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"ok i'm looking to get hold of some Ripstop nylon fabric. And i don't seem to be getting anyware..Need to fix my trusty poi.. "
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"Genereally, are your fire chains much heavier than non fire ones? Mine are really heavy and unweildy.do you practice on your fire ones generally (unlit) or move on to them once you can ..."
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"Where do I buy chain...spent a whole day in the city looking for what I thought would be the easieast part of my fire poi to buy and to no avail. It was all shoddy..from the hardware st..."
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"For you experianced fire-breathers...I'm getting into fire-breathing. I haven't started yet, but I sure am interested! My dad said I can't start until I get some info on the dangers of ..."
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"does anyone have a recipe for any coloured flames that don't involve using super toxic chemicals? Cause the ones I have looked at all sound a lot worse in the toxicity department than ..."
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"Hi all!I saw the pictures in the galleries and I was pretty impressed.When I decided to try shooting firepoi myself I was totally dissapointed with the result.I have a Canon A1 35mm cam..."
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"Hey, Made my first set on real deal poi, with chains and handles (I had been using socks on shoelaces for months). Thought I would share some ideas that worked well.1. For the handl..."
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"Love the beaming poi, great fun. Except I am just starting to learn so I still hit myself every once in a while... Couldn't we like, put some soft translucent rubber on the outside or s..."
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"Anyone Know what Happened to the Glow poi from the shop..... i really want them back...."
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"right..i had a quick search for any ideas but it came up with nothing..so i thought i would start this one..right, ideas for what to put your globalls in are as follows..small washing m..."
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"I took up poi about 6 months ago and recently promoted myself to fire spinner (yay me!!) and the other day I found the coolest laser effect attachments to use as poi. I wanted somethin..."
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"Has anybody else been spinning at altitude?? I am living in La Paz at the moment...which is at about 3500m....and the problem is that there is not so much oxygen at this altitude...and..."
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"Heya all...i'm sort of new to the forum (and to the site now i come to think about it).Anyway here i am. My question: i've got a completely manual camera and would like to know if there..."
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"This is is folks....the final trivia question.....What connects the ball chain to the quick links? Whoever can answer gets a hug.(I've seen ball chain connectors in my local hardware ma..."
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"I've got one thats coming apart somehow and I don't know how to tie them . Can I retie an old knot without worrying about it coming undone?"
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"Just made a staff and thought I'd share the process and prices. NOTE: I live in sweden so the prizes is for the swedish market. All prices and mesurements in US values are NOT exact.Thi..."
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" MisStix,could you give me a bit more detail about how yuo made your poi? I have currently got a tennis ball with a bloody big ring in the end of it tied to a piece of bright yell..."
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"I have an unusual set of wooden handles on my poi built by my crazy woman friend. Since then I've made some changes to them, rechaining, re-wicking... But the handles always remainTo th..."
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"i KNOW this question has been asked but i wanted a more indepth answerWhen breaking in new wicks i believe you are supposed to soak the wick first then burn it off and repeat a few time..."
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"I just got my spinning fire clubs from HoP and I have a few questions:1) What is the correct way to hold them? I tried holding them between my middle and ring fingers which gives the c..."
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" hey everyone (im a new member) i am new 2 poi n i have gotten myself a homemade poi set from someone i know for $6.50 (australian). this set has a double loop of leather to hold, a ch..."
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"what would be some good music to listen 2 when doing/practising poi?? and i think ive seen this um where b4, but what are sum good glowstik colours?? and id like to know more about glow..."
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"hello alli have a friend designing a flyer for me, that got me wondering if any of yall have one you'd like to share here. if so, i would love to see it! i'll post mine here when it's d..."
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"Anybody tried using YoYo Flashers as poi, or taken out the light when the ball is broken and attached them to string.They have recently been banned in the UK as they may (read never has..."
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"What do you do with old wick heads?I had a ton of them laying around, ended up throwing them away but thinking they might have been better if I had have used them to experiment with new..."
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"I have been breathing for about a month or so and am fully aware of the risks and how bad it is but I'm fully happy doing it so before anyone goes through the be careful or 'you could d..."
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"Ok, here's the deal. I am stuck in this little village in Tamil Nadu in south India . Yesterday I bought some really nice Indian silk to make some flags out of. The probl..."
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"I may be silly for even suggesting this idea but has there ever been consideration of making bigger beaming poi? They're what 2-1/2" round now but what about maybe making some 4" or 5" ..."
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"Hey all, I've been working on my groups web-page (www.hugbubble.co.uk) for a while now. Using Dreamweaver mainly but also typing in some code by hand.I've been trying to work out how to..."
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"hey everyone i know this is like what i posted in social but i dont know how to change were it is i am hoping it you will let it slip. Does anyone know how Methylated spi..."
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"Those of you who perform for paid gigs or whatever, do you have a public liability insurance? Or is an arrangement made with the venue for covering your performance?If you do have publ..."
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"At a concert I went to a few weeks back I had the opportunity to speak with a linguist. When we discussed what I do, and I said I use Staves, I was complimented for my use of language.A..."
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"I thought I'd share something I've learnt to save unnecessary pain for you gentlemen. After some beautifully aimed and well powered poi right in the family jewels I sat (I was sat for a..."
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"hello, I loocked your picturs, and I am wondering what you use for burn your fire poi????J'ai vu tes photos, et je me demandé qu'est que tu metté sur tes poi pour faire d'aussi grande..."
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"Hey guys,I am running some vague costume ideas through my head at the moment and need some suggestions. Some of the moves I am doing at the moment are very bellydance-ish. I would lik..."
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"i recently tryed using boric acid to make a blue flame after i read about it on a web site but all it did was bubblegot any tips on what i can use to change the colour of the flamethanx..."
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"i recently tryed using boric acid to make a blue flame after i read about it on a web site but all it did was bubblegot any tips on what i can use to change the colour of the flamethanx..."
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"Can someone tell me where to buy glow sticks? Preferably someone in Austrlia, better if they are in Brisbane"
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"hello!!!!I would know how get a green and a blue fire??Thank you"
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"Ok I know i'm getting a fire poi set and a fire staff for christmas!! I'm not planning on lighting up right away but I wanted to get them so I could start practising with them, so when ..."
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"Is there any sort of notation for moves? I'm just learning, and I'm trying to make sure I've covered all the possible ways to do a particular thing before I start worrying about anythin..."
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"Hello, I need some help, I have read lots of discussions about lengths of staves and such, what I want feedback on is what the inner core staff on this site is like and has anyone fo..."
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"You know how people roll the staff quickly between two palms to make a fireball when they start? I saw this to the nth degree last night. This guy wrapped a piece of rope about a mete..."
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"allright,so the time has come.i'm finally making my own fire poi and staff.until recently i was dead set on kevlar wicks. now other materials such as denim, towel and cotton belts have ..."
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"I have recently made myself a fire staff and am using kerosene as a fuel. But I don't know how I am meant to store my staff. Am I meant to do something with it after use, such as clea..."
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"hi folks,So i havent been doing poi to long but no matter what i try to do i cant seem to figure it out the only trick i can seem to manage is the butterfly and i am having great troubl..."
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"Ive been planning to buy some beaming poi but after reading a few threads about them, Im getting kinda scared. Hearing terms like 'ball of plastic death' isnt too comforting to someo..."
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"Mr. Malcolm... is there a way that you can in all your genius whip up an electroglow staff. I guess the best way would be to basically use two of your electroglow batons and one of you..."
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"Hi,At performances I am hjaving trouble finding a reliale way of lighting my staff I was wondering what everyone else uses.Warm wishes,Scarlett"
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