Hello everyone

theebanana · Post by **theebanana** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 8:36 pm

Just saying hi to everyone out there and introducing myself as a burning man virgin :-)

I recently moved to the bay area (mid-peninsula region) and have never been to burning man but am planning to do so in 2010. I've been a firespinner for about 4-5 years now (off and on) and would love to meet some people from the area to spin with (Indiana, lets just say .... doesn't really have a poi community). I'd also like to offer my time to anyone that needs assistance in building fire art (I have basic machine shop / welding skills).

Looking forward to many great conversations.

See ya,

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 9:43 pm

Welcome.

How do you start fire spinning without going to burning man?

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 8:48 am

gyre wrote:How do you start fire spinning without going to burning man?

Ask a Maori.

theebanana · Post by **theebanana** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 10:02 am

gyre, good question!

Yep, that does sound a bit odd doesn't it. Quite a while ago I took a trip to cancun and saw a fire spinner at a club ... at that moment I said "Thats wicked". So, being from a town with very little to do (we pretty much just have cornfields in Indiana) I started to teach myself, with the help/support of homeofpoi.com. So for a few years me and a friend would just spin glowsticks .... then of course ... I moved on to fire. :-)

pinemom · Post by **pinemom** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 9:10 am

hahaha...same thing here, was living in Sacramento, a friend(who yes, was a burner) spun poi, I thought, thats bitchen cool, and he taught me how to spin glowies first. Then I moved to Reno and joined Controlled Burn and THEN....the rest is history!

nah, kidding... I actually spun fire for almost 2 whole yrs before going to BM!

2 yrs w/ glow then 2 yrs with fire...then BM!

Welcome TheeBanana!

I looked up online for Fire Conclave's in SF region....
Tedward is Shin to Home of poi
http://www.homeofpoi.com/

Here's another one I dont know who they are by name but they were listed.

http://www.templeofpoi.com/index.php

Post by **Elderberry** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 9:22 am

Hey there, welcome to eplaya!

Ziptye · Post by **Ziptye** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 11:01 am

There's the Vulcan crew who does "Spinagouge" every now and then, there's "Temple Of Poi" in SF with ISA who helped me meet a bunch of spinners and got me going on fire. There is a class in Berekeley every week for Staff taught by one of the Vulcan crew members and is a great place to meet fellow spinners.
There's now the North Bay Spin Jam that happens every week in Petaluma and I believe there is still a weekly Fire Jam in Golden Gate Park every Tuesday Night at dusk.
I went to BM for the first time last year and am hooked for life. Started spinning fire just over a month ago and am actually performing on NYE. Cant wait!!!
Anyways if you use Facebook I can hook you up with plenty of folks from the bay area.
Sam Drogin (look me up)

theebanana · Post by **theebanana** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 11:59 pm

Ziptye,

Awesome, That's quite a bit of activity :-) Thanks man.

Where were you spinning at?

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Northbay Spin Jam