Nathaniel Everist Fire Twirling - Rainbow Serpent 2008

Hi there, this is a video my girlfriend took of my fire twirling at the Rainbow Serpent Festival 2008. It was a fantastic festival and I had an amazing time.

This was my first performance, and I've only been doing poi for 9 months at this stage, so be gentle on comments.

Apologies for the poor quality, I was very disappointed to see that in my nervousness I had forgot to make sure the camera's settings were high, so it's kinda bad quality. On that note, if anybody has got photos or video of me, I'd absolutely love it if you could send it to me as this was a very special moment in my life.

Oh yeah, and in case they read this, massive thank you to Chris Carlos, Pete and the other guy on fans (who's name I'm afraid I didn't catch but made me feel a lot less nervous about performing through his chat to me beforehand) for letting me be in their show and for showing me some incredible poi moves to practice and just being all around awesome and inspirational. And to everybody who clapped and cheered me despite me being nowhere near as good as the others.

Sorry for the long description.

Song: Razor
Artist: The Prodigy

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Rainbow
• serpent
• 2008
• fire
• twirling
• spinning
• performance
• poi
• nathaniel
• everist
• prodigy
• razor

[mutantsong]

Really excellent spinning for 9 months! much better than i was after 9 months...you kids learn so fast these days. looking forward to seeing where you're at 9 months from now.

[NathanielEverist]

In fairness, we've got a lot more resources at our disposal, the poi community is ever growing, and so are the learning resources such as tutorials. There is still a bit of a gap which I'm trying to fill with my tutorials, but all the same, there are moves available to us that weren't even around previously, and new moves are popping up fairly frequently still. I'm a big fan of your videos by the way.

[panchoavendano]

when you do the wrap whit fire, do you use any kind of proteccion??

[NathanielEverist]

Not really, just make sure you're not wearing any synthetic clothing, so natural fibres like wool or cotton are good. Also, if the clothing is too thin, the heated metal can burn your skin through the cloth, so make sure you wear something nice and thick for added protection.

[fatboydontcare]

My God man, how much time did you practice everyday for those initial nine months to be that good that quickly?

[NathanielEverist]

Um, it varies, but I'd estimate at least 3+ hours a day. It may sound like a lot, but to me, practicing poi isn't a chore, unlike other things I've had to practice throughout life. Even the mundane stuff, like learning new moves/combos is fun and indescribably satisfying once you start making progress.

[CupoPuddn]

yea, im only three months in and just from tutorials alone i have been able to master moves that took one of my friends much longer to get down. i dont know if i just catch on fast, but ive basically been able to just scroll down all of nathanieleverist's and meenik's videos and learn them one by one. the internet is like having a personal teacher-in-a-box. maybe il post a video after ive been doing this for like 4 or 5 months so i can get some feedback.

[elditto420]

lovely, mad skills for just having nine months of practice...

[purpledude13]

well i watched thats and wow funky as like have been following ya tutorals and they really help some hopfully oneday i can do fire poi :D

[darksunwolf]

I must go ahead and say right now that you sir, are amazing. Also you are very talented, keep it up.

oh, and good work on the tutorials they're really good

[drein857]

wow!! such a great performance!! kudos!!