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"i saw a girl doing fire poi on shipwrecked 3 on channel 4...she was australian and a very earthy person...*smiles* she did it at night..and i have to say it was amasing....i think it wa..."
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"First off... Id like to thank those who have made this site. When I first saw someone swinging glowsticks, I thought it was amazing, and that it was difficult to do. It is difficult in ..."
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"This is very off topic, but... OH NO!I've gotta go and wash my teacher's car! Me 'n my mate Jade sprayed whipped cream on it at hallowe'en and now we gotta go and wash it... my mum ain..."
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"Ok I've heard acouple ppl now say they use white gas for breathing... What are the differances compared to lamp oil other then one having the high chance of blowing up in your face and ..."
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"Hi All,I dont want this thread to get too morbid but I thought it might be good to have a thread where people could post their most monumental mistakes or most embarassing moments.Being..."
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"I rode my bike down to the beach this afternoon to twirl on the sand. I wasn't gonna use fire so I just took my practice poi. It was waayy too windy on the beach so I headed off up the ..."
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"Pele (or anyone really);A friend of mine works ay YESCO (its a sign company) and he got the people in the shop to do a sticker design for my fire group, and flames in vinyl to put on th..."
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"What do you think the best kind of poi that isnt fire to use? I would like to use fire, but my parents are far from thrilled with the idea, so i guess I'll have to pursue alternative me..."
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"*I LOVE POI* *grin* (had to get it out..sorry to waste a post doing so..)I love it more now than I did when I first fell in love with it. I can attest to the fact that it has not only o..."
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"Just read that you guys won...Xaeda... not a real surprise, master ! Sage , when do we get to see your bit ???Malcolm, you said you'd give us a preview... sooo... ????just can't wait t..."
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"This place(rennfest) kicks @$$!!heheh i've been going for a few years now, but this is first time i've gone with the ability to perform during drum circles. muahaha... the Firebreather..."
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"In another thread, this post came up which I think is a great idea for a thread on its own.I'll keep the guys name out, in case he gets attacked by teenyboppers. They are welcome to at..."
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"Hiya everyone. I found some friends who do poi, staff and fire this summer. I want to learn these skills and meet some new friends too. Anyone want to get in touch?"
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"Seems the first total fire ban of the season has been set already. The current one is in force on the Sydney Metropolitan district (amoungst others) from midnight Monday (29/10) to midn..."
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"How is Australia for adventure recreation. I might be going to school down there."
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"I have an hour drive to and from work, affording me two hours too many of thinking time. Every once in a great while a feeling of impending doom starts to shape the path of those thoug..."
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"Anyone got any good ways of relieveing these uges other then killing someone or breaking something. I don't feel like wrecking my house today or killing my Nextdoor Neighbour.I would li..."
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"Last night I learned my lesson on the speed of the music dictating the style of spinning... I'd recently been playing with shorter and lighter poi (which, of course, spin much faster) ..."
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"Ok, maybe not so much.But in the continuation of my bizzare intrest in what makes other people tick here's another one of those 'off topic questions' that many of us seem to enjoy. I w..."
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"hey all, i am new at this, but wanted to know if anyone wanted to post their aim or yahoo mes. screen name, and get like big list of people, who we all can talk to...well, taa taa for n..."
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"I just started a chatroom on aol under Arts and entertainment simply listed as poi if anyone would like to join me.------------------Blessed Be"
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"I searched and didn't find anything, so forgive me if this has been discussed before-But what do you do when you're stuck?I have really cut down on the amount of time I spin lately, i t..."
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"So billionaire Mike Bloomberg won the New York City Mayoral race. He spent over $50 million dollars on his campaign, which is $45 million more than his opponent, and enough money to fe..."
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"i went to vote today and saw on the ballot paper the Free Marijuana Prohibition party...nice i hope they get into government!!!"
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"Everyday I get people who write to at least one of my three email accounts wanting to know how to do things or wanting information because they are writing papers, etc....I ***never*** ..."
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"I'm looking for information for doing a full body burn. Anything you guys can tell me would help."
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"did anyone see the austrailian girl with the poi and double staff?She's pretty good.dont ya think??"
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"Was out in the garden having a burn last night and after about 20 mins decided it was getting too cold to continue so I stepped back inside.Later on, watching TV and the nasty habit of ..."
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"argh, it was at my homecoming dance a couple weeks ago, and me and Hitokage are like the sole twirlers at our school, and the dj had just put on the first techno song of the night that ..."
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"as for this being a PC page why is it that some peoples grammer gets hassled. as a dsylexic i find it personally offencive that you seem to take pleasure in laughing at someone elses su..."
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"Hey all...This has nothing to do with poi, I just need some advice...As it is getting warmer here, in the land of down under. Ants have decided that out house is a pretty cool place to ..."
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"In Queens, hope everyone is OK."
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"Boring!!! I'm tired of people telling me how great it is "...down the beach..." at the moment. The northern hemisphere is approaching winter and there isn't usually enough ceiling space..."
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"malcom how about suppling a straps, string and swilves with a clip product, for the glow stick kids."
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"Many of us in the Northern Hemisphere are now swiftly approaching winter which means hellaciously cold temperatures, shoulder deep drifts of snow and darkness that seems to never end. I..."
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"hey all!!!im a british traveller and fire twirler!! im trying to get a meet up with some other people in Melbourne, and have a laugh and a bit of a burn.!!i use poi and single staff alt..."
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"I have noticed that, on this politically correct board, that there is an intolerence to sexism and racism. (and rightly so)However, as I am at a 'sensitive' age I tend to notice that t..."
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"Does anyone else have a problem with learning moves so fast that all you have time for is poi. I learn at least 2 moves a day. I practice at least 3 hours a day, and can only think ab..."
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"i can finally do the behind the back butter flie w0o0o ho0o0 im gettin there------------------ITS NOT WHAT U KNOW, ITS WHAT U CAN PROVE......"
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"hey malcom.. do u have ne personal poi vidios roaming around here?????------------------ITS NOT WHAT U KNOW, ITS WHAT U CAN PROVE......"
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"Hey we have this college talent night nexy tuesday and i'm scheduled to burn. I'm really excited as i have been spinning for about 6 months and this is my first 'real' performance. but ..."
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"Please join me in welcoming Josh as the newest moderator to the Board.Josh will be diplomatically and intelligently looking after our Technical Discussion, Poi Moves and Staff Moves for..."
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"Hey all.. i've been lurking on these boards for quite some time.. and i love reading about all your stories about fire poi... it has always been a dream of mine to someday twirl with..."
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"that sucked, i had some kind of block on my computer at work that wouldn't allow me to check my favorite web site. well, some how some way i can get back here again, dont know how long..."
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"What you ppl think of it???i think it sucksOn the tourny its running here now the crowd are the judges now i find it really unfair...i remenber last monday some guys spin there and one ..."
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"Hi, i'm travelling on my own through south east asia, in thailand at the moment + wondering if anyone else is and wants to hook up. I was on Koh Pha Ngan for the last full moon party + ..."
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"What in the world has happened?????????Ive only not been here for 2 weeks and everyone that used to be here seems to have gone.?!?!?!?!?!Wheres the long winded threads by Pele, and the ..."
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"Alright now I am calling out all the players.......who is sending in their footage for the new compilation video competition thing? just wonderring what I am going up against.......com..."
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"iight heres tha low down.... me n some of my fellow poiers have made a vidio on a camcorder..now the question i pose to all of ya is.... can i get tha taped version onto the computer a..."
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"What is the easiest and most cost effective way to make your video's accessible to everyone???If you know the answer..please be detailed in "How to"...will forward it on to my husband A..."

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