Poi Adventure Blogs

The Great Poi Caper

When Thom Thumb's poi are stolen by the mischievious thief Tressa En Abundancia, he goes to great lengths to get them back. WARNING! This video contains footage of someone being beaten with a shoe...

Occu Poi Your Cities With Play!

Thom Thumb, Ellie Sorokin, and Kyle Ford brought play to Chicago's streets and even do battle to the death with a ninja!  A submission for The Flowtoys Busking Video Competition.

 

Singapore Shenanigans

Nick, G, and Pali trekked to Singapore for a super secret project with the illustrious Karen. See the silliness, and get a behind-the-scenes look at what we've got in store.

Finding Tami's Neverland

Post-retreat Gili adventure!

After the March retreats, we decided it was time for some much-needed r&r, and we found the perfect post- poi retreat headquarters:  Tami's Neverland!

Gili Island Adventures

While we're in Bali, we like to hop over to the nearby Gili Islands now and then.  Collected here are some of those adventures, from 2009 and 2010, featuring many of our wonderful poi friends!

Beautiful Bali

Nick's spent a few months a year in Bali since first going in 2007.  Playpoi artists often convenes there to work on projects and host retreats.  Included here are some of our adventures, some of the people we've met, and lots of beauty.

Nick, G, and Alien Jon at EJC 2009

The EJC in Spain was great! And someone captured a rare poi moment: Nick, G, and Alien Jon three-way fire poi. We sense good things are in store.

Costa Rica Adventure

Many of the Playpoi team and friends gathered in Costa Rica in early 2009 for projects and retreats. Included here are photos of our adventures.

European Poi Tours

We tend to spend our summers in Europe touring around doing workshops, meeting exciting people, and making poi videos.  Many of these videos now appear in our DVD, Adventures in Poi: Moves

Nick in a Sweet Video Feedback Portal

We see some pretty cool things at festivals. Check out Nick playing in a video feedback portal by Tryptonmedia.

New Tutorial Videos and General Update

P1020336.jpgFirstly: If you go to the poi videos page you will find Under The Legs, 5-beat-weaves, and of course superduperuberlooping.

I write from Halifax, my home town. This is my first visit in two years and I'm awash with memories. I'm also awash with loot! My parents decided to be patrons of the arts and I have a new external hard drive and a better suitcase. That leaves a new laptop and a video camera as the remaining pieces of gear on my wish list :)

Playing with Poi in Singapore

jocelyn_statue_poi2.jpgJocelyn and I flew to Singapore for several days to get new Visas, to visit our friend Johari, and to make use of high-speed internet and telephones that work. Singapore is fun if you have a friend to show you around

Jocelyn arrived. I love having accomplices!

on the motorbike.jpgSynopsis: I have flown the lovely and talented Jocelyn to Bali to help me produce new poi DVDs and a whole lot of inspirational and tutorial videos for the website.

We'll be here until mid-August, brainstorming, writing, plotting, researching, filming, etc. Did you know that I wish to slowly become a cult-celebrity filmmaker? Well now you do.

In Bali. Stop. Found Home. Stop.

IMG_1980.JPGSynopsis: Bali is one of the world's best kept secrets. Don't tell anyone.

I love it here, except for the bad driving and bad internet, both of which are great for my emotional-control practices, so I love them too.

Fire Spinning for the Long-Neck Karen Tribe

candlekaren2.jpgAbout two weeks ago, the Amazing MK (Marykristn) invited me to join her on a trip to Nai Soi, a refugee village near the border of Burma, inhabited by Long Neck Karen Hill Tribe members, who have left Burma in fear of their lives.