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Community & Events / Re: Leeds 4/11/06

« on: October 14, 2006, 11:58:58 AM »

I am going to try and make it there, i havent been to a convention in ages!

Hopefully see you there...

Chris

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Tricks / Re: I just learnt to... (2006)

« on: August 29, 2006, 02:13:27 PM »

Im back from reading festival and after a few tries of 2d mini genocide i finally nailed it!

Proper happy but ive just found out some idiot who robbed my phone has made £600 of calls abroad off my phone... not good.

Chris

EDIT: i have just found out i have got to pay it aswell

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Tricks / Re: I just learnt to... (2006)

« on: August 21, 2006, 11:49:37 AM »

3rd base sprinkler.

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Videos / zack 3d grinds and varations

« on: July 29, 2006, 10:05:49 PM »

Zack you seriously need to slow down so i can try and catch up   joking of course, that video was awesome and i cant wait to see what kinda crazy stuff you're going to come up with next.

Chris Taylor

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Tricks / Re: I just learnt to... (2006)

« on: July 14, 2006, 05:22:21 PM »

Steve Arnold 'arnie' sent me this and told me to upload it for him as he was busy. Anyway its a video of him doing a 3 diabolo low rocket start, the quality isnt great and its on youtube but who cares? Enjoy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvaQLfIOrw4

Chris Taylor.

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Videos / excalibur/vertax genocides

« on: June 17, 2006, 01:21:40 PM »

I always see people in videos catching the string against their body, but my stick doesn't come that far. I usually have ot try to catch it out of the air. Maybe I'm starting to pirouette too early? I don't know.

I had that problem when i was practicing them, what i found was that its suprising how hard you have to swing round to get the catch. When i was putting a bit more force into it, i was catching the diabolo and the stick would come alot closer.

Hope that helps.

Chris.

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Tricks / Re: I just learnt to... (2006)

« on: June 04, 2006, 10:03:17 PM »

Vertax Genocides  

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Gear / Filing/sanding rough aluminum stick ends

« on: May 04, 2006, 12:31:35 PM »

I dont know if this is any help to any one but i used the wet dry paper aswell as Mark BMC. I found if you use a very rough piece first and then use a finer grain it helps. Another good thing to use after is wire wool which polishes it quite nicely, which probably reduces friction or something.

Chris.

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Community & Events / BJC2006 20-23rd April

« on: April 24, 2006, 10:09:07 PM »

I really enjoyed the convention and got back at 6pm today, i really enjoyed the impromtu trick endurance's with marco last night in the bar tent although him and norbi won most of them.

I thought the BYJOTY went really well considering it was only luke who was organising it so thanks to him. I enjoyed being on stage and it also gave me a good chance to talk to some jugglers that i normally wouldnt.

some great routines as well as a guy I don't know (white finesses red string?) but were hampered by a sloping tent ceiling. For a first time performance, it was amazing.

Yeah that was me i thought the routine went well except i just couldnt get into a sprinkler at the end for some reason which i think would have ended my routine quite nicely.

Chris from brum represented well and was great company during the convention.

Yeah seán_ it was quite good on saturday night at 5am trying different tricks after that poor renegade (apart from the guy with the contact balls and the condensed public show).

All in all it was a great convention and thanks to the organisers and Matt Hall who watched my vertax genocide attempts for ages on sunday giving me tips.

Chris.

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General / 3d instants

« on: January 13, 2006, 02:45:11 PM »

It's also funny that some think it's better to have learned dozens of different tricks, rather than focusing on a few highly difficult tricks, such as 3d. In the world of magic, they complain about the opposite.

Yeah but you wouldnt learn the ambitous card until you got the DL. I think thats the whole point of this thread rather than how many tricks you have got. Plus from my point of view, magicians like to have only a few tricks because there concealing something from an audience, so they need to remember every bit of it and plus, make a short routine around that 1 trick.

Chris

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General / 3d instants

« on: January 10, 2006, 04:55:34 PM »

I can then get out the third, and people will really be shocked.

hmmm i dunno, if someone asks me if i can do 2 when im doing one people ask me then if i can do three. I reckon if you got that third out they would want to see 4. Maybe im wrong

Chris

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Gear / What stuff did you get for christmas?

« on: December 29, 2005, 12:12:20 AM »

2 white finesse diabolos light kits aswell. Ive been using them loads ill have to clean them soon  .

Chris

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I'm New / Re: Introduce yourself

« on: October 17, 2005, 02:35:54 PM »

Name: chris taylor
Location: birmingham, england
Age: 17
Website: n/a

1. How many years have you diaboloed for?

comin up to 2 years

2. What or who got you started?

peole diaboloing at my local juggling workshop

3. What do you like best about the diabolo or juggling in general?

stops me gettin bored at home

4. How many hours a day do you diabolo on average?

one or two maybe more depends how im feeling and if i wanna get a new trick

5. Do you ever perform with the diabolo?

i performed at birmimgham juggling convention ages ago

6. Do you juggle other props? If so: balls, clubs, rings, cigar boxes, devil sticks... ?

balls, rings, clubs

7. What are your favourite diabolos, sticks, and string?

circus, carbon sticks, yellow henrys string

8. Do you like working with 1, 2, or 3 diabolos the best?

2 diabolos

9. What is your favourite diabolo trick that you can do?

2 diabolo sprinkler to C fan

10. What is the most amazing diabolo trick you've ever seen done?

ummmmm if u count videos, ryo yabes 3 diabolo sprinkler

11. What tricks are driving you nuts right now (what are you working on)?

2 diabolo suicide

12. What other diaboloists have inspired you?

MFP and ryo yabe