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"Hi everyone!I've been spinning about 3 months now (started with staff, then went to poi..), andI think start fireblowing.. and one queston came in my mind.. What liquid do you use? Just..."
"Last night I tried fire poi for the first time, I wasnt too adventurus but managed to pull off a fountain with windmill at the top and even an air wrap. I tried an arm wrap but it burn..."
"its probably been posted but i need to know what fuel to use and if theres any hobbie shops or any other things in AZ that i can get poi stuff from."
"I have had an interesting idea that if I made a fire proof glove, then made a kevlar glove that fits around it, I could have fire on my hands, similar idea for feet. As I have been doin..."
"I want take up fire poi, but I have absolutly no experince what so ever. I have been doing research and watching tutorials all over the web, and Ive decided its a definat yes. Being awa..."
"Went for the monkey fists and the twist oval chains with leather handles. Was just going to get the cathedral set but may aswell get the better quality set, i'll just have to try and ..."
"Alright. Im ordering some fire poi off of HoP. Possibly mura poi. I want to have the poi small. The size "small" on HoP is 22 inches for mura poi. Can someone tell me, does this include..."
"A search didnt return much about sock poi handles. On my sock poi what would be an ideal weight/item to use. At the moment im just using a bouncy ball with the end of the hop sock tie..."
"So I've had my first accident friday, luckly nobody was hurt. I was spinning on friday, about half way into my routine when a chain snaps on me.Thermal expansion due to the night time h..."
"Just thought I'd share,been trying to get a pair of shoes from these guys for ageshttp://www.shoesforcrews.com/ finally got these guys to send me some here in Ozhttp://www.solemate.co.n..."
"How do i make my poi stay alight for longer?...I have a pair of cathedral fire balls i have bought from this site and they only stay alight for 5 minutes of spinning after dipping them ..."
"just a quick question. is lighter fluid that is sold in supermarkets for use with BBQ's the same as paraffin??? "
"hey guys.i bought some kevlar from tepooka toys at PLAY, and i want to make cathedral wicks, i already folded them, but when i tried to drill through them the drill started pulling the ..."
"Did a search but nothing came up...anyone know if viscose is ok for spinning? It's really just modified cellulose so from the chemist point of view it should be okay, was just wondering..."
"Do you guys use anything for bruises? since I started doing contact staff Ive aquired a lot of them. Is it true that your body toughens after a while? Does anyone use Arnica?Love,Nics"
"Hey, I'm new to all this, but basically, i was practicing earlier and one of the nuts that's holding the wick on came off.I've been trying for the past 30 minutes to get it back on with..."
"Ok, the search didn't show anything that looked like this. The other day, a good friend and I were having a session in town, and came up with the idea that we should attach our poi to o..."
"I'll be wanting some fire poi pretty soon and i have a few questions. With the cathedral ball chain poi, if the size can be altered why doesnt everyone just get the XL size then make t..."
"i bought my fire poi a few months ago and i have been practicond with them ever since (i dont have any practice poi) and they've started to fray. the style of wich i have is "lotus" som..."
"I got my cathedral poi from HoP and they lasted ages for 3 spins and now they are black and don't last long. What have I done wrong?"
"How do i make my poi stay alight for longer?...I have a pair of cathedral fire balls i have bought from this site and they only stay alight for 5 minutes of spinning after dipping them ..."
"does anyone know where to buy aluminum pipe form so i can make a fire staff? im in southern cali thanks but im happy to hear any advice thanks"
"These looks snazzy!! Star Burst Glow PoiApparently there new, anyone else heard of them? Orderd a pair so I will tell ya what there like, cant wait."
" i like spinning all types of toys, but triple fire poi are my favorite as they help emphasize isolations. however, some situations (indoor, extended periods of dancing) require glowst..."
"How can I keep my nuts from flying off the bolt while I spin??? Things I've tried so far:Lock nuts (between regular nuts, under them, at the end after them, every concievable way!)Acorn..."
"after using non's sock poi i realsied how light mine are and how i should use heavyer ones (not as heavy as non's ) but heavyer i have small thud juggling balls in them at the moment an..."
"Why doesnt HOP sell batteries for things like my glow poi? I dont really want to get them from firetoys as id rather buy everything from here. Just after these ---------V389 batteries..."
"I just finished soldering up my 'Hyperlights'. Red, Green, and Blue Luxeon PIC Uber poi More images with the Luxeons running here"
"I'm new here and was wondering how you can go about making your own staff/s? What is the correct or appropriate length that a staff should be?"
"HOnest i searched before making this post and couldnt find anything else along these lines.I guess this is more of a comment rather than a usefull addition to the site, but i would be i..."
"Do hop sell any other smaller finger loops than the standard ones? I find my fingers slip out of the standard double finger loops."
"i dont know wether any one else is goofy too but non put the name in my head the other day.everything i do looks better and i lrean it quicker in reverse. my isolations i can only do in..."
"just curious as to the people who frequent this forum, rather than wanting to categorise everyone .. but polls do seem to attract interest happy spinnin!"
"I've built some nifty programmable LED-staffs... but my mayor construction difficulty is grip. So I've searched site for plastic/rubber tubing I can cover my Polycarbonate staffs with. ..."
"i just watched the hop fire saftey video and realised how unsafe i am. when it comes to people watching me i am always very caucsious but my own saftey is pathetic."
"Hey all! I was wondering if I could get some help on selecting the right parts before ordering and building a fire ropedart. First off, for peeople who don't know what a ropedart is, it..."
"Hello boys and girls. As i'm starting to do more performances with fire I've noticed that I have been getting one or two non-burn injuries. As in, injuries that aren't burns. Easy innit..."
"Does anyone know what the white fire poi wicks you commonly get in Thailand are made from (no, it's not cotton)? They're also being sold on ebay.co.uk these days.I think it might be as..."
"Ok...Ok, how do they do it? You know when they use one torch to light, and then hold, a flame on the tip of their tongues long enough to light the other torch??? I gotta know how it's d..."
"i was looking on ebay the other day for a nice zippo to go with my fire poi but couldn't find any "poi" related zippos (not that I held out much faith) which got me thinking why doesnt ..."
"Hello... I've been doing fire spinning for some time now... But one thing irritates me is that when people see me spin, they say that the flames are small... I've seen another person sp..."
"Im currently using white spirit as my fuel, but i only get like 3 minutes maximum then they burn out. What else can I use instead to give a longer performance?? "
"Pele is gonna slam me over this one. BTW I would like to thank her for her posts to my last thread. She(you) have been an inspiration to me through this.Ok....so I had a few really bad ..."
"hey, i got outbid on ebay for a set of poi, but i'm desperate to get some real ones that won't give me bruises. so, being the impatient git that i am, i just ordered a set of ultra poi,..."
"Hi folksJust curious if anyone knows of any good video editing freeware/shareware?I've got some digital video footage which I want to piece together and edit whilst also setting it to s..."
"Hi all,I am just getting back into fire spinning after losing my first and only set of poi a couple of years back during a house move. I loved my poi but I've decided I really want t..."
"Hello,I'm looking for some advice on a set of chains to buy. My Glow poi's chain broke (again) to night and I'm sick of it.From reading other posts I think I'd like to go with ball ch..."
"In Africa there is no drumming without dancing (and singing). It is pointless otherwise. The concept of a drum solo is that the drummer is drumming for the dancer. Every noise you hear ..."
"Some time ago, I PM'd Malcolm with an idea...Written by:Hi Malcolm,After going to the Falmouth meet in the UK, I'm thinking I'd like to start going to other meets that are going. Browsi..."
"Excuse my ignorance, I've always made kevlar wicks and am thinking of making some towel wicks... I've never seen any info posted on it.I just go to KMart, get a towel, slice it up in s..."
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