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15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Posted:
Every year, as the weather starts to get colder, windier, wetter, etc, my enthusiasm for spinning declines as obviously, you cant spin outside, and my landlady doesnt approve of me spinning fire in the house...... strange lady...
At the moment.. im generally spinning about once a week at juggling society at Uni.
I usually take my juggling balls everywhere though.
But then when the summer comes round again, and it starts getting lighter, later, my enthusiasm goes back up again.
Does anyone else feel like this?
Every year, as the weather starts to get colder, windier, wetter, etc, my enthusiasm for spinning declines as obviously, you cant spin outside, and my landlady doesnt approve of me spinning fire in the house...... strange lady...
At the moment.. im generally spinning about once a week at juggling society at Uni.
I usually take my juggling balls everywhere though.
But then when the summer comes round again, and it starts getting lighter, later, my enthusiasm goes back up again.
Does anyone else feel like this?
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Pooh-Bah
1,626 posts
Location: Southampton, United Kingdom
Pooh-Bah
1,626 posts
Location: Southampton, United Kingdom
Posted:
Yup. I really want to spin in the winter, it's just I know that the amount of hassle it is getting to somewhere I can spin isn't worth it.. because within 3 minutes my fingers are black and dropping off, my joints are stiff regardless of warmups, my ears feel like they're on fire, my nose is running...
I'm not even spinning once a week at the mo. But I'm really looking forward to the summer so I can spend whole days doing nothing but spinning
Yup. I really want to spin in the winter, it's just I know that the amount of hassle it is getting to somewhere I can spin isn't worth it.. because within 3 minutes my fingers are black and dropping off, my joints are stiff regardless of warmups, my ears feel like they're on fire, my nose is running...
I'm not even spinning once a week at the mo. But I'm really looking forward to the summer so I can spend whole days doing nothing but spinning
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Geek-enviro-hippy priest
1,858 posts
Location: Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Geek-enviro-hippy priest
1,858 posts
Location: Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Posted:
I'm not fussed about spinning fire, and I go to a club anything from once to three times a week, so I get to spin anytime.
But it's so much nicer in the summer time outside.
I'm not fussed about spinning fire, and I go to a club anything from once to three times a week, so I get to spin anytime.
But it's so much nicer in the summer time outside.
There's too many home fires burning and not enough trees
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Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Posted:
Yep, muchly.
I can't even go to a circus school regularly cos I work nights, and my mornings are spent arsing about on here and emailing.
Yeush. I wish this country was warm all year round
Yep, muchly.
I can't even go to a circus school regularly cos I work nights, and my mornings are spent arsing about on here and emailing.
Yeush. I wish this country was warm all year round
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Location: They seek him here, they seek him there...
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Location: They seek him here, they seek him there...
Posted:
I have thesame probs. I hate winter. It sucks.
I used to spin staff and poi in doors, but the guys in my boarding house got pissed off evuntaulay when I started taking chunks out of their doors... my house master didn't appreciate it much either.
Bring on the summer!
I have thesame probs. I hate winter. It sucks.
I used to spin staff and poi in doors, but the guys in my boarding house got pissed off evuntaulay when I started taking chunks out of their doors... my house master didn't appreciate it much either.
Bring on the summer!
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big and good and broken
7,330 posts
Location: lunn dunn, yoo kay, United Kingdom
big and good and broken
7,330 posts
Location: lunn dunn, yoo kay, United Kingdom
Posted:
i've spun more in the last 2 months than i have in the past 12 months.
but maybe that's just a reflection of how little i spun last year!
its at about the once a week mark at the moment.
to reinforce jonnnnnnny's hop classic topic starter though, i haven't juggled clubs since summer.
cole. x
i've spun more in the last 2 months than i have in the past 12 months.
but maybe that's just a reflection of how little i spun last year!
its at about the once a week mark at the moment.
to reinforce jonnnnnnny's hop classic topic starter though, i haven't juggled clubs since summer.
cole. x
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old hand
845 posts
Location: Adelaide, Australia
old hand
845 posts
Location: Adelaide, Australia
Posted:
The weather doesn't affect the Guildford spins does it Durbs??? You just need a nice warm pub close by and lots of blankets!!
The weather doesn't affect the Guildford spins does it Durbs??? You just need a nice warm pub close by and lots of blankets!!
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Groovy ga watashi no namae desu!
1,530 posts
Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Groovy ga watashi no namae desu!
1,530 posts
Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Posted:
i dont really care about the temp at which i spin in, as long as it doesnt go below five im out there with my staffs poi rope dart and clubs juggling for my life with five t shirts on lol
but still i have to aggree bring on the summer......or the spring
i dont really care about the temp at which i spin in, as long as it doesnt go below five im out there with my staffs poi rope dart and clubs juggling for my life with five t shirts on lol
but still i have to aggree bring on the summer......or the spring
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stranger
15 posts
Location: Chattanooga TN, USA
stranger
15 posts
Location: Chattanooga TN, USA
Posted:
Has anyone ever spun in the snow before? I've waited to try it because I think it would just be truely awesome...sadly it doesn't snow where I live.
Has anyone ever spun in the snow before? I've waited to try it because I think it would just be truely awesome...sadly it doesn't snow where I live.
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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:
I haven't touched poi since October.
I haven't touched poi since October.
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863 posts
Location: Berlin, Germany
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Location: Berlin, Germany
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stranger
15 posts
Location: Chattanooga TN, USA
stranger
15 posts
Location: Chattanooga TN, USA
Posted:
The last time I did anything was new years eve.
The last time I did anything was new years eve.
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Scientist!
578 posts
Location: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Scientist!
578 posts
Location: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Posted:
I spin everynight and at various times through the day.
Living in Canada it really does limit how often I am willing to spin with fire or spin outside in general, but it does happen now and then, maybe once a month I'll do a few nights of fire spinning, check my gallery for a picture of the last spin as I was just starting up my spin ^.^' Although spinning in winter makes me feel icky and makes me less inclined to do any harder moves, so I rarely go anything past 5bt weaves or 3bt btb weaves. I just spin to stay from getting rusty I guess.
I am always juggling, where ever I go, and especially in school during class, or before my martial arts I'm always messing around. I'm lucky to have the entire dojo to my self for at least an hour before I start teaching classes, and it's got extra high ceilings so I can have lots of fun.
Once summer starts up I intend to have a big spinning party every friday night outside
I spin everynight and at various times through the day.
Living in Canada it really does limit how often I am willing to spin with fire or spin outside in general, but it does happen now and then, maybe once a month I'll do a few nights of fire spinning, check my gallery for a picture of the last spin as I was just starting up my spin ^.^' Although spinning in winter makes me feel icky and makes me less inclined to do any harder moves, so I rarely go anything past 5bt weaves or 3bt btb weaves. I just spin to stay from getting rusty I guess.
I am always juggling, where ever I go, and especially in school during class, or before my martial arts I'm always messing around. I'm lucky to have the entire dojo to my self for at least an hour before I start teaching classes, and it's got extra high ceilings so I can have lots of fun.
Once summer starts up I intend to have a big spinning party every friday night outside
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member
92 posts
Location: just behind your left shoulder, Australia
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Location: just behind your left shoulder, Australia
Posted:
You know, it's funny, but I don't seem to have that problem. Maybe it's because I live somewhere warm.
jazz
You know, it's funny, but I don't seem to have that problem. Maybe it's because I live somewhere warm.
jazz
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old hand
1,107 posts
Location: In a test pit, Mackay, Australia
old hand
1,107 posts
Location: In a test pit, Mackay, Australia
Posted:
I used to look forward to winter: you didn't have to wait forever for it to get dark; the beamers lit up the condensation in your breath; the cold air anaestatises the beamer whacks pretty fast.
Up here in tropical Queensland we don't get any of that, just the light reflecting off thousands of mosquitos.
I used to look forward to winter: you didn't have to wait forever for it to get dark; the beamers lit up the condensation in your breath; the cold air anaestatises the beamer whacks pretty fast.
Up here in tropical Queensland we don't get any of that, just the light reflecting off thousands of mosquitos.
There is a slight possibility that I am not actually right all of the time.
NYC
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
Posted:
Yeah, I'm almost embarassed as to how little I've spun lately. I forced myself to spin last night just so I didn't feel guilty about posting on this site.
Yeah, I'm almost embarassed as to how little I've spun lately. I forced myself to spin last night just so I didn't feel guilty about posting on this site.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
SILVER Member
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Posted:
Liiiiiiiiiiiiiiies.
Ive got video footage that says otherwise
Written by: Cole
i haven't juggled clubs since summer.
Liiiiiiiiiiiiiiies.
Ive got video footage that says otherwise
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veteran
1,508 posts
Location: Out, United Kingdom
veteran
1,508 posts
Location: Out, United Kingdom
Posted:
Yeah, the really gimpy thing tho is that my ceiling is too low for pois!
Yeah, the really gimpy thing tho is that my ceiling is too low for pois!
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addict
645 posts
Location: wishing to be in Rio
645 posts
Location: wishing to be in Rio
Posted:
yeah, summer is SO much better for spinning.
Going out to the park for a juggle juggle drop drop drop spin and sharing the experience with lots of other layabouts who have nothing better to do. ah bliss.
I mean, it's 19:45 here right now, dark, about -8°C, covered with snow and I'm a 40 min walk from my flat
(hence the fact I am posting in social shat)... were it summertime however, it'd still be light and warm and I'd probly be chillin on the grass.... ah well.
But I'm still spinning more or less everyday though - too cold for fire, but my flat's big enough and I live all on my lonesome ( boooooooooo. )
Oh and Casz, spinning in snow looks very cool for those watching, but loses its novelty value when your fingers fall off. Oh the evenings I've spent sewing fingers back on...
yeah, summer is SO much better for spinning.
Going out to the park for a juggle juggle drop drop drop spin and sharing the experience with lots of other layabouts who have nothing better to do. ah bliss.I mean, it's 19:45 here right now, dark, about -8°C, covered with snow and I'm a 40 min walk from my flat
(hence the fact I am posting in social shat)... were it summertime however, it'd still be light and warm and I'd probly be chillin on the grass.... ah well.But I'm still spinning more or less everyday though - too cold for fire, but my flat's big enough and I live all on my lonesome (
boooooooooo. )Oh and Casz, spinning in snow looks very cool for those watching, but loses its novelty value when your fingers fall off. Oh the evenings I've spent sewing fingers back on...
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15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
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Location: South Wales
Posted:
"social shat"
Yeh, it seem like that sometimes.
"I'd probly be chillin on the grass"
I do that too..
"social shat"
Yeh, it seem like that sometimes.
"I'd probly be chillin on the grass"
I do that too..
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Returning to a unique state of Equilibrium
3,289 posts
Location: Adelaide, South Australia
Returning to a unique state of Equilibrium
3,289 posts
Location: Adelaide, South Australia
Posted:
mmm thats one thing I really like about Oz, during the winter we just turn the music up louder and keep going. We have an all weather fire spot and it never gets too cold for fwirlage. I dont know of many fire meets that keep going regularly 12 months of the year
Josh
mmm thats one thing I really like about Oz, during the winter we just turn the music up louder and keep going. We have an all weather fire spot and it never gets too cold for fwirlage. I dont know of many fire meets that keep going regularly 12 months of the year
Josh
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addict
469 posts
Location: nottingham, england. cornwall wales denmark or pra...
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469 posts
Location: nottingham, england. cornwall wales denmark or pra...
Posted:
YUP its cold alright,
last weeks fire meet nearly never happened when it did it was 11:30 and -3'C
Im looking forward to summer a lot, as we have no light place to spin teaching and learning is a lot harder,I just tend to repeat what I know instead of trying new stuff, and the attraction of going down the park with your minidisc and a few toys is severely diminished by freezing your face off, and cold fingers really dont help much either.
roll on summer the sooner the better
YUP its cold alright,
last weeks fire meet nearly never happened when it did it was 11:30 and -3'C
Im looking forward to summer a lot, as we have no light place to spin teaching and learning is a lot harder,I just tend to repeat what I know instead of trying new stuff, and the attraction of going down the park with your minidisc and a few toys is severely diminished by freezing your face off, and cold fingers really dont help much either.
roll on summer the sooner the better
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,533 posts
Location: Hampshire College, MA, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,533 posts
Location: Hampshire College, MA, USA
Posted:
i feel guilty about not practicing poi in sub-freezing weather.
and yet i wonder why my friends say i'm obsessed
i feel guilty about not practicing poi in sub-freezing weather.
and yet i wonder why my friends say i'm obsessed
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comfortably numb
2,676 posts
Location: The countryside, Australia
comfortably numb
2,676 posts
Location: The countryside, Australia
Posted:
I HATE firetwirling in wind.
I HATE firetwirling in wind.
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Location: the fascist states of amerika, USA
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80 posts
Location: the fascist states of amerika, USA
Posted:
wow, yeah, i live in oregon so it rains here about 9 months out of the year...so we've looked around and found a covered concrete area with painted lines for four square to practice in.. it's at an elementary school and we can get together every week without getting dumped on...i think you can find a place to spin just about anywhere if you're really determined...
wow, yeah, i live in oregon so it rains here about 9 months out of the year...so we've looked around and found a covered concrete area with painted lines for four square to practice in.. it's at an elementary school and we can get together every week without getting dumped on...i think you can find a place to spin just about anywhere if you're really determined...
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what goes around comes around. unless you're into stalls.
4,030 posts
Location: Bali, Australia
what goes around comes around. unless you're into stalls.
4,030 posts
Location: Bali, Australia
Posted:
OK there's only one solution for you fingerfrozen spinners! Come move to Brisbane where there's a mass of nice folks spinning all year round. In fact it gets harder to spin in summer cos who wants fire round yr face when it's already 35 degrees? And yr hands get sweaty and it;s easier to drop the staff.....
OK there's only one solution for you fingerfrozen spinners! Come move to Brisbane where there's a mass of nice folks spinning all year round. In fact it gets harder to spin in summer cos who wants fire round yr face when it's already 35 degrees? And yr hands get sweaty and it;s easier to drop the staff.....
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