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Aaron Younger, 25, may be Colorado’s most interesting person. When he’s not working the night shift as a radiology technician, Aaron spends most of his time with his family and his best lass. Any free time Aaron might have, is spent learning the art of Fire Poi. Poi is a form of performance art. The objective is to spin metal chains with fire balls attached to the end of it in order to create geometric shapes and figures.
These photos were taken Feb.26-Feb.28, 2016.


Aside from his new Subaru WRX, Aaron's labradoodle, Ebony, is his pride and joy. He takes her almost everywhere with him. Whether it be a hike in the mountains or a short trip to the grocery store, Ebony is sure to be there with him.

For years Aaron has driven a Subaru. Now with his new job he can finally afford to drive around in the Subaru of his dreams. He often is the first one to volunteer to drive to show off his new toy.

Being close in age with his younger brother, Tyler Younger, often meant there was sibling rivalry. Now mature enough to tolerate each other the brothers can enjoy watching TV, and reminiscing about the past.

Despite Tyler living 60 miles away, Aaron tries to hang out with him often. They both anticipate their meals being brought to them at a local burger chain.

Aaron digs into his late afternoon meal before having to go to work.

Living on your own means you have to be responsible for your own daily chores. Aaron gets his scrubs out of the dryer to get ready for work.

Aaron demonstrates how a chest X-Ray works. "This back pole is adjustable to fit the height of almost every person," he says.

To make sure the CT machine functions properly, it is common to use a test subject. In this case Aaron uses a cylindrical type container full of water; This is called a water phantom.

Aaron lines up the crosshairs from the lasers onto the water phantom. These lasers have to line up perfectly on patients to get accurate results. Even the "Water Patient" has to sit very still.

Aaron sets up the contrast injector in preparation for his next patient who needs to use the CT machine.

Like most 25-year-olds, Aaron enjoys having a few drinks at a local Alaskan style sports bar. He frequents The 49th with his younger brother and father.

As fate would have it, Aaron runs into an old friend from high school at his local hangout. He hasn't seen or heard from his friend in over 6 years.

Before he goes gung ho into fire poi he starts with Sock poi to warm up.

For those not ready to spin fire around them, an option is to use lights. A sock like fabric is used and LED light balls are placed into the sock. The art of sock poi is very similar to the moving around of fire poi.

In order to safely spin fire, proper precautions are set in motion. The ends of fire poi is often made using wicks of kevlar attached to chains. The wicks need to be soaked into fuel to be ignited. The longer the fuel bath, the longer the fire lasts. Aaron places the instruments into an old paint container full of fuel.

Aaron was first introduced into Poi while he was in high school. His friend, Matt Riach, 26, starts off the night with a simple fire routine.

With the courage mustered up after a few warm ups with sock poi, Aaron begins to get a feel for the fire.

Aaron starts off with a simple back and forth routine while the flames are intimidatingly larger than expected.

Great fire poi masters can often make different designs and shapes that can be risky. Aaron musters up the strength and ability to create a swirl pattern that gets rather close to his body.

The flame doesn't last for too long before it starts to lose it's vibrance. Aaron swirls both arms around to create one last large scale masterpiece before it dies out completely.

Among all the things a person can do fire poi is a dangerous hobby to get into. Aaron words of encouragement to those starting out is, "Don't burn yourself."