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All High Dude, Ruler of What You Want
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All High Dude, Ruler of What You Want
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Location: Trenton, MI, USA
Posted:
I learned last night that I perform the best when either I'm screwing around or have an adrenaline rush. When I was screwing around was well, this is self explanatory screwing around at a bonfire with my friends:
That is only at 8 months! I wasn't even thinking about what to do next or what goes with what or anything. Only once have I gotten that before and that was at prom with my massive adrenaline rush and I saw the video on the camera. Still bugging to get it.
So when do you perform the best?
I learned last night that I perform the best when either I'm screwing around or have an adrenaline rush. When I was screwing around was well, this is self explanatory screwing around at a bonfire with my friends:
That is only at 8 months! I wasn't even thinking about what to do next or what goes with what or anything. Only once have I gotten that before and that was at prom with my massive adrenaline rush and I saw the video on the camera. Still bugging to get it.
So when do you perform the best?
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Rampant whirler.
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Location: Geelong, Victoria, Australia!
Rampant whirler.
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Location: Geelong, Victoria, Australia!
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When nobody is watching, when I'm doing it for myself.
When nobody is watching, when I'm doing it for myself.
stranger by the day
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Location: At the Back of the North Wind
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Location: At the Back of the North Wind
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normally whenever I get to mess around to music...
though that's probably because I'm more likely to unwind that way... caught myself noticably relaxing spinning in my head to Pardon Me by Incubus
normally whenever I get to mess around to music...
though that's probably because I'm more likely to unwind that way... caught myself noticably relaxing spinning in my head to Pardon Me by Incubus
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Posted:
I the same as mother Nature s son when no one is watching and I'm spinning for myself thre is a move which I'm working on at the moment which as soon as I try to show someone I can't do
I the same as mother Nature s son when no one is watching and I'm spinning for myself thre is a move which I'm working on at the moment which as soon as I try to show someone I can't do
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All High Dude, Ruler of What You Want
2,280 posts
Location: Trenton, MI, USA
All High Dude, Ruler of What You Want
2,280 posts
Location: Trenton, MI, USA
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Am I the only one who does best around people? Also I'm not really talking as much technical-wise, more overall performance-wise. Like the difference between a technical guy that can't dance with his poi for crap and something like the Atlantis on Fire video, where it's all really really simple moves.
Am I the only one who does best around people? Also I'm not really talking as much technical-wise, more overall performance-wise. Like the difference between a technical guy that can't dance with his poi for crap and something like the Atlantis on Fire video, where it's all really really simple moves.
The only luck is bad luck.
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Familiar stranger giving out popcorn. (formerly Ascilith)
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Location: Lawrence, KS
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Location: Lawrence, KS
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When I'm in the moment.
When I'm in the moment.
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owner of the group property
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Location: Seattle, WA, USA
owner of the group property
1,277 posts
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
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It varies. Usually I find an audience can raise my enthusiasm and distract me at the same time, so that I'll try to show off and also botch things really easily. There have been occasions where an audience brought out my best--probably better than I've done jamming alone--but it has to catch me in just the right state.
It varies. Usually I find an audience can raise my enthusiasm and distract me at the same time, so that I'll try to show off and also botch things really easily. There have been occasions where an audience brought out my best--probably better than I've done jamming alone--but it has to catch me in just the right state.
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Fire Spinner Exarch
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Location: New Orleans, LA United States, USA
Fire Spinner Exarch
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Location: New Orleans, LA United States, USA
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A lot of it depends on my mood at the time. When I'm alone its more practicing new things but when I'm around people then I'll stick with moves that I know well and allow me to maintain my best attempts at good flow.
A lot of it depends on my mood at the time. When I'm alone its more practicing new things but when I'm around people then I'll stick with moves that I know well and allow me to maintain my best attempts at good flow.
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All High Dude, Ruler of What You Want
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Location: Trenton, MI, USA
All High Dude, Ruler of What You Want
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Location: Trenton, MI, USA
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I just think I do best when I'm not trying to show off, I'm not trying new things, I'm not being serious, and I'm not "trying" to flow. Basically, when I'm not "trying" anything.
I just think I do best when I'm not trying to show off, I'm not trying new things, I'm not being serious, and I'm not "trying" to flow. Basically, when I'm not "trying" anything.
The only luck is bad luck.
Shut up before I stall my poi up your ass
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Elusive and Bearded
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Location: Scottsdale, AZ, USA
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When Alice is with me...
When Alice is with me...
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Kebab Embalmer
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Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma, Philippines
Kebab Embalmer
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Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma, Philippines
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when im stoned... and I always discover new ideas when I'm stoned! now that I'm normal for 2 months, no new discoveries, spinning like a rookie, and looking for a new source!
when im stoned... and I always discover new ideas when I'm stoned! now that I'm normal for 2 months, no new discoveries, spinning like a rookie, and looking for a new source!
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Stargazer
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when being in "the Zone"... everybody can watch. I even interact with the audience... but I'm zoned...
when being in "the Zone"... everybody can watch. I even interact with the audience... but I'm zoned...
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Putting the "FUN" in fundamental since 1981
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Location: Dover, Delaware USA
Putting the "FUN" in fundamental since 1981
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Location: Dover, Delaware USA
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When there is no camera, the sun is setting (or it's dark), when the music is LOUD and I have no people acting like scary stalkers trying to watch me all sneaky-like (hiding behind fences and in doorways like they do here in Dover, it would be easier if they just asked a question when I paused or something) because that really freaks me out.
When there is no camera, the sun is setting (or it's dark), when the music is LOUD and I have no people acting like scary stalkers trying to watch me all sneaky-like (hiding behind fences and in doorways like they do here in Dover, it would be easier if they just asked a question when I paused or something) because that really freaks me out.
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Magic Monkey Juice
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Magic Monkey Juice
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No onlookers, no worries, good quality headphones, good music, several pre-rolled spliffs, darkness, glow poi or fire poi, on a beach or around green.
Fire is a bit more hassle to keep refuling when your "in the zone"
No onlookers, no worries, good quality headphones, good music, several pre-rolled spliffs, darkness, glow poi or fire poi, on a beach or around green.
Fire is a bit more hassle to keep refuling when your "in the zone"
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travelling without moving
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Location: Maghull, Liverpool, United Kingdom
travelling without moving
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Location: Maghull, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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I generally spin better when nobody is watching, having an audience gets me nervous. Although a couple of years ago, me and some friends went for a fire spinning session on bonfire night when there was a big firework display going on.
We set up away from the crowd and were spinning whilst the fireworks were going off, so nobody was really taking notice of us, or so I thought. I just finished having a great spin and only when my wicks started to die out and my eyes started to readjust, did i realise that a crowd of around 150 people had gathered around us...that felt great!
I generally spin better when nobody is watching, having an audience gets me nervous. Although a couple of years ago, me and some friends went for a fire spinning session on bonfire night when there was a big firework display going on.
We set up away from the crowd and were spinning whilst the fireworks were going off, so nobody was really taking notice of us, or so I thought. I just finished having a great spin and only when my wicks started to die out and my eyes started to readjust, did i realise that a crowd of around 150 people had gathered around us...that felt great!
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All High Dude, Ruler of What You Want
2,280 posts
Location: Trenton, MI, USA
All High Dude, Ruler of What You Want
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Location: Trenton, MI, USA
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I love how with fire poi, especially big fire poi, you can just ignore the audience because you can't see them
I love how with fire poi, especially big fire poi, you can just ignore the audience because you can't see them
The only luck is bad luck.
Shut up before I stall my poi up your ass
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Elusive and Bearded
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Location: Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Elusive and Bearded
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Location: Scottsdale, AZ, USA
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I love how with staff, any staff, it's better then poi
I love how with staff, any staff, it's better then poi
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All High Dude, Ruler of What You Want
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Location: Trenton, MI, USA
All High Dude, Ruler of What You Want
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Location: Trenton, MI, USA
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Haha. I got double staffs and I can't get myself to practice them just because it's not as fun
Haha. I got double staffs and I can't get myself to practice them just because it's not as fun
The only luck is bad luck.
Shut up before I stall my poi up your ass
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owner of the group property
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Location: Seattle, WA, USA
owner of the group property
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Location: Seattle, WA, USA
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Seriously. The only other toy I've been able to practice so far is rope dart because it's kinda like one poi that you do really ridiculous wraps with. I used my practice staves so infrequently that I took them apart to make poi out of
Seriously. The only other toy I've been able to practice so far is rope dart because it's kinda like one poi that you do really ridiculous wraps with. I used my practice staves so infrequently that I took them apart to make poi out of
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Fire Spinner Exarch
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Location: New Orleans, LA United States, USA
Fire Spinner Exarch
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Location: New Orleans, LA United States, USA
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Originally Posted By: SpinnerofDetroitI love how with fire poi, especially big fire poi, you can just ignore the audience because you can't see them I was spinning alone a week ago with my ipod turned up. A friend walked up out of the shadows and was really close before I noticed her. Freaked me out!
Originally Posted By: SpinnerofDetroitI love how with fire poi, especially big fire poi, you can just ignore the audience because you can't see them
I was spinning alone a week ago with my ipod turned up. A friend walked up out of the shadows and was really close before I noticed her. Freaked me out! "Are you sure it's safe to drink bleach?"
"Yes, bleach is 90% water, we are 90% water, therefore: we are bleach."
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As Himself
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Location: USA
As Himself
150 posts
Location: USA
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First I want to say, thats pretty sick for 8 months, I'm currently around 9 myself and at 8 months you were better than I am now so props!
I've noticed I spin best when I'm just hanging out with a friend that is better than me, we are bouncing ideas off each other and just bull shitting it mostly. I spin with Dan every Wednesday and I catch a lot of inspiration off of him to do better, not necessarily one up him, but if I see something I like think, "well he does it, so why can't I?" Then just kind of take it from there, make it my own and learn to love it, even if it's something simple like a banzai just mess around with it until I feel like I really understand it and can use it in an original way. In a nutshell, experimentation is ultimately my muse, simply delving into the unknown is where I feel I excel
First I want to say, thats pretty sick for 8 months, I'm currently around 9 myself and at 8 months you were better than I am now so props!
I've noticed I spin best when I'm just hanging out with a friend that is better than me, we are bouncing ideas off each other and just bull shitting it mostly. I spin with Dan every Wednesday and I catch a lot of inspiration off of him to do better, not necessarily one up him, but if I see something I like think, "well he does it, so why can't I?" Then just kind of take it from there, make it my own and learn to love it, even if it's something simple like a banzai just mess around with it until I feel like I really understand it and can use it in an original way. In a nutshell, experimentation is ultimately my muse, simply delving into the unknown is where I feel I excel
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fire twirly girly
46 posts
Location: Victoria, Australia
fire twirly girly
46 posts
Location: Victoria, Australia
Posted:
I perform rather well in front of people, I often forget how cool simple moves look when on fire.
But get really into it when in a big group just twirling away, specially with some sort of live music
I perform rather well in front of people, I often forget how cool simple moves look when on fire.
But get really into it when in a big group just twirling away, specially with some sort of live music
Of course my horse is clumsy he has two left feet
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All High Dude, Ruler of What You Want
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Location: Trenton, MI, USA
All High Dude, Ruler of What You Want
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Location: Trenton, MI, USA
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Why thank you Dirt Bag
Also you learn the same way I do. Except I don't see live people, but I see stuff in videos and say "There is no reason why I can't do that right now." Then I go out and learn it however long it takes me. I often feel like I'm such a bad spinner and I always feel like I need to fix it by making myself better.
Also, Kerosene Falcon is the best name ever
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Why thank you Dirt Bag
Also you learn the same way I do. Except I don't see live people, but I see stuff in videos and say "There is no reason why I can't do that right now." Then I go out and learn it however long it takes me. I often feel like I'm such a bad spinner and I always feel like I need to fix it by making myself better.Also, Kerosene Falcon is the best name ever
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The only luck is bad luck.
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fire twirly girly
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Location: Victoria, Australia
fire twirly girly
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Location: Victoria, Australia
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thanks dude I love my name, I chose Kerosene when I was 13 cos middle letters are rose (my middle name) and added the Falcon bit cos I liked the birds, small but tough like me.
I often stalk youtube and other sights then try and copy what others do, but I seem to be better with poi than staff, and usually do simple moves and turn around or pose so it looks different
thanks dude I love my name, I chose Kerosene when I was 13 cos middle letters are rose (my middle name) and added the Falcon bit cos I liked the birds, small but tough like me.
I often stalk youtube and other sights then try and copy what others do, but I seem to be better with poi than staff, and usually do simple moves and turn around or pose so it looks different
Of course my horse is clumsy he has two left feet
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Not as fireproof as he thinks
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Location: Canberra, Australia
Not as fireproof as he thinks
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Location: Canberra, Australia
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Detroit, you sound a lot like me. I see someone do a move that I haven't learned yet and I go 'right, I'm going to figure that out', then I don't stop spinning 'till I've done it successfully. But no matter how many moves I learn I will always see something that makes me feel rubbish at poi.
Watching Alien Jon's tutorials gives me a bit of an inferiority complex... The way he finishes teaching a move that I'm only just starting to get my head around, and then goes "and you can mix it up by doing this", then does something that completely blows my mind, and makes it look so easy that he's almost bored.
Detroit, you sound a lot like me. I see someone do a move that I haven't learned yet and I go 'right, I'm going to figure that out', then I don't stop spinning 'till I've done it successfully. But no matter how many moves I learn I will always see something that makes me feel rubbish at poi.
Watching Alien Jon's tutorials gives me a bit of an inferiority complex... The way he finishes teaching a move that I'm only just starting to get my head around, and then goes "and you can mix it up by doing this", then does something that completely blows my mind, and makes it look so easy that he's almost bored.
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All High Dude, Ruler of What You Want
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Location: Trenton, MI, USA
All High Dude, Ruler of What You Want
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Location: Trenton, MI, USA
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Yeah I know exactly how you feel. I'm the same way. I personally will be itching some until I get around that thing that Pineapple Pete does that has it's own discussion in the video's section right now. Also I look at myself and how I flow and dance with poi. Every once in a while I see something that makes ME go HOLY
and most of the time it's, "Oh my god, people please don't look. It looks sooo bad." Then people tell me it was awesome, but it doesn't help very much anyways. I love reactions other than cheering and I hate clapping, because those are so often "fake" kind of forced reactions. But with cheering, you can tell when it's the real thing, clapping to me just signifies the whole, "He worked hard, so I feel obligated to clap and show that I liked it," thing. I would honestly rather have silence, silence actually means something.
Yeah I know exactly how you feel. I'm the same way. I personally will be itching some until I get around that thing that Pineapple Pete does that has it's own discussion in the video's section right now. Also I look at myself and how I flow and dance with poi. Every once in a while I see something that makes ME go HOLY
and most of the time it's, "Oh my god, people please don't look. It looks sooo bad." Then people tell me it was awesome, but it doesn't help very much anyways. I love reactions other than cheering and I hate clapping, because those are so often "fake" kind of forced reactions. But with cheering, you can tell when it's the real thing, clapping to me just signifies the whole, "He worked hard, so I feel obligated to clap and show that I liked it," thing. I would honestly rather have silence, silence actually means something. The only luck is bad luck.
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Not as fireproof as he thinks
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Location: Canberra, Australia
Not as fireproof as he thinks
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Location: Canberra, Australia
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I'll have to check out Pineapple Pete's thing. And clear my schedule for the week...
Yep, agree with you about the clapping. I love when passers by sit down or make themselves comfortable to watch, but I think the best compliment is when you do some sort of variation and another spinner goes "WTF WAS THAT!". Not such a big fan of cheering, usually because it's only the drunks if you're at a party, or busking near some clubs, and then I just feel like they're cheering the fire, and not the performance.
I'll have to check out Pineapple Pete's thing. And clear my schedule for the week...
Yep, agree with you about the clapping. I love when passers by sit down or make themselves comfortable to watch, but I think the best compliment is when you do some sort of variation and another spinner goes "WTF WAS THAT!". Not such a big fan of cheering, usually because it's only the drunks if you're at a party, or busking near some clubs, and then I just feel like they're cheering the fire, and not the performance.
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All High Dude, Ruler of What You Want
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Location: Trenton, MI, USA
All High Dude, Ruler of What You Want
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Location: Trenton, MI, USA
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I mean cheering when I do something good and they sheer as I'm spinning. I especially love getting reactions like that with glowsticks and LED's because then you know it's not because of fire. Like my most recently cleaned up move that could make a spinner go WTF! would be a hybrid. Isolation v. Triquetra, but HANDS TOGETHER It has such a cool look to it
I mean cheering when I do something good and they sheer as I'm spinning. I especially love getting reactions like that with glowsticks and LED's because then you know it's not because of fire. Like my most recently cleaned up move that could make a spinner go WTF! would be a hybrid. Isolation v. Triquetra, but HANDS TOGETHER
It has such a cool look to it The only luck is bad luck.
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Sneaking
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Location: Free falling through time, United Kingdom
Sneaking
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Location: Free falling through time, United Kingdom
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Very nice dude, for only 8 months that's some nice spinning, I've been spinning for about 5 years now and I'd be happy if could jam like that
Very nice dude, for only 8 months that's some nice spinning, I've been spinning for about 5 years now and I'd be happy if could jam like that
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2 whole pages of a topic on performance levels and no one has gone THERE yet?
For shame people
2 whole pages of a topic on performance levels and no one has gone THERE yet?
For shame people
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Location: At the Back of the North Wind
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we're spinners. Poi before ice cream
we're spinners. Poi before ice cream
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