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Ok, one of my mates just made himself some new toys, including a few new monster staves. We timed one of the smaller ones last night and it burns for approx 5 minutes. So what we were wondering was how easy people reckon it would be to spin for the full 8.5 minutes and stay interesting for the entire time......ie trying not to get too repetitive etc. Any thoughts?
Ok, one of my mates just made himself some new toys, including a few new monster staves. We timed one of the smaller ones last night and it burns for approx 5 minutes. So what we were wondering was how easy people reckon it would be to spin for the full 8.5 minutes and stay interesting for the entire time......ie trying not to get too repetitive etc. Any thoughts?
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s'all down to how creative your mate is. besides there's nothing wrong with a bit of repitition as long as you've got enough moves/ ideas to make it seem varied...
s'all down to how creative your mate is. besides there's nothing wrong with a bit of repitition as long as you've got enough moves/ ideas to make it seem varied...
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Learns lots of sh1t. Differnet sh1t. not just regular sh1t but varied and cool sh1t. Then link all your sh1t into one lump of moves and mix someof your sh1t with other sh1t to make yet more cool sh1t and people will say "DAMN! That guy spins some cool sh1t" and they will love you 
Learns lots of sh1t. Differnet sh1t. not just regular sh1t but varied and cool sh1t. Then link all your sh1t into one lump of moves and mix someof your sh1t with other sh1t to make yet more cool sh1t and people will say "DAMN! That guy spins some cool sh1t" and they will love you
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Posted:
yeah it depends on how much stuff you know.
I dont think it would be impossible to spin for 8 mins without getting boring...there is a LOT of stuff you can do with staves...especially if you use them as doubles, and also conbine in contact and characterisations and stuff...
ermto answer the question tho; it depends on your audience. Ive seen ppl captivated for ages by very simple twirling, but to keep an audience of experienced twirlers interested for 8.5 mins on one implement might be tricky - I think you would have be well hardcore to manage that.
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yeah it depends on how much stuff you know.
I dont think it would be impossible to spin for 8 mins without getting boring...there is a LOT of stuff you can do with staves...especially if you use them as doubles, and also conbine in contact and characterisations and stuff...
ermto answer the question tho; it depends on your audience. Ive seen ppl captivated for ages by very simple twirling, but to keep an audience of experienced twirlers interested for 8.5 mins on one implement might be tricky - I think you would have be well hardcore to manage that.
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erm , if your audience were goldfish though, you'd need only need 30 secs worth of original routine.
remember though, they be friends, not food!
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erm , if your audience were goldfish though, you'd need only need 30 secs worth of original routine.
remember though, they be friends, not food!
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at bender, so so true....*sigh* i agree with custombug though, its a case of knowing your stuff and some very tricky pieces to throw in the mix, but if they are expreienced spinners themselves...you could be in some shyte... 
(ha ha ha, i love that little guy...)
best help i can give ya...
at bender, so so true....*sigh* i agree with custombug though, its a case of knowing your stuff and some very tricky pieces to throw in the mix, but if they are expreienced spinners themselves...you could be in some shyte... (ha ha ha, i love that little guy...)best help i can give ya...
"surely a longboarding fire spinner should have no trouble getting some action!"- NYC....
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I twirled for a school club recently, and a few kids missed the show, so I did exactly the same thing again...everyone watched the second time too. Most people will probably watch no matter what you do, because fire is cool.
I twirled for a school club recently, and a few kids missed the show, so I did exactly the same thing again...everyone watched the second time too. Most people will probably watch no matter what you do, because fire is cool.
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Want to make a fun interesting show in 8.5 minutes?
Get several different music tracks, with different beats and sounds and styles that total to about 8 minutes and spin to them.
Listen to the music and change your style/speed/moves to suit the different musical styles.
Try to put some funny bits in to break it up, too. Like an angry piano solo where you throw the staff on the ground and silently yell at it, appear to forgive it, and pick it up and cuddle it...
You can do all sorts of theatre-type stuff in the middle of a set, it doesn;'t have to be straight spinning the whole time...
Want to make a fun interesting show in 8.5 minutes?
Get several different music tracks, with different beats and sounds and styles that total to about 8 minutes and spin to them.
Listen to the music and change your style/speed/moves to suit the different musical styles.
Try to put some funny bits in to break it up, too. Like an angry piano solo where you throw the staff on the ground and silently yell at it, appear to forgive it, and pick it up and cuddle it...
You can do all sorts of theatre-type stuff in the middle of a set, it doesn;'t have to be straight spinning the whole time...
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I would use a lot of arials and some contact spinning.. Not just straight spinning but a lot of small changes that look fantastic.. like neck spins and arm over elbow spins
SpinSin
I would use a lot of arials and some contact spinning.. Not just straight spinning but a lot of small changes that look fantastic.. like neck spins and arm over elbow spins
SpinSin
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use variations of speed to kill your time ... like charles said ... music to slow or speed up the time ... its all about timing...
use variations of speed to kill your time ... like charles said ... music to slow or speed up the time ... its all about timing...
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don't forget to stop spinning it every now and then to and hold a 'dramatic pose', or tell a few jokes..
don't forget to stop spinning it every now and then to and hold a 'dramatic pose', or tell a few jokes..
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explain in a deap and sincere voice , exactly what poi are , and the cultural back round , where they derived from . see if the people realy grasp the integrity of the art !
explain in a deap and sincere voice , exactly what poi are , and the cultural back round , where they derived from . see if the people realy grasp the integrity of the art !
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It's fun twirling for ages. Just have 'sections', like i like to pretend the staff is poi and just do weaves fwd/bkwd and windmill for a while, then do heaps of snaking moves, spinning body around, then heli-plane, then shoulder centred spinning, then passing moves including btl etc.
yaaay for staff
It's fun twirling for ages. Just have 'sections', like i like to pretend the staff is poi and just do weaves fwd/bkwd and windmill for a while, then do heaps of snaking moves, spinning body around, then heli-plane, then shoulder centred spinning, then passing moves including btl etc.
yaaay for staff
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Also, start small - you can kill a surprsing amount of time with "basic" spinning - keep up-ping the difficulty. If you start off with loads of crazy contact moves, it doesn't leave you with much to do for the remaining set...
Also, start small - you can kill a surprsing amount of time with "basic" spinning - keep up-ping the difficulty. If you start off with loads of crazy contact moves, it doesn't leave you with much to do for the remaining set...
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Not to mention that lots of slow-medium speed contact moves will make the burn last EVEN longer...
Not to mention that lots of slow-medium speed contact moves will make the burn last EVEN longer...
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durbs dude , i have to say , you have a "killer" avatar .... makes me laugh everytime!!
and Axe dude .... just spin that sh!t for 8 minutes or whatever and tell link us to the vid. man you can do .... easy!
durbs dude , i have to say , you have a "killer" avatar .... makes me laugh everytime!!
and Axe dude .... just spin that sh!t for 8 minutes or whatever and tell link us to the vid. man you can do .... easy!
i like breaking the Law , of Gravity !
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