learned some really cool new variations of isolated antispins, and some really smooth transitions from cyrille humen at FD.

check out his vids, the dude is so good its really hard to keep up with while hes trying to teach u

yes I wish to live vicariously as well :D

I learned a theory behind stall plane changes. Also, watching people like Alien Jon, Zan, Baz, etc. was a nice reminder that no matter how much I learn, there is always more to learn. Thank you for being superhuman pioneers of infinite possiblities, everyone.

=)

The plane-changing stalls were definitely a big thing this year. A guy named G from the UK was showing off some incredible stall sequences that would go through every plane of a box. Cyrille's geometry class was definitely a highlight--it illuminated a lot of things that weren't obvious from the document he has floating around out there. I think I now know more things I can do with a CAP than a weave. Baz had some sweet combos and Alien Jon's inswing class had a ton of stuff in it I'd never even heard of before ;)

I'll probably think of more later, but my head is still swimming from all the stuff it accumulated over the weekend.

uhhh....

stalls
especially the trendy helecopter stall, over the head thing.

some really interesting Pendulum - trefoil hybrid combinations, and baz's link to and from caps.

and from meg
angel rolls with a propeller at each armpit! fucking hell

The plane changing flowers that move through all three of the major ninety degree vertical and horizontal planes are definitely one of my favorite new concepts I learned this year. The mighty G I think is the main cause of perpetrating that revelation. The major variation we worked with was Wheel - Wall - Horizontal - Wheel - Wall - Horizontal. Making it a six beat flower in total (twelve if you count each hand as different petals since they actually go through different paths, at least the way I do it).

I haven't tried this yet but I've been thinking about ways to make the flowers both plane changing and have each beat be atomic. The visual pattern it creates when I imagine the flower masters doing it gives me happy shivers. Especially when the whole thing continuously rotates.
The first variation I am going to try is:
Right hand -- Wheel - Wall - Horizontal - Wheel - Wall - Horizontal --
Left hand -- Wall - Horizontal - Wheel - Wall - Horizontal - Wheel --

I will be working on figuring out all the variations on that stuff over the next few months and will post findings on the poi Theory of Everything pages.

Next awesome thing; while Alien Jon's workshop on it was amazing, partner poi did not blow up as much as I had hoped it would. Interactive dance is still my favorite aspect of the art form right now.

Going to go out and dance now. Will talk more latter.

nothing new for me, exactly, just re-inspired to play with poi again after some time spent in hoop-land. understand CAPs now, and a better understanding of inside planes & inversions thanks to Alien Jon & Jordan's 'shops. all the crazy stall/plane change action i'm psyched to explore thanks to G.

oh, and clubs. :-)