Fire Photo Contest Winners

After two months, 90 entrants and 378 photos, the winners have been chosen! 

Workshop Schedule for FireDrums VI

We have all the classes for the May 1st – 4th Event

Los Angeles Workshops ~ Post FireDrums

Can't make it to FireDrums this year, you can still get in on the action! 

La Escuela Del Sol

A behind the Scenes Look:  Poi, Spanish, Surfing and Yoga in Beautiful Costa Rica

New Instructional DVD’s

Contact Staff and Beginning Staff Basics

After two months, 90 entrants and 378 photos, the winners have been chosen!  Every year just keeps getting better, which just proves how truly amazing the fire community is. 

In addition to the three winners, 20 Honorable Mentions were selected.  Each Honorable Mention winner will receive a 15% discount on Trick Concepts Merchandise.  To view honorable Mention winners, click here.

1st Place Winner:

Rosy the Pyro of Transfire (Hawaii, U.S.A.)
Photographer: Kris Williams
Make-up: Devin Mohr

2nd Place Winner: 

Ty Cy-Phy of Machina Candeo
(California, U.S.A.)
Photographer:  Marc Roussel

3rd Place Winner:

Kyer Wiltshire
(California, U.S.A.)
Performer:  Keith SriKanta of
Nocturnal Sunshine
KyerPhotography.com

A Note from the Judges:

We were thrilled to have been afforded the opportunity to view and judge the beauty that was captured in each of these 378 photographs. We would like to complement the creativity and the effort that each of the the performers and photographers exhibited. 

It took us eight rounds of narrowing down the field, with heated discussion about the merits of each photograph. In the end, we kept to the theme, and evaluated each photograph on its innovative portrayal of fire. We were also quite interested in the gestalt meaning of the picture, the quality of the composition, and the overall artistic merit. Although we all had favorites that didn't make it into the top tier, our eventual decisions were based on consensus.

Aside from the judging criteria, some of the pictures that we enjoyed the most included the ones with levity. Its easy as fire performers to take ourselves too seriously, and the brief respites of humor made our judging much easier. A special thank you to those performers and photographers.

About the photographs:
(in order, for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place photographs)

#1
This picture represents the playfulness and fascination that we have all experienced when encountering fire. The flame in this photo connects us with the otherworldliness of this being, just as it connects us to our other selves when we perform with fire. We could write pages about the intricacies of this picture.

#2
Corporate America gone wild. The duality of this picture represents what lies just beneath the surface in each one of us. The colors and subject matter, although discordant, balance the composition, in the fashion of Yin and Yang.

#3
This composition exhibits the strength and grace that is at the core of all that we strive for in fire performance.

Howard Chen, Executive Director, Controlled Burn, Inc.

To learn more about Controlled Burn, visit their web site at: www.controlledburnreno.com

Fore more information, visit their web site at:  www.firedrums.org
Tickets are on sale now!

Can't make it to FireDrums this year?  Don't worry, you can still get in on the action!  Many of the International Spinning Celebrities teaching at FireDrums this year will be visiting Los Angeles May 10th - 11th and have graciously agreed to teach a series of workshops!

Here's the Schedule:

Saturday, May 10th
Studio A:
12:30 - 1:50 pm   SAGE ~ Dance & Movement w/ Poi (Beg./Int.)
2:00 - 3:20 pm     YUTA ~ Big Circles w/ Poi (Beg./Int.)
3:30 - 4:50 pm     SAGE ~ Dance & Movement w/ Single Staff (Beg./Int.)
5:00 - 6:20 pm     MCP ~ Anti-Spin & Isolation with Double Staff (Beg./Int.)
 
Studio B:
2:00 - 3:20 pm     ANDY ~ Meteor (Beg./Int.)
3:30 – 4:50 pm    ANAH ~ Hoop Tricks & Combos (Int./Adv.)

Sunday, May 11th
Studio A:
2:30 - 3:50 pm     MCP ~ Contact Staff (Int./Adv.)
4:00 - 5:20 pm     IMA ~ Dance, Throws & Catches w/ Double Staves (Int./Adv.)

Studio B:
2:30 - 3:50 pm    ARASHI ~ Things Every Poi Spinner Should Know (All Levels) 
4:00 - 5:20 pm    ANDY ~ Mix it Up w/ Poi ~ Atomics, Hybrids & More (Int./Adv.)

Monday, May 12th:

7:30 - 8:50 pm    YUTA ~ 16 Poi Stalls (Int./Adv.)
9:00 -10:20 pm   ROVO ~ Contact Poi & Tricks (Int./Adv.)

Costs:

To Reserve Your Spot:
Click here for more information on workshops and to reserve your space.

Tell them Trick Concepts referred you and our portion of the proceeds will go back to next year's FireDrums event!

Payments available through PayPal.
Call (323) 793-2812 to make other payment arrangements

Looking to blend that perfect vacation getaway with fire?

Look no further than La Escuela Del Sol, located in the beautiful and tranquil city of Montezuma, Costa Rica.  La Escuela Del Sol offers a wide variety of 1 to 4 week programs to enhance your stay there, including Fire Poi Lessons, Surfing, Yoga as well as a college level accredited Immersion Spanish course. 

Founded on the principle of self enhancement for the mind, body and soul, La Escuela Del Sol offers the Fire Community a very unique experience:  an educational vacation in a tropical paradise setting.  Although catering more to the beginner and intermediate poi student, workshops in advanced poi and other fire tools are offered throughout the year.  Some of the lessons you will learn during your stay include variations of the weave, the butterfly, buzz saw, thread the needle, stalls, behind the back weaves, transitions and turns, wraps, isolations, fountains, the gremlin, mind meltdowns, the straight jacket and more.

Aside from the schools in-house programs, you can also enjoy local excursions such as waterfall hikes, night time giant turtle egg laying tours, zip line canopy tours, horseback riding, scuba diving, or rent an ATV and discover some of the more secluded beaches on your way to Cabo Blanco or Mal Pais.  And don’t forget to check out the local wildlife sanctuary where you can play with monkeys, ant eaters, kinkajous, porcupines and other exotic animals.

Founder and Director Jeremy Levine started La Escuela Del Sol in June of 2007.  “Nothing has brought me more joy than La Escuela Del Sol.  The school is a personal passion, one I strive to make better every day.” 

For more information and vacation pricing, visit La Escuela Del Sol at: www.laescueladelsol.com or email: info@laescueladelsol.com

The Long Awaited DVD by the Vulcan Crew is here!!!

Contact Staff is an exciting and innovative form of spinning that focus on manipulating a staff using the entire body.  This DVD contains 34 lessons providing in-depth instruction, as well as inspiring appearances by a host of international celebrity spinners.  Acclaimed spin instructors Noel Yee, Greg Maldonado and David Barron will guide your journey from practice to performance (subtitled in Spanish and French).  

Staff Groove Basics:

This instructional DVD is geared towards beginners and features basic moves and transitions along with simple, detailed instructions.  Lots of performance footage taken in beautiful settings with gorgeous costumes featuring the Fire Groove Siblings:  Hannah, Kamala and Lester.

We do not currently have these listed on our web site.  If you are interested, to order contact scorch@trickconcepts.com

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