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"Brief quote from: http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,740150a10,FF.html quote:Aircraft held up by flaming poi 09 April 2001Two women held up air traffic and sparked a major callout..."
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"Does anyone know of a hair gel that is fire-resistant? Or do you have some other suggestions about concoctions to coat ones hair with?Water is fine on a warm mid-summer night, but the ..."
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"helloi'm a beginner currently based in london.does anyone know of any poi clubs?bekgodwin@yahoo.co.uk"
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"It would be great if we could set up a regular meet in nottingham, I no there,s loads of spinners around town and it'd be great to meet up in a park somewhere & swap skills etc...Me & b..."
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"Greetings everyone! I thought I would introduce myself and such. I am on the cusp of diving into this art. I have become entranced by the flames.. I've read some of the posts and have..."
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"Recipe for great (cheap) stilts: Some aluminium doorframe from th scrapyard, 4 shelf brackets, foam rubber, gaffer tape (of course!), a bit of wooden planking to make footplate, 8 5 inc..."
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"yea, we have very sacred rituals before we start spinning. we start out with your average ritualistic animal sacrifice. usually an elephant, but sometimes we can't get one so we use a..."
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"a little while ago, there was a clip from a fight scene from episode 2 posted on the "home" page of this site.. it is still up some where? is there a link to it some one knows? thnx----..."
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"Hello everybody.As most of you have probably noticed i'm new to the board, so here's the traditional boring biography: I'm 19 and a second year college student who has been twirling ..."
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"I need advice on what to charge for performances. Things like group and solo rates, hourly, daily and long term rates. Extra charges for eating and breathing fire. Danger pay. Percentag..."
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"I love poi! And am getting pretty good, I have the butterfly, and weave down, and the behind the back butterfly, but I cant get the mexican wave, and am working on the rest. Also, rece..."
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"I just got back from a trip to Vegas. I saw both Cirque du Soleil show, 0 and Mystere. I saw a show a while back, Allegria. I knew I'd see something good, but I didn't think they'd blow..."
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"hey in cirque du soleil's alegria there is apparently a guy who manipulates fire knives. has anyone here seen alegria and if so, how is the fire dance? given that it is cirque du sole..."
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"I feel so Siskel and Ebert....Anyway, I just received the LED poi kit that I won from the little contest thing that Malcolm had going. A week or so ago I received the set of fire poi th..."
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"When do you think political correctness or these new no tolerance laws cross the line and go too far?------------------Pele Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir..."
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"ok im reely interested in finding out how many different fire toys there are.i mean everyone knows about poi satff ans double staff, but i want to find another toy to start up, one that..."
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"My friends and i want to take some pictures of us at night spinning Glowsticks. i know this a pretty lame question, but are there anytips or tricks to photographing someone spinning? Fi..."
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"has anyone jumped rope (skipped) with a flamin skipping rope... if so what did you use as rope...cotton rope works for a couple of burns but like its badly woven kevlar parter it detero..."
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"has anyone tried strapping on rollerblades and cruis'n up and down the street whilst spinn'n the flames around....it makes for good fun and using the momentum of the poi you can do some..."
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"i prefer to call them "sish kebab".anyway,how many people out there spin this wicked tool???i love them!!!no water can put out this fire..........."
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"k. there's a recipe for making whips on this page http://www.csu.edu.au/faculty/arts/commun/cycle/manual/fire/whips.htmthe design has a major flaw. the rope will wick fuel up into the h..."
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"I plan to soon start a business making and selling recumbent trikes, bicycle trailers , fire/UV/LED stuff, unicycles and... stilts. The stilts should retail at around $180 Australian ....."
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"Anyone interested in meeting up in Toronto in July???I know firefly, spryte and possibly jessejames are in the area. Also I remember farie firebell mentioning being in TO in July, which..."
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"Yo Malcolm I would like to buy a set of fire poi from your shop, but I not sure which set to get, I have done fire once and I have practiced with for 8 months with the comet poi , I th..."
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"hey all, we've been given a brief for my graphci design course, to do a contempory magazine on whatever topic we want, i'm considering fire/underground scene/drum'n'bass...ec. if theres..."
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"well it has been a while when i twirlled with fire ( fucking australian fire bans)and i had some kero left iso i thought nothing could of made the kero worse (in taste) I WAS WRONG YUK ..."
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"I'm probably missing something here but what exactly is the difference between the corkscrew and the horizontal mexican wave ?? They look so similar - I can't work out how/if they dif..."
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"Hi all,I'm looking for suggestions as to where we can move our thursday night fire twirling jam now that the wetter weather is approaching...We dont want to have to stop fire twirling o..."
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"I'm moody too and right now feeling insecure so...I was wondering if you ever get stage fright? I get horrible stage fright. I shake and cry and everything the night before. It's why I ..."
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"Does anyone else worry about the environmental damage caused by burning all this fossil fuel and dropping oil derivitives on the ground? I know I do. It doesnt keep me awake at night or..."
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"Hey, i'm teaching one of my friends all that I know &lbr;not much&rbr; about swinging and he's progressed quite far in 2 days &lbr;Knows everyting i do, just hits himself more than i do..."
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"Apart from being arrogant, verbose, opinionated and a virgo, I am also very shallow, so I don't mind admitting that the only reason I got into fire twirling was to meet girls !!Just bef..."
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"Ever get the feeling that this is the beta version of Reality(tm) !?I get it all the time ...When I die and go to heaven (I'll be in a lot of poo, believe me), I just have to ask the Al..."
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"I've been away from the sight for a little while but back with more questions. These multi-beat moves are, you guessed it, kicking my ass. When attempting the 5 beat weave, I wind up al..."
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"AHGHARH god dammitwe were meant to do a fire twirling performance with staff at our school social but weve been told no fireahgrhthey allow glowsticks thoughhow many 5 inch glowsticks w..."
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"wow!i just realized something about myself...so, my friend just sent me an mp3 of one of the newer madonna songs: do you know what it feels like for a girl.and i'm like, ooooh! i could ..."
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"yes another one, in on a roll toinght.i wanted to know what people wear when playing with fire, either when performing or when practising, as when performing you want to look good.. and..."
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"hi everybody!i'm travilling a lot and never got in trouble,at customs,with my firetools.i use as well nun-chaku&lbr;chinise fighting weapon&rbr;as single and double so i could get in tr..."
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"Hey hey, someone mentioned it earlier I think, but I couldnt find it... Ive started practicing rollerblading and twirling together, I was wondering if anyone else had combined anything ..."
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"A friend of mine in LA was waiting in the ER waiting area with his friend when a kid was brought in with third degree burns on his body. It seems the kid was trying to do some fire brea..."
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"Since I am new here and to poi swinging in general I thought I would post how I have created a different looking set of poi's, practise poi's, will get around to making one with tails i..."
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"heard that adding chemicals such as copper chloride to your fuel changes the colour of the flame.does anyone know of a place where i can obtain such chemicals?cheers all. "
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"Okay peoples,Seeings as theres some secret society banter going around, I thought I should weigh in and explain the concept behind the International Fire Registry (IFR) and the FIRETWIR..."
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"I'm finally here!! what a great place All thats missing is a few friendly poi types to hook up with, anyone interested??I'm staying in Kings Cross (surprise surprise) so if anybody ..."
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"when is the new database going up?"
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"hi,I was feeling real sick and a bit down today - but come this evening I was great. I was listening to the Petshop Boys of all things (I'm not a big fan at all), and this drumbeat in ..."
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"for special events i do my fireshows on 3.5 feet(ca.1.2 meter)stilts.who else has the experience being a "hugh" fireperformer???keep the fire burning..."
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"My question is can you take glowsticks on plains or does the pressure do anything to them. I’m going on holiday to see my dad in Spain, its my first holiday in 2 years, I have been a ..."
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"We were scheduled to headline a charity show in April to benefit the Girls Scouts of America Central New York Division. I was once a girl scout so I thought it'd be nice to give back an..."

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