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Posted: 11th Mar 2004
Welcome

Wow, a whole family spinning. That's awesome!

Where are you guys located?

Posted: 11th Mar 2004
hey there

you should get the rest of them here on HoP too!

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Posted: 11th Mar 2004
Hello

I know what you mean about the fire, even after watching a few fire performers I was still amazed by how noisey they are when they fly past your head and how much wind resistance the flames have.

Tell us more about yourself....and your family!

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Posted: 11th Mar 2004
How cool!

Fun Family Spin time! Excellent!

Welcome to the madness!!

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Posted: 11th Mar 2004
'ello! welcome!!! good choice in numbers so tell us more about yourself....where you are located, what's your favorite stooge, whether you can do a back handspring full double full with a twist?

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Posted: 11th Mar 2004
how cool.....I wish my family spun. They just smile and nod whenever i start talking about it in that 'oh sh*t shes talking about it again lets pretend im listening' kinda way. Where are you from? 6 sets of fire poi?! damn that must have been expensive!
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Posted: 12th Mar 2004
Greetings and Welcome,
Nice to hear your teaching the kids poi etc
Im always amazed at how co ordinated and how quickly kids can pick up twirling etc they seem to have that natural eye hand co ordination thing sussed.
Happy Twirling.

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Posted: 12th Mar 2004
Welcome to HoP!
Cheers!

Posted: 12th Mar 2004
We are in FL we mostly practice at home, but there are a few drum circles that we go to .We only bought 2 sets of fire poi, the kids have tennis balls on rope .I have told them that once they can do the basic moves for a couple of months with no major mishaps then i will let them try fire with close supervision. My husband doesn't really want them to, but as long as we are safe and very careful I don't see that it will be a problem. Does anyone have an opinion on what age is ok for fire? Our 9 and 10 yr old daughters are the most interested. The boys get too frustrated. We mostly listen to techno but the old man likes something a little slower. I am also starting to become interested in staff .

Posted: 12th Mar 2004
Good for you!

I honestly don't think that 10 yrs. would be too young to spin fire as long as your children knew that it was only something they were allowed to do with your supervision and they were only allowed to do so once you thought their skill level warranted it. I would also let them know that they were not to try any new tricks while they were spinning fire.

What you should be concerned about would be how they would react if something did happen while they were on fire, i.e. if they got their chains tangled would they freak out and possibly cause themselves some harm, or how would they react if they did manage to get a little bit of fire on themselves. I will say that even adults can react poorly in those types of situations and only you can know your children and know if they are strong enough to deal with such a situation.

What part of FL are you from? My parents just moved back to TX from there, but saw snow and are now planning on moving to Ocala.

Posted: 12th Mar 2004
hello psycho44

what happened to the previous 43 psychos?



did you...

...eat them?

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Posted: 13th Mar 2004
We are in the Pinellas county in the largo area. I don't think the kids would freak or anything. as soon as my husband and i got our fire poi, we went over lots of safety with the kids. even though we don't let them spin fire yet they want to watch us so i thought we should go over safety issues. they all help us when we spin and are real quick to spot stray fire . they also know how to operate the fire extinguishers . It's not like i would say ok go play with fire now see ya later. I mean I would be right there with them and make sure they felt comfortable with what they were doing.

Yes I ate the other 43 and they were mighty tastey too!

Posted: 14th Mar 2004
Hiya Psych...what Spritie said plus....maybe get them some smaller wicks? The little two inchers may be more suitable for them and not over power their arm-strength. Try a light amount of fuel to start with as well so they won't burn for too long so they can work their way up to full burn times.

As for the young spinning fire issue....I don't think there's a problem if the parents/guardians are happy with their skill level and all safety aspects are taken care of. Recomend a fire blanket if you don't have one...not just for folks catching fire but also so you can put the wicks down safely should you need to cut a routine short.

Happy spinning and send us some pics...I wanna see a family spinning-bee!

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Posted: 14th Mar 2004
Psycho, first I think it's really cool that you are planning to supervise your kids. Do make sure to read the safety articles. Also, make sure you're up on your First Aid before letting this happen.

If your husband likes it slower, many Beethoven Allegros (my favorite is the third movement of his 1st Symphony) are nice slow spinning.

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Posted: 9th Dec 2004
Hello again everyone! Just thought I would post an update. I still won't let the kids spin poi on fire. Some of them have kinda lost interest in poi, but only because as we spend time with other fire people with different toys the kids are finding new fire interests. My youngest son is really into staff. He has used it on fire (pic in gallery). My girls are into fans. I let them light up those too. I feel better with the fixed fire it seems a little safer for now. We have recently made hula hoops that we hope to equip for fire at a later date but for now what fun. We get some really strange looks as people drive by and see all 8 of us hooping in front of our house.

Posted: 9th Dec 2004
welcome here.
even if the kids are moving from poi to other arts its still great to know that they doing something to help them improve their minds etc.

just keep on enjoying it and its all good

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Posted: 18th Dec 2004
Welcome!
(I have met you and your family several times down at Pier 60)
see you there again soon!!!!

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in the strangest of places if you look at it right.

Posted: 2nd Mar 2005
if anyone is interested I have posted a few pics in the gallery some fire, some non fire.

Posted: 7th Jun 2005
omg hey jen its z how ges it?!?!?! odd to find you here! whats the group were in i cant find it!

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