Thursday, February 1st, 2007
A New Version of Battle Top
I love hanging out with spin-top people. It’s always a ton of fun, and at MadFest this year we had a ridiculously good time.
Eric Wolff with his 11″ diameter top. The largest he’s ever made… so far.
For the average person, the phrase “spin-top people” is not one that is heard very often. Of all [...]
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Thursday, January 18th, 2007
MadFest and Chris Bliss
Having just finished another great MadFest juggling convention I have come to a better understanding of why there was such a controversy over the popularity of the Chris Bliss video that swept the internet a while back. (If you haven’t already seen it, check it out here before you read the rest of this [...]
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Monday, January 8th, 2007
Wisconsin State Yo-yo Contest and MadFest
Tomorrow I leave for Madison WI to start the ramp-up to the MadFest Juggling Festival. I have to go earlier this year than usual because I will be doing a radio interview on Tuesday morning (at 6:30 am… ug) on Z104. As usual I’m really looking forward to the fest, and a bunch of my [...]
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Friday, June 16th, 2006
Amazing Juggling Video
I just watched what may be the best juggling clip-video I have ever seen. It was done by Vova Galchenko and Mark Bakalor as a contest entry for Fat Boy Slim’s new video for his song “That Old Pair of Jeans” There was a lot of frustration in the juggling community when the video [...]
