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6 posts
Location: poulsbo, wa, usa
6 posts
Location: poulsbo, wa, usa
Posted:
well hello there! im new and thus, an introduction!!!
so im chavid. my real name is david but everyone calls me chavid, boring story so i won't tell it.
i just started poi a couple days ago. i saw someone at a medieval faire last weekend doing it and it was the last little thing that pushed me towards trying it.
i dont have any real poi. i have no money for that. so i put some socks in ziplock bags and tied shoe strings to them, there I go.
i seem to be picking it up quickly. i can already do a butterfly, alternate butterfly, over the head butterfly, and i can KINDA do a weave. although, im still having trouble doing alternate rotations, so my weave is kinda bad.
hopefully i will get some real poi soon. that will be a nice thing.
well hello there! im new and thus, an introduction!!!
so im chavid. my real name is david but everyone calls me chavid, boring story so i won't tell it.
i just started poi a couple days ago. i saw someone at a medieval faire last weekend doing it and it was the last little thing that pushed me towards trying it.
i dont have any real poi. i have no money for that. so i put some socks in ziplock bags and tied shoe strings to them, there I go.
i seem to be picking it up quickly. i can already do a butterfly, alternate butterfly, over the head butterfly, and i can KINDA do a weave. although, im still having trouble doing alternate rotations, so my weave is kinda bad.
hopefully i will get some real poi soon. that will be a nice thing.
-chavid-
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newbie
36 posts
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
newbie
36 posts
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
Posted:
Hi!
Yay for more pacific nw people!
Best thing you can do for cheap poi is pick up a couple tennis balls (free if you're quick at a tennis court
) and stuff them down into the longest pair of socks you own.
Do you have a yard?
Hi!
Yay for more pacific nw people!
Best thing you can do for cheap poi is pick up a couple tennis balls (free if you're quick at a tennis court
) and stuff them down into the longest pair of socks you own.Do you have a yard?
Anything worth taking seriously is worth making fun of.
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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
All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
9,831 posts
Location: body in Las Vegas, heart all around the world, USA
Posted:
'ello!
'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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Super Gidg!!!!
8,506 posts
Location: Portland Oregon USA
Super Gidg!!!!
8,506 posts
Location: Portland Oregon USA
Posted:
Wow, we are coming out of the woodwork!!!
Welcome to HoP Chavid! I'm going to have to pull out my map to find out where Poulsbo is.
Jesse - you're going to find that yard yet, aren't you?
Wow, we are coming out of the woodwork!!!
Welcome to HoP Chavid! I'm going to have to pull out my map to find out where Poulsbo is.
Jesse - you're going to find that yard yet, aren't you?
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.
Gidg
stranger
6 posts
Location: poulsbo, wa, usa
6 posts
Location: poulsbo, wa, usa
Posted:
lol, yes i have yard. i'm almost afriad to ask why, but why?
lol, poulsbo isn't too hard to find. take the bainbridge ferry from seattle and drive striaght untill you get to poulsbo!
lol, yes i have yard. i'm almost afriad to ask why, but why?
lol, poulsbo isn't too hard to find. take the bainbridge ferry from seattle and drive striaght untill you get to poulsbo!
-chavid-
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Mistress of Pink...Multicoloured
6,140 posts
Location: Over There, United Kingdom
Mistress of Pink...Multicoloured
6,140 posts
Location: Over There, United Kingdom
Posted:
And from those directions i am lost. But then again i live in the UK and don't even know directions how to get from my flat to work. (ok i lie..i know how to get to work, but thats about it.!)
Welcome anyway
And from those directions i am lost. But then again i live in the UK and don't even know directions how to get from my flat to work. (ok i lie..i know how to get to work, but thats about it.!)
Welcome anyway
Never pick up a duck in a dungeon...
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newbie
36 posts
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
newbie
36 posts
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
Posted:
Damn skippy I'm going to find a yard
Reason I asked is 'cause of the new fire regulations in Seattle, we're restricted to private property for fire spinning. So I've been trying to collect a list of yards I could possibly exploit
Damn skippy I'm going to find a yard
Reason I asked is 'cause of the new fire regulations in Seattle, we're restricted to private property for fire spinning. So I've been trying to collect a list of yards I could possibly exploit
Anything worth taking seriously is worth making fun of.
stranger
6 posts
Location: poulsbo, wa, usa
6 posts
Location: poulsbo, wa, usa
Posted:
dude, it would be awesome if you could come to my yard and do it. but you would have to teach me some stuff too. for i am a lowly beginner and no not much of the poi skills. lol. yeah, my yard is up for it some time as long as you show me stuff and don't do any damage
dude, it would be awesome if you could come to my yard and do it. but you would have to teach me some stuff too. for i am a lowly beginner and no not much of the poi skills. lol. yeah, my yard is up for it some time as long as you show me stuff and don't do any damage
-chavid-
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*.. If ya can't be Good, Be Good at it..*
147 posts
Location: In Melbourne at the moment, Australia
*.. If ya can't be Good, Be Good at it..*
147 posts
Location: In Melbourne at the moment, Australia
Posted:
I have a huge yard.... but im ages away... soz
nothing's better then getting the weave... hehe
I have a huge yard.... but im ages away... soz
nothing's better then getting the weave... hehe
watching the world go by!!!!
Trick ferret on the making hehe!!!!
Everybodyknows me as (TriX)
BRONZE Member
newbie
36 posts
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
newbie
36 posts
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
Posted:
Well, there's a few of us (read as two or three couples) who get together most Saturdays in Volunteer Park. I'm sure if you were to show up we could probably teach you something. And perhaps arrange yard visits
Things are going to be a bit crazy this month with a couple weddings and people going out of town, but they should settle back down in early July.
Well, there's a few of us (read as two or three couples) who get together most Saturdays in Volunteer Park. I'm sure if you were to show up we could probably teach you something. And perhaps arrange yard visits
Things are going to be a bit crazy this month with a couple weddings and people going out of town, but they should settle back down in early July.
Anything worth taking seriously is worth making fun of.
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member
25 posts
Location: South Africa, Gauteng/Canada Ont.
member
25 posts
Location: South Africa, Gauteng/Canada Ont.
Posted:
Howzit Chavid!
Keep spinning man! I first started poi with some tennis balls and chain from a hardware store (dirt cheap). Drilled holes through the tennis balls and attached them to the chains with wire. Only thing is you need a decent finger loop of some kind - chain doesn't work - learnt that the hard way!
Do you have a small circus in your town? A lot of circuses around RSA use poi and so when I first started I actually managed to get some pointers off circus people
Keep it up!
Howzit Chavid!
Keep spinning man! I first started poi with some tennis balls and chain from a hardware store (dirt cheap). Drilled holes through the tennis balls and attached them to the chains with wire. Only thing is you need a decent finger loop of some kind - chain doesn't work - learnt that the hard way!
Do you have a small circus in your town? A lot of circuses around RSA use poi and so when I first started I actually managed to get some pointers off circus people
Keep it up!
Drie rooibok ramme spring oor drie bolle dooring draad!
stranger
6 posts
Location: poulsbo, wa, usa
6 posts
Location: poulsbo, wa, usa
Posted:
jesse, where exactly is volunteer park? im assuming in seattle but like what part? that would be fun to come and see.
stevils, it dont think there are any small circuses around here. there might be some in seattle but i wouldn't know. that would be a cool thing though
jesse, where exactly is volunteer park? im assuming in seattle but like what part? that would be fun to come and see.
stevils, it dont think there are any small circuses around here. there might be some in seattle but i wouldn't know. that would be a cool thing though
-chavid-
BRONZE Member
newbie
36 posts
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
newbie
36 posts
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
Posted:
It's on Captial Hill. Go up broadway and take a right on Prospect. You can't miss it.
Things are really crazy this month though, so I don't think anybody will be up there until July.
There's TONS of circus/fire people in and around Seattle. Give me a bit and I'll see if I can dig up some links for ya.
It's on Captial Hill. Go up broadway and take a right on Prospect. You can't miss it.
Things are really crazy this month though, so I don't think anybody will be up there until July.
There's TONS of circus/fire people in and around Seattle. Give me a bit and I'll see if I can dig up some links for ya.
Anything worth taking seriously is worth making fun of.
BRONZE Member
newbie
36 posts
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
newbie
36 posts
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
Posted:
Pyrosutra
The Cabiri
Cirque de Flambé
Circus Contraption
That's all I could come up with off the top of my head. I'm sure there's more out there if you want to look.
Pyrosutra
The Cabiri
Cirque de Flambé
Circus Contraption
That's all I could come up with off the top of my head. I'm sure there's more out there if you want to look.
Anything worth taking seriously is worth making fun of.
stranger
6 posts
Location: poulsbo, wa, usa
6 posts
Location: poulsbo, wa, usa
Posted:
nah, i don't really wanna look. but thanks though, i really like that pyrosutra, i think that i have seen it before. good stuff.
so i'll IM you some time this week and we can try to figure out when all that stuff is going on!
nah, i don't really wanna look. but thanks though, i really like that pyrosutra, i think that i have seen it before. good stuff.
so i'll IM you some time this week and we can try to figure out when all that stuff is going on!
-chavid-
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