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Location: Oceanside, California, USA
this is where the old heads come to laugh about the move/moves they had trouble with as a newbie. just thought the subject was perfect remember the FIRE VS glowsticks threads. LMAO... anyway, I remember bashing the shyt out of my shins and my head with a BTB weave. I remember only being able to do the butterfly for a few beats, I remember thinking WHAT DO YOU MEAN IM ONLY DOING A 4 BEAT WINDMILL, WHY IS IT ONLY 4 BEATS WHEN IM DOING THE EXSACT SAME THING I DO WHEN I DO A 5 BEAT WEAVE. lol ahhh the memories. Im constantly refering people to this site, perfect for poi. well anyway its been nice remembering the past...anyone else got anyhting to add?
-Myst
All you new heads got it easy, i remember when a BTB 5 beat was unheard of, now that most of us can do it, all the old heads learn it alot quicker without the mind barrior.
now advice for a newbie section:
dont try to learn all the technical moves before you learn the basics, cause lets face it, you aint getting any respect if all you can do is a 5 beat weave and you cant even imagine doing a simple butterfly. thats all i gotta say
Its about talent, not make up or costumes.
the henna lady
6,193 posts
Location: WNY, USA
Written by: linden rathen
but pele you are a goddess among Hoppers
pshaw! Yeah...goddess of all things mean and b!tchy. Just look at how many of the older HoPpers aren't here anymore. You think it is cause they got bored? Nah....I just scared them off!
Pele
Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir
"Oooh look! A pub!" -exclaimed after recovering from a stupid fall
"And for the decadence of art, nothing beats a roaring fire." -TMK
member
829 posts
Location: Houston, Texas, USA
ill chime in on the old school....If Pele doesnt mind....
tons of new people on the board, i remember when it was like 10...well maybe more than 10, but you get the picture.
Super'
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear--not absence of fear.
- Mark Twain
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Written by: Pele
I've had some scary moments meeting people from here actually. Not because they were nasty but because they were too enthusiastic that I'm me. It was surreal.
You don't know the half of it!
Some people *koff*FRD*koff koff* have been *afraid* to come up to me because of my "legendyness."
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
still can't believe it's not butter
6,978 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia
A few people never meet me cus i'm in Australia and stuff.
Laugh Often, Smile Much, Post lolcats Always
10,530 posts
Location: They seek him here, they seek him there...
Written by: Doc Lightning
Some people *koff*FRD*koff koff* have been *afraid* to come up to me because of my "legendyness."
Oh shush
Sheesh, if you're a shy guy, you get nothing but strife
The existance of flamethrowers says that someone, somewhere, at sometime said "I need to set that thing on fire, but it's too far away."
Returning to a unique state of Equilibrium
3,289 posts
Location: Adelaide, South Australia
OMG! Superman!!! good to see your still kickin around the place
this thread has brought back memories of the good old days...when you knew everyone on the board...and stuff...
Josh
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Help! My personality got stuck in this signature machine and I cant get it out!
302 posts
Location: good ol@ devon. cullompton to be precise
i remember the firsat day i did poi, i learned beat n butterfly... and did fire that night... mum looked so scared!
ive learned
life is tough... but im tougher
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
I also remember when I first joined the boards... I was nervous whether I'd be accepted or not.
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
HoP's Barman. Trapped aged 6 months
4,437 posts
Location: Staines, United Kingdom
I was a bit nervous about meeting you mike when i saw u in clapham, likewise it was cos of your legendyness
An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind
Give a man a fish and he'll eat 4 a day hit a man with a brick and you can have all his fish and his wife
"Will's to pretty for prison" - Simian
10,530 posts
Location: They seek him here, they seek him there...
Written by: PyroWill
I was a bit nervous about meeting you mike when i saw u in clapham, likewise it was cos of your legendyness
See see see?
Its not just me...
The existance of flamethrowers says that someone, somewhere, at sometime said "I need to set that thing on fire, but it's too far away."
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Written by: Pigeon_Wigeon
Hee hee I didnt know who you were for a bit... then I got cold and you stripped..
Refresh me?
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
1,328 posts
Location: Bendigo, Vic, Australia
wow. reading what the boads used to be like is awesome.
I think I've been around for a year and 2 months(ish) so I'm still new, but I really feel new, like I have only been here a few months or something.
Someone mentioned being scared when first joining due to not being accepted, I still feel like that, but it is getting better.. grr this only being member number 8036 stuff, lol
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Tantamount to fatuity
15,966 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Written by: Doc Lightning
Some people *koff*FRD*koff koff* have been *afraid* to come up to me because of my "legendyness."
poor deluded fool that he is....
Meh
master of disaster
3,354 posts
Location: New York, USA
man I remember last summer when NYC was having a get together in queens, I'd been spinning 5/6 months....I was so nervous about meeting such a well respected guy, legend if you will
kyrian: I've felt your finger connect with me many times
lou kitten: sneaky little meatball..
ezz: please corrupt me more
Tantamount to fatuity
15,966 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
the only one I ever worried about meeting was Arashi.
So i was quite glad when he completely ignored me all weekend at Falmouth...
Meh
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
Written by: fireNice
man I remember last summer when NYC was having a get together in queens, I'd been spinning 5/6 months....I was so nervous about meeting such a well respected guy, legend if you will
Ha! I'm hardly intimidating. Maybe you'd just been watching too many violent movies set in New York City.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
veteran
1,453 posts
Location: Lancs England
Written by: Wild Child
this thread gives me hope that the BTB weave isn't beyond me if these guys struggled with it not so very long ago.
but you can do the BTB weave now
iv seen you and was most impressed 
I'm loving this thread I to only joined about the same time as will
and feel old alsoWritten by: PyroWill
I sometimes feel older than I am on this place, I know I’ve only been here since august but every time I meet ppl, they seem to be like hey YOUR pyrowill, its a bit odd, and likewise they find it odd I cant 5 beat weave, like they expected me to be really at poi or something
but will you are a freak
we both went to our first few meets together and by Sheffield you knew everyone and yet I still don’t know most people but on the other hand people know me
how odd I turned up at play and got so many hugs and people point and say oh minty he over there (not spinning lol) I love you lot
before i met those lot i thought they'd be a bunch of dreadlocked hippies that smoked, set things on fire ,and drank a lot of tea but then when i met them....oh wait (PyroWill)
Pooh-Bah
1,785 posts
Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
Written by: PyroWill
I sometimes feel older than I am on this place, I know I’ve only been here since august but every time I meet ppl, they seem to be like hey YOUR pyrowill, its a bit odd,
I've been here for way less time than you and i found it most strange to arrive at falmouth and have everyone know who i was, even though i had only met about 3 HoPpers before then!
3,638 posts
Location: Brum / Dorset / Fairy Land
it's cos we are all so lurvely
I find it funny that people know who I am before I know who they are - I always forget about the avatar
I'm an Old and a New HoP Head
(multiway fairy ) Geologists do it in the dirt................ 
member
829 posts
Location: Houston, Texas, USA
I remember when i use to spin uphill, in the snow, on the way to school, both ways, bare footed, and all we had to spin with was thread we unraveled from our t-shirts. We didnt even have fire, we had some one stand next to us and make *wooshing* sounds and we'd close our eyes. we didn have these new fangled things like chains and them glow-thing-a-ma-bobs.
i rememberposting a new move that i did, and some one (usually Cassandra, Pele, or Cantus) going...dude that a butterfly.
Crap!!...ok how about this new move i just invented it..
Dude...that is just a reverse weave with a tuck..
pooo!!!
aahhh memories..
Super'
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear--not absence of fear.
- Mark Twain
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,276 posts
Location: Oxfordshire/Wiltshire, United Kingdom
I dont know what i am...
There have been times when ive been nervous talking to someone at first because of thier "legendyness"
*cough* *Bluecat* cough* but maybe there has been times when people havent wanted to come speak to me (Altho i hope not and i doubt it! haha)
I think pyroWill is a superstar tho... i dont think i show how much i really appreciate him sometimes... but hes wicked!!! xxx
tHeReS gOoD aNd EvIl iN EaCh InDiViDuAl fIrE, iDeNtIfIeS nEeDs AnD fEeDs OuR dEsIrEs.
5,300 posts
Location: everywhere
Holistic Spinner (I hope)
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
"I think pyroWill is a superstar tho...
He is a true superstar and a fantastic friend.
Will veteran
1,453 posts
Location: Lancs England
what has this turned int a we love will thred
cos we do
will
before i met those lot i thought they'd be a bunch of dreadlocked hippies that smoked, set things on fire ,and drank a lot of tea but then when i met them....oh wait (PyroWill)
Carpal \'Tunnel
6,207 posts
Location: "In your ear", United Kingdom
i hav stopped getting the "oh your mech"
maybe its cos i now great people as "hi im step, im a kn*b"
hmmm, maybe i should change that?
and will is ok, hes not as good as a flexibe friend thought
Step (el-nombrie)
veteran
1,453 posts
Location: Lancs England
flexibe friend
family bord
before i met those lot i thought they'd be a bunch of dreadlocked hippies that smoked, set things on fire ,and drank a lot of tea but then when i met them....oh wait (PyroWill)
comfortably numb
2,676 posts
Location: The countryside, Australia
I don't know about me. I'm not an old school hopper...but I'm not so much a new one either. I do post quite a bit so people might have heard about me? I dunno.
Will!! You've only been on here for a year? It seems like you've been on for years. I've been on here longer than you! That seems weird!
.All things are beautiful if we take the time to look.
Carpal \'Tunnel
6,207 posts
Location: "In your ear", United Kingdom
mint, do you not knwo what a flexible friend is?
thats shocking!
Step (el-nombrie)
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Its a Barclaycard
and Mech.. I
your new avatar sooo much than you old one HoP's Barman. Trapped aged 6 months
4,437 posts
Location: Staines, United Kingdom
aww thanks guys always nice to hear in the morning
I love you all too very muchJon: Anytime mate, I always have an ear to listen and a bum u can squeeze if you need it
Vicki
You dont need to appreciate me anymore than you do, but feel free to anyway And tobi, my first hopper friend, i love you too, even fi you did leave me asleep on a chair in the freezing cold for hours
An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind
Give a man a fish and he'll eat 4 a day hit a man with a brick and you can have all his fish and his wife
"Will's to pretty for prison" - Simian
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