Highlights from our amazing poi retreat in Bali. Big thanks to Karen for the editing and to all the amazing people who came out to play!

Finally, here's our video from Costa Rica, featuring Burning Dan, Alien Jon, Baz, and myself spinning to the music of Reza Moosavi and the cinematography and video editing skills of Matthew Boyd :)

And another fire performance! This is from last May in Bali. It was a fundraiser for Bedulu, and amazing orphanage near Ubud. Live music by Wah! Try double clicking the video to go to youtube, and then watch it in high def. The quality came through great!

Pali and I performed at a great little resort for Christmas Eve. Michel was there with his HD camera and here's the video. Music is Analogue Criteria by Gaudi and Instinct by Karsh Kale.

A remix of When Circles Dream, with lots of new footage and photos!

A fun little video from the night we filmed the staff tutorials with Banyan. Intro music by Taal Fiza

Some clips from a fire show some good friends and I put together last summer. Wish me luck getting more performance opportunities! :)

The Mighty Banyan is one of our favorite fire performers (and yoga teachers) ever. This is him performing with double staffs in Thailand and India. To contact him about performances and yoga classes, email templeroots at gmail dot com.

Yay! This is the second Nick+Yuta video, and the "Directors Cut" of our COL2007 entry (meaning much more fire spinning footage). A big thanks to Yuta for editing this one, and to Dan, Gordon, MK, Claus, Michie, and Isa for all the help. You guys rock!

Several people requested more performance videos, so here is some of my favorite footage from our flowtoys shoot in Bali. Shows how fun it can be to bend your planes sometimes.

I am slowly working towards some epic new videos, with special friends, but for that you'll have to wait while I finish a few other things from the big list ;)

And remember, you can go buy some flowtoys if you like what you see!

Yes... this is the video of me stripping for money (Watch as .mov | Watch on youtube). I was waiting to have a few more poiticipation goodies ready (poi hipsacks, posters, etc), but it was a very special friend's birthday yesterday so I'm releasing it now.

The stripping makes a good metaphor. I'm stepping out of all my fears lately (and I'm not the only one). We bring our dreams to life by choosing to. Thus I'm swinging the credit cards around fast an furious, and we'll be offering a lot of yummy new content starting early June. Please stay tuned.

I'm hoping you'll take the time to pay attention to the poiticipation ideas, and to have faith in me that I'm offering a two-way relationship. I don't think artists have to live in poverty to maintain their integrity. It's time to blaze a new artist/community relationship, and part of that happens here, and I would love you to be part of it.

If things go well there will be more nudity, I promise.

Nick

Hey, check it out, we finished our flowtoys.com: video. These are my favorite LED poi, produced by the amazing Sean and Prisna. (Yes, this is what we are using in most of those photos). This is exciting as they've signed me up as an affiliate member, so if you click through and buy something, I get a percentage, which puts me all the closer to getting my own video camera! Oh, and they are selling and wholesaling our DVDs in North America so it is overall very exciting :)

I put this together spontaneously after watching a video of myself fire spinning in Thailand. It's a bit... personal. It's dedicated to anybody who ever goes through depression or low self-esteem. I've been through my share, and I know it can help to know you're not alone, so this is me saying that you most definitely have permission to love yourself, and there is a way back to the happy juices, and no, it has nothing to do with other people thinking you're good at fire spinning :)

(Music by MIA.)

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We shot this video in Tokyo in March 2006. After one full year it's finally ready to go live!

The Plot: Crusty poi master Nick tracks down his nemesis, hotshot poi artist Yuta, to challenge him to a dual for the sake of honor. Includes unexpected plot twists and dubbing.

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Combining the ethereal music of Tarun Nayar with video and photos of LED poi and fire dancing. This is a great video to share with your non-spinning friends and family!

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