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not with cactus
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Location: bristol/ southern eastern devon, United Kingdom
not with cactus
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Location: bristol/ southern eastern devon, United Kingdom
Posted:
hello
was talking about this with custom bug in the falmouth thread. but i thought itd be quite interesting to find out how many people remember where and when they first did a weave?
i say this just becuase i cant remember where i did mine, probably my garden though, but i know it happened around exam time last year when i should have been revising
so when/where was your first time?
hello
was talking about this with custom bug in the falmouth thread. but i thought itd be quite interesting to find out how many people remember where and when they first did a weave?
i say this just becuase i cant remember where i did mine, probably my garden though, but i know it happened around exam time last year when i should have been revising
so when/where was your first time?
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Sponge
883 posts
Location: Stevenage
883 posts
Location: Stevenage
Posted:
On our trip to the beach when we drank a stupid amount of bacardi and red bull, (Only flag poi!) then I forgot how to do it when I sobered up, though I also couldn't really move: I had the shakes from all the excess caffeine! and then I managed to pull it off again in my garden No more red bull for me ta! 
On our trip to the beach when we drank a stupid amount of bacardi and red bull, (Only flag poi!) then I forgot how to do it when I sobered up, though I also couldn't really move: I had the shakes from all the excess caffeine! and then I managed to pull it off again in my garden
No more red bull for me ta! Monkeys monkeys and bananas
Clubbles Jugs
1,687 posts
Location: Manchester
1,687 posts
Location: Manchester
Posted:
Hello Oli
My first time was in a park in Camberwell, South London just over a year ago (well, to be exact it was a very cold Saturday afternoon in February 2003). We were supposed to be passing 6 clubs and Alex taught me with two juggling clubs, it took about ten minutes for me to get it, he then proclaimed how amazed he was that i learnt it so quickly. Having said that I didn't do it with actual Poi until the Bristol convention in Seprember last year (03).
Having learnt it I probably do it now about once a month!
Hex
Hello Oli
My first time was in a park in Camberwell, South London just over a year ago (well, to be exact it was a very cold Saturday afternoon in February 2003). We were supposed to be passing 6 clubs and Alex taught me with two juggling clubs, it took about ten minutes for me to get it, he then proclaimed how amazed he was that i learnt it so quickly. Having said that I didn't do it with actual Poi until the Bristol convention in Seprember last year (03).
Having learnt it I probably do it now about once a month!
Hex
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Location: London
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Location: London
Posted:
My first ever workshop at the Viaduct, about two years ago
My first ever workshop at the Viaduct, about two years ago
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Pooh-Bah
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Location: Galveston, TX, USA
Pooh-Bah
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Location: Galveston, TX, USA
Posted:
In a good friends back yard. It was spin practice night and someone had handed me some racquetballs on the end of chains after I had a few beers. Several hours later, I was still spinning, very bruised, but I could now do the weave as well as lots of other things. I obviously didn't care if I hit myself or not, and just kept right on going. That was about 3 years ago.
To this day I still refuse to practice with racquetballs. I much prefer my stuffed frogs.
In a good friends back yard. It was spin practice night and someone had handed me some racquetballs on the end of chains after I had a few beers. Several hours later, I was still spinning, very bruised, but I could now do the weave as well as lots of other things. I obviously didn't care if I hit myself or not, and just kept right on going. That was about 3 years ago.
To this day I still refuse to practice with racquetballs. I much prefer my stuffed frogs.
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Location: Cardiff, The Diffshire
434 posts
Location: Cardiff, The Diffshire
Posted:
i first did a weave on holiday in Treyarnon Bay in cornwall, the weekend before glastonbury last year!
There had been a mix up and we had been double booked, so the lady who made the mistake put us in the only other property she had free which happened to be on the beach and was a mansion with its own swimming pool, balconies, perfect weather, massive barbeque, young scantily clad women...mmmmmmmm all in all a great holiday with loads of Poi and sun!
I think its a good kind of environment to learn poi in and should be available to everyone for free!, all year round! 
https://www.westcountryviews.co.uk/coastal/treyarnon/treyarnon04.htm
If you go to the link you can see the house we stayed in is on the rightof the picture and the beach on which i started learning poi!
mmmm nostalgia.....
EDITED_BY: Rossco Bossco (1080568649)
i first did a weave on holiday in Treyarnon Bay in cornwall, the weekend before glastonbury last year!
There had been a mix up and we had been double booked, so the lady who made the mistake put us in the only other property she had free which happened to be on the beach and was a mansion with its own swimming pool, balconies, perfect weather, massive barbeque, young scantily clad women...mmmmmmmm all in all a great holiday with loads of Poi and sun!
I think its a good kind of environment to learn poi in and should be available to everyone for free!, all year round!
https://www.westcountryviews.co.uk/coastal/treyarnon/treyarnon04.htm
If you go to the link you can see the house we stayed in is on the rightof the picture and the beach on which i started learning poi!
mmmm nostalgia.....
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Location: Plymouth, UK
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Location: Plymouth, UK
Posted:
Well my very very first time was for a couple of minutes with a person who was camping near me at Reading Festival last year, but it wasnt till about 2 months later i got my very first own proper poi where i basically learnt how to use by myself..which i think is why I am a slow learner.
But this year when i go to reading festival i am gonna be showing off
Well my very very first time was for a couple of minutes with a person who was camping near me at Reading Festival last year, but it wasnt till about 2 months later i got my very first own proper poi where i basically learnt how to use by myself..which i think is why I am a slow learner.
But this year when i go to reading festival i am gonna be showing off
Burn !
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(the person actually known as Chris Bailey)
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Location: Austin, TX, USA
(the person actually known as Chris Bailey)
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Location: Austin, TX, USA
Posted:
In my backyard last spring.
In my backyard last spring.
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Location: middle of Troon
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Location: middle of Troon
Posted:
in the meadows with jess... about june last year...
then i got to learning other stuff in september.
in the meadows with jess... about june last year...
then i got to learning other stuff in september.
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Location: Dublin, Ireland
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Location: Dublin, Ireland
Posted:
On Grafton St in Dublin at about 4 in the morning last October-ish
Had been practising with one hand for some time, but couldn't manage both without tangling, until some random stranger stopped me for a light, started talking about lots of stuff, including poi, of which I had a pair in my bag, and so he proceeded to show me how it was done.
Managed to pull it off that night, but couldn't remember it at all the next day. Finally got it again in the kitchen about 2 weeks later.....
On Grafton St in Dublin at about 4 in the morning last October-ish
Had been practising with one hand for some time, but couldn't manage both without tangling, until some random stranger stopped me for a light, started talking about lots of stuff, including poi, of which I had a pair in my bag, and so he proceeded to show me how it was done.
Managed to pull it off that night, but couldn't remember it at all the next day. Finally got it again in the kitchen about 2 weeks later.....
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Location: Oxfordia, United Kingdom
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Location: Oxfordia, United Kingdom
Posted:
about 2 or 3 weeks ago at the fabulous circius society of leeds uni.
once i'd got it i was real scared to stop in case i never got it again, but i neednt have worried, kinda like riding a bike
about 2 or 3 weeks ago at the fabulous circius society of leeds uni
. once i'd got it i was real scared to stop in case i never got it again, but i neednt have worried, kinda like riding a bike
they mostly come at night, mostly.
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HOP Mad Doctor
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Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
Well, I was 16 years old and there was this girl who was another swimmer who got a little drunk and...
OH!!! You meant with poi!
I actually didn't learn the basic weave series with poi at all. I learned with flags. I "invented" the two-beat weave on my own whilst learning how to spin flags in my back yard in college. I also "invented" the windmill and the corkscrew.
Some months later, I was at a rave spinning flags and someone handed me glowsticks on strings. I said "I can't do those."
"Sure you can!" he said. And he was right!
Well, I was 16 years old and there was this girl who was another swimmer who got a little drunk and...
OH!!! You meant with poi!
I actually didn't learn the basic weave series with poi at all. I learned with flags. I "invented" the two-beat weave on my own whilst learning how to spin flags in my back yard in college. I also "invented" the windmill and the corkscrew.
Some months later, I was at a rave spinning flags and someone handed me glowsticks on strings. I said "I can't do those."
"Sure you can!" he said. And he was right!
-Mike
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All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
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Location: body in Las Vegas, heart all around the world, USA
All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
9,831 posts
Location: body in Las Vegas, heart all around the world, USA
Posted:
wow lightning, you beat me to the pervy comments
if i recall correctly, i was at a house party about 3 years ago. i had already managed to learn the butterfly but for some stupid reason could not get the weave. so i stood there in the living room for hours on end just practicing and i finally got it.
wow lightning, you beat me to the pervy comments
if i recall correctly, i was at a house party about 3 years ago. i had already managed to learn the butterfly but for some stupid reason could not get the weave. so i stood there in the living room for hours on end just practicing and i finally got it.
I was always scared with my mother's obsession with the good scissors. It made me wonder if there were evil scissors lurking in the house somewhere.
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After 17 hrs i got the little beautie
340 posts
Location: Sunny Devon, UK
After 17 hrs i got the little beautie
340 posts
Location: Sunny Devon, UK
Posted:
Man have i got some memories from that place. Truely awsome.
Think my first time was in the summer of 2001. It was a day after a party where i saw some girl spinning. It was my lunch break and i decided to make some poi. (if thats what you could call them) 2 bits of wood tied to some string. Anyway it just clicked straight away. I think it was where i watched this girl so intensely it just kinda stuck in my head. But then i didn't spin again till nearly 2 and a half years later. Now i know about 3 moves so i think im on a roll. Give it a couple more years and i think i might have all the free lessons down! 
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i first did a weave on holiday in Treyarnon Bay in cornwall
Man have i got some memories from that place. Truely awsome.
Think my first time was in the summer of 2001. It was a day after a party where i saw some girl spinning. It was my lunch break and i decided to make some poi. (if thats what you could call them) 2 bits of wood tied to some string. Anyway it just clicked straight away. I think it was where i watched this girl so intensely it just kinda stuck in my head. But then i didn't spin again till nearly 2 and a half years later. Now i know about 3 moves so i think im on a roll.
Give it a couple more years and i think i might have all the free lessons down! A wise man once told me, A friend will bail you outta jail, A great friend will be sitting beside you saying that was f**king awesome.
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not with cactus
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Location: bristol/ southern eastern devon, United Kingdom
not with cactus
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Location: bristol/ southern eastern devon, United Kingdom
Posted:
i was wondering when that would happen...
Quote:
Well, I was 16 years old and there was this girl who was another swimmer who got a little drunk and...
OH!!! You meant with poi!
i was wondering when that would happen...
Me train running low on soul coal
They push+pull tactics are driving me loco
They shouldn't do that no no no
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187 posts
Location: USA
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Location: USA
Posted:
hmmm a weave... still working on that
hmmm a weave... still working on that
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Location: Aarhus, Denmark
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Location: Aarhus, Denmark
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Oh, the first time -those sweet memories
I went to an art school at one of the most beautiful locations in Denmark (its actually a castle in the middle of the forrest right next to a small lake), I think it was 4 years ago. There I met some of the best ppl ever..One of the friends I made there, David, and I sometimes did yoga and juggling stuff together, and one day he showed me how to do the weave with a pair of clubs.. It wasn't till last summer I picked up poi though, but I remember the feeling the first time i felt that flow...Mmmm
Oh, the first time -those sweet memories
I went to an art school at one of the most beautiful locations in Denmark (its actually a castle in the middle of the forrest right next to a small lake), I think it was 4 years ago. There I met some of the best ppl ever..One of the friends I made there, David, and I sometimes did yoga and juggling stuff together, and one day he showed me how to do the weave with a pair of clubs.. It wasn't till last summer I picked up poi though, but I remember the feeling the first time i felt that flow...Mmmm
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Posted:
Out in the park last summer when Cassandra was visiting the area. I'd almost sorta kinda but not really managed it on my own, and she told me to stop thinking about left hand and just let it follow my right, and suddenly I was doing it!
Out in the park last summer when Cassandra was visiting the area. I'd almost sorta kinda but not really managed it on my own, and she told me to stop thinking about left hand and just let it follow my right, and suddenly I was doing it!
E pluribus unum, baby.
-er-pops
206 posts
Location: UK
206 posts
Location: UK
Posted:
In the back garden of the local pub on a hot summers day while drinking jugs of pimms my mate Sparticus just whips it out and starts playing. I couldnt believe how much fun I had when I joined in. We then spent the rest of the summer playing with each other. Faaa laaaa laaaa
In the back garden of the local pub on a hot summers day while drinking jugs of pimms my mate Sparticus just whips it out and starts playing. I couldnt believe how much fun I had when I joined in. We then spent the rest of the summer playing with each other. Faaa laaaa laaaa
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Location: Rockingham,Perth, WA, Australia
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Location: Rockingham,Perth, WA, Australia
Posted:
mine was when this guy from zimbabwe show me how to do it in marget river. i pulled it off pretty well to. he was the one who told me about this site. if only he could see me now.
hey if theres anyone out there from zimbabwe and can remember showing fire poi to a guy in contos camp ground in margret river message me or something. i have pics to show you. and thanks for showing we this wikked form of art. if you aint out there then
mine was when this guy from zimbabwe show me how to do it in marget river. i pulled it off pretty well to. he was the one who told me about this site. if only he could see me now.
hey if theres anyone out there from zimbabwe and can remember showing fire poi to a guy in contos camp ground in margret river message me or something. i have pics to show you. and thanks for showing we this wikked form of art. if you aint out there then
Friday night is FIRE night...
Life ain't life without atleast cheating death atleast once a day.
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ZORT!
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Location: Brisbane, Australia
ZORT!
3,045 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posted:
quote from wizz....
we're not talking about THAT type of first time....
EDITED_BY: Dentrassi (1080615829)
quote from wizz....
Quote:
my mate Sparticus just whips it out and starts playing......
I couldnt believe how much fun I had when I joined in.....
We then spent the rest of the summer playing with each other. Faaa laaaa laaaa....
we're not talking about THAT type of first time....
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still can't believe it's not butter
6,978 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia
still can't believe it's not butter
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posted:
lol @ mike
btw ROVO, that's a really nice sig ya got there! Usul would be proud!!
my first twirl was also my first burn, on a Portsea beach in December 2001.
I never let go.
thanks for the magic, Captain SHiner!
lol @ mike
btw ROVO, that's a really nice sig ya got there! Usul would be proud!!
my first twirl was also my first burn, on a Portsea beach in December 2001.
I never let go.
thanks for the magic, Captain SHiner!
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Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise.
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Location: NJ or DE, USA
Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise.
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Location: NJ or DE, USA
Posted:
First time I did the 2bt weave I was in my foyer.
3bt I was in the computer room talking to Gidg and a few other people in HoPchat
First time I did the 2bt weave I was in my foyer.
3bt I was in the computer room talking to Gidg and a few other people in HoPchat
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Location: Guelph, ON, Canada
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in Cerberus' family room, me screaming "I CAN'T DO IT!!!"
Her looking, and screming back "YOU'RE DOING ITT, SHUT UP!!!"
And I was, so I did. Never stopped since that August 03 day
~ bobo
in Cerberus' family room, me screaming "I CAN'T DO IT!!!"
Her looking, and screming back "YOU'RE DOING ITT, SHUT UP!!!"
And I was, so I did. Never stopped since that August 03 day
~ bobo
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Location: Rockingham,Perth, WA, Australia
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Location: Rockingham,Perth, WA, Australia
Posted:
funny story i was teaching my woman poi and i had to make her stuff up to get the weave right. i was short of underminding her intelligance really.knowing that she wouldnt do what i told her to and that she would stuff it up. she got it down pat.
funny story i was teaching my woman poi and i had to make her stuff up to get the weave right. i was short of underminding her intelligance really.knowing that she wouldnt do what i told her to and that she would stuff it up. she got it down pat.
Friday night is FIRE night...
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Hyperloops suck
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Location: USA
Hyperloops suck
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Location: USA
Posted:
3 beat weave just came sorta naturally to me. I saw a friend spinning glowsticks at school and I said, "What the hell are those?!" and he showed me, picked them up, he said "Cross your hands over to the other side" and I automatically did 3 beat weave instead of 2. He said, "Mmkay, I gotta teach you how to spin, that's too cool". Been hooked ever since
3 beat weave just came sorta naturally to me. I saw a friend spinning glowsticks at school and I said, "What the hell are those?!" and he showed me, picked them up, he said "Cross your hands over to the other side" and I automatically did 3 beat weave instead of 2. He said, "Mmkay, I gotta teach you how to spin, that's too cool". Been hooked ever since
thats sooooo not where i parked my car...................
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Location: mareeba
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Location: mareeba
Posted:
probaby in my room i think thats how i broke my light bulb.....yep defianately in my room
probaby in my room i think thats how i broke my light bulb.....yep defianately in my room
we cant stop here its bat country!!!!!!!!!!!
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Location: without class distinction, Australia
Insert Champagne Here
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Location: without class distinction, Australia
Posted:
I think it was at the only melbourne wednesday night gathering ive been to. i was just playing around, trying to weave, but not really...and i just did it! and bart saw and started applauding!
I think it was at the only melbourne wednesday night gathering ive been to. i was just playing around, trying to weave, but not really...and i just did it! and bart saw and started applauding!
i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: "In your ear", United Kingdom
Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: "In your ear", United Kingdom
Posted:
mine was outside a pub in sheff with a lil sexy lady frined of mine telling me how to do it, after i went to the park (24hrs after starting) and being intimidated by someone on a bank spinning, so i didnt spin....
and she showed me and i got it in a couple of hours, down and dusted, and it all went from theere
my reverse 3bt is a diff story, i had been trying to get his move for months (6 infact) and it just wasnt falling into place, my hands just werent moving, until i got out of bed one morning, and though,
"oh well i may as well try it again"
so i picked yo two pair of boxers, and i did it for a few beats, i threw on som ebaggies, and ran outside with my poi, i could finaly do 3bt wave! :d
laterdays
mine was outside a pub in sheff with a lil sexy lady frined of mine telling me how to do it, after i went to the park (24hrs after starting) and being intimidated by someone on a bank spinning, so i didnt spin....
and she showed me and i got it in a couple of hours, down and dusted, and it all went from theere
my reverse 3bt is a diff story, i had been trying to get his move for months (6 infact) and it just wasnt falling into place, my hands just werent moving, until i got out of bed one morning, and though,
"oh well i may as well try it again"
so i picked yo two pair of boxers, and i did it for a few beats, i threw on som ebaggies, and ran outside with my poi, i could finaly do 3bt wave! :d
laterdays
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A school playground in Germany.
A school playground in Germany.
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Location: England
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Location: England
Posted:
I'm pretty sure mine was around this time last year when i was in the park with my friend who was doing it. He gave me a go and i did it first time!
I'm pretty sure mine was around this time last year when i was in the park with my friend who was doing it. He gave me a go and i did it first time!
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