I've had several people ask me about the fire poi I use. Here's a video showing off my personal set. Note that the split rings I use are EXTREMELY HEAVY DUTY! They are from a deep sea fishing supplier. They are not your average split ring, and unless you get something that can take SEVERAL HUNDRED POUNDS, then don't use split rings at all. You can learn where to order the swivels and hopefully other parts soon in our gear section. I hope this answers everybody's questions :)

This is a picture of the 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. :)

The second in our Double Staffs with the Amazing Banyan Series!

I'm happy to announce the first of several double staff tutorials with the Amazing Banyan. He inspired me to take up double staffs again, and just in time to perform with them at the busker festival! Enjoy, many more to come. ;)

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 video! :)

The Halifax Busker Festival has been great so far (though hectic the first few days). Feedback and reviews have been good, and many people have been showing up to see us specifically, so a big thanks for all the support and love. I actually haven't performed much, so this is a very special moment in my career, and I'm sure I'll find it easier to get gigs after this.

Update: It's a week after the festival. It was definitely a good experience, but the second half of the festival was pretty rained out. I hope they want me back next year! :)

In yet more super exciting news: ACTION PANTS are now available on flowtoys.com!

I've had many requests for the pants I often wear in my videos. I first found such pants in Pai, Thailand. Gordon and Banyan came through Pai the same year, and we all ended up buying similar pants. Both Banyan and I later produced variations of the theme in Bali. I was planning on producing some to sell this year, but I was too busy with DVDs and videos and other projects.

Fortunately, Banyan came through Bali and improved the design in several ways. He produced a small run, and they are officially available as of today.

So, what are you waiting for: Go to flowtoys and buy action pants!

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! :)

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 :)

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.)

The flowlights replace the older lights that used to go inside the flowtoys casings, but the flowlights are brighter, much more durable, and they have better strobing options, designed specifically for spinning.

They also have... removable/rechargeable batteries! In fact, they refuse to sell disposable batteries altogether. Each flowlight takes a single AAA battery, which means you can have extra batteries when you're at a festival. They're using some high-tech circuitry so the lights stay bright the whole charge.

They are sold with tube shells in various lengths, so you can have various lengths of poi, wands, staffs, etc. (We admit that we're looking forwards to Soft covers, which are coming in a few months.)

And the BONUS SURPRISE FEATURE: Flowlights make great handles!

Need I say more?

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...