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HOP Mad Doctor
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Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
I just saw Kinudin tonight. It's not fair! He learned to spin when he was 15 and is one of the best spinners I've seen in my life!
Friggin' hippie raver druggie punk kid...
Please note: Kinudin is not actually a hippie or a druggie. He is, however, a raver at heart (although he doesn't rave) and is most certainly a punk kid.
I just saw Kinudin tonight. It's not fair! He learned to spin when he was 15 and is one of the best spinners I've seen in my life!
Friggin' hippie raver druggie punk kid...
Please note: Kinudin is not actually a hippie or a druggie. He is, however, a raver at heart (although he doesn't rave) and is most certainly a punk kid.
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: "In your ear", United Kingdom
Carpal \'Tunnel
6,207 posts
Location: "In your ear", United Kingdom
Posted:
but surly these are the best pl to know, cos they cause you to strive for a better spin?
these ppl for me are the ones i think, wow they have that move so smooth, or wow they are so good atthat, or wow they are so fluid, i hope to be like that one day, and so i put teh practice in for it!?!!?!?!?!?
any whos, less ranting from my brain
laterdays
ps lightning you should visit the UK again man, so many amazing spinners it makes me cry!
but surly these are the best pl to know, cos they cause you to strive for a better spin?
these ppl for me are the ones i think, wow they have that move so smooth, or wow they are so good atthat, or wow they are so fluid, i hope to be like that one day, and so i put teh practice in for it!?!!?!?!?!?
any whos, less ranting from my brain
laterdays
ps lightning you should visit the UK again man, so many amazing spinners it makes me cry!
Step (el-nombrie)
Flaming Lesbian
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Location: Portland, Oregon
181 posts
Location: Portland, Oregon
Posted:
i'm not a raver or a druggie, but i'm a raver at heart
oh, and i suck at spinning poi. when i light up i do the 3bt weave, butterflys, and cork/mills and that's it..
those raver punks got all the moves. ;]
i'm not a raver or a druggie, but i'm a raver at heart
oh, and i suck at spinning poi. when i light up i do the 3bt weave, butterflys, and cork/mills and that's it..
those raver punks got all the moves. ;]
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Location: Guelph, ON, Canada
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Location: Guelph, ON, Canada
Posted:
*puts up hand* I started at 14...:
^^;
~ Bobo
*puts up hand* I started at 14...
:^^;
~ Bobo
wie weit, wie weit noch?
fragst mich, wo wir gewesen sind...
du fehlst hier
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Mistress of Pink...Multicoloured
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Mistress of Pink...Multicoloured
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Location: Over There, United Kingdom
Posted:
I started at 15
I started at 15
Never pick up a duck in a dungeon...
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playing the days away
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Location: The Middle lands, United Kingdom
playing the days away
7,263 posts
Location: The Middle lands, United Kingdom
Posted:
I started at 26! But I would have loved to have started at 15 cuz that's a way better time for the brain to learn. In fact I wish I'd started at 5!!
I started at 26!
But I would have loved to have started at 15 cuz that's a way better time for the brain to learn. In fact I wish I'd started at 5!! Let's relight this forum 
Official HoP hobbity potato monster!
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Location: Cardiff, The Diffshire
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Location: Cardiff, The Diffshire
Posted:
i started at 21 just as i came of age, but bug is right, i wish i started at 5 becase now i would just be hella cool!
i started at 21 just as i came of age, but bug is right, i wish i started at 5 becase now i would just be hella cool!
O.B.E.S.E. Official Potato man.
Remeber kids.... Its all fun and games until someone loses a bol**ck!
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ummmmmmm.............
724 posts
Location: Rotherham, UK
ummmmmmm.............
724 posts
Location: Rotherham, UK
Posted:
I started at 18 *sigh* still not good with fire poi, pratice ones fine, fire POOO!
maybe im just a scaredy cat 
I started at 18 *sigh* still not good with fire poi, pratice ones fine, fire POOO!
maybe im just a scaredy cat Only when the last tree has died
and the last river has been poisoned
and the last fish has been caught
will we realise that we
cannot eat money.
Cree Indian, 1909
thats sooooo not where i parked my car...................
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Location: mareeba
198 posts
Location: mareeba
Posted:
i was 13 i was/is a wittle girl
i was 13 i was/is a wittle girl
we cant stop here its bat country!!!!!!!!!!!
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Location: South Wales
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Location: South Wales
Posted:
So does that mean he is friggin'?
Quote:
Friggin' hippie raver druggie punk kid...
Please note: Kinudin is not actually a hippie or a druggie. He is, however, a raver at heart (although he doesn't rave) and is most certainly a punk kid.
So does that mean he is friggin'?
HoP resident longboarder.
195 posts
Location: Tasmania, Australia
195 posts
Location: Tasmania, Australia
Posted:
i definately wish i'd picked it up earlier, cos i see 12-13 year olds doing tricks that make me look like an absolute novice...gawd dammnit...i started when spinning when i was 17/18.. but have been using staff since i was about 16
good times...
i definately wish i'd picked it up earlier, cos i see 12-13 year olds doing tricks that make me look like an absolute novice...gawd dammnit...i started when spinning when i was 17/18.. but have been using staff since i was about 16
good times... "surely a longboarding fire spinner should have no trouble getting some action!"- NYC....
NYC
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
Posted:
I've had so many wonderful lives before I picked up poi. I'm glad I didn't start earlier because I'd have missed all of that. I was a blues harmonica player, a swing dancer, a miniature modeler, a gamer and many other things before I became a fire spinner. I'd never wanted to have missed all that to become obsessed with only fire.
Fire came into my life at just the right time... 27 for me. They'll be something after fire too... I don't think I'll ever totally throw away my poi... then again, I never throw away any of my old hobbies... I guess that's why I suck at all of them.
I've had so many wonderful lives before I picked up poi. I'm glad I didn't start earlier because I'd have missed all of that. I was a blues harmonica player, a swing dancer, a miniature modeler, a gamer and many other things before I became a fire spinner. I'd never wanted to have missed all that to become obsessed with only fire.
Fire came into my life at just the right time... 27 for me. They'll be something after fire too... I don't think I'll ever totally throw away my poi... then again, I never throw away any of my old hobbies... I guess that's why I suck at all of them.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
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big and good and broken
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Location: lunn dunn, yoo kay, United Kingdom
big and good and broken
7,330 posts
Location: lunn dunn, yoo kay, United Kingdom
Posted:
were the big modelers mean to you?
is that the real reason you stopped modelling?
Quote:
a miniature modeler
were the big modelers mean to you?
is that the real reason you stopped modelling?
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i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
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110% MONKEY EVERY TIME ALL THE TIME JUST CANT STOP THE MONKEY
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Location: London
3,149 posts
Location: London
Posted:
Lightning, could you please change the thread title? It's a little open to misinterpretation...
(nearly as bad as when my intro was "Enter the Monkey")
Lightning, could you please change the thread title? It's a little open to misinterpretation...
(nearly as bad as when my intro was "Enter the Monkey")
"Switching between different kinds of chuu chuu sometimes gives this "urgh wtf?" effect because it's giving people the phi phenomenon."
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HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
Simian, you say "misinterpretation" as if it were a bad thing...
Simian, you say "misinterpretation" as if it were a bad thing...
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
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All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
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Location: body in Las Vegas, heart all around the world, USA
All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
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Location: body in Las Vegas, heart all around the world, USA
Posted:
technically i started around age 13, but i didn't really get into it until i was 22...wish i had practiced more earlier tho
technically i started around age 13, but i didn't really get into it until i was 22...wish i had practiced more earlier tho
I was always scared with my mother's obsession with the good scissors. It made me wonder if there were evil scissors lurking in the house somewhere.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
**giggles**
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Captain Shawnie the Dreaded
126 posts
Location: Canada
Captain Shawnie the Dreaded
126 posts
Location: Canada
Posted:
I don't think it's bad to start learning once you're an adult. Why wouldn't you want to? It's a great time to start. As a chile you're constantly learning, but as you age you learn less things in the same period of time. Adults - take pride in learning now. How many people your age aren't getting out to try new things?
I don't think it's bad to start learning once you're an adult. Why wouldn't you want to? It's a great time to start. As a chile you're constantly learning, but as you age you learn less things in the same period of time. Adults - take pride in learning now. How many people your age aren't getting out to try new things?
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HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
Because the younger you are, the more plastic your brain is. Give a 10-year-old poi and it's absolutely amazing how quickly they start doing moves you have never even seen before.
Because the younger you are, the more plastic your brain is. Give a 10-year-old poi and it's absolutely amazing how quickly they start doing moves you have never even seen before.
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
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Location: Guelph, ON, Canada
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Location: Guelph, ON, Canada
Posted:
WHOO! Go plastic brains!!
~ Bobo
WHOO! Go plastic brains!!
~ Bobo
wie weit, wie weit noch?
fragst mich, wo wir gewesen sind...
du fehlst hier
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Llamas are larger than frogs.
319 posts
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Llamas are larger than frogs.
319 posts
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Posted:
The same goes for a lot of other things: instruments...languages...
I started @ 15, first saw it and thought "that would be cool to do" @ 13
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Because the younger you are, the more plastic your brain is. Give a 10-year-old poi and it's absolutely amazing how quickly they start doing moves you have never even seen before.
The same goes for a lot of other things: instruments...languages...
I started @ 15, first saw it and thought "that would be cool to do" @ 13
"I know a good deal more than a boiled carrot."
"Fire!" "Where?" "Nowhere, I was just illustrating the misuse of free speech."
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Are we there yet?
1,897 posts
Location: australia
Are we there yet?
1,897 posts
Location: australia
Posted:
pouts: I gotta get me one of those plastic brains...
(why am I having flashbacks to a suicidal tendencies song.....)
pouts: I gotta get me one of those plastic brains...
(why am I having flashbacks to a suicidal tendencies song.....)
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Location: San Diego, California, USA
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Posted:
Aww mike, that's awfully touching
Love you
I started spinning at 13/14 by the way, but you were close hehe and wasn't that a discussion you guys had while I was spinning? About how you give a 6 year old poi, and they will be coming up with stuff that no one will ever even be able to comprehend? Maybe I was just hearing things through the fire. (MAN! I haven't spun fire in a year. That was a rush lol thanks for inviting me!)
When I went to London, I was um. Yeah. Holy sh*t, crap in my pants jealous at the community they have going there. Everyone knew everyone else, they accepted newcommers and they were teaching new spinners moves that I was having trouble to comprehend, and took me about a month of looking at videos to decipher. (Jon, your videos helped very mucho)
Thank yous Mike,
Very flattered
Kinudin
Aww mike, that's awfully touching
Love you
I started spinning at 13/14 by the way, but you were close hehe and wasn't that a discussion you guys had while I was spinning? About how you give a 6 year old poi, and they will be coming up with stuff that no one will ever even be able to comprehend? Maybe I was just hearing things through the fire. (MAN! I haven't spun fire in a year. That was a rush lol thanks for inviting me!)
When I went to London, I was um. Yeah. Holy sh*t, crap in my pants jealous at the community they have going there. Everyone knew everyone else, they accepted newcommers and they were teaching new spinners moves that I was having trouble to comprehend, and took me about a month of looking at videos to decipher. (Jon, your videos helped very mucho
)Thank yous Mike,
Very flattered
Kinudin
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Location: South Wales
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Location: South Wales
Posted:
is that Jon, me?
whatvideos?
*brain like sieve*
is that Jon, me?
whatvideos?
*brain like sieve*
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
yes, but things get boring much faster at that age too. I think if I had learned poi as a child or young teenager, I would have gotten good at it faster, but only gone so far with it. Instead, I started when I was 30 and have stuck with it and think as a result I am far better with poi than I would have been if I picked it up when I was a youngster.
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Because the younger you are, the more plastic your brain is. Give a 10-year-old poi and it's absolutely amazing how quickly they start doing moves you have never even seen before.
yes, but things get boring much faster at that age too. I think if I had learned poi as a child or young teenager, I would have gotten good at it faster, but only gone so far with it. Instead, I started when I was 30 and have stuck with it and think as a result I am far better with poi than I would have been if I picked it up when I was a youngster.
-v-
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Posted:
Yeh. My dad's sneaky and got videos of almost everyone who spun that day also a strange conversation about that strange batman-aliens vs. predetor mix of a fan movie.
Oh! That still reminds me. I need to host that twisty staff thingy we recorded my dad doing. *sigh* To much homework, crazy English teacher.
Kinudin
Quote:
is that Jon, me?
whatvideos?
*brain like sieve*
Yeh. My dad's sneaky and got videos of almost everyone who spun that day
also a strange conversation about that strange batman-aliens vs. predetor mix of a fan movie.Oh! That still reminds me. I need to host that twisty staff thingy we recorded my dad doing. *sigh* To much homework, crazy English teacher.
Kinudin
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Location: Dublin, Ireland
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Location: Dublin, Ireland
Posted:
I picked up poi at 33! Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks??
I used to think it would have been cool to learn this as a teenager, but like Vanize says, I may not have stuck with it.
I'm quite I glad I have such a beautiful, creative, challenging and most of all fun to learn hobby right now though. I've even taught my mam some moves, and she's 56!
I picked up poi at 33! Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks??
I used to think it would have been cool to learn this as a teenager, but like Vanize says, I may not have stuck with it.
I'm quite I glad I have such a beautiful, creative, challenging and most of all fun to learn hobby right now though. I've even taught my mam some moves, and she's 56!
My mind not only wanders, it sometimes leaves completely 
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Carpal \'Tunnel
4,172 posts
Location: Hastings, United Kingdom
Carpal \'Tunnel
4,172 posts
Location: Hastings, United Kingdom
Posted:
me too
Quote:
I started at 15
me too
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addict
674 posts
Location: Ohio, USA
addict
674 posts
Location: Ohio, USA
Posted:
I've only got one thing to say. I learned the correct reverse three beat weave from a 10 year old at a festival.
She was real good too...
I've only got one thing to say. I learned the correct reverse three beat weave from a 10 year old at a festival.
She was real good too...
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spiny norman
314 posts
Location: Cincinnati,damn it, USA
spiny norman
314 posts
Location: Cincinnati,damn it, USA
Posted:
thats crazy, i love child prodigys, but i hate them to,
i saw fire poi first at 13 and started 13/14 i have and will stick with it, even though i dont condiser myself patient, the amazing people ive seen and the knowlage of all the moves out there wont let me quit, i love poi to much to give up on it,
as to six year olds and stuff being fast learners, thats true, but 57 year olds are pretty good too, i brought my stremer poi to a family birthday party and got my aunt to try them, she never once hit herself, and started doing crossovers despite the fact i hadent shown them to her, and all the kids were really good too, it was funny, i spin really fast, and since i was the only spinner they had ever seen they all spun really fast too, hehe>much luv
thats crazy, i love child prodigys, but i hate them to,
i saw fire poi first at 13 and started 13/14 i have and will stick with it, even though i dont condiser myself patient, the amazing people ive seen and the knowlage of all the moves out there wont let me quit, i love poi to much to give up on it,
as to six year olds and stuff being fast learners, thats true, but 57 year olds are pretty good too, i brought my stremer poi to a family birthday party and got my aunt to try them, she never once hit herself, and started doing crossovers despite the fact i hadent shown them to her, and all the kids were really good too, it was funny, i spin really fast, and since i was the only spinner they had ever seen they all spun really fast too, hehe>much luv
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Location: Suburbiton, Yoo-Kay, United Kingdom
slack rating - 9.5
2,216 posts
Location: Suburbiton, Yoo-Kay, United Kingdom
Posted:
Ditto... i was about to say something along these lines myself!
started at 19 btw so i guess that made me a teenager....
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Lightning, could you please change the thread title? It's a little open to misinterpretation...
Ditto... i was about to say something along these lines myself!
started at 19 btw so i guess that made me a teenager....
It is our fantasies that make us real. Without our fantasies we're just a blank monkey' - Terry Pratchett
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Pooh-Bah
2,109 posts
Location: Philadelphia, PA - USA
Pooh-Bah
2,109 posts
Location: Philadelphia, PA - USA
Posted:
Started at 19, almost 20 but wish I started a lot earlier. I think Im pretty decent now with only a year under my belt, I cant imagine how good Id be if I started at 15 or earlier. Reguardless of how much better a learner I was at that age.
Started at 19, almost 20 but wish I started a lot earlier. I think Im pretty decent now with only a year under my belt, I cant imagine how good Id be if I started at 15 or earlier. Reguardless of how much better a learner I was at that age.
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We'll blaze a new trail,
and torch the rough patches.
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