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Location: Potters Bar or Somerset, UK
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Location: Potters Bar or Somerset, UK
Posted:
Hey all, new to the forums and to poi...
Saw people fire spinning at a party i went to a couple of weeks ago and have since become obsessed with it. Went to the Strawberry Fair in Cambridge and they were selling practice poi at a few stalls, so obviously i bought myself some! So have been learning since Sunday!
So far only very basic things - but i've only had them a day really, so lots and lots of time to play and practise over the summer - stuck in Somerset with nothing else to do for most of it so i'm sure the online lessons and videos etc on this site will be very very useful...
Can do such things as weave, 3bt weave, dodgy 5bt weave, butterfly, bth butterfly, chasing the sun, corkscrew, 180 weaves, low turns, reverse weave, thread the needle, high spilt butterfly... but they are all quite sketchy and need LOTS of practise as i can't do most of them for long before it all turns into a big mess!
So yeah, nice to meet you all
Hey all, new to the forums and to poi...
Saw people fire spinning at a party i went to a couple of weeks ago and have since become obsessed with it. Went to the Strawberry Fair in Cambridge and they were selling practice poi at a few stalls, so obviously i bought myself some! So have been learning since Sunday!
So far only very basic things - but i've only had them a day really, so lots and lots of time to play and practise over the summer - stuck in Somerset with nothing else to do for most of it so i'm sure the online lessons and videos etc on this site will be very very useful...
Can do such things as weave, 3bt weave, dodgy 5bt weave, butterfly, bth butterfly, chasing the sun, corkscrew, 180 weaves, low turns, reverse weave, thread the needle, high spilt butterfly... but they are all quite sketchy and need LOTS of practise as i can't do most of them for long before it all turns into a big mess!
So yeah, nice to meet you all
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Location: Belfast
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Location: Belfast
Posted:
Hi ..
Im also a newbie, but it seems you have been getting on really well! I can't do the half of that stuff - but as has been said to me " everyone starts somewhere"
Hope you have fun
Hi ..
Im also a newbie, but it seems you have been getting on really well! I can't do the half of that stuff - but as has been said to me " everyone starts somewhere"
Hope you have fun
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Location: Potters Bar or Somerset, UK
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Location: Potters Bar or Somerset, UK
Posted:
It's not very tidy yet - but i got my friend to show me various things, i know how they feel, now it's just practise and making them neater before i go in search of more things to learn! I really exaggerate the movements at first so i know exactly what i'm doing, then tone it down - seem to work anyway!
It's not very tidy yet - but i got my friend to show me various things, i know how they feel, now it's just practise and making them neater before i go in search of more things to learn! I really exaggerate the movements at first so i know exactly what i'm doing, then tone it down - seem to work anyway!
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Location: Potters Bar or Somerset, UK
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Location: Potters Bar or Somerset, UK
Posted:
As i didn't do this earlier...
Name: Charlotte, although i get called Charlie or Lottie
Location: Potters Bar during term time, Somerset in holidays
Hometown: Weymouth
DOB: 31/10/84
Age: 21
Sex: Female
Occupation(s): Vet student
Favorite Food(s): Ice cream, pizza, lasagne, salmon, chocolate, milk
Favorite Color(s): Blue and purple
Toys: Toys? Guess it means other that poi, as that's obvious! My ipod, my laptop, and my DVD player
Hobbies other than the obvious: Field hockey, swimming, tennis, reading, gym, hiking, pubs, clubs, socialising and so forth
Education: In uni
Favorite Book(s): Terry Goodkind - Sword of Truth series
Favorite Movie(s): Don't really have one, Cruel Intentions, Dodgeball and Interview with a Vampire rate high - basically anything!
Favorite TV show(s): ER, Green Wing, Desperate Housewives, Neighbours
Plans for life in general: (i.e. what you want to do when you grow up) A vet....
Favorite Music Artists/Composers: Too many to list, i like indie/rock
Favorie ice cream flavor(s): Cookie dough
Marmite, Vegemite, or Nutella? (please choose one...this is important as it is essentially this site's equivalent of stating your religion...we have religious wars, crusades, cathedrals to Nutella, all that.) Marmite, and bovril
As i didn't do this earlier...
Name: Charlotte, although i get called Charlie or Lottie
Location: Potters Bar during term time, Somerset in holidays
Hometown: Weymouth
DOB: 31/10/84
Age: 21
Sex: Female
Occupation(s): Vet student
Favorite Food(s): Ice cream, pizza, lasagne, salmon, chocolate, milk
Favorite Color(s): Blue and purple
Toys: Toys? Guess it means other that poi, as that's obvious! My ipod, my laptop, and my DVD player
Hobbies other than the obvious: Field hockey, swimming, tennis, reading, gym, hiking, pubs, clubs, socialising and so forth
Education: In uni
Favorite Book(s): Terry Goodkind - Sword of Truth series
Favorite Movie(s): Don't really have one, Cruel Intentions, Dodgeball and Interview with a Vampire rate high - basically anything!
Favorite TV show(s): ER, Green Wing, Desperate Housewives, Neighbours
Plans for life in general: (i.e. what you want to do when you grow up) A vet....
Favorite Music Artists/Composers: Too many to list, i like indie/rock
Favorie ice cream flavor(s): Cookie dough
Marmite, Vegemite, or Nutella? (please choose one...this is important as it is essentially this site's equivalent of stating your religion...we have religious wars, crusades, cathedrals to Nutella, all that.) Marmite, and bovril
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Posted:
Hi Charlie! Bit late, but welcome to HoP!!
Saw your post in the Spitz thread, I went last week for the 1st time and it RULES. It's every Tuesday, follow the directions in the 1st post of that thread and you'll find it....
Strawberry Fair, I was at Uni in Cambridge, used to go every year...
BTW, I'm based in Barnet, maybe we could link up 4 a spin sometime....
Hi Charlie! Bit late, but welcome to HoP!!
Saw your post in the Spitz thread, I went last week for the 1st time and it RULES. It's every Tuesday, follow the directions in the 1st post of that thread and you'll find it....
Strawberry Fair, I was at Uni in Cambridge, used to go every year... BTW, I'm based in Barnet, maybe we could link up 4 a spin sometime....
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