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newbie
2 posts
Location: Scotland (UK)
newbie
2 posts
Location: Scotland (UK)
Posted:
Hey guys, just found this site and it looks absolutely great! I've been wanting to take up poi for ages, but succoming to the stress of finals at uni I've finally decided to actually get on with it and start the long learning process! What sort of poi/cord would you advice an absolute beginner to start out with? I will be doing it mostly outside if that has any bearing on it.
Hope you can help guys!
Hey guys, just found this site and it looks absolutely great! I've been wanting to take up poi for ages, but succoming to the stress of finals at uni I've finally decided to actually get on with it and start the long learning process! What sort of poi/cord would you advice an absolute beginner to start out with? I will be doing it mostly outside if that has any bearing on it.
Hope you can help guys!
Carpal \'Tunnel
7,193 posts
Location: in the trees
7,193 posts
Location: in the trees
Posted:
i would say sock poi, cheap and simple to make for a beginner and they look good too
i would say sock poi, cheap and simple to make for a beginner and they look good too
BRONZE Member
wandering thru the woods of WI
3,556 posts
Location: Wisconsin, USA
wandering thru the woods of WI
3,556 posts
Location: Wisconsin, USA
Posted:
Faith
Nay, whatever comes one hour was sunlit and the most high gods may not make boast of any better thing than to have watched that hour as it passed
Stargazer
6,650 posts
6,650 posts
Posted:
socks!
btw:
aboard 
socks!
btw:
aboard the best smiles are the ones you lead to 
Carpal \'Tunnel
7,193 posts
Location: in the trees
7,193 posts
Location: in the trees
Posted:
socks seems to be the general concensus
socks seems to be the general concensus
Carpal \'Tunnel
7,193 posts
Location: in the trees
7,193 posts
Location: in the trees
Posted:
advice so good it HAD to be posted twice
advice so good it HAD to be posted twice
BRONZE Member
newbie
2 posts
Location: Scotland (UK)
newbie
2 posts
Location: Scotland (UK)
Posted:
thanks guys, went for the socks and they're great! been getting really into it.. looking forward to many long summer evenings with the cuban jazz playing, barbeques and pois!! very glad i found this site!!!
thanks guys, went for the socks and they're great! been getting really into it.. looking forward to many long summer evenings with the cuban jazz playing, barbeques and pois!! very glad i found this site!!!
GOLD Member
Wit is not your strong point!
142 posts
Location: Arizona, U.S.A.
Wit is not your strong point!
142 posts
Location: Arizona, U.S.A.
Posted:
The general next step for cheap poi would be to move on to shoe strings and glowsticks.
A bit more painful when you mess up...but sometimes that is the best way to learn. I am sure that I can speak for everyone in that eventually you get used to the beatings inflicted by glowsticks, and that it can be a good motivational factor for not messing up!
The general next step for cheap poi would be to move on to shoe strings and glowsticks.
A bit more painful when you mess up...but sometimes that is the best way to learn. I am sure that I can speak for everyone in that eventually you get used to the beatings inflicted by glowsticks, and that it can be a good motivational factor for not messing up!
Beyond the Continuum.
SILVER Member
enthusiast
271 posts
Location: Bradford *rolls eyes*, United Kingdom
enthusiast
271 posts
Location: Bradford *rolls eyes*, United Kingdom
Posted:
i find glow sticks are sooooo different to spin with tho (am v. used to my glow poi atm) mostly they are a lot lighter and therefore throw me out a little.
i find glow sticks are sooooo different to spin with tho (am v. used to my glow poi atm) mostly they are a lot lighter and therefore throw me out a little.
SILVER Member
laughter is the way to get through life
179 posts
Location: Inverness, United Kingdom
laughter is the way to get through life
179 posts
Location: Inverness, United Kingdom
Posted:
Yea go with sock. I started with tails and just keep muddling them together.
Yea go with sock. I started with tails and just keep muddling them together.
I fell down a hill once, got up then fell down it again.
GOLD Member
Wit is not your strong point!
142 posts
Location: Arizona, U.S.A.
Wit is not your strong point!
142 posts
Location: Arizona, U.S.A.
Posted:
Ahh the wonderful differences in poi heads....glow sticks that spin faster cuz of lighter weight....tailed heads that get tangled lest you do the tirck just perfect....fire heads that will set you ablaze at a moments notice.....
ISN'T POI JUST FULL OF WONDERFUL SUPRISES!!!!
Ahh yes, but that is why we love poi so much though right??? The complexity...ther thrill...the whelts...the cuts and gashes. I am beginning to think that the love part has something to do with an S & M type theme
!
Ahh the wonderful differences in poi heads....glow sticks that spin faster cuz of lighter weight....tailed heads that get tangled lest you do the tirck just perfect....fire heads that will set you ablaze at a moments notice.....
ISN'T POI JUST FULL OF WONDERFUL SUPRISES!!!!
Ahh yes, but that is why we love poi so much though right??? The complexity...ther thrill...the whelts...the cuts and gashes. I am beginning to think that the love part has something to do with an S & M type theme
! Beyond the Continuum.
GOLD Member
Wit is not your strong point!
142 posts
Location: Arizona, U.S.A.
Wit is not your strong point!
142 posts
Location: Arizona, U.S.A.
Posted:
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I know this is a random post!
BUT NOW I CAN CHANGE THE USER TITLE TO WHATEVER I WAN'T MUAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHHA!!!
AND JUST FOR THE SAKE OF OBTAINING POST NUMBER 100 HERE IT IS!!!
YAY FOR ME!
I know this is a random post!
BUT NOW I CAN CHANGE THE USER TITLE TO WHATEVER I WAN'T MUAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHHA!!!
Beyond the Continuum.
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