On the last night of FLAME Festival, Dave Statik, Ky the organizer, and myself got together for this fun tunneling session. I love both Ky's and Statik's styles and wish to hell I'd gotten one of either of their solo spins.

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Here's a nice spin Strange Yelle (real name Danielle I believe?) had on Saturday night at the FLAME Festival. I love the parts where she gets really into the music and rocks out :)

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It's been a long time since I've uploaded a real flow performance video, so I thought I'd make the MLK Day vid an annual tradition. It is not nearly as warm this January in DC as it was last year, so my hands were pretty icy by the end of this, but overall I'm pretty happy with the results. Some fun tech from the past few months in here and some shivery attempts to add some more body movement into it--enjoy!

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Spent the weekend hanging out with some of my favorite poi peoples in the New York City area and on Saturday we hung out in Brooklyn right off Myrtle Ave in a small dance space. At one point we took turns grooving to a mix my friend DJ Sequoia put together months ago and Charlie threw out this session. I've known Charlie for a couple years now and without a doubt, this is the most kick-ass flow I've ever seen the kid do.

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The day after a massive party that brought dozens of firespinners to DC following the Stewart and Colbert rallies, a few die-hards stuck around for a spin jam at Malcolm X Park in DC. Here is Baz, Ted, Maddy, Erik (e6), and me (Drex) hanging out and spinning in the park till sundown.

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A lesson on plane shifting including basic components, building blocks, and a few examples. In honor of a departed member of the poi community.

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With only a few days to work on it, I pulled this performance together for Wildfire's Performance Class on Sunday night. There were a couple rough spots, but ultimately I think it was a decent routine for the prep time I had.

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Charlie, Ted, Erik, and I took to the practice field Saturday night to break out a few 4 person patterns. It was a bear and a half to get them synchronized, but when we got them they looked positively amazing.

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Ted and Charlie play off some awesome tunneling/composite moves at Fall Wildfire 2010.

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This is Charlie busting it out on Saturday night at Fall Wildfire. There's totally some tech here I barely understand (despite his best efforts to teach me ;). Overall a really kickass exploration of poi.

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