learning to poi

Kreeeee · 11 May 2006 at 12:52

Poi is really easy to get into. Just get a £10 set of practice poi and use the net for the tricks. Poi's great because you can look impressive with very little talent just by immitating the videos.

geeza · 11 May 2006 at 13:45

just bought some glowpoi from antigravity. only had yellow but im not bothered what colour they are really. they just looked better quality than them ones with paper trails on them

Spacky · 11 May 2006 at 14:09

I want one, I want one, I want one, I want one, I want one, I want one, I want one, I want one, I want one, I want one, I want one, I want one, I want one, spams....

Also anyone know the track to that vid, its the kind of musical crap you need to play when playing with your poi things.

Greenlizard0 · 11 May 2006 at 14:12

Poi is quality good choice!!
I've only been doing it a short while but sort of had to give for exams and other commitmants this year.

Longer tails can be harder to learn from, but once you can do tricks with long tailed poi, you can pretty much use any other type with ease.

Have fun, and join homeofpoi.com for their forum help

geeza · 11 May 2006 at 14:13

Spacky said:
I want one, I want one, I want one, I want one, I want one, I want one, I want one, I want one, I want one, I want one, I want one, I want one, I want one, spams....

Also anyone know the track to that vid, its the kind of musical crap you need to play when playing with your poi things.

was this sarcasm or not?

and i was more techo music like this too please

Spacky · 11 May 2006 at 14:14

geeza said:
was this sarcasm or not?

and i was more techo music like this too please

No I really do want one.....well the one in the video Raymond posted, well the one at the beginning...or the cheapest

Ray bach, which one off that site would be good then?

But not fussed on the music but want to the know the track

Am not a techno jungle massive fan but I like the track, suits Poi activities.

geeza · 11 May 2006 at 14:16

im sure it was me who posted the vid. That kid is spinning with glowsticks attatched. the lcd ones will look good enough though, and its a bonus as you cant set your hair on fire :eek:

Spacky · 11 May 2006 at 14:24

geeza said:
I thought that instead of buying another computer game id give poi a try. Im quite co-ordinated and can do diabolo a bit. Ive heard that buying some ankle socks and putting 2 tennis balls in the bottoms of them is good enough but would something like this be better
http://www.anti-gravity.org.uk/acatalog/Anti_Gravity_Home_Other_Stuff_17.html
Cobra Classic Poi

as they have the proper finger straps. of course tennis balls are still going to cost abit aswell as the ankle socks

opinions please

Slight concern but its not showing as a secure page for ordering :confused:

geeza · 11 May 2006 at 14:25

Spacky said:
Slight concern but its not showing as a secure page for ordering

that doesnt bother me, i went in store and now have it next to me! go on firetoys.com instead if you are buying

Spacky · 11 May 2006 at 14:30

Hmmm not sure whats good for a beginner, don't want to look like a pansey with a pretty ribbon

Raymond Lin · 11 May 2006 at 14:33

Spacky said:
Hmmm not sure whats good for a beginner, don't want to look like a pansey with a pretty ribbon

The girl in that pic learned with fire poi from the start, it's different for different people. Some people can grasp moves better and quicker than others.

geeza · 11 May 2006 at 14:33

Spacky said:
Hmmm not sure whats good for a beginner, don't want to look like a pansey with a pretty ribbon

didnt think of that. but the ribbon is suppose to just get in the way and i looked at a 'cobra' ribbon one and it look really crappy quality. the one i have is on metal and the bag things look quite good qualiy too.
of course it costs £20 instead of £12 but you get what you pay for

Tesla · 11 May 2006 at 14:34

SiliconSlave is good at this.

Spacky · 11 May 2006 at 14:41

geeza said:
didnt think of that. but the ribbon is suppose to just get in the way and i looked at a 'cobra' ribbon one and it look really crappy quality. the one i have is on metal and the bag things look quite good qualiy too.
of course it costs £20 instead of £12 but you get what you pay for

May go for the yellow glow poi, sadly currently out of stock.

Raymond Lin · 11 May 2006 at 14:43

These are the ones i got

cost me £15 in the end from home of poi (actually in New Zealand ! only took 4 days for delivery)

You can see one is got a slight pink glow (it goes through all the colours, red, pink, orange, blue, green..etc), the room is bright so you can only just see it, its much brighter in the dark. The balls are made of rubber so its kinda squezgy, the little circular thing in the top ball is where the battery is and by twisting it turns it on. turn it loose it'll go off.

Spacky · 11 May 2006 at 14:44

£15 inc p&p? :eek:

Am having a nose about as we speak for something bright and glowy, think it would be pretty cool to do something mind focusing, like a poi

Raymond Lin · 11 May 2006 at 14:46

Spacky said:
£15 inc p&p?

Am having a nose about as we speak for something bright and glowy, think it would be pretty cool to do something mind focusing, like a poi

yeah £15 all included, air mail from New Zealand ! The balls are about £6 somethig each and the straps were like £1.75. Found a 15% off voucher on the net (simple google search) and it was like £15.

geeza · 11 May 2006 at 14:49

Spacky said:
May go for the yellow glow poi, sadly currently out of stock.

lol. strange that, when i went in store they only had yellow. I got the last one (no other colours at all but he was on the phone as i went in ordering more)

ill post a pic of mine when i get home later today

edit - the joy of my new camera phone (resized)

just noticed they come with extra holder net things so you can put other things in. wait until i get a few wasps in each netting!!

Spacky · 11 May 2006 at 14:50

FYI regarding firetoys

They won't have yellow glow poi's in till week after next.... I said Poi (Proy) guess I said it wrong

Sod it may get a red one and just be done with it, reason I wanted yellow it looks like fire-ish.

(Kind of similar to David Dickinsons fake Tan, from a good distance may look like the real deal).

Spacky · 11 May 2006 at 15:00

Red Glow Pois ordered, expect pics of large bruises in a few days time