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thiland the birth of poi??? did u start here??

devkevSILVER Member
discoverer of phat and poigling
292 posts
Location: North London.. England

Posted: 8th Feb 2005
Where did you first pick up the poi???

me, i started in a place called Seaflower, Ao Si Kong beach in west Kao Pan Ngan cool

The huts there are lovely, the resturant and food and owners are great and the beach is nice and chilled.... the sunsets are the most amazing i have seen anywhaere in my 2 year travels of asia and oz... it is a fantastic place to learn poi, you can go to had rin via 2 taxis and party all night and chill out when you get back in you hammock... aww i miss it..
ubbrollsmile

its all about the fun fun fun fun and more fun...

devkevSILVER Member
discoverer of phat and poigling
292 posts
Location: North London.. England

Posted: 19th Jun 2005
hmm did noone start in thiland???

its all about the fun fun fun fun and more fun...

GnorBRONZE Member
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5,814 posts
Location: Perth, Australia

Posted: 19th Jun 2005
My friend did if that counts.
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mycoBRONZE Member
Pooh-Bah
2,084 posts
Location: melbourne, victoria, australia

Posted: 19th Jun 2005
hmmm...its not uncommon to read an intro that says that they started after a trip to thailand, so surely you're not the only one.

Stainless MunchkinMaster of the Munchkins
246 posts

Posted: 19th Jun 2005
i havnt seen ne1 in thailand doin poi frown

i go there every holiday because my dad lives there, but sadly no poi sightings as yet

Are you that clever that you smile forever? biggrin

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MikeGinnyGOLD Member
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA

Posted: 19th Jun 2005
On Florence Moore field at Stanford. I'd been flagging for a bit, but someone handed me some glowsticks on strings (technically they count as poi, right? Weights on strings?) and I did a two-beat weave.

-Mike

Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella

A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura

rowanleemember
99 posts
Location: west coast

Posted: 19th Jun 2005
devkev, who showed you poi at the Seaflower?

And was there a crazy happy friendly german drug sharing guy there too? And a Thai man with a Canadian woman? A party at the waterfall?

Hmmn... memories...

Lots of Poi in Thailand, if you are in Bangkok or plan to be , check out the scene at www.jugglingplus.com... Poi in the park ( Pra Atit boat stop along the river in Banglumpu area-) every evening at sunset...

wherever you go, there you are

MynciBRONZE Member
Macaque of all trades
8,738 posts
Location: wombling free..., United Kingdom

Posted: 20th Jun 2005
Sorry dev. Learnt to poiggle in bournemouth... biggrin

Still can't really do much more than v. basic poi. but can juggle a leetle.. juggle

A couple of balls short of a full cascade... or maybe a few cards short of a deck... we'll see how this all fans out.

Yell fire!SILVER Member
member
151 posts
Location: London, United Kingdom

Posted: 20th Jun 2005
Yes, Koh Phangan, March 2003. It is the best place imaginable to learn poi. Very inspiring...

Groovy_DreamSILVER Member
addict
449 posts
Location: Australia

Posted: 21st Jun 2005
I'm going to thailand in December. I'll be staying in Bangkok for a while, then i'm heading down to ko pha-ngan for the full moon festival.

Can't wait!

Any suggestions as to where i could find some good twirling?

colemanSILVER Member
big and good and broken
7,330 posts
Location: lunn dunn, yoo kay, United Kingdom

Posted: 21st Jun 2005
london.

born and bred biggrin

cole. x

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spaceySILVER Member
mischeivious pixie
291 posts
Location: Sydney, Australia

Posted: 21st Jun 2005
i learnt in worthing...nice.... biggrin

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linden rathenGOLD Member
Carpal \'Tunnel
6,942 posts
Location: London, UK

Posted: 21st Jun 2005
lol here in dorking tongue

thanks to pigeon wigeon

back

ShuBRONZE Member
Retro Fyre Wizzard
538 posts
Location: Pietermaritzburg (KZN), South Africa

Posted: 22nd Jun 2005
i prolly shouldnt say this, coz i now know how stupid it was...

the firest time i picked up a set of poi was at my home... they belonged to one of my brothers friends, he, stevo & stevo's brother has started playing with them a short time before! They were on fire!

Fortunately i picked it up real quickly and was doing a 4bt weave, corkscrew and butterfly by the end of the evening!

Went to the hardware store the next day and bought all the stuff to make my own pair and made them the following w-end. I didnt touch them for about a week, then i (studip) bought some paraffin dunked them and i have never looked baq! I did nt even own a set of practice poi till about 3 months after i started!

I spose i was lucky, nothing bad ever happened!

Regards hug

Shu
(Ice-E FyreStorm - Group Manager & Performer)

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