Hi, David.  Welcome to the group, there's a few lurkers still hanging around and
I'm the current moderator.  What can we do for you?

-Daryl


--- On Mon, 9/8/08, David Hirshman <westcoastjuggling@...> wrote:

> i would like to talk to others plz.

We are still lurking around here. If you have any questions, feel free
to ask.

--- In DevilStickForum@yahoogroups.com, "David Hirshman"
<westcoastjuggling@...> wrote:
>
> i would like to talk to others plz.
>

--- In DevilStickForum@yahoogroups.com, "David Hirshman"
<westcoastjuggling@...> wrote:
>
> I would like to be able to send others in the group messages, and it
told me to ask you.



Your messages are going to the group (the ones who receive email) and
are posted in the internet forum, so you're good to send messages.

      -Daryl

Cool pictures, David.  Is that you with the fire?

first i apologise to any germans out there... unless you work  for
airport security

I had my devil stick and 2 sets of hand sticks confiscated at Düsseldorf
airport, cos i might use them to overpower the crew and hijack the
plane! Lufthansa refused point blank to send them on to me. I was rudely
ordered to go to a desk where the nice smiling girl told me I have 2
options.... keep the devil sticks, lose my flight, no refund.... or
throw the sticks in the bin and get on the flight. Whereupon i proposed
a third option, that she should take possession of said sticks and stick
them up her arse (fanny if your American). As i stormed off back to
security, i remembered i had left my ticket at the desk and so had to go
back and plead for my ticket from the now not smiling girl. How
embarrassing. But wot a bunch of wankers (er... jerks if your American).
That devil stick was hand made and i haven't got a lathe anymore (they
had no problem with the flowerstix tho, so i toyed with idea of
hijacking the plane with them just to prove a point). Anyway I am
sending my excrement to Germany as a protest, i suggest you do too.

This summer i have made big steps to cracking 2 sticks. My latest trick
is spinning and launching both sticks up into the air and catching them
again, but keeping them perfectly symmetrical and in time, the effect is
sooooo cool.

ttfn
Dxx

As an American, I resent the implication that we can't swear properly.
Apart from that, sorry for your loss man.


--- In DevilStickForum@yahoogroups.com, Darren <dag@...> wrote:
>
> first i apologise to any germans out there... unless you work  for
> airport security
>
> I had my devil stick and 2 sets of hand sticks confiscated at
Düsseldorf
> airport, cos i might use them to overpower the crew and hijack the
> plane! Lufthansa refused point blank to send them on to me. I was
rudely
> ordered to go to a desk where the nice smiling girl told me I have 2
> options.... keep the devil sticks, lose my flight, no refund.... or
> throw the sticks in the bin and get on the flight. Whereupon i proposed
> a third option, that she should take possession of said sticks and
stick
> them up her arse (fanny if your American). As i stormed off back to
> security, i remembered i had left my ticket at the desk and so had
to go
> back and plead for my ticket from the now not smiling girl. How
> embarrassing. But wot a bunch of wankers (er... jerks if your
American).
> That devil stick was hand made and i haven't got a lathe anymore (they
> had no problem with the flowerstix tho, so i toyed with idea of
> hijacking the plane with them just to prove a point). Anyway I am
> sending my excrement to Germany as a protest, i suggest you do too.
>
> This summer i have made big steps to cracking 2 sticks. My latest trick
> is spinning and launching both sticks up into the air and catching them
> again, but keeping them perfectly symmetrical and in time, the
effect is
> sooooo cool.
>
> ttfn
> Dxx
>

Hello everyone..!  It's my sister's birthday soon and I'm looking for
something special for her..  We've been fire swinging for a little
while now for organised events and we've always had to borrow fire
sticks so a nice prezzie idea would be to get her some sticks of her
very own...  Does anyone know of a place in or around Huddersfield or
West Yorkshire where I could purchase such items at a reasonable
price...?  Also, another idea might be some stilts because she had a
pair when she was little and she was quite good on them !  If anyone
has any info, I would be most grateful, and so would my little
sister...!
Thank you !
Alex

Unfortunately, I've never seen a good set of commercially produced
fire sticks. I've had to resort to making my own. I can tell you for
sure that Radical Fish fire sticks are crap. They broke on me after a
few months of use. If you find good ones, let us know.

--- In DevilStickForum@yahoogroups.com, "alextyas" <alextyas@...> wrote:
>
> Hello everyone..!  It's my sister's birthday soon and I'm looking for
> something special for her..  We've been fire swinging for a little
> while now for organised events and we've always had to borrow fire
> sticks so a nice prezzie idea would be to get her some sticks of her
> very own...  Does anyone know of a place in or around Huddersfield or
> West Yorkshire where I could purchase such items at a reasonable
> price...?  Also, another idea might be some stilts because she had a
> pair when she was little and she was quite good on them !  If anyone
> has any info, I would be most grateful, and so would my little
> sister...!
> Thank you !
> Alex
>

How old is she?
Why not buy her some lunistix online? Oddballs in camden would sort you
out, and the guys there are cool, friendly and know there stuff.

Hello I am opening a company called Westcoatjuggling.com were I sell
quality hand made fire flower stix. My site will be done very soon so
plz take a look I think you will like the product I make.

                  Peace Love & Flower Stix
                 Westcoastjuggling@...
                 Westcoastjuggling@...
                    Westcoastjuggling.com







--- In DevilStickForum@yahoogroups.com, "alextyas" <alextyas@...> wrote:
>
> Hello everyone..!  It's my sister's birthday soon and I'm looking for
> something special for her..  We've been fire swinging for a little
> while now for organised events and we've always had to borrow fire
> sticks so a nice prezzie idea would be to get her some sticks of her
> very own...  Does anyone know of a place in or around Huddersfield or
> West Yorkshire where I could purchase such items at a reasonable
> price...?  Also, another idea might be some stilts because she had a
> pair when she was little and she was quite good on them !  If anyone
> has any info, I would be most grateful, and so would my little
> sister...!
> Thank you !
> Alex
>

I've had a set like the ones your selling before. I'd like to know if
yours have a metal rod running through the entire length of the stick,
or if it's just screwed into each end of the fiberglass rod? The set I
had was just screwed into the end, and this turned out to be a serious
design flaw.

Thanks for the time,

--- In DevilStickForum@yahoogroups.com, "westcoastjuggling"
<westcoastjuggling@...> wrote:
>
> Hello I am opening a company called Westcoatjuggling.com were I sell
> quality hand made fire flower stix. My site will be done very soon so
> plz take a look I think you will like the product I make.
>
>                  Peace Love & Flower Stix
>                 Westcoastjuggling@...
>                 Westcoastjuggling@...
>                    Westcoastjuggling.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --- In DevilStickForum@yahoogroups.com, "alextyas" <alextyas@> wrote:
> >
> > Hello everyone..!  It's my sister's birthday soon and I'm looking for
> > something special for her..  We've been fire swinging for a little
> > while now for organised events and we've always had to borrow fire
> > sticks so a nice prezzie idea would be to get her some sticks of her
> > very own...  Does anyone know of a place in or around Huddersfield or
> > West Yorkshire where I could purchase such items at a reasonable
> > price...?  Also, another idea might be some stilts because she had a
> > pair when she was little and she was quite good on them !  If anyone
> > has any info, I would be most grateful, and so would my little
> > sister...!
> > Thank you !
> > Alex
> >
>

Some good-looking stix and swords on the site.  Could you make it possible to
blow up the images?  I'd like a better look at those Fire Lotus stix.

-Daryl


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Still wondering how the metal is attached to your stick. Also, are you
assembling them yourself, and how are you keeping metal parts affixed
to the center rod during burning? (metal expansion under heat can do
very embarrassing things during a show.)

--- In DevilStickForum@yahoogroups.com, "the_tarper" <the_tarper@...>
wrote:
>
> I've had a set like the ones your selling before. I'd like to know if
> yours have a metal rod running through the entire length of the stick,
> or if it's just screwed into each end of the fiberglass rod? The set I
> had was just screwed into the end, and this turned out to be a serious
> design flaw.
>
> Thanks for the time,
>
> --- In DevilStickForum@yahoogroups.com, "westcoastjuggling"
> <westcoastjuggling@> wrote:
> >
> > Hello I am opening a company called Westcoatjuggling.com were I sell
> > quality hand made fire flower stix. My site will be done very soon so
> > plz take a look I think you will like the product I make.
> >
> >                  Peace Love & Flower Stix
> >                 Westcoastjuggling@
> >                 Westcoastjuggling@
> >                    Westcoastjuggling.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In DevilStickForum@yahoogroups.com, "alextyas" <alextyas@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello everyone..!  It's my sister's birthday soon and I'm
looking for
> > > something special for her..  We've been fire swinging for a little
> > > while now for organised events and we've always had to borrow fire
> > > sticks so a nice prezzie idea would be to get her some sticks of
her
> > > very own...  Does anyone know of a place in or around
Huddersfield or
> > > West Yorkshire where I could purchase such items at a reasonable
> > > price...?  Also, another idea might be some stilts because she
had a
> > > pair when she was little and she was quite good on them !  If
anyone
> > > has any info, I would be most grateful, and so would my little
> > > sister...!
> > > Thank you !
> > > Alex
> > >
> >
>

another thing about fire devil stix, i find the flame blinds me so i
cant see the stick in between... is there a solution to this?



> Still wondering how the metal is attached to your stick. Also, are you
> assembling them yourself, and how are you keeping metal parts affixed
> to the center rod during burning? (metal expansion under heat can do
> very embarrassing things during a show.)
>
> --- In DevilStickForum@yahoogroups.com, "the_tarper" <the_tarper@...>
> wrote:
>
>> I've had a set like the ones your selling before. I'd like to know if
>> yours have a metal rod running through the entire length of the stick,
>> or if it's just screwed into each end of the fiberglass rod? The set I
>> had was just screwed into the end, and this turned out to be a serious
>> design flaw.
>>
>> Thanks for the time,
>>
>> --- In DevilStickForum@yahoogroups.com, "westcoastjuggling"
>> <westcoastjuggling@> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello I am opening a company called Westcoatjuggling.com were I sell
>>> quality hand made fire flower stix. My site will be done very soon so
>>> plz take a look I think you will like the product I make.
>>>
>>>                  Peace Love & Flower Stix
>>>                 Westcoastjuggling@
>>>                 Westcoastjuggling@
>>>                    Westcoastjuggling.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --- In DevilStickForum@yahoogroups.com, "alextyas" <alextyas@> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello everyone..!  It's my sister's birthday soon and I'm
>>>>
> looking for
>
>>>> something special for her..  We've been fire swinging for a little
>>>> while now for organised events and we've always had to borrow fire
>>>> sticks so a nice prezzie idea would be to get her some sticks of
>>>>
> her
>
>>>> very own...  Does anyone know of a place in or around
>>>>
> Huddersfield or
>
>>>> West Yorkshire where I could purchase such items at a reasonable
>>>> price...?  Also, another idea might be some stilts because she
>>>>
> had a
>
>>>> pair when she was little and she was quite good on them !  If
>>>>
> anyone
>
>>>> has any info, I would be most grateful, and so would my little
>>>> sister...!
>>>> Thank you !
>>>> Alex
>>>>
>>>>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>

It really looks good, and those are some good prices!  I need to
practice more so I have a reason to get those Rose Buds.

--- In DevilStickForum@yahoogroups.com, "Daryl Hrdlicka"
<darylhrdlicka@...> wrote:
>
> Cool pictures, David.  Is that you with the fire?
> Thanks and yes it is.

I would love some feedback on my new site Westcoastjuggling.net.

This is my sisters video from a while back of a show I was in that had fire
devil sticks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuBFasltikk

Enjoy

yeah cool fire stikkin... does anyone make firestix like the lunastix?

> This is my sisters video from a while back of a show I was in that had fire
devil sticks.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuBFasltikk
>
> Enjoy
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>

If by lunastix you mean flowersticks (sticks with tassels), the sticks I use are
called hotstix ( http://www.hotstix.biz/ ) that are modified to be safe at shows
(see below). West coast juggling also has them, though I haven't seen their
sticks, so I don't know if they're safe with crowds.

The following link shows the chain setup that replaces tassels for fire sticks.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DevilStickForum/photos/album/1057042821/pic/172508\
6087/view?picmode=&mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=1&count=20&dir=asc

It's a light weight chain. You can buy it at any hardware store. The chains are
attached to a washer which has holes drilled into the perimeter.

Safety is always the first concern with fire sticks. Check several things. The
wicks must not be allowed to fall off either through being prevented by a coder
pin or by destroying the threads yourself with a pair of pliers or similar so
the retaining nut can't spin freely off your stick. Second, the wicks being
attached to a single unit. Look for a rod running through the whole stick. If it
unscrews on each side, it's no good (Glue is no good either, metal expands and
breaks the seal when heated). Third, be good enough at the trick you perform. Do
not try any trick with a crowd if you might loose your stick into the audience,
Ever. Fourth, always have a safety person. This video almost never showed the
crowd. The people milling about in the background are performers who aren't
performing and are acting as safeties. They have wet blankets to put the
performers out, as well as the audience, if need be.

Another safety tip. Wear natural clothes (cotton or wool). Synthetics catch fire
easily and melt on your skin. Your skin is really hard to catch fire, but
polyester can do the job if it lights up.

Otherwise, don't be concerned about trying tricks out if you have a safety. If
wearing the right clothes, you will only loose a little hair if you screw up.
Find a fire spinning group in your area. Poi is really popular right now, and
those people are fine with devil stickers.

Good sticking.
Z-

P.S. Apologies to the lady who's husband invented flowersticks. I know you don't
like us using the term generally, but we don't have another one for those types
of sticks.

--- In DevilStickForum@yahoogroups.com, Darren <dag@...> wrote:
>
> yeah cool fire stikkin... does anyone make firestix like the lunastix?
>
> > This is my sisters video from a while back of a show I was in that had fire
devil sticks.
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuBFasltikk
> >
> > Enjoy
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>

We've got a new member, people.  Let;s show her that there's still some warm
bodies around here!

We're here, we just lurk a lot. Always happy to answer questions though.

--- In DevilStickForum@yahoogroups.com, "Daryl Hrdlicka" <darylhrdlicka@...>
wrote:
>
> We've got a new member, people.  Let;s show her that there's still some warm
bodies around here!
>

well I have been trying to master 2 stix for a while now and im actually
starting to get somewhere.  it now feels quite natural to have 2 stix on
the go. But the big question is where do you go after 2 stix? 3 stix? 2
stix on a unicycle?

oh yeah this is weird, but i can spin like a propeller with the left
hand with my eyes closed, but not my right? im right handed mainly.... hmmm

back to lurking



> We're here, we just lurk a lot. Always happy to answer questions though.
>
> --- In DevilStickForum@yahoogroups.com, "Daryl Hrdlicka" <darylhrdlicka@...>
wrote:
>
>> We've got a new member, people.  Let;s show her that there's still some warm
bodies around here!
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
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>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>