How to become a part of the community.
To be a part of the community you need to remember one thing: Contribute. Bring some fuel, bring some food. Share what you have if you can. Don't be an obnoxious drunkard. Be a funny one, if you can, but understand that most people won't consider you safe to spin with.
Don't be that naked guy who is creeping on girls.
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
Lighting up.
Now that you have selected prop, you need to have some sort of fuel.
I cannot express this enough: Do not use gasoline. I cannot say this enough.
DO NOT USE GASOLINE.
Do watch this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyDL944UthY&list=PLXBKzrT0URwD-sHIuD2Yzx0hWrN01qJoz&index=3
The best fuel is a mixture of Coleman fuel, and pure kerosene, or pure paraffin. Beware of using scented kerosine. The smell will never leave your clothes, your wick, and its a quick way to earn yourself anger from other spinners.
The best types of clothes you can wear duting your burn are natural fibers. Avoid wearing mixed of synthetic blends. If you are wearing polyester and it catches fire you may as well be wearing napalm.
Now that you have selected prop, you need to have some sort of fuel.
I cannot express this enough: Do not use gasoline. I cannot say this enough.
DO NOT USE GASOLINE.
Do watch this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyDL944UthY&list=PLXBKzrT0URwD-sHIuD2Yzx0hWrN01qJoz&index=3
The best fuel is a mixture of Coleman fuel, and pure kerosene, or pure paraffin. Beware of using scented kerosine. The smell will never leave your clothes, your wick, and its a quick way to earn yourself anger from other spinners.
The best types of clothes you can wear duting your burn are natural fibers. Avoid wearing mixed of synthetic blends. If you are wearing polyester and it catches fire you may as well be wearing napalm.
Welcome:
In this first lesson I would like to talk about the necessary ingredients to playing with fire.
You need to choose your prop of choice. The most common fire prop you will find is Poi. There are a lot of poi users out there, and most people start with either one of these choices. there are a variety of other choices but these two are the most basic, and have the largest room for growth.
The primary concern of playing with fire is safety. And safety begins with the prop you choose.
This is an excellent example of terrible poi. Notice how the wick has metal exposed on both the sides and top. The metal will heat up during the burn, and more importantly it will hold the heat long after your burn is over. Notice also the handles themselves. They are loops, which were once commonly used, but they tend to tangle on your fingers during a burn. This is a dangerous set of poi.
These poi on the other hand are an excellent example of safe poi. Notice the lack of extra metal, and the shape of the poi themselves, all designed to minimize any extra heat on them after you are finished with your fire session.
Now just because you can does not mean you should. Fire while fun should not be your starting place. I would highly suggest that you begin with a prop not designed for setting on fire. Most people start with sock poi, made from stuffing a tennis ball in a long pair of socks. My personal favorite prop that is nonflammable are pod poi. made by flowtoys. They are soft, have a lot of color choices are well weighted and absolutely amazing.
In this first lesson I would like to talk about the necessary ingredients to playing with fire.
You need to choose your prop of choice. The most common fire prop you will find is Poi. There are a lot of poi users out there, and most people start with either one of these choices. there are a variety of other choices but these two are the most basic, and have the largest room for growth.
The primary concern of playing with fire is safety. And safety begins with the prop you choose.
This is an excellent example of terrible poi. Notice how the wick has metal exposed on both the sides and top. The metal will heat up during the burn, and more importantly it will hold the heat long after your burn is over. Notice also the handles themselves. They are loops, which were once commonly used, but they tend to tangle on your fingers during a burn. This is a dangerous set of poi.
These poi on the other hand are an excellent example of safe poi. Notice the lack of extra metal, and the shape of the poi themselves, all designed to minimize any extra heat on them after you are finished with your fire session.
Now just because you can does not mean you should. Fire while fun should not be your starting place. I would highly suggest that you begin with a prop not designed for setting on fire. Most people start with sock poi, made from stuffing a tennis ball in a long pair of socks. My personal favorite prop that is nonflammable are pod poi. made by flowtoys. They are soft, have a lot of color choices are well weighted and absolutely amazing.
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