oh man, youd be surprised, but the first time i touched fire like that was when i was 12 or 13. i was part of a circus project in school, i guess you could compare it to theater kid shit, just with circus performances. from then it just took off. ive always been a little too much into fire stuff, like burning paper and such, so it was probably a good thing i got that outlet lmao

i had a break in doing it over my 20s. i didnt have the connections anymore, i was not in a great place in general... and then my friends from a dancing group got me back into it. now we meet up at a yearly convention, where mostly professionals go. at this point id call myself a semi-professional fire performer, mainly because i dont earn the bulk of my income with it, but i do get paid when i perform somewhere.

tldr: someone handed me a burning staff when i was 13 and i got hooked immediately lmao