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newbie
35 posts
Location: NSW, Australia
newbie
35 posts
Location: NSW, Australia
Posted:
Hey all!
I started poi about a year and a half ago and love it! I'm at uni in Wagga Wagga, Aus so me and a couple guys starts a fire twirling club as there is NOTHING out here! I'm from Sydney though. I have done a tiny amount of staff and I've been practicing with a friends rope/fire dart. Poi is my thing but, I love it!
At the moment I'm stuck though. I've found I have these moments when I realise how the poi move and how some of the moves I know all fit together but I'm still can't change the speeds of my poi and I can't make them to completely different things...but I'm working on it!
Hey all!
I started poi about a year and a half ago and love it! I'm at uni in Wagga Wagga, Aus so me and a couple guys starts a fire twirling club as there is NOTHING out here! I'm from Sydney though. I have done a tiny amount of staff and I've been practicing with a friends rope/fire dart. Poi is my thing but, I love it!
At the moment I'm stuck though. I've found I have these moments when I realise how the poi move and how some of the moves I know all fit together but I'm still can't change the speeds of my poi and I can't make them to completely different things...but I'm working on it!
Familiar stranger giving out popcorn. (formerly Ascilith)
1,264 posts
Location: Lawrence, KS
1,264 posts
Location: Lawrence, KS
Posted:
welcome to HoP!
Making them do different things will come with time
Feel free to fill out the survey.
Popcorn?
welcome to HoP!
Making them do different things will come with time
Feel free to fill out the survey.Popcorn?
Never take candy from strangers...... But popcorn is okay!
SILVER Member
Unofficial Chairperson of Squirrel Defense League
4,061 posts
Location: South Africa
Unofficial Chairperson of Squirrel Defense League
4,061 posts
Location: South Africa
Posted:
Welcome!
Avoid the squirrels. Like the plague.
Welcome!
Avoid the squirrels. Like the plague.
'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
BRONZE Member
Cooler than bubblegum!
2,501 posts
Location: Dallas, Texas, USA
Cooler than bubblegum!
2,501 posts
Location: Dallas, Texas, USA
Posted:
I knew I missed one! Welcome to HoP! Since you have already been given refreshments and the squirrel warning, the only thing left is, feel free to burn things.
I knew I missed one! Welcome to HoP! Since you have already been given refreshments and the squirrel warning, the only thing left is, feel free to burn things.
The popcorn extends life... The popcorn expands consciousness...
SILVER Member
newbie
35 posts
Location: NSW, Australia
newbie
35 posts
Location: NSW, Australia
Posted:
Name: Sam
Location: Wagga Wagga, Aus.
Hometown: Sydney, Aus.
Birthday (sign?): Taurus
Age: 23
Sex: M
Occupation(s): Student
Favorite Food(s): Indian...anything indian
Favorite Color(s): Yellow
What is the wing speed of an unladen swallow? 150bpm
Toys: Poi
Hobbies other than the obvious: Taekwondo. Ultimate Frisbee
Education: BAS, BA (TV Production)
Favorite Book(s): WoT
Favorite Movie(s): Juno
Godzilla vs. a Star Wars Star Destroyer. Who wins? Why? Star Wars Star Destroyer - Let's be honest, Godzilla can get owned by guns if they are big enough.
Favorite TV show(s): Weeds, Dr Who, Skins, dbz (I'm not proud of that one)
Plans for life in general: Haven't found one yet
Favorite Music Artists/Composers: Foo Fighters
Do you think these pants make my butt look too big? Nuh they're fine, don't worry about it.
Favorie ice cream flavor(s): Mint Choc Chip
Marmite, Vegemite, or Nutella?* Vegemite. That's a given!
p.s. We don't have Squirrels in Aus. We do have a lot of possums but.
Name: Sam
Location: Wagga Wagga, Aus.
Hometown: Sydney, Aus.
Birthday (sign?): Taurus
Age: 23
Sex: M
Occupation(s): Student
Favorite Food(s): Indian...anything indian
Favorite Color(s): Yellow
What is the wing speed of an unladen swallow? 150bpm
Toys: Poi
Hobbies other than the obvious: Taekwondo. Ultimate Frisbee
Education: BAS, BA (TV Production)
Favorite Book(s): WoT
Favorite Movie(s): Juno
Godzilla vs. a Star Wars Star Destroyer. Who wins? Why? Star Wars Star Destroyer - Let's be honest, Godzilla can get owned by guns if they are big enough.
Favorite TV show(s): Weeds, Dr Who, Skins, dbz (I'm not proud of that one)
Plans for life in general: Haven't found one yet
Favorite Music Artists/Composers: Foo Fighters
Do you think these pants make my butt look too big? Nuh they're fine, don't worry about it.
Favorie ice cream flavor(s): Mint Choc Chip
Marmite, Vegemite, or Nutella?* Vegemite. That's a given!
p.s. We don't have Squirrels in Aus. We do have a lot of possums but.
BRONZE Member
Cooler than bubblegum!
2,501 posts
Location: Dallas, Texas, USA
Cooler than bubblegum!
2,501 posts
Location: Dallas, Texas, USA
Posted:
And they are evil just like the squirrels!
And they are evil just like the squirrels!
The popcorn extends life... The popcorn expands consciousness...
Familiar stranger giving out popcorn. (formerly Ascilith)
1,264 posts
Location: Lawrence, KS
1,264 posts
Location: Lawrence, KS
Posted:
NO!! False! Godzilla always wins!
NO!! False! Godzilla always wins!
Never take candy from strangers...... But popcorn is okay!
GOLD Member
The Hendricks Experience
41 posts
Location: Texas, USA
The Hendricks Experience
41 posts
Location: Texas, USA
Posted:
but why? why must godzilla always win??
but why? why must godzilla always win??
"it is something to be able to paint a picture, or to carve a statue, and so to make a few objects beautiful; but it is far more glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere and medium through which we look," thoreau
stranger by the day
924 posts
Location: At the Back of the North Wind
924 posts
Location: At the Back of the North Wind
Posted:
Because it's fun to destroy tokyo with star destroyer debris every once in a while
... I wanna play Psychonauts again...
Also, hello there! I come in pieces. Enjoy your stay
Because it's fun to destroy tokyo with star destroyer debris every once in a while
... I wanna play Psychonauts again...
Also, hello there! I come in pieces. Enjoy your stay
Just a dancer in the dark
SILVER Member
newbie
35 posts
Location: NSW, Australia
newbie
35 posts
Location: NSW, Australia
Posted:
I want Godzilla to win as well but I can't live in that fantasy land...I must live in the reality...fantasyland...thing.
I want Godzilla to win as well but I can't live in that fantasy land...I must live in the reality...fantasyland...thing.
SILVER Member
journeyman
50 posts
Location: Wellington, New Zealand
journeyman
50 posts
Location: Wellington, New Zealand
Posted:
hey! wagga wagga, is that in vic?? i use to live in vic and thought that town sounded hillarious always wanted to live there just so i could say 'i live in wagga wagga'
hey! wagga wagga, is that in vic?? i use to live in vic and thought that town sounded hillarious always wanted to live there just so i could say 'i live in wagga wagga'
Snish
SILVER Member
newbie
35 posts
Location: NSW, Australia
newbie
35 posts
Location: NSW, Australia
Posted:
Just in NSW! Close though, some people call cases, slabs and there is way too much AFL around.
Until I moved here for uni, I didn't have a clue where it was either and thought it was a ridiculous name!
Just in NSW! Close though, some people call cases, slabs and there is way too much AFL around.
Until I moved here for uni, I didn't have a clue where it was either and thought it was a ridiculous name!
SILVER Member
journeyman
50 posts
Location: Wellington, New Zealand
journeyman
50 posts
Location: Wellington, New Zealand
Posted:
ha! yea i lived in little rural towns around vic and god dam, afl is like a religion! glad i never got sucked in heh.
so.. if your from sydney may i ask why did you move to the middle of nowhere? i can imagine in sydney you would be able to study pretty much anything there?
its cause you liked the name isn't it? lol
ha! yea i lived in little rural towns around vic and god dam, afl is like a religion! glad i never got sucked in heh.
so.. if your from sydney may i ask why did you move to the middle of nowhere? i can imagine in sydney you would be able to study pretty much anything there?
its cause you liked the name isn't it? lol
Snish
Familiar stranger giving out popcorn. (formerly Ascilith)
1,264 posts
Location: Lawrence, KS
1,264 posts
Location: Lawrence, KS
Posted:
hey now, godzilla could win! Come on, lazer breath AND fire breath?
hey now, godzilla could win! Come on, lazer breath AND fire breath?
Never take candy from strangers...... But popcorn is okay!
SILVER Member
newbie
35 posts
Location: NSW, Australia
newbie
35 posts
Location: NSW, Australia
Posted:
lol I do like the name BUT the reason I moved was solely for my course, I do TV Production don't at wagga and is one of the only the places to it (There's a big difference between TV and Film courses)...plus I love living at uni which I couldn't afford to do in Syd! Its amazing down here!
...Lazer breath and fire breath vs. Lazers...not to mention star destroyers have a force field and Darth Vader would have tactics on how to deal with giant lizards down to a T.
lol I do like the name BUT the reason I moved was solely for my course, I do TV Production don't at wagga and is one of the only the places to it (There's a big difference between TV and Film courses)...plus I love living at uni which I couldn't afford to do in Syd! Its amazing down here!
...Lazer breath and fire breath vs. Lazers...not to mention star destroyers have a force field and Darth Vader would have tactics on how to deal with giant lizards down to a T.
SILVER Member
Unofficial Chairperson of Squirrel Defense League
4,061 posts
Location: South Africa
Unofficial Chairperson of Squirrel Defense League
4,061 posts
Location: South Africa
Posted:
The power of a giant indestructible lizard is insignificant compared to the power of the Force.
The power of a giant indestructible lizard is insignificant compared to the power of the Force.
'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
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