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Location: Derbyshire, UK
I've not been spinning long, but i'm loving learning everything (except how much it hurts when it all goes wrong). Most of what I've learnt has come from the tutorial videos on HOP and practice.
Its a great site and I'm really looking forward to learning from/with you.
Name: Mand
Location:Derbyshire, UK
Hometown:Dronfield
Birthday (sign?): April 14th(Aries)
Age:29
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enthusiast
324 posts
Location: SouthDakota, USA
Welcome!
Listen to Your heartbeat and dance...
Returning to a unique state of Equilibrium
3,289 posts
Location: Adelaide, South Australia
Hi Mand!
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Help! My personality got stuck in this signature machine and I cant get it out!
Super Gidg!!!!
8,506 posts
Location: Portland Oregon USA
*Gidg bounces in on her pogo stick* ... boing ... boing ... boing ... boing ...
Welcome to HoP Mand.
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
Rampant whirler.
2,418 posts
Location: Geelong, Victoria, Australia!
Welcome! Do lots of poi. ^_^ ?
Unofficial Chairperson of Squirrel Defense League
4,061 posts
Location: South Africa
Yay! More poi!
*looses the squirrels*
'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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Location: Derbyshire, UK
Originally Posted By: Mother_Natures_SonWelcome! Do lots of poi. ^_^ ?
Yeah, i'm trying to,
my daughter wants to learn so i'm having to learn something and then try and explain it to her, it gets pretty complicated though, she's only 6!Why did no-one warn me my arms were going to hurt like they do!:)
Super Gidg!!!!
8,506 posts
Location: Portland Oregon USA
I would have but it is something that all poi spinners must learn on their own. It's the right of passage.
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
Rampant whirler.
2,418 posts
Location: Geelong, Victoria, Australia!
Originally Posted By: Tattooed Spinner
Why did no-one warn me my arms were going to hurt like they do!:)
Hehee! It gets easier once your muscles get used to it. Theres a few that rarely get used. For a while I did HEAAAAAPS of poi and I got a really interesting looking physique out of it as a result. Oddly well rounded it was, nothing too overworked but a look of lots of effort. (even though it wasn't cos I got it purely by accident!)
Unofficial Chairperson of Squirrel Defense League
4,061 posts
Location: South Africa
Interesting? As in hunchbacks and general Igor-ness?
And yeah, once you get used to it it gets a lot easier.
'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
Rampant whirler.
2,418 posts
Location: Geelong, Victoria, Australia!
Lol. Interesting as in it looked like I worked out, but it also looked like I didn't. The scary thing is how fast it happened... Even my face in the mirror felt like a stranger staring back at me.
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