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"It's been awhile for me. Very excited to say hello again. I used to be Colors Bright Smile. I have updated myself. Can't wait to chat with the old school and meet all the new. Last ..."
"hey all just thought id introduce myself to you ,Im lauren im 17 and from England.Ive just become intrested in poi and would love the help and advice of all you guys if your willling t..."
"Hey everyone....Guess I'm the new guy...good to meet yall and im glad i found this site...lots of good info. well yall all seem koo and it will be good gettin to know you all...peace"
"you'd think that because this country not only owned a piece of the polynesians , but just because of its sheer size and population (260 million) that there would be atleast a few fire ..."
"Just quick post to say Hi to everyone.Just got into poi, been doing it for about 2 months now, and after looking at some of the videos posted I am very impressed.I can see why I set my..."
"Hi, my name's Nichole and I live in RI. I have seen some POI demonstrations before and I am very intersted in learning more about it, it's really cool I have seen people use the flag..."
"Hey guys, names John. New to these forums. Been spinning for a few years now. Im also into liquid and some glowsticking.... yeah what else is there to say for an intro? =P "
"hey hey, well i got into poi when i went to glasto this year, saw some people doin poi, wondered what they were doin then got me self some, hoping to get some fire poi when paid...wicke..."
"Hello people of HOP! I've been here for awhile (my first name 'Ben Acosta' went unused for a few years ) but I'd like to introduce myself. I'm *obviously* Ben, from Orlando FL, i'll be..."
"Wow, these forums seem super-duper friendly!My name is James, I'm 20, and I live just north of Brighton in a dull little town called Haywards Heath. If you're ever there, you might see..."
""whazup" my name is donovan and im from south africa , however i currently reside in charlotte nc. i learnt to spin at a camp for kids in SA from a very good friend of mine , we starte..."
"1st PostHello! I'm Aleks a 20 year old student from the West Midlands England.I enjoy poi, folk music, badgers, carrot cake, museli, sausages, LUSH, and many other things......I just th..."
"Hey everybody. Thought I'd stop off and say hi. I'll cut right to the chase which is that I've never spun poi in my life. And since I don't live near anyone (that I know of) that c..."
"Hello all, returning once again!21/Girlie/ poi spinner, fire dancer.I introduced myself back in earlie 2002, just wanted to come back and say IM still with it. Learned how to spin poi ..."
"Hey, nice to meet you all. I was glad to finally join, because unless I am mistaken these boards have been locked for a little while which made me a sad panda =/. I am a twirler f..."
"Hi all,Been lurking here for a while (well a week or so) and decided to actually type a 'hello' type message so here goes.Hi.....Just very recently got into this wierd 'poi' thing . I ..."
"hello all =)my name is tom, i live in luxemburg but will probably be in plymouth next year doing my masters =)been spinning poi for about 3 months and had my first fire spin a few days ..."
"helllooo. i have just become a new registered user to this site..very exciting!..well, i am 22..fascinated by the art of poi/fire swinging..i am moving to chicago area in a week. , woul..."
" I'm quite new here. I meen, I know the site from some time now, but I never entered the forums or chats. I have 1 question, how can i upload photos to the photo gallery? anyway, on ..."
" Hey there, my name is Grimgirl and I'm new........I think anyway. You never can tell. So I've been slinging poi for about a year and as far as I know, I'm the only one here in T..."
"Hello there everyone. Just wanted to say hello and introduce myself. As you see I am lady_Strega and hail from Portland, OR. I have only been spinning with fire for about a month and..."
"I thought I would send my introduction since I've finally got of my ass to sign up on the HOP forums.I've frequented the site for a long time and now I decide I should participate. Any..."
"Finally, been trying to get on here for almost a week. Anyway, just saying hi. I've been staffing for about four months, five if you count that heady month about three years ago. If..."
"Well, I figured I've been posting on this site for awhile now and it's about time I wrote an Intro thread. So hello all, my name is Clare and I live in Corpus Christi Texas aka: the bu..."
" Hello to you. I have just moved from Falmouth, Cornwall to Wantage near oxford. And I need knew fire spinning friends. My favourite toys are poi, staff, devil stick, and hu..."
"Hello.. just a short intro from me.. today...I found HOP yesterday... While I don't want to get into the fire spinning (it looks great, I personally don't want to do it), I'm intereste..."
"well i think my last intro sucked so here a go againage 21bithday 8/13/83sighn leomovies labrith/dark crystal/strange landbooks all the world of darkness/ anything by a..."
"hello all, just thought i would introduce myself. my name is roberts and ive been using the site for a while. ive just now gotten around to registering. i figured why sit on the s..."
"Hello! I'm new to the boards and all the arts. I'm currently learning Poi, stiltwalking, juggling, and i'm steeling myself to start learning Fire work.I'm 22 from the UK, i graduated fr..."
"Hello everybody,This is my first time actually posting anything on this message board....I'm kinda shy about talking to people via computer. Anyway, here goes my introduction....Name:..."
"Just realised i probably never posted a hello thread when i first signed upsorry, that was a bit rude of me so heres one now, erm a year and a bit late Name: KiddaAge: 19Location: Birm..."
"Name JosephLocation EdinburghToys Staff, his jaw had a rather painful meeting with mcps monkey fist poi last night (told him to use my lovely light ones)Job med student (hey lightning!)..."
"Greethings HoPpers! Let me introduce myself:Name: teknomad aka aXxe aka JasminD.O.B: xx/12/80Age at which I realised I wasn't a genius: 17Location: currently Auckland, NZ, but the nick ..."
"Hello there everyone, I am new to the Home of Poi site, as well as to the Portland area, just thought I would send a friendly little hello to everyone and introduce myself. Is there a p..."
"Well, since I'm new to the place, I guess I'll make my presence known.... this is such a neat forum idea...Name: Amanda Hebert (but everyone calls me Raven)Age: 21Signs:Common- LeoChine..."
"Hello hello! My name is Tea ('Tey-a', for the phonetics of it all )I'm a high school student, who had a a taste of staff twirling probably a year ago, and is looking to do more twirling..."
"Hi eveyone....I joined HOP a few weeks ago..... and find this site soo helpful...and the people are fabulous.... thanks to anyone that has held my hand as i learn about poi.... Hopef..."
"And this is me, Mike. Just moving to London from the garrison town of Colchester where you've got more drunks and squaddies than Elton John has wig transplants. Here's me ( but more so)..."
"Hello all! I'm a newbie to the world of poi. A friend of mine started teaching me last week, but then she moved away. So here I am... just starting out.Nice to meet everyone!"
"hi all this is the one the only fraggle himselflolwell lets get started im 17 y.o. male living in denver colorado, im curently out of school but will soon be going backive been spinnin..."
"So, um, yeah, well, hi. I guess. Don't really know what to say, but since I felt compelled to offer my advice on someone's teeth grinding problem, I figure they deserve to know who I ..."
"Hey, what's a nice site like you doing on an internet like this?I have a friend in a fire spinning/hooping group in LA (Mutaytor) which got me interested in it. I have made some hoops ..."
"Im very new to the site, but have been playing with poi on and off for a few years. Im from Adelaide, Australia, but am living in North London at the moment. This week I went to my fi..."
"hello hello!!Have been around these forums for *ages* now and thought it was about time I registered so I could join in the fun!! Figured first I should introduce myself,so here goes......"