Your first day of spinning?

Invader_Xan · Joined: 02 May 2007 Posts: 540 Location: In Space

Awww... That's so sweet. sweet

popinman · Joined: 29 Sep 2007 Posts: 39

wow lots of u sound like u picked it up a hell of a lot quicker than me my first day i met sum random outside my halls (year 1 of uni) and she let me play a lil with practise poi in 10 minutes or so i got 2 play i managed the (err opps still dbad with names) one where u cross over at the same time. nd didnt hit my slef once.

harsh comparsion to when i took it up again this year mate dannie made trainning poi from tenis balls metal rings chains and shoe laces, hurt my self a lot even cut my self a few times but is gud now have very safe very amiture sock poi ^-^

sporkle · Joined: 20 Oct 2007 Posts: 5

I managed to teach myself absolutely nothing on the first day. I could just about do figure of 8 but the tails kept tangling blush

Daedra · Posted: Mon 22nd Oct, 2007 8:08 am Post subject:

One whole year! nice going J!

Yeah it is interesting what poi can do for you. I got mistaken for a 26 year old and was declared missing for three whole hours while in spain last year. I don't know how they came to this conclusion after watching me spin for 5 minutes

Mean while, I was actually looking after someone who was feeling under the weather.

crazyhol · Joined: 15 Dec 2007 Posts: 10 Location: Leicester

I'm not long past my first day on which i only managed the butterfly but i can now manage something like the extended reels only i haven't tryed the last bit of the move where you reel behind the shoulders. also the basic weave but i haven't managed the 3 beat yet or a regular hip or shoulder reel. soon though. 2 daumen hoch

abi · Joined: 14 Dec 2007 Posts: 49 Location: somerset, uk

i made my first poi out of marballs covered in cotton wool (as these dont hurt).

the first move i managed was weave. i am now on hyperloop variations Smile

but i still cannot get any of the reels wicth i think is wierd.

LewisM · Joined: 22 Jul 2007 Posts: 110 Location: UK > Bristol

Mythical · Joined: 01 Feb 2008 Posts: 22 Location: Coventry

My first poi were Mice, but I had played with fire poi a bit before that. My firend wouldn't let me have them lit because fuel is expensive. I didn't get homemade poi until ages after I got poipoi ones. And then only because I couldn't think of anything else to do with the juggling balls someone gave me for christmas!

First move I learned was Butterfly and Angel wings. Followed a year later by 2bw forwards, and a year after that, I learned 2bw backwards THEN I learned what the moves were called! Progress has ben kinda slow thus far!

WiseBullet · Joined: 16 Feb 2008 Posts: 4

Just at the end of my first day heh. Picked up my girlfriends poi this morning and had a little play in the garden, managed to get the hang of the 3 beat weave after about an hour and really enjoyed it.
When I got in I made some makeshift poi out of some old rugby socks and hocky balls, which hurt like hell, so iv ordered some new ones already.
I'v managed to do the butterly and pull off the 5 beat weave once since this morning but I'm going to stop until my new poi come, my ankles have taken enough of a beating :D

JaqueDark · Joined: 25 Jan 2008 Posts: 18 Location: Liverpool England

Hehe

The first time I spun poi was in my GCSE English Class at College last year.

A mate had brought them in because we had to do presentations on our hobbies. He brought his poi in and the first thing I successfully managed to do was the flutterby Very Happy

I've been hooked ever since and I do tend to take my sock poi with me wherever I go now.

JD

Salamander7 · Joined: 25 Oct 2007 Posts: 118

Ah i remember my first day with poi in my hands too. Learned butterfly, split time spinning then the 3 beat weave. The feeling of success after hours of spinning was huge, those first few tricks always stay in my mind.

Mike

Schantz · Joined: 10 Mar 2008 Posts: 40 Location: Norway

My first day was just trying to get the butterfly perfect and spin the socks in order. what wonder a fire show does, she was only belly dancing and the poi were barely moving but then I watched youtube and saw what poi really were. I instant made sock poi but didnt find anything to have inside. Needless to say the golfballs I found was NOT a smart idea.

sparklefinger · Joined: 02 Sep 2007 Posts: 1 Location: England

My first day of poi i learnt the butterfly, angelwings and 3bt weave, oh and buzzsaw.. though i haven't got much further with learning tricks. can do reels and am attempting to learn the 5bt weave... thats not going too well.

lewiss · Joined: 24 Apr 2008 Posts: 1 Location: norfolk

the very first thing i did was...

unpacked my poi i got for my birthday.. give them a quick go in side.. suddenly followed by both of them making a very sharp and hard hitting impact with my testicles. Cool

.

now I've learnt not to do that.. but my bro hasn't, as he demonstraited seconds after saying the quote "i could do that.."

piece! Razz

spinnin pig · Joined: 07 May 2008 Posts: 3 Location: NE england

it still is my first day spinning as my poi arrived today
so far ive learnt that thing where youre hands and the poi cross your body then uncross (3 beat weave?)
that butterfly thing and am workin on angel wings right now

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