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"Anyone know if these;http://www.renegadejuggling.com/Web_store/web_store.cgi?page=balls7.html&cart_id=7557529.18746are UV active...if not - where I can get some?I would like;red, green ..."
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"Hey all,Splat made me think of something..I used to do a lot of Gymnastics...I wasnt all that great but I was decent. I havent trained gym in literally 10 years. I'm now 25, and I was w..."
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"Ive noticed a trend in my endeavors to get 'good'. I go through peaks where all I can think about is twirling; choreographing moves and routines out in my head, etc. I go through horrib..."
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"hello HOPers.98% of the tech/moves talk round here is about poi. I don't actually play with poi and (like to say that) I'm a staff purist. I mostly do double staff but also do double ..."
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"for all you fire breathers....for the beginners who are looking for the safes fuel and all....would it at all be possible to mix the shot of say lamp oil with water, half and half....fo..."
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"There was a discussion thread in January about practicing and how long you train for each day (and there was a recent poll on this as well). What I was wondering, though, is WHERE you p..."
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"We do alot of talking about wicks and upkeep and such things. Now I am curious about everything else.How often and arduously do you clean and care for, or replace, the metal bits on you..."
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"Sorry guys... =) Had to do it.How many of you live in states that require a "fire permit" to perform fire? Does anyone know if there is any sort of central "repository" for this sort of..."
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"I was at a fair this weekend and happened to bump into some fantastic people. I was chatting away to an trained ex-fire marshall guy and a few *friendly* performers. The fire guy was ..."
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"I learned a new wicking technique for fire fingers and fire fans and any smaller wicked implement. If you take a cotton ball or two and wrap them around the implement and then wrap the..."
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"Hi Yall, i m really into Glowstick Rave. I also try to learn new moves but somehow I dont know if there are some sites on the web or you guys can teach me some new moves, something uni..."
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"i have had another idea from the depths of hell... this was reading the recent glostick post and that was with fire you get that mooi roaring noise as it flies around, i wanted to kno..."
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"Does anyone make a staff that can be seen at night,maybe with lights on the end kind of like the Beaming Balls for Poi?just wondering------------------~chandler~"
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"Would it be worth it for someone to do some tutorials on Diablo?Im just starting out and wouldnt mind reading on how to improve myself and techniques and the like. I found the tutes on ..."
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"Ok, so I took my nylon practice poi with me on a canoe trip yesterday. Lots of fun, everyone enjoyed them, and then my canoe flipped and they got all wet and are covered with river jun..."
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"Hi!I've head about a thing called fire-flags, its like a staff but with all the burning stuff in one end. In the other end theres just a knob, you can read about it here: http://www.yo-..."
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"After seeing the post on the new photon lasers (of which I am going to buy upon ability), I was wondering how many people out there use them and how? I used to put 2 on a single shoelac..."
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"OK, here i go again gettin all preachy...i was at a party this weekend, a party which i was scheduled to perform at but got cancelled and then relocated, but to make a long story short,..."
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"lo allhi i was wondering if anybody has any thoughts on weights of practice poi.i have just changed my tennis ball string for heavy weight chain(dog choke chain) and i have found this t..."
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"Okay, this doesn't really fit into technical but it isn't social since it does pertain to performing and on that basis, I am posting here (so don't yell at me FF ).I have been asked to ..."
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"I just breathed fire for the first time last night! It was incredible! I'm probably gonna get yelled at for not learning from a professional, but i don't care! Just wanted to spread ..."
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"I've had a fabulous week of progress, and I definitely think a lot of it comes from a piece of T'ai Chi wisdom:"The chin &lbr;intrinsic strength&rbr; should be rooted in the feet, gener..."
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"I swing poi but have taken up staff to improve my performance. I normally put my poi tails on my staff but they seem to like each other too much, and end up in a tangled mess. Also it g..."
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"Well, I did it. After nearly two months of thinking about it, I finally did it.Born from the idea of Pele's Jacob's Ladder at the ECSF comes... after two days of construction ... Uberp..."
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"i have had a idea 2to make a new toy, i rember reading something about swinging bowls with fuel... and i came up with the idea of using two tin cans (baked bean style) then put holes i..."
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"I'd love some feedback on battery powered glowsticks. I hate cracking a new set if I only want to spin for an hour or so. I did have some success wrapping a used pair in glow tape and..."
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"Pele, you mentioned doing wraps with fire.. How on earth with four wicks do you manage to keep from burning yourself?"
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"Hey guysto anyone who has double headed wicks, I request a moment of your time.Do you have two wicks screwed onto on a longer piece of metal piping or do you have two smaller wicks (lik..."
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