Sunday, May 15th, 2011
Flatland Jugglefest Shirt
I was just at the Flatland juggling festival this weekend. It was way more fun than I expected, and I had pretty high expectations. One of the highlights was the festival t-shirt. It is cool to begin with, but it has a giant top on it. I thought at first that it was my big [...]
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Monday, February 7th, 2011
Trophy for the 2011 Ultimate Battletop Championship: Wisconsin
The Ultimate Battletop Championship is a contest that Alan Gray, Eric Wolff and I designed to see if upper lever top-spinners could break each other’s tops. So far no one has managed it, but we’ve realized that we would need crappier tops. In order to get the best players to participate I decided that we [...]
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Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
I May Be on America’s Got Talent Next Week
The only thing I’m legally allowed to say is:
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Monday, February 15th, 2010
Down In Miamisburg Ohio for a Yo-yo Contest
Miamisburg was fun! There’s nothing like getting free drinks at the local bar because you’re hanging out with the Pastor. It was really fun to see Mike Hout in his official capacity, which was surprisingly the same as how he is when we hang out at juggling and yo-yo conventions, only he had on nicer [...]
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Wednesday, January 21st, 2009
2009 Ultimate Battletop Championship: Wisconsin Trophy
Yup. That’s right. I made a new trophy for this year’s contest at MadFest:
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Monday, January 5th, 2009
Getting ready to work on the next Battletop trophy
Yup. I think I finally have all the parts I need. This photo actually has quite a few projects in it, including the machinery for the pumpkin laser vortex… but that’s another story. And yes, that is a Barbie hair dryer. This trophy will be for the 2009 Ultimate Battletop Championship: Wisconsin, and it’s gonna [...]
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Monday, October 6th, 2008
2008 National Yo-yo Contest
I spent this last weekend in Chico California at the National Yo-yo Contest, and it was a lot of fun. The official Duncan Crew photo for Nationals 2008. No one else was around but Mark McBride and me. The trip out was more than a little brutal. First of all, any voyage with three different [...]
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Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
More ebay Action
I just started another ebay blitz. I like to do my ebay selling in spurts. That way I can really just focus on that, and it’s much easier to do everything assembly-line fashion. As usual I have some yo-yos, some tops, and some random stuff that I don’t want anymore for sale. There are a [...]
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Wednesday, October 10th, 2007
2007 Ultimate Battletop Championship of the Universe
Last weekend we held the 2007 Ultimate Battletop Championship of the Universe, in Chico California at the National Yo-yo Contest. It was a blast. In order to keep the game interesting we leveled the playing field by making everyone use the same tops. Alan Gray made 25 battletops, and he sold out right before the [...]
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Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
Indiana State Yo-yo Contest!
This year Takeshi scored an amazing hook-up for the Indy State contest: it will be held at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art. Sept 22nd, 10-5pm. More info here. Also, with a little luck, we will have a trial run for the set-up and scoring of the Ultimate Battle Top Championships of [...]
