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Location: Birmingham
Seems that an introduction is a must so here goes - took up spinning 2 weeks ago at a festival whilst waiting for the right wind to kite buggy - had a go on fire poi doing the weave after a few hours and am now hooked!?
Don't know anyone else who spins, but from all these postings you all seem to know each other - hopefully someone will say hello to a newbie?!..................................
1 + 1 = 3
3,540 posts
Location: Bristol UK
I will.
Hello!!
Welcome to HoP.
You'll find we're all a nice friendly bunch.
But we're also nosey too... Tell us more!!
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,276 posts
Location: Oxfordshire/Wiltshire, United Kingdom
Hey!!!
What festival were you at?
Do you like kissing?
Vix xxx
tHeReS gOoD aNd EvIl iN EaCh InDiViDuAl fIrE, iDeNtIfIeS nEeDs AnD fEeDs OuR dEsIrEs.
fluffy mess
197 posts
Location: Brighton, United Kingdom
Hello and welcomt to HOP!
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,384 posts
Location: mancunian, United Kingdom
hey and welcome!
you went onto firepoi straightaway? thats a bit crazy lol, maybe best to wait a while 
kite buggys sound so cool! tell us more about them
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Gromit's Humble Squire
4,496 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Hello and welcome kitey!
So.. how does poi rate next to kite buggying? member
136 posts
Location: Maryland, USA
Howdy &
What's a kite buggy??? Sounds fun whatever it is!
I was touched by His Noodly Appendage
663 posts
Location: Glasgow
Hihi
Tell us more about yourself (we are so nosey its unreal)
Oh, and watch out for the mind corrupting badgers
Have faith in what you can do and respect for what you can't
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4,437 posts
Location: Staines, United Kingdom
A kite buggy is what it sounds like, a kite connected to a buggy and the kite pulls you lol
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mmm...i feel all warm and fuzzy... 'no dude, that's your hair on fire'
355 posts
Location: Birmingham, Australia
Hiya, welcome to HoP
Gotta love dance festivals and stuff. Spinners just tend to congregate
It's better to burn out than to fade away
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Location: Cornwall, United Kingdom
Hello, welcome to HoP!!
I used to do a lot (well, some) kite buggying when I was younger! Great fun!
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25 posts
Location: Sheffield, UK
Welcome from a fellow newbie, everyone seems friendly enough on here, be careful though this place is addictive, i feel it calling to me already! and its only bee 3-4 days!
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16 posts
Location: Birmingham
Thanks for all the hellos guys and gals here are some answers to all the questions.....
kite buggying is the art of being dragged around in a three wheeled buggy holding onto a largish kite. Great fun - needs wind and big spaces so the opposite of poi really...
the festival was GETSHMANGLED small at the moment but should be getting bigger with a great chill out tent full of massive bean bags and great music - a good shelter from the crap weather
not sure what you need to know about me?!umm: :umm
Really addicted to poi already - like the fact that you have to get into it and can't concentrate on anything else - and that there are always new things to learn and try - not better or worse than kite buggying just really different and I reckon quite complimentary - can't kite in the dark
back soon
:: HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Welcome aboard!
It's HOP, so we have no idea where we're going, but it's bound to be an interesting ride. Keep your arms, legs, and nose inside at all times.
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16 posts
Location: Birmingham
Written by: Vixen
Hey!!!
Do you like kissing?
Vix xxx
Do you?!
16 posts
Location: Birmingham
more about myself - well real name Clare - tend to use shorty on-line as I am gravitationally challenged but someone already has that on this site so kitey relates to the kitebuggying.
Older than most of the newbies it appears - now hit my 30s!?
Have a real job but try and forget about it during time off hence poi, kitebuggying, snowboarding etc.
Thats all for now Folks!
14 posts
Location: england
hey there kitey i dunno if you have read it but i posted on the uk nuneaton meet thread so neways you seem kewl hopefully see you soon then
speak again and i shall see to it that your life becomes suddenly short and painfull
16 posts
Location: Birmingham
Written by: 87wt2gxq7
Hi kitey, welcome on board.
There's quite a few spinny peeps in Birmingham, some of whom meet on Mondays 5-7pm at UniBrum under the auspices of the university juggling society. Please feel free to come along!
Sounds good - Thanks I may well take you up on that offer
Momma Bear
4,525 posts
Location: Telford, Shrops, United Kingdom
hey clare kitey,
nice to meet you! jon (numbers and letters guy) is awesome, definitely meet him, if i was closer, or had the money to travel i'd come up and say hello too! xxxxx
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mmm...i feel all warm and fuzzy... 'no dude, that's your hair on fire'
355 posts
Location: Birmingham, Australia
oh my god *smacks forehead* so THAT'S where the name 'numbers and letters' came from, lol.
If I'm around, I might come along too. Can't hurt to meet more people
It's better to burn out than to fade away
16 posts
Location: Birmingham
looks like my new shifts have me working on monday evenings - but I may make it this coming week before they start - under the clock tower is that right?
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