I just reccently bought my first pair of non-homemade poi, they´re put together with something close to 75mm stage balls, normal rope (though thinner than the ones i see from HoP) and handles that feel like styrofoam (texture) but are harder and slightly heavier.
i wanted to know if anyone with a comfortable pair of contact poi could weigh the stage balls and (px3?)handles in order to give me an idea of the weight ratio.
It might just be the fact that i´m coming from throw poi with a 2/1 ratio, but these handles feel *too* light...
i´m aiming for a nice hybrid between throw and contact, if that is possible. Any tips would be much appreciated!
thanks!
*Edit* i realize now the gaff i made in posting an exhausted topic in a new thread, but after searching a bit more on the forums i still havent found one thing- (and maybe this justifies the new thread, maybe not)
here we go;
all you contact poi aprentices and geniuses out there, do you believe adding weight to the handles of contact poi would take away from their ability to perform contact moves?
i´m not talking about something too heavy, maybe a 1/3 ratio or even less
i´m having a hard time deciding wether or not it is about personal taste- are there contact moves that could be made impossible?
i would love to do all of the juggling movements (wibbles too) along with contact, it would make for an extremely versitile toy..
Edited by agrovent (13/01/12 05:34 PM)
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