Sean and Prisna at flowtoys.com are good friends of mine. Their flowlights are my favorite LED toys in the universe, and I hope to help rally the community behind them (which will be easy as long as they keep making the best toys.)

The flowlights are bright, durable, and come programmed with many modes. They take single rechargeable AAA batteries. They are sold with various shells, so you can have poi, wands, staffs, and other toys, all with one set of lights. They also make great handles!

Crystalpoi make a particularly awesome pair of rechargeable LED poi. Make sure you get the "flow mass" covers to add a little weight. Both flowlights and crystal cases are now available on homeofpoi.com and flowtoys. Remember to use "playpoi123" at checkout!

Flowtoys has launched their new modular system! This is great news for anybody who plays with more than one kind of toy. Below is an overview of the new products with Sean and Prisna in Bali. If you like what you see, go straight to flowtoys.

Playpoi T-Shirts are now available in a variety of styles and colors at the SPREADSHIRT PLAYPOI SHOP!  Big thanks to Alex for making this happen.

We dedicate this design to our wonderful spinning community!  Spread the love :)

Homeofpoi.com continues to launch all the toys we've been asking for, including Pendulum Poi, the practice-poi used by several of my favorite spinners. You can order them as a full set or find the parts on HoP from your local juggling store.

We get lots of emails asking where we get our cool clothing. The answer is... from our visionary designer friends in Bali!

Fortunately, much of the clothes we wear and more is available through luxotica.com and buddhaful.com. Please make sure to use PLAYPOI as your referral/promotion code. That way we get a small referral percentage, which helps us make more poi resources for you :)

Happy dancing!

Slackline is quickly becoming an essential toy for the Playpoi crew. We've been setting up at least one everywhere we go! It's not just fun and addictive -- it helps to develop balance in amazing ways. To help you get started and to inspire you, we've produced these three slackline videos!

In other news, you can now order slacklines from Homeofpoi.com. Choose between the 15 Meter Slackline, the 10 Meter Pro Series Slackline, and the 10 Meter Pro Series Slackline (this is the one we use because it's great for travel).

Ball-bearing swivels improve your hyperloops and orbitals and the general play of your poi. Homeofpoi.com has just announced their Pro Series Chain Cords, and they are officially awesome! Exactly what I've been wanting a shop to come out with. Note that you can buy the swivels alone through homeofpoi.com and feuershow.de, and Pro-Series handles only through HoP. Remember to use "playpoi" as your referral code! :)

How to make double staffs using wooden dowels, bike inner-tubes, and tape.

A review of the best Flag Poi I've ever played with, and a surprise ending.

NEWS FLASH: Not only has Erik created a little referral program for playpoi (You can now use "playpoi" as your referral code if you go to his website to buy a pair) but you can also order them direct from Homeofpoi.com!

Homeofpoi has found a great supplier for Colored Flames: Tribal Neon Fire Dyes. I used the green flame with a fire puppet at the Halifax Busker Festival, and the effect was fantastic. Homeofpoi looked far and wide before choosing Tribal Neon. The colors are very strong.

If you use them, make sure to read the directions carefully. I used it with "Methyl Hydrate," which is basically pure methanol, with great success. The names of these products change in different regions, so you might need to do some homework to find the right thing. Enjoy!

The new poi pendants are finished and available on homeofpoi.com! Now you can get them black-in-white or white-in-black.

This is one of my cherished projects from Bali. They are carved out of bone and horn by a sweet family of Balinese artists I met in Ubud (the cultural hub of Bali). The design ideas came via a series of visions and a lot of sketching, and were influenced by the people and events and art I encountered in Bali. The symbols have been a work in progress ever since Alex and I designed the first DVD. We'll add more symbols as the ideas evolve...

Homeofpoi has launched their one-piece cone poi!

This is a great moment in poi history. The design was a collaboration between homeofpoi and myself, based loosely on a pair of sock-poi I got from Drew (of ministryofmanipulation.com). They are much like the poi I often use in my videos, but with a different (and hopefully better) method of inserting and removing the weight. They are super comfortable and pretty much tangle free. This is the kind of cone poi the world needs! So order a pair and tell me what you think. (Note: I do not recommend the cone-poi with the swivels, as I think they are too clunky.)

Oh, and I now have "playpoi" as my referral code at homeofpoi. If you use it when you buy something, I get a percentage. This is good, as it will help me justify spending more time making poi videos! :)

Poi isn't Nick Woolsey's only talent. He's also a terrific writer, and Emails from (Over?) the Edge is his greatest achievement yet. This book will make you laugh out loud, and you'll learn a lot about your favorite poi artist.

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the book, you can buy it now for $11.95USD!

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Download the first few chapters as a .PDF.

A little video on making a poi-style meteor (traditional meteors use much thicker ropes, but they aren't as fun for tangles and spiral wraps). I like using Colecord but you can use any cord that feels good. Some people like thin climbing rope, which you can get at any outdoor store. Good luck with this one. It requires some patience at the beginning but you'll love it once you get past the first hurdles.

I have loved Colecord ever since Cole gave me a pair of poi in 2006. They were immediately my favorite practice poi because colecord is a) very comfortable, b) very strong, and c) slightly springy.

I decided then that the whole world should have access to Colecord! In spring 2007 I began corresponding with Homeofpoi.com about gear design. I sent them samples of colecord and they found the manufacturer in Taiwan, meaning you can buy Colecord at homeofpoi.com ! Yayness! They also supply the ball-bearing fishing swivels that I love so much :)

This video will tell you everything you need to know about making poi with colecord: