Josh Parker aka Bosendorfer Vandersloot spinning firehoop at the Temple of Poi Fire Expo in Union Square. Photograph by David Yu.
This was an amazing event. I saw some of the best fire performance I have ever seen. I could go on for hours. The level of technical and performance skill that some of these individuals have reached is astonishing. I owe a huge thanks to Isa “Glittergirl” Isaacs.
The line-up:
7:50 Emcees:Matt Freedman & Miss Rosie
7:52 Nick Griffin (LA, Temple of Poi)
7:57 Yuta (Japan)
8:01 Ms. Jamie Luv (SF)
8:04 Supreme Beings of Fire (Temple)
8:09 Insphereation (Sweden)
8:13 Vulcan Crew (Oakland)
8:17 Dai (Japan)
8:21 FireFlyGirlz (Temple of Poi)
8:25 Memory & Pi (Marin)
8:29 Cirque d’Optique (Philadelphia)
8:37 Vatra (SF)
8:41 Divine Light (Temple of Poi)
8:46 Nevisoul (Sweden) & Alien Jon (Seattle)
8:53 Manda Lights (France)
9:01 Plenty (SF)
9:05 Dark Side of the Rainbow (Temple)
9:09 Bliss Butterfly (Oakland)
9:14 Rovo and Corey (Albany NY)
9:20 Cyrille (France)
9:25 MCP (Scotland)
9:29 Isopop (San Louis Obispo)
9:33 GlitterGirl (SF)
9:37 Grimm (Cincinnati)
9:41 Banyan (Chicago)
9:46 Poki (Oakland)