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homeofpoi.com

nick — Mon, 15 May 2006 18:33:32 -0700

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Homeofpoi.com is a major hub for all things poi, offering a wide selection of gear, galleries, event listings, and the most popular poi community forums in the universe. They are also a well-run company, a great group of people, and if you click through to them and buy something, we get a percentage of sales! You can also use referral code "sdecafingdengbmmqu" whenever you shop from them. We realize that it´s hard to pronounce "sdecafingdengbmmqu."

We particularly recommend COLECORD (the ultimate poi string!), FLUFFY PRACTICE POI as a great beginner set, RAINBOW LED POI (if you can´t afford flowtoys), CATHEDRAL OVER-LINK FIRE POI for fire spinning (upgrade to Mega Heads if you want big fire), and of course the POI PENDANTS! There are too many products to list, actually, so just go browse around.

flowtoys

nick — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 17:37:35 -0800

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flowtoys.com: Sean and Prisna at flowtoys are wonderful people and good friends friends of mine. They are kinetic toy enthusiasts and their flowlights are currently my favorite LED toys available. Also, if you click through playpoi and buy something, I get a percentage! To top it off they are selling and wholesaling our DVDs :)

The flowlights were designed from scratch by Sean and Prisna and co. This took a lot of vision, time, money, and love. I'm quite inspired that people from my own circle of friends are doing this kind of production, and I am hoping that I can help rally the community behind them (which will be easy as long as they keep making the best toys.)

feuershow.de

nick — Mon, 28 May 2007 21:54:26 -0700

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Feuershow.de is a German gear shop run by the wonderful Sam and friends. We are very impressed by a few of their products, such as Lycopodium Powder, which is actually the pollen from a flower, Dragon's Tongues, which let you do safe fire-breathing with the Lycopodium, Jelly-Fix Powder, for safe fire sculpture, High Quality Wick-Tape, the Ball-Bearing Swivels that I rave about, their Amazing Pyrofluid and Fire-Toy Fluid (which can be shipped abroad), and the rubber ducks.

Poi Hipsacks

nick — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:22:02 -0700

The Playpoi Hipsacks are ready!

One of my pet projects of the past year was designing a pair of hipsacks for traveling poi spinners (i.e. me). I'm quite happy with them and I made 100 to start. They are available on homeofpoi.com as of yesterday. So buy a pair and tell me what you think! If they sell I can put the money towards a video camera :)

Oh, and big thanks to Taal Fiza for the intro music!

Isis Poi: My Favorite Fire Heads

nick — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:45:15 -0700

I get lots of emails asking what fire poi I use. Here they are: Isis fire heads from salza.se!

They give you very big beautiful flames and are surprisingly light for their size. If you order a pair, please write "PLAYPOI SENT ME" in the comments field, and then I get a little percentage of the sale. :)

Colecord, and the Perfect Poi

nick — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:13:26 -0800

I have loved Colecord ever since Cole (aka Coleman) gave me a pair of poi at the European Juggling Convention in 2006. They were immediately my favorite practice poi because colecord is a) very comfortable, b) very strong, c) slightly springy, and d) has the perfect amount of friction.

I decided then that the whole world should have access to Colecord, but we could only find is as "USD Professional Inline Skate Laces," and it was expensive. My mission to bring colecord to the masses stayed on my things-to-do-list for a year.

Then, last sping, I started to correspond with Homeofpoi.com about gear design (amung other things). I sent them samples of colecord and they found the manufacturer in Taiwan, meaning you can buy Colecord at homeofpoi.com for less than half the price of purchasing inline skate Laces! Yayness!

Oh, and tell them that they should supply the ball-bearing fishing swivels that I love so much! :)

Poi Pendants

nick — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 01:39:48 -0700

The poi pendants are finished and available on homeofpoi.com!

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...

How to Make Sock Poi

nick — Wed, 14 May 2008 04:21:38 -0700

Make your own sock poi in a few easy steps!

Ball Bearing Swivels now available at poi shops!

nick — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:08:00 -0800

In more yayness: These are the ball bearing swivels I'm always showing people. You can use them with any kind of poi to improve hyperloops and orbitals, and the general play of your poi. I first found them at a deep sea fishing shop in Vancouver, and now my favorite poi shops are offering them. Feuershow.de was the first, soon to be joined by homeofpoi.com.

Buy swivels from feuershow.de

Buy them very soon on homeofpoi.com

Chain Guards

nick — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:19:20 -0800

If you love spiral wraps, you'll love Burn Guards. Slide them down the chain to cover the metal bits near the poi, and pull them back up when you dip the poi (Don't dip the guards or they will burn up. I usually even pour some water on them). The guards help reduce the risk of burns, but they don't offer complete protection. Perform spiral wraps at your own risk. A big thanks to Sam at Feuershow.de for first introducing me to Amarid tubing two years ago.

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