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Tell us all about it! We love hearing about our fellow poiers/staffies/misc. toyers succeeding with new things

It's just hard to keep up with it all sometimes, so if we keep it together you'll be certain to get a little feedback.



here a pat on the back in advance from me



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Written by: Rev

Written by: PoiElf

I've had a very good couple of weeks!!!

Mastered BTT butterfly,BTT forwards weave,



Between The Toes!?!



OMG I was laughing till tears ran down my face!

Thanks for really cheering me up Rev!

"**grumble*spuriouswindmills*grumble**" - Coleman
"if poi was only for girls there wouldnt be many good poi spinners...." - Nx

hehehe...aww garthy...u crying with laughter made me cry with laughter...for some reason...

aaanyway, i just learned butterfly weave and a variation of it, and it made me

next on the To Learn list...flowers...

Livin' on dreams and custard creams

Livin' on dreams and custard creams

not wiggling your bum during a buzzsaw is easy... not wiggling your bum here and there during an isolated buzzsaw, now that's a challenge..


and since I keep posting off topic...
I learned some fun direction changes with various one handed moves.. hehe

More useless information courtesy of Rev...
Confusing the masses, one post at a time...
"Obviously, you're not a golfer.."- The Dude
"Buy the ticket... Take the ride..." -Raoul Duke
"FEMA has never done catastrophe planning..."-Michael Brown

I've started holding the chain of the other poi after I wrap one around my wrist during weaves and continue spinning until I want to unwrap - kind of inner circle and outer circle stuff.
not sure what these are called keep mixing up terms anyways

...it's safe to say that relationships inspired by the art of poi are not necessarily 'poi'fect...!

Written by: stroo

does anyone have any tips on how to wiggle your bum less when you do buzzsaw? i dont use it infront of people because of this and its becoming a problem...



I can't see the problem

I really wouldn't mind you wiggling your bum infront of me.

"**grumble*spuriouswindmills*grumble**" - Coleman
"if poi was only for girls there wouldnt be many good poi spinners...." - Nx

meteors, courtesy of gothfrogette

"But what would you do with a brain if you had one?"

Dorothy Gale

Butterfly flowers, both where your arms are going in the same direction and where they're going in the opposite direction. Oddly easy to get - I'd be suspicious but I got a second opinion and they're right

Now to work on that reverse wall plane antispin weave simian showed me last night...

"Moo," said the happy cow.

Let's relight this forum

yes, you are being a silly dunc



the whole hands together vs. hands apart thing



if you keep your arms opposite each other and do same direction longarm you get a 'same direction bf flower'.



if you keep you hands together and do the same thing, you have to know firstly how to bf weave in wall plane and then, once you can transition from one side to the other smoothly, you will have yourself a 'bf fountain'.



i ain't learnt nuffin.



but i did work out for myself that forwards glides start looking 10 times better if you lean back.

need to watch more usher videos /:)





cole. x

"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
- tim westwood

You can't fall off the floor, but sometimes you need a chair to reach the cookie jar.

I got a tangled corkscrew/wrap/thingy!

My state of mind is not yours to define!

There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."

*Gemit quietly taps herself on back* I just mastered mexican wave and rising sun both ways......know it's very feable compared to all this complicated talk up here ^^^^^^ but it took me all night and just wanted to tell someone who might care...a bit!?....oooo and I can do forward, back and overhead weave!! So do you reckon I can play with fire now....purrrleeeease?!

Sleep when yer dead!

Ted, Ted, I forgaat to have me breakfast, d' ya tink I moight doie?!!

Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, mushroom, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, mushroom.....

Mwaaaah haaaa, of course I mean chasing the sun....stooopid mo fo aren't I?!?!

Sleep when yer dead!

Ted, Ted, I forgaat to have me breakfast, d' ya tink I moight doie?!!

Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, mushroom, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, mushroom.....

yay gemit congrats mexican wave took me ages to get but over head was pretty quick after that - jst gotta get my reverse over head and btb butterfly nice and clean now

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"Moo," said the happy cow.

Written by: linden_rathen

yay gemit congrats mexican wave took me ages to get but over head was pretty quick after that - jst gotta get my reverse over head and btb butterfly nice and clean now



Tee hee, fankin you.....gonna try and put a wee routine to music tonight, more bruises to be had and mega finger ache!

Sleep when yer dead!

Ted, Ted, I forgaat to have me breakfast, d' ya tink I moight doie?!!

Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, mushroom, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, mushroom.....

I just picked up my poi this monday for the first time since august Tis great I learnt both 5 beat weave, 3 different variations of iso's-clean that is.. am halfway on some wraps and hyperloops and starting to get the whole flowerthing

ME IS BAAACK...!!

-- and a second and to Fluffy Napalm Fairy& Oli for big inpiration

ALL IS FULL OF LOVE

i just did some wicked combo thing when i was pissed last night
it goes forward swinging => low turn =>straight into BTB weave =>reverse normal weave.

all my drunk friends were very impressed

"disobedience is man's original virtue.
It is through disobedience that progress has been made" Oscar Wilde

What exactly do I have to light on fire to get you to notice me?

GO DRAKE - took me ages to get 3 bt
but this weekend ive managed to get 5bt so go me too
i had that too, got tail poi to start with and now ive got sock poi im learning quicker
just gotta get it sorted with the tails now :P

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What exactly do I have to light on fire to get you to notice me?

lmao i jsut hate it when you learn a move go back to it and cant do it then spend a frustrated 2 minutes hitting yourself - ah well
can get 5 bt with tails which is cool - just need to figure out it in reverse - i cant make the poi cross over on the last beat on either side which is annoying as i hit myself in the face instead.

that and i wanna try and get the btb weave and maybe do some stuff with buzz saws

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telegram to civil society:
THE GRAYS HOPE TO WIN.
RAINBOW NEEDED URGENTLY
- Subcommandante Marcos, of the EZLN
Zapatista National Liberation Army

go rohan in 2 weeks? thats fast
contrats on being an annoyingly quick learning
keep going with it

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Written by: Dunc

OLI!! Good to see you around dude, hows the travelling?

Written by: oli

ridiculous marching move



No way I came up with one of those at Falmouth! Great minds eh

Oli, me and Ross managed a two man version of your hyperloop!



its teh global con she ence ness (cant spell it, so read it like it sounds )

and i cant wait to see you and ross in action again, it sounds brilliant.

Me train running low on soul coal
They push+pull tactics are driving me loco
They shouldn't do that no no no

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