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Location: Apparently lost in my ego, USA
yes it a vid.. before you get excited, there's a few things you need to know.. thanks to hurricane rita, I cant go outside.. so I had to film indoors, where I had no room to dance.. I made this as a preface to a series of tuts I'm going to shoot on a lot of the stuff in the film: bf inversions; splithreads; sd inversions (first and second degree); utl; atl; tosses into one handed; tosses out of one handed; one handed passes, weaves, and wraps.. so I left out a lot of things like regular wraps.. (I think glowstringers need to see more poi anyway.. they see wraps all the time)
the lighting is bad... and the focus was screwed.. I still havent learned all the nifty features of my camera..
so is there any reason to watch it? yes, because you finally get to see me flow a little.. (in some places anyway)
practice (right click, save as) [10. 2 megs]
edit: now with fixed link and a bonus website..
https://www.dancecommunitycares.org/
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Location: Oregon, USA
Very nice! Thanks for sharing that. Though, I had to crank up the brightness in order to see you, it was still worth watching. Are you going to be using something heavier than glowsticks when recording the tuts?
My best vibes to you and yours, Rita looks like a monster.
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Bastard Newbie Messiah
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Location: Apparently lost in my ego, USA
yeah.. I'lll be using socks and plenty of light on my tuts.. this was just some stick practice..
and rita isnt going to be anything.. its only cat 3 maybe smaller on landfall.. but we're getting rain and wind here because its huge.. after katrina though, I'm not worried..
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veteran
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Location: Stillwater, Ok. USA
easily the best poi video you have made. but then all the ones I ahve seen before this are the classy nerdy style.. kind of like Glass videos... showing off a few ultra difficult moves,... but forgettting to take off the lab coat and safety goggles...
HAH HAH ... now I'm messing with you....
nice video dude. And for the record.. I like nerds :P ANd circus freaks...
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Berlin, Ireland
Dude, that's rocks! I'm laughing my ass of some of that stuff
I'm going to watch it again now...
Is that the only T-shirt you own
I dig it! I live in a world of infinite possibilities.
Bastard Newbie Messiah
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my tribal superman shirt? I didnt know i had worn that one in some of my clips before.. it was one of the few light colored shirts I have.. and as you can tell I was scraping for light..
I wish I could have spun outdoors so I could have had more room to move.. showing off more variety would have been nice to, but I think this shows some freestyling of the tuts I'll be putting out at the end of next week.. and thats all I really wanted..
glad you liked it.. though I think the music is questionable.. but I got outvoted..
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not with cactus
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Location: bristol/ southern eastern devon, United Kingdom
hehe
cool video , and it is very good to finally see you flow, althugh id like to see some more 11 beat weaves worked in there ... 
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Bastard Newbie Messiah
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LMMFAO... I should change my name from Rev to 11bt weave.. that's all anyone ever asks about.. it is one of the most impractical moves ever.. but I guess that's why people like it..
I didnt use most of my repetoire in this because I wanted it to focus on the patterns that I'm going to be using in my poi goes punk series.. I'll save the rest for a nice day outside..
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Basu gasu bakuhatsu - because sometimes buses explode
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Location: Angels Landing, USA
Love the inversions. Planes, planes all over the place.
Interesting mindgames you had in the middle there, as well as some of the between the leg moves. Much I haven't seen before so mojor props.
Looking forward to more inversions and tutorials.
Cheers,
~Kael
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Wildfire/US East coast fire footage
LA/EDC glow/fire footage
Fresno fire
Bastard Newbie Messiah
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I was wondering how long it would take you to see this..
I never see you online.. and I figured you'd appreciate it.. Even though I had no room to dance..
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master of disaster
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Location: New York, USA
absolutely wonderful
kyrian: I've felt your finger connect with me many times
lou kitten: sneaky little meatball..
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Basu gasu bakuhatsu - because sometimes buses explode
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Written by: Rev
I was wondering how long it would take you to see this..
I never see you online.. and I figured you'd appreciate it.. Even though I had no room to dance..
Oh yeah, I'd comment more but I'm off to school, work, and practice...
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Wildfire/US East coast fire footage
LA/EDC glow/fire footage
Fresno fire
veteran
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Location: Lancs England
absalutly fantastic vid thank you
very smothe style
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)
HOP librarian
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Location: Prague, Czech. Republic
Watched it for the second time and want to say:
Rev you are my favourite.
light,
:R
POI THEO(R)IST
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Location: Brum / Dorset / Fairy Land
'no room to dance'
................. but your hands dance like flames and your poi flow like maple syrup onto my pancakes in the morning
- an absolute pleasure to watch Thank you Rev. I can't wait for the next, outdoor installment with more space............... I know I have a lot to learn but when i see it done so well I realise just what a long way there still is to go.
Geologists do it in the dirt................ 
veteran
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Location: Lancs England
wow now that is a compliment and a half. from fluf
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)
Bastard Newbie Messiah
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wow now that is a compliment and a half. from fluf
no kidding...
You and Richee make me want to go out and spin with your kind words... If things go well, I should have some time around mardi gras to dust off my sock poi, and shoot some outside footage.. I just really havent been in the mood to spin lately since my spinning buddies are gone..
thx mint for resurrecting this thread..
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veteran
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Location: Lancs England
come get a plane to Manchester we have spinners hear all year round
lol
a new vid would be great
"but your hands dance like flames"
so true you have a very distinct style one I've not seen before.
A bit more light would be good so we can see what the strings are doing
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)
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Location: Brum / Dorset / Fairy Land
hands - they make me think of andy and oli rolled into one
Geologists do it in the dirt................
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Location: South Wales
eh?
And that question is for Number 3, Fluffy Napalm Fairy
Gromit's Humble Squire
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Location: Brisbane, Australia
Love the vid Rev! It's so good to actually see "bf inversions; splithreads; sd inversions" for once, instead of reading about them in the techy threads
Very inspiring, and a wonderful blend of tech and flow. Can't wait for more!
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Geologists do it in the dirt................
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hands hands hands hands hands hands
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Location: Brum / Dorset / Fairy Land
Rev's hands in that vid. Had me mesmirised. It made me think of Andy's spinning but more Oli-fied, or maybe Oli's hands dancing like Andy's spinning.
Geologists do it in the dirt................
Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Ohhhhhhh.
Nice work rev... that was lovely
There's so many things to learn
But well done for pushing it
Are you coming to the EJC this year?! it would be great to see you with lots of space
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veteran
1,247 posts
Location: lost, Canada
wow. That was beautiful. Baffled and inspired!
Dont see andy or oli in there- except yer all three ridiculously talented!
you are all your own, imho.
wow.
More! More!
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Bastard Newbie Messiah
1,269 posts
Location: Apparently lost in my ego, USA
If I had been spinning socks, it would have looked a lot like oli, I think... Evertime I talk to him, we are usually working on quite similar things (or were 'til you got him doing those cool club based thingys).. and I always come away from watching one of his vids with new ideas..
I wish I could spin like andy though... subtle fluid body movements that create this effortless accent to the smooth constant transition between moves..
I cant dance for sh*t, so my body is too stiff in my movement... No EJC.. I'm lame.. I dont have time nor money to do anything.. partly because I'm doing thesis writing..
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Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Andrea got me to watch this last night. Nice work Rev. I can't wait for you to put out a sock version. I can't tell what's going on half the time, but it looks great and I know I can't do half of it!
Keep up the good work :P
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Bastard Newbie Messiah
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I'm sorry about the brightness of it.. I need a lamp that doesnt get hot enough to burn things that I put on it.. that way I can cover it and get the right amount of light.. because the next step up drowned out the glowsticks..
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big and good and broken
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Location: lunn dunn, yoo kay, United Kingdom
finally got around to watching this
love it rev - your timing is beautifully tight.
and don't tell anyone i said this but the sj's actually looked quite nice (
)...so when are you moving to london then?
cole. x
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Bastard Newbie Messiah
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Location: Apparently lost in my ego, USA
well now you know what I mean by 'smooth.' Does this mean that you will be learning them now?
Unfortunately I withdrew my apps to schools in London.. so I don't think I'll be there anytime soon
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