of some really nice stuff, I'd highly recommend getting your first poi set from here. At least that way when you want to start making your own, you know more or less what parts you're after. Either that or borrow someone-you-know's poi and bring it into a hardware store and look for similar parts..
Good luck!
Carpal \'Tunnel
6,942 posts
Location: London, UK
heya
*bounces a bit
welcome
back
*slou?
6,555 posts
Location: Adelaide, Australia
Hey how you going?
welcome to Hop! where are you from?
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