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OOF 08!

tedward — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 02:08:30 GMT

Okay folks, back at Shiva Vista this year. And we have three events planned... dust storm or not.
1) Flame pass. We're gonna try another flame pass. The first half of this video displays the five skills that breathers should practice for flame passing: Breath, sustain without torch, hit torch (with someone else waving the source torch), two torch (carry the flame from one lit torch to another soaked one about a meter away), hit-two torch (someone waves the source and you light a soaked torch)/
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7895407968074807928&hl=en

2) Breather's box. The second half of that video shows the skills needed for the breather's box, a scary idea I came up with that's never been successfully done.

3) Best stunt. As determined by the fire breathers entering the contest, best breathing stunt wins the coveted Brass Balls award.

And if we get more than 100 people, we still need to Crush the dutch.

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oof 08?

yawfren — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:27:49 GMT

Just curious...

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The state of fire breathing (xpost)

tedward — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:15:37 GMT

OOF is featured in the first installment of the State of Fire Breathing video series.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7443750124345701892&hl=en
(best to let it load first)

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Burning Man Photos

larslarsen — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:31:37 GMT

I finally made it back from the west coast. Unfortunately I missed wildfire :(

I do, however, finally have my photos uploaded, and there are LOTS of pictures of you guys breathing.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/larslarsen/sets/72157601820273854/

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Global Warming

tedward — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:51:56 GMT

Okay, so this is starting to really roll around my head.

Dutch or not, I like the idea of getting firebreathers on Every continent to shoot for this record. We could make a media fiasco out of it and get some multinational media house (ABC sports?) to help with the coordination. They get juicy video, we get media coverage of the attempt, and help coordinating.

If we do it as an awareness builder about 'global warming', maybe during sweeps week, Oh, this could be really big....

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Pre-global warming.

tedward — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:47:26 GMT

I'm not having a lot of luck getting a media outlet interested; so I want to do a trial run, just here in the US, and play with some ideas.

For example, we could use cell phones and a conferencing system to coordinate the blasts.
Each group would need to film and should invite local press.
I'm also thinking that clocks that set themselves to atomic time would be best (get them cheap at Rite Aid).

Also, I want to hold a fundraiser for the shiva vista project (which hosted OOF III) and this might be a great draw, along with a bunch of other stuff going on, too... :)

any thoughts?

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For the record...

tedward — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:54:29 GMT

Yeah, we did NOT crush the dutch. We didn't even top our last record thanks to a mighty windstorm.

However, we did break the Wildfire flamepass record with 21 breathers:
http://www.nocturnal-aviation.net/FireBlow1.wmv

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150

tedward — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 02:05:56 GMT

okay, So, as i look at Laminate #91-99, I realize I kinda made a few too many laminates last year.

We have fewer people registered so far this year, but a bigger record to break. So, I'm really hoping that the 150 laminates I just made don't go to waste... :)

All we need is the 60+ people to train 2 friends, and bring them along. I so don't mind firing up the laminator to make extras on the playa.... :)

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Fire Breathers ~ I Want You!

Gdonna — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 01:05:19 GMT

Ok, so you're attempting a world record on Thurs 8/30 on the Shiva Vista Stage in which I am the schedule coordinator. The location is at 7:00 and 400' off the Esplanade. Look for the 12 propane towers surrounding it. Since you ~hot~ people are so good at what you do, how about blowing your wad on a Mayan Pyramid on Fri 8/31 at 9pm at the Rock Opera located 1700' from The Man? Fire Breathers are our people of choice in one of the songs. Stand on the Pyramid's multi levels spewing your stuff toward the audience. Now, how fun is that? It will end in pyrotechnics and The Pyramid will ~BURN~. Starts at 9pm; burning by 9:50. Contact me for more details: Donna@GoddessDonna.com.

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Home again

tedward — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 18:53:40 GMT

Not sure how long it'll be up there, but one of the pictures of OOFII made it up on the front page of the main burning man site.

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Hunh wha?

tedward — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 03:18:07 GMT

Doods, there's 80 people in this tribe and less than 50 people have signed up for OOF III. What gives? Get out there and register. It'll save us a bunch of time.
http://www.geocities.com/burningbreathers/oofmail.htm

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got my certificate!!

josh — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:49:35 GMT

Woohoo! Thanks Ted.

The thing I like most about the world record is that whenever anyone talks shit, I can always pull out "but, are you in the guiness book of world records?"
Shuts people right up.

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Other records?

tedward — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 03:17:28 GMT

Hey, as long as we're breaking two records here, what do people think about branching out a bit more?
Here's some other fire related records:
highest flame - a height of 3 m (9.8 ft) Nov 2001.
Fire breather - flame distance; 9.4m / 31ft on Oct 29, 1986.
Fire eating - most torches extinguished in one minute : 36 from a rack of 40

I'm pretty confident that I can break the eating record, but we'd need some kind of measuring device and a special camera rig to do the other two.

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2007 Pre-registration

tedward — Sun, 20 May 2007 20:30:48 GMT

Okay, so, since they accepted the evidence that we provided last time, we're gonna do it again. The pre-registration form for OOF III is up and running. If we manage to crush the dutch this year, this will help speed things up onsite. So, get in there and sign up.
http://geocities.com/burningbreathers/oofmail.htm

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Weird

tedward — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:23:30 GMT

So, I sent in the paperwork for both attempts and got the information back on the first one pretty quickly
"Claim ID: 192898
Membership Number: 115789

Dear Mr LeCouteur,

Thank you for your enquiry regarding your intention to attempt the record for 'Most people fire breathing'.

The current record is:
The most people fire breathing simultaneously was 82 at the Ocean of Fire II during the Burning Man 06 festival in Black Rock City, Nevada, United States, on 31 August 2006."

Any one else catch that? The Dutch record is not official.... at least not as of last week. This means 2 things. 1) We may only need to break our own record, and 2) we will almost certainly be in the next printing.

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Flame Pass Record

jts — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:43:42 GMT

Hey, Tedward and OOF... thanks for setting up the topic/criteria for the flame pass record! (Claim ID 192899 Most fire breathers passing single ignition flame)

Here's what the WildFire crew (superset of Boston Fire Conclave) did last weekend:
With intro and outro: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljPiumn0jnc
Another angle, just the pass: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i2EG7DyOcs

Should we submit in advance of BM 2007?

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Bored?

tedward — Tue, 22 May 2007 20:15:23 GMT

Does someone want to mock up a flyer for OOF III?
I'm thinking of a movie poster kind of thing
Ocean of Fire
III

"Crush The Dutch"
[Coming soon to a playa near you]

etc....

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flame pass prep

tedward — Wed, 30 May 2007 05:12:52 GMT

I've put some info up on the website, but, there's still time to learn flame passing by the Burn (for those that haven't yet)

Preparation

There are 5 distinct steps a soloist should take to learn the necessary flame pass skills:

1) Simple breath - getting a flame is the firrst step. Please do not try to learn this alone. Find a breather to teach you AT LEAST this one step. Seriously.
2) Breath without torch - Yes, you use the torch to light your breath, but as soon as you can, you remove the torch and keep breathing. Practice duration at this step. 2 full seconds is ideal.
3) Hit torch - have a friend (not your spotter) wave your torch near your ignition zone while you try hitting the flame for breathing. This will get you accustomed to breathing on someone else's schedule.
4) Two torch - This is the hardest and most important skill to master. You hold two torches about 3' apart; one lit and the other soaked in white gas. Then, using ONLY your flame and a head swivel, carry the flame from one torch to the other. Your ego will try to get this working quicker by craning your body around, or pulling the torches together, but resist it. A good, clean swivel will pay off for the record.
5) Two torch hit - have a friend wave a torch, catch it, and carry the flame to another torch about 3' away. This completes the base skills you can do without other breathers.

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Things have changed

tedward — Sat, 26 May 2007 07:03:28 GMT

Things have changed on the Guinness site. They now have provisions for opening up new record categories. So, I submitted the following:

Claim Title: Most fire breathers passing single ignition flame.
Country: United States
City/Town/Village: Black Rock City, NV
Date of attempt: 30/08/2007
Record Details: Most fire breathers passing single ignition flame.
Flame pass - when one fire breather ignites and breathes using another fire breather's flame:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl2BAo5rM10
We wish to build the longest line of fire breathers passing a flame from a single torch. This stunt requires timing and skill on the parts of all members, but is very easy to verify. This will be attempted by the Ocean Of Fire Group immediately after attempting to re-take the 'most fire breathers in one location" record. those wishing to try this record will simply line up and kill their torches. The first one will be lit and the rest catch the original flame. We do this because simple fire breathing is a low-skill, very common talent, but we have a large group of highly skilled fire breathers who are set on advancing the art. The basic flame pass is the cornerstone of numerous new fire breathing stunts that we wish to introduce to the world.

There's no guarantee that they'll accept it, but i figure it's worth a try.

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T-shirts

tedward — Sat, 26 May 2007 08:11:52 GMT

you know you want them....
http://www.cafepress.com/oof2

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Location Location

tedward — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 06:38:25 GMT

so, the shiva Vista Project is trying to get us to move over there. shiva vista is a fire stage with four propane cannons that will be burned on Friday night.
http://shivavista.controlledburnreno.com/
The up side is that SVP is being co-sponsored by Dave from Reno, so his truck with four more flame cannons will be around, and available for photography. SVP seems a bit more into having the ocean there, and might be more inclined to power up the sound system and fire up the cannons for glory shots.

I'm torn because Thunderdome is the more recognizable feature and it's becoming a bit of a habit to be there. I'd hate to lose numbers again by people getting lost.

What do folks think?

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Cerificates

tedward — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 22:39:35 GMT

Okay, so i scanned and posted the certificate I got from Guinness. I like the fact that they put the group name on it rather than mine. But, as certificates go, just pretty much a statement. with an official seal. Still, it's fun to have. I'll be looking for a frame for mine.

Guinness wants $30 for copies, and I'd like to order them in one shot. there's a paypal 'donation' link on the main site to order one
http://www.geocities.com/burningbreathers/
I'll put in an order sometime in the first week of April.

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Signifigance

josh — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 17:33:41 GMT

So, ever since hearing the news of us breaking the record, I've been elated. At first , the impact of the whole thing was kinda like "Thats cool". But now, I realize how special this whole thing was. Oceans of Fire II just earned all of us a place in history. How many people do you know that fire breathe? Probably a bunch. Sure, it's cool and all. But how many people do you know that are in the guiness book of world records? Probably none. how many people do your friends know that are in? probably none. And to top it off, we're not in it for something nerdy like biggest star wars collection of longest time on a teetor-totter. We're in for breathing fire!! Pretty damn cool.
And realistically, Oceans of Fire has just become the quintesential Burningman moment for most of us. Sure, the sights sounds and friendships are great, but none of those have put you in the record books. They haven't earned you your spot in history.

So brag to your friends and family. they'll be happy for you, and they'll be stoked to say that they know someone in the Guiness book of world records. I know my parents are bragging to all their friends.

And Thank you Ted ward for making this possible.

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Mor interesting news, record OFICIALLY broken...

tedward — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 18:02:37 GMT

Drum roll please......
From the claim section of the Guinness site:
Claim ID 125758

Congratulations! Your record has been approved and a certificate has been sent to the address provided in your profile. If you you need to order additional certificates, please use the option on the right.

Ladies and Gentlemen, We have a record! As soon as i get the certificate, I'll make a high-res scan of it and post it where it can be downloaded. If you want your own physical, from-Guinness certificate, it'll run about $30.

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Interesting news: record broken

Pyromancer — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 12:49:32 GMT

A dutch group claims to have broken the record, with 115 people at once... Their website is a bit screwy and I haven't sees any photo or video material yet, but here's their site: http://www.wereldrecord-vuurspuwen.nl/Home.html

Silly people and their records... ;)

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Received

tedward — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 05:37:02 GMT

From the [new] Guiness site:

Option for Claim ID 125758
We have received the documentation regarding your record attempt and we will endeavour to review it within 6 to 8 weeks from receipt. If your claim is urgent we recommend that you use our Fast Review service, to receive a response within 2 days.

so, I guess we'll know by the end of March...

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OOF III

tedward — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 20:09:14 GMT

Yeah, that's right, Ocean of Fire 3!
So, in 2007, whether or not we get the record this year, I think we should get together again.
This time, we'll just gather at Thunderdome, no papaerwork, no stress. If we get 100 people, then we'll break this year's record. If we don't, well, no stress. I'd like folks to get together, teach each other advanced breathing, safety, etc.
We can do glory shots like getting everyone on the Dome for some serious photo ops, etc.

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Packaged

tedward — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 11:23:09 GMT

Okay, so I have witness statements, original video, a DVD with submitted pictures, and about as many outside sources as we're gonna get.

So, I've finally put it all together and boxed it up. This will ship as soon as I can get it to the post awful.

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Can I get a witness?

tedward — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 01:27:08 GMT

One of the things that Guiness requests is two witnesses of high social position to vwrify the event. I have my eyes on one of the participants, but we need someone like a judge, fire marshal, etc who actually witnessed the event to verify the proceedings.

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Updates

tedward — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:55:16 GMT

Okily dokily
We have two original video tapes, two witness statements, residual verification. We're just about ready to submit our evidence package.

I want to give it a couple of weeks to assemble the CD of high-quality images.

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Updates

tedward — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 20:32:57 GMT

Okay, we have the original video footage from both cameras.
AND we now have indepenant media coverage (sorta) here:
http://images.burningman.com/index.cgi?image=26055

WE STILL NEED personally written testimonials of what happened.
Please include:
Name and contact info
Job or "standing" in the community
Exactly what you saw or witnessed.

send to:
Tedward
719 N. Heliotrope Dr #304
Hollywood, CA 90029

I'll take any who are willing to write something up.

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Witnesses!

tedward — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 21:18:17 GMT

Okay, more photos are coming in, and I'm feelinng more confident about our level of proof. Now we need witness statements. It would be most helpful to hear from anyone who made a private count of the breathers actually at the event.

I've posted the Guiness requirements in the photos. Look it over. If you are, or know anyone who meets the standards
they set out, please write up your own witness statment and snail mail it to me at:
Bearclaw Manufacturing
719 N. Heliotrope Dr. #304
Hollywood, CA 90029

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New Tribe

tedward — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 19:02:45 GMT

Hey folks, I built a new tribe to help facilitate announcing and organizing BM fire events like this. it's the Burningman Fire conclave tribe
http://tribes.tribe.net/bmfc
granted a lot of the stuff discussed there will be burn night related, but it can be used for any BM fire need. So, swing on by, membership is open, then tell your tribes...

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Highquality video

tedward — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 05:31:15 GMT

On Google
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8766296953868341459&hl=en
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7087639132242447003&hl=en

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Eighty Mutha fuggin TWO! BEEyatch!

tedward — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 16:10:09 GMT

That's right, if you speak Samual Jackson-ese, you know we had 82 breathers for the attempt this year.

Now we begine the process of dancing with guiness. We have two motion camera's that recorded the event, and we have to start the arduous process of finding a single frame with a 'countable number of fireballs exceeding 70. Check the photos posted in the gallery, and you'll have an idea of how hard that can be. Fortunately, all the photos you're likely to see are from the paparatzi section, on the ground, just in front of the event. So, if they're not workable for the record, then one of the 6 attempts on two different motion camera's should be.

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60!

tedward — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 06:05:30 GMT

Okay, we now have 60 pre-registered breathers and still have quite a few left to sign up. So, I'm starting to feel really comfortable about this. I'm thinking we'll really make it this year.....

Yeeee HAW!

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70! (+++)

tedward — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 09:08:41 GMT

I discovered two things today.
1) We have 70 people registered for the Ocean! Yee haw, plus we'll be teaching on the playa, and I'm sure we'll gather a few more people.
2) While registering a couple friends of mine who don't have internet access, I noticed that if you don't put a message in with the registration, the process bombs, but does so in such a way that you might miss it. So, I've been ticking back the counter because I thought people were visiting the page but not bothering to fill out the form, when in fact, those might have been people trying to register, but not filling every field then not paying attention ot the next page. Given that, we have about 80-90 people planning on being there.

So, if you arrive, and your name's not on the list, fret not, you can still sign up manually. And please take no offence, I must have built the cgi incorrectly.

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47

tedward — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 02:34:38 GMT

Okay, so 47 people have pre-registered on the website, that about HALF the number of people on the yahoo group. If everyone were to make sure they're pre-registered, we could have a nice, alphabetical list waiting for most of the people in the attempt. So, come on y'all, get yourself, your students, and your prospects registered today.

(I just sent a letter directly to those who pre-registered, so if you didn't get that one, check you spam folder, or pre-reg now)

Updates: we have a genny, a sound system, access to an art car, photographers, HD videographers, and a theme camp to put them in. I have laminates, a growing pre-reg list, and a partially working tripod fire staff. My "as seen on TV" shirt has arrived, .... it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses. :)

At this point the only things to do (aside from registering) is to teach anyone who's interested in your area. Remember, we're still going for the three-second burn.

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40....

tedward — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 01:35:48 GMT

Halfway there.... Let's make sure everyone in this tribe is pre-registered....

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I'll be there!!!

phyx — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 03:12:54 GMT

And I'll be super green, so don't make fun. =P

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30... and counting

tedward — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 23:22:46 GMT

Hey, gang, Please don't lag, if you're planning on making the Second record attempt at Burningman this year, pleas pre-register to get on our list. Only 30 names so far, So we're not quite half way.
http://www.geocities.com/burningbreathers/

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New video

tedward — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 19:19:25 GMT

Someone from the Burningman tribe just popped up with an OOF video from 2005. I posted it on You Tube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U44X5jxK7zw

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59 days and counting

tedward — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 19:07:59 GMT

Okay, with less than 2 months left, it's crunch time.
1) Please read the Website, there isn't -that- much and it's all relevant info:
http://www.geocities.com/burningbreathers/
2) Please pre-register, it should speed up the lines.
3) We're (still) meeting at Center Camp, center circle, please show up early and ready to go.
4) However, a whole playa firedancing show has sprung up around us. We are a registered part of it. However, those breathers in another group should have plenty of time to go join them as we'll be in the 'soloists' timeslot.
5) If you have people interested in breathing, maybe you should give them lessons. Remember, it's only basic breathing for the record, no special stuff.
6) I think I've solved to power problem for the sound system, so we'll be ready for that.
7) And finally, if you don'/t know how to breath, and you want lessons, I will be giving classes m-w at the cauldron at dusk.

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Awwwww MAN! I am sooooo IN!

christopheraries — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 23:35:51 GMT

Let's get SUPER coordinated and get it into the Who, What, Where, When - submissions have to be in by mid-July I think. There is no WAY we are going to miss it this year.

PS - I have just got together a fire-breathing tribe (aptly called "Fire-breathing") if anyone is interested in sharing experiences...

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Updates

tedward — Sat, 24 Jun 2006 08:03:00 GMT

Okay, well the propane staff is in the finishing stages. I'll be able to test it this weekend (I hope). It may even look like a kanji for fire (though I'm not yet holding my breath.

For those who missed it, we have a video of last year's attempt, QT7
http://www.nafaa.org/oof05.mov

And I'll start collecting names for pre-registration around mid July....

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OoF Logo contest.

tedward — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 08:01:11 GMT

I think I mentioned that I was working on a propane staff to make finding the sign up point a little easier. But that got me thinking, we could use a logo. If we had something simple that we could put on that staff, or a button, the website, whatever, that might help tie everything up. Soooo...

OoF Logo contest. Submissions received by the end of march will be considered. You may submit here, or via mail. We'll go over the entries and pre-judge them for usability, copyright problems, etc. Finalist will be posted on a website and put to a vote. Winner gets a pack of bubblegum, a free torch of their design, or a free copy of everything we use it on.

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Only in America

tedward — Sat, 21 Jan 2006 10:06:45 GMT

The Ocean of Fire 2005 will be featured in an upcoming edition of "Only in America", a Discovery-Times Channel program, starting on Feb 2nd at 8pm. Check it out...

maybe we can get him back for this year's attempt.

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New pics

tedward — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 09:00:24 GMT

Aimee finally got her pics up whick included her stop by the Ocean. I've posted 3 new ones here and updted the website.

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Documentary of Burning Man

Magma — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 16:12:05 GMT

Hey there folks well here is another cool Doc from BM. Check it out! I think that Dr. Magma guy is in it! And for you fire breathers if you can attemp this new move I created you will be granted 1 wish!

Dr. Magma

www.jenfriedberg.com/burning...nIs.html
reply to this post

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Discovery channel

sean_m — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 13:08:48 GMT

I read in the other post that Discovery channel taped the attempt...

Are they still going to air it even though we didn't break the record? If so, does anyone know when?

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Le Sigh

tedward — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 02:48:34 GMT

So, we had 65 (out of 70) people show up for the record. At least we have a bit of footage out there of the scene.

What I've learned:
- Thursday was probably the perfect day balancing between other stuff happening and number of people arrived.
- There are two, and only two, places on the playa that don't change and everyone knows: the Man and Center Camp. Next year, we meet at Center Camp, no where else.
- Even 65 people breathing at once is an amazing spectacle. This was worth it without the record.

Next year...250 breathers.... okay?

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my summer trip to Burning Man... and Northern Nevada Med Ctr.

Koyote )'( — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 19:58:18 GMT

Greetings and ignitions!

Just a note to dispel some rumor. Two weeks before leaving for the playa, I had cold/flu symptoms and thought them healed before I set out.

Then the Friday night one week before the man fell, I had another night of very high fever, high heart rate, coughing, confusion. I considered this the last dying gasp of my flu and good riddance, as in the morning, I felt ok.

The burn was uneventful health-wise until Thursday night, though I felt weak and restless. On Thursday after the Ocean of Fire record attempt (so damn close... next year!) when I went to bed, I again had very high fever and heart rate, coughing, confusion, blahblahblah. Now I am wondering what is up... I know, smart guy, huh?

I spent Friday thoroughly hydrating and just hanging out, trying to get well not doing much. Went to the re-attempt for the firebreathing record and was participating in that (excellent arrangement, Tedward, and GREAT JOB to all concerned).

I made a notable feeble attempt at a "blast", and realized my lungs werent inflating really well, so stepped back. I did not inhale/ingest any more than trace amounts of lamp oil, just like any other attempt. Did not burn my face, mouth throat... nothing.

However, due perhaps to the condition of my lungs, I began coughing so forcefully I could not stand and had to be taken to the Med tent. Sucky part is, that i can not tell them what REALLY happened, due to laryngitis and coughing (I was a throat cancer patient) so they went with assumptions and I had to give the best answer to either/or questions, not actually explain.

Thankfully they sent me to Northern Nevada Med Ctr. (great people) where they diagnosed me with bacterial double pneumonia which had been oncoming for 2 or more weeks.

The rumors at the hospital are really impressive. I was hearing about a guy (me) who melted his face, drank gasoline and exploded, inhaled white gas, etc....
to quote Mark Twain, "The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated."

I am at home trying to get better and missing you fire freaks. See you soon, and please pass this on to anyone you hear who may have the facts incorrect...

Peace

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Any photos of the whole group?

thinkcooper — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 22:25:22 GMT

I really dug being a part of the first attempt on Thursday- couldn't make it on Friday. Any good photos emerge yet of Thursday in the midst of flaming? I seem to recall that we did it about four or five times...

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Sound

tedward — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 04:40:33 GMT

Okay, one of the little problems with going out to the promenade, or the Man will be getting heard by everyone. I have some 3-way speakers with a mic, but I don't have a portable power source. Anyone have any ideas on this?

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Discovery Channel

tedward — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 01:19:17 GMT

Looks like we'll be getting filmed by the discovery channel as part of the "Only in America" series.

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Location!

tedward — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 08:31:45 GMT

Okay, well, Fire Conclave Convergence has moved from it's traditional spot. This year it will be in the Center camp circle. So, we're stillmeeting in front of it, but we'll probably hold the event on the promenade so that the Man will be in the background and we can use the lamp posts to cordon of a long strip for the filming / photo shoot.

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70!

tedward — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 03:49:28 GMT

Woo Hoo!
We have 70 members in the yahoo group. That's the current record. Now, add in the people who won't sin with yahoo, and a couple of folks out here that have been "meaning to sign up" and we're well over the numbers needed.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bbreath/

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65

tedward — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 09:26:53 GMT

87 days left and we have 65 people in the yahoo group. I know that
most of my breathing team isn't in the yahoo group, so we are now over
the number necessary to get the record.

Updates:
1) We are listed on the official playa events calendar.
2) We will be listed in the gate copy of the black Rock Gazette.
3) We now have a central place on the playa for information about the
event: Inferno Camp. We should be place near FCC.

Once again, please read the entire website (there ain't much of it) to
make sure you've got all the info.
<http://www.geocities.com/burningbreathers/>

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63

tedward — Sat, 21 May 2005 00:59:04 GMT

We're up to 63 people in the yahoo group and I know we have more than 7 people interested who don't have reliable computer access...heck, probably a dozen here in LA.... :)

So, we are definitely doing this. If anyone has stuff that might make this a bit better and more secure, I'd love to hear about it. Things Like:
Megaphone or PA system
Temoprary fencing to keep the breathers and crowds separate.
Noteworthy people (judges and such) who could act as witnesses.
A mobile bar to serve drinks afterwards.
High end photographers and videographers.
etc

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The official word

tedward — Sat, 29 Jan 2005 08:46:17 GMT

Here's the e-mail I go from Guiness yesterday:
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Claim ID: 125758
Membership Number: 115789

Dear Mr LeCouteur

Thank you for your enquiry regarding your intention to attempt the record for 'Most fire breathers in one location'.

We have attached our recommended guidelines for this attempt which provides you with all the details you require to make your attempt. You should ensure that all those participating are aware of the contents of these guidelines, and your attention is drawn to the authentication we require when you come to make your claim.

Our standard agreement form for record attempts is also enclosed and must be signed by yourself and any other individual who may contribute material as evidence (e.g. photos/videos). This must be returned with the above documentation in order for us to consider your claim. Please ensure that your claim ID number (above) is clearly marked on your package and all documentation.

Once the record has been attempted and you have compiled your claim and completed the standard record agreement form, they should be sent to us here at:

GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS, 338 EUSTON ROAD, LONDON NW1 3BD, UNITED KINGDOM

Once you know the exact date on which you‚ll be attempting your record, please let us know by visiting the TRACKING section of our website. Simply follow this link - http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/tracking - and enter your membership ID and password. You will then be able to alter the date of your attempt and confirm it by ticking the checkbox. Should you not have online access you can always contact us by post, or telephone, quoting the appropriate membership numbers.

The current record is:
A total of 70 people gathered at Stonehenge, Wiltshire, UK, to simultaneously blow fire from their torches on 6 September 2004. The event was filmed by Granada Television (UK) for the <em>Guinness World Records: 50 Years, 50 Records,</em> televised on 11 September 2004.

However, you may wish to check with us again closer to submitting your full claim to be sure that a new record has not been set in the interim.

If you wish to have further information about our other fire breaking records e.g. Fire breather - flame distance; Fire breather - highest flame; Largest fire breathing and eating display, or have other new record proposals for our consideration, then can we ask you to please fill out separate application forms for these on our website.

If you should require any further information, please do let us know, otherwise we hope that the event goes well and look forward to hearing the results.

Yours sincerely,

Ann Collins
Records Research Services
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Join the project

tedward — Sun, 12 Dec 2004 08:58:24 GMT

Oka, the project has an official like website here:
http://www.geocities.com/burningbreathers/

If you're gonna be at Burning Man 2005, and you'll be in before Thursday night, and you can breathe fire, join us for a world record attempt. We're trying to get someone from Guiness to come down and watch, so we might try for several records at once.

A lot of people are talking about photo opportunities with this, like shots taken froma hot air balloon, from sky divers, planes, etc.

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"The record"

tedward — Mon, 20 Dec 2004 22:18:22 GMT

Until we hear from guiness, which could take until mid jan, what have people seen as the record for largest nuumber of active firebreathers?
The ONLY claim I've seen is the South Hampton group of 80 people or so.

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