Sparkly poi question I swear hasn’t been asked before.

Before everyone clamors for me to search or do durbs(there’s a wire wool thread someone made earlier and got told to search). I am 100% sure I haven’t seen this discussion before. I have the basic gist of how to make sparkly poi. I know the risks and safety precautions I’m going to take. I’ve been spinning poi fanatically almost 3 years now. I’ve got a basic design and tested some wire wool to see the results already. I want the input of people who have done sparkly poi before since I haven’t.

Question: “Are flower turns feasible while spinning wire wool?”

Flowers/pirouettes/lockouts seem to be a relatively newly rediscovered family of moves for poists. And I haven’t seen any pictures/videos of people spinning wire wool pulling off flowers. I assume regular flowers are safe because they do not cross over the body. However, common 4 petal flower turns require the poi to crossover the side of your body with the poi head aimed at you at some point during the crossover.

This, I’ve concluded for obvious reasons is UNSAFE and can be deadly. No one’s done a buzzsaw while spinning wire wool for equally obvious reasons. (sparks to the face)

However, I need someone to verify this, since the crossover point for a 4 petal antispin flower is in the extremity of the 3 and 9 o’clock “petals”, wouldn’t it be safe to pull off with sparkly poi? Theoretically. I don’t know if there’s anyone who can pull off clean antispin flower turns who does wire wool at this moment.

Now take a regular 4 petal flower without lockouts and no antispin. I’ve noticed during my turns that there’s a split second where the poi are pointing directly into my face. If I were spinning wire wool I’d be chewing 1600 degrees C metal. If I do 4 petal flowers WITH lockouts, it’s not directly into my face but a bit to the side/angled upwards. Still dangerous but not straight to my face. Either way it’s not smart to attempt.

What about 2 lockouts/petals (12 and 6 o’clock position with turns? Does that seem safe? Looks shady to me.

Or antispin 6 petals (3 per side) with turns. I can’t do this one yet but “theoretically”.

So those of you who have done sparkly poi or are techy poi masters. Am I correct? Or insane for even contemplating the idea of flowers with sparkly poi? ubbloco

Thanks for the input hug

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LA/EDC glow/fire footage

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