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newbie
4 posts
Location: Home Counties, United Kingdom
newbie
4 posts
Location: Home Counties, United Kingdom
Posted:
Hi all - great to find there is a whole community of poi fans around - hoping to up my game (shouldn't be difficult!) and meet some fun people for poi fun and general mirth!
Hi all - great to find there is a whole community of poi fans around - hoping to up my game (shouldn't be difficult!) and meet some fun people for poi fun and general mirth!
There's no "I" in team but there is a "me" if you look hard enough
Stargazer
6,650 posts
6,650 posts
Posted:
Hi snowmonkey 
to HoP - reg'd on it's B-Day!
Tell us more 'bout you
Have fun
Hi snowmonkey to HoP - reg'd on it's B-Day!Tell us more 'bout you
Have fun
the best smiles are the ones you lead to 
GOLD Member
now available in "advanced"
6,086 posts
Location: Cornwall, United Kingdom
now available in "advanced"
6,086 posts
Location: Cornwall, United Kingdom
Posted:
Hey snowmonkey, welcome to HOP!
Hey snowmonkey, welcome to HOP!
My state of mind is not yours to define!
There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
BRONZE Member
newbie
4 posts
Location: Home Counties, United Kingdom
newbie
4 posts
Location: Home Counties, United Kingdom
Posted:
Well I picked up poi down in Byron Bay Australia whilst travelling late last year - basically saw a guy doing it in a club and thought it was so cool I just had to learn how to do it and so took it up and have been learning since and spinning as much as possible. Really enjoy it too and think that my co-ordination is getting much better as a result. I'm keen to graduate to fire and was thinking about having a bash this bonfire night (seems appropriate), but not sure I'm ready and think it would be best to have a pro around to show me the ropes so I don't burn any villages down. Other than that I love snowsports - hence the handle - and am hoping to ditch my current office life for more fun in the snow soon but my greed for the dollars and an old snowboarding injury from last year in New Zealand are currently getting in the way of living the dream! Hence I may have to settle for a long holiday rather than just chasing snow around the world! For now...
Well I picked up poi down in Byron Bay Australia whilst travelling late last year - basically saw a guy doing it in a club and thought it was so cool I just had to learn how to do it and so took it up and have been learning since and spinning as much as possible. Really enjoy it too and think that my co-ordination is getting much better as a result. I'm keen to graduate to fire and was thinking about having a bash this bonfire night (seems appropriate), but not sure I'm ready and think it would be best to have a pro around to show me the ropes so I don't burn any villages down. Other than that I love snowsports - hence the handle - and am hoping to ditch my current office life for more fun in the snow soon but my greed for the dollars and an old snowboarding injury from last year in New Zealand are currently getting in the way of living the dream! Hence I may have to settle for a long holiday rather than just chasing snow around the world! For now...
There's no "I" in team but there is a "me" if you look hard enough
BRONZE Member
newbie
4 posts
Location: Home Counties, United Kingdom
newbie
4 posts
Location: Home Counties, United Kingdom
Posted:
With you on the fine line between hobby and mental illness!
With you on the fine line between hobby and mental illness!
There's no "I" in team but there is a "me" if you look hard enough
Stargazer
6,650 posts
6,650 posts
Posted:
Something in common: You were starting in the same place as I did... teehee
Something in common: You were starting in the same place as I did... teehee
the best smiles are the ones you lead to
BRONZE Member
newbie
4 posts
Location: Home Counties, United Kingdom
newbie
4 posts
Location: Home Counties, United Kingdom
Posted:
Always good to meet a Byron Bay survivor - one of my best mates is there now as it happens! Sweet place - except I was there last summer and oh my God was it hot - fried me mate! My occasional efforts to surf were followed by such bad sunburn that I was left chasing from shadow to shadow - felt like Gollum! Poi was a wicked find though as I could spend the sunburnt days hiding in the Backpackers practising (hurt more when I hit myself though!)!
Always good to meet a Byron Bay survivor - one of my best mates is there now as it happens! Sweet place - except I was there last summer and oh my God was it hot - fried me mate! My occasional efforts to surf were followed by such bad sunburn that I was left chasing from shadow to shadow - felt like Gollum! Poi was a wicked find though as I could spend the sunburnt days hiding in the Backpackers practising (hurt more when I hit myself though!)
! There's no "I" in team but there is a "me" if you look hard enough
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