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Napalm Dragon – Slow Motion Fire Breathing

Dec 26th, 2009
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Thanks to my friends over at Kindle Magazine for posting this. This is some stunning footage of fire breathing shot at 2,000 frames per second.

Despite the difficulty of handling the enormous file sizes, Spiral and I are shooting the entire Hoop Technique DVD at 60 fps in HD. This will allow us to demo any portion of the footage in Slow Motion in HD. In fact, we’re doing that tomorrow :) Shooting is almost done! DVD shooting will be immediately followed by intense tour planning. The Hoop Technique Tour is going to be in full affect starting late February. We are both excited as all hell.

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Footage: here

Cosmic Fire – high performance new designs

Oct 28th, 2009
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Amongst advanced fire hoopers, light and rigid is the name of the game for most of us. Last night I got a sneak peak of the new firehoops coming from Cosmic Fire. I haven’t seen the finished product but Shakti gave me a detailed run down. She has made significant new innovations. If it lives up to the potential (and I believe it will) these hoops are the next evolution of high performance firehoops. She’s not going to be building them larger than 36″ and reports they will weigh as little as 13 oz. She is also changing to a much thinner but stiffer cable for the wick on all hoop designs. Apparently it shaves 1.5 oz. off the design and is stiffer than the old cable. These are not beginner hoops but for advanced hoopers this could open new doors. I can’t wait to try them out.

I’ve never been a big fan of collapsible firehoops because they tend to be even heavier than most of the non-collapsible hoops on the market. Shakti has innovated a new collapsible design that could potentially change that. She hasn’t received the prototype pieces yet but it seems she will soon be selling a coiling collapsible firehoop with removable cable wicks. I’m guessing her new design will be just over a pound. In the Kindle Fire Arts Magazine firehoop review I’m completing now, no one submitted a collapsible design under 2 pounds.

If these new products live up to the hype, they will be groundbreaking. I wish they could have made it into the Kindle review but I guess that’s unavoidable when the state of the art designs progress every 6 months or so. Shakti says that the new firehoop design will be available early November and the new collapsible will be available early December. So if you are looking to get me a Christmas present… I’m just sayin…. :)

Kindle Magazine – the worlds first Fire Arts and Culture Magazine

Apr 30th, 2009
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Last Sunday, Lauren, Khan and I headed over to the Flow Toys headquarters in Berkeley for the release party for Kindle Magazine. It was a timely release since many of the contributors from around the globe are in town for FireDrums. I was handed the first issue of my subscription at the event. I’m quite impressed. This is a serious magazine. It’s beautifully produced. The writing and images are top notch.

One of a kind, this printed magazine exposes the growing international fire community and brings it to you, the reader, with exclusive interviews, fiery photo shoots,
and much more! Subscribers also get access to exclusive content on our website, including podcasts, videos, DVD sneak previews, and some things
we haven’t thought of yet that will blow your mind! Subscribe and get 2 magazines a year for $15, %25 off the cover price!

The magazine will be produced bi-yearly and consists of:
Information on the Global fire community
Faces of Fire Spinning” Features of fire spinners from around the world
Great Fire photos
Reviews of gear
Fire spinning Tricks and Theory

Kindle’s mission is to promote fire arts and culture by producing a high quality magazine ecompassing a wide veritey of perspectives, providing online access to community resources and information, and collaborating with an international host of writers, artists, and photographers.

Support our community and grab a beautiful magazine here.