Introduce yourself

[Diegolow]

Name:Didac "Diegolow"
Location:Barcelona, Spain
Age:34

1. How many years have you diaboloed for?
  About 17 years.

2. What or who got you started?
  I like it.
3. What do you like best about the diabolo or juggling in general?
  Juggling in general.
4. How many hours a day do you diabolo on average?
  2 hours, more or less
5. Do you ever perform with the diabolo?
  Yes.
6. Do you juggle other props? If so: balls, clubs, rings, cigar boxes, devil sticks... ?
  Yes. Balls and other manipulations.
7. What are your favourite diabolos, sticks, and string?
  Sundia Sun, Henrys Alu sticks and Henrys string.
8. Do you like working with 1, 2, or 3 diabolos the best?
 1, 2 and 3.
9. What is your favourite diabolo trick that you can do?
 Play diabolos in StringLess Mode.
10. What is the most amazing diabolo trick you've ever seen done?
  Dificult choice!!!
11. What tricks are driving you nuts right now (what are you working on)?
   From 3low to 3high to 3 low
12. What other diaboloists have inspired you?[/url]
  Every diabolist!!!

[ASamJ2K]

Name: Alex
Location: Santa Clarita, California, America 
Age: 14


1. How many years have you diaboloed for? One

2. What or who got you started? A French man came to my school and told us how to spin it and toss and catch

3. What do you like best about the diabolo or juggling in general? There is so many tricks to learn and create and different modes to play in

4. How many hours a day do you diabolo on average? I don't know I do it when ever I can squeeze  it in.

5. Do you ever perform with the diabolo? very rarely
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6. Do you juggle other props? If so: balls, clubs, rings, cigar boxes, devil sticks... ? no, but I might consider trying devil sticks

7. What are your favourite diabolos, sticks, and string? Sundia EVO Sundia Shining clear w/light kit, DEOS carbon sticks from play Italy, Sundia blue Pro string 

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

9. What is your favourite diabolo trick that you can do? I don't have a favourite trick

10. What is the most amazing diabolo trick you've ever seen done? four diabolo juggling cascade source: Diabolo is a trip movie, Chapter: the final four by Etienne Chauzy.

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

12. What other diaboloists have inspired you?[/url] Advanced performers on stage I use they're tricks but do them In a different way.

[antoine]

Hi everyone !

Name: Antoine
Location: France

1. How many years have you diaboloed for? Two

2. What or who got you started? My cousin

3. What do you like best about the diabolo or juggling in general? I love diabolo because it's very interesting, there are lots of tricks to learn.

4. How many hours a day do you diabolo on average? About 1 hour per day when I don't have school

5. Do you ever perform with the diabolo?

6. Do you juggle other props? If so: balls, clubs, rings, cigar boxes, devil sticks... ? I juggle with 3 balls, I know some easy tricks ...

7. What are your favourite diabolos, sticks, and string? Diabolo Mr Babache Finesse G4, Henry's Carbon sticks, Henry's string.

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

9. What is your favourite diabolo trick that you can do? I like the tricks around the body (i don't know if we can say like this in English because i'm french)

10. What is the most amazing diabolo trick you've ever seen done? four diabolo tricks by Robin Spinelli, vertax tricks by Alexis Levillon.

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

12. What other diaboloists have inspired you?[/url] I really like too what does Jarle Bergo.

[Helen]

Name: Helen
Location: Rhoon, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Age: 14


1. How many years have you diaboloed for?
When I was 8 I was started with simple diabolo. When I was 11 I was beginning for serious. so actually(the real stuff) 4 years.

2. What or who got you started?
I was camping and I saw  a boy doing diabolo very good. so when I saw that, I buy ( so fast if I can) professional diabolo stuff.

3. What do you like best about the diabolo or juggling in general?
When I do it I'm feeling me so free. I like too that you can invent everything. With a rope, two sticks and a diabolo. That's really AMAZING!! right.

4. How many hours a day do you diabolo on average?
I haven't got much time(because of school ). In the weekend I have time so then it is a hour. Usually it is between homework 20 minutes a day.

5. Do you ever perform with the diabolo?
No, yes what you call perform . when I was 8 for the school, with a friend. And on a camp with a talentshow.

6. Do you juggle other props? If so: balls, clubs, rings, cigar boxes, devil sticks... ?
yes I do 4 balls, I can ride unicycle(and one trick).

7. What are your favourite diabolos, sticks, and string?
Henrys circus(allround), Henrys carbon, Henrys Original string orange. 

8. Do you like working with 1, 2, or 3 diabolos the best?
I LIKE it all. I'm now busy with learning 3d when I can do that I like that than.

9. What is your favourite diabolo trick that you can do?
I haven't got a favourite trick, but I like Integrals. that is fantastic .

10. What is the most amazing diabolo trick you've ever seen done?
there are so many trick that are amazing. One of the most is the tricks who Jarle and Havard Bergo do with 2d.I love it.

11. What tricks are driving you nuts right now (what are you working on)?
I'm working on 3d and invent integrals(what is pretty hard)

12. What other diaboloists have inspired you?[/url]
The most who my inspired is Jarle Bergo his tricks are so clean. How he ever invent. its AMAZING what he doing.(also the camera work). I like too Arjan Groenendijk, it looks simple but how you can invent that tricks. they are so cool.

[TomasCZ]

Name: Tomáš Král
Location: Czech republic
Age: 14
Website: -

1. How many years have you diaboloed for?
I have diaboloed for 4 months.
2. What or who got you started?
My friends in school.
3. What do you like best about the diabolo or juggling in general?
That there are many variations of tricks, which you can do.
4. How many hours a day do you diabolo on average?
I do 2 hours per day. Sometimes even 3.
5. Do you ever perform with the diabolo?
Nope.
6. Do you juggle other props? If so: balls, clubs, rings, cigar boxes, devil sticks... ?
No, i tried off-string yo-yo.
7. What are your favourite diabolos, sticks, and string?
For 1D i like my ball-bearing Henry's Jazz, and for 2D i'm going to buy Taibolos, so I can't say if its good or not.
8. Do you like working with 1, 2, or 3 diabolos the best?
Yeah.
9. What is your favourite diabolo trick that you can do?
Mini-genocide and Vertax suns.
10. What is the most amazing diabolo trick you've ever seen done?
Continuous mini-genocides.
11. What tricks are driving you nuts right now (what are you working on)?
Monorail, genocide, mini-genocide, ac fan.
12. What other diaboloists have inspired you?
 No one.[/url]

[kosuke]

Name: Kosuke
Location: Montreal
Age: 21
Website: https://www.youtube.com/user/km12532

1. How many years have you diaboloed for?
I have diaboloed for 3 years.

2. What or who got you started?
I met juggling at my university in Japan and I thought diabolo is the coolest.

3. What do you like best about the diabolo or juggling in general?
succeeding new trick and making original vertax tirick

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

5. Do you ever perform with the diabolo?
Yes, I do, but I'm not good.

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

7. What are your favourite diabolos, sticks, and string?
I use sundia bearing diabolo and epic diabolo(A-DREAM).

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

9. What is your favourite diabolo trick that you can do?
triple pirouette genocide (vertax)

10. What is the most amazing diabolo trick you've ever seen done?
I think any 4 low tricks are the most amazing!

11. What tricks are driving you nuts right now (what are you working on)?
3 diabolo. I want to do some 3 diabolo tricks as soon as I can.

12. What other diaboloists have inspired you?[/url]
Ettiene Chauzy, Robin Spinelli, Arata Urawa and so on.


I came at Montreal 3 weeks ago.
Now I'm finding for someone who practice with me in Montreal.

[kriswhyte]

Name:Kris Whyte
Location: Scotland
Age: 16
Website:

1. How many years have you diaboloed for? 4 days...

2. What or who got you started? I won a diabolo at the british kendama open on may 4 2014

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

4. How many hours a day do you diabolo on average? 2-3

5. Do you ever perform with the diabolo? nope

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

7. What are your favourite diabolos, sticks, and string? no idea

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

9. What is your favourite diabolo trick that you can do? trapeze and its variations

10. What is the most amazing diabolo trick you've ever seen done? lots of stuff in the diabolo.ca colab vid!

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

12. What other diaboloists have inspired you?[/url] Donald Grant

[dimensions]

Kris!
it was great meeting you at the British Kendama Open last weekend, nice to see you on d.ca too!
good luck learning the ninja ways of diabolo and hope to meet you soon!

-Rob

[Ryzel89@live.co.uk]

Name: Jay
Location: Hartlepool, England
Age: 24
Website: -

1. How many years have you diaboloed for?

One year when I was 17 and then about a month ago I gotten back in to it.

2. What or who got you started?

A friend at the time was in to poi spinning, it wasn't really my thing so I looked in to other circus skills and found diablo

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

The progress Is not lost when you turn it off or logout, it gets you out in the sun, it looks beautiful, many reasons

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

Usually one or two, sometimes most of the day

5. Do you ever perform with the diabolo?

Never have yet

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

I can do some beginner poi, ride unicycle but only turn left and can 3 ball cascade

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

I have only ever played with Henry's circus, however I plan to move over to taibolo for a slightly lighter alternative

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

I have played one and two and plan to focus on one before introducing a second seriously, 3 don't appeal to me as much

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

Mini genocide

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

Integrals fascinate me at the moment

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

Tomicide, spinocide, Chinese acceleration 

12. What other diaboloists have inspired you?[/url]

Marco De matteis

[TomCoombes]

Hi im Tom live near glastonbury after a while on the forum watching videos and stuff i decided to join. If any one is ever near glastonbury feel free to message me or come to the juggling club

1. How many years have you diaboloed for?
2.5 years
2. What or who got you started?
started juggling balls and seen diabolo at my first convention
3. What do you like best about the diabolo or juggling in general?
always working to learn the next trick
4. How many hours a day do you diabolo on average?
half an hour if im lucky
5. Do you ever perform with the diabolo?
no
6. Do you juggle other props? If so: balls, clubs, rings, cigar boxes, devil sticks... ?
sometimes balls
7. What are your favourite diabolos, sticks, and string?
epics, henrys stort carbon firbres, and any 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?
With 1 diabolo mini genocide
with 2 diabolo s-fan and sprinklers
10. What is the most amazing diabolo trick you've ever seen done?
4 diabolo low with tricks
11. What tricks are driving you nuts right now (what are you working on)?
3 diabolo low

[Olive]

Yay! Tom´s here!

[enderson.chavez]

Name: Chavez Enderson
Location: Tachira, Venezuela
Age: 19
Website: https://www.youtube.com/user/chicho127able

1. How many years ago diaboloed for?
play for 9 months.
  Two. Who or what got you started? in college a friend took one, I knew it was not but I called attention, then a friend bought one and paid me, encourage me until I can collect money to buy mine.
Three. What do you like about the diabolo or juggling in general? I like it, because it is a way to drain all of us which will allow me to establish an intimate encounter with myself.
April. How many hours a day is what diabolo on average? Well, it depends, on vacation about 2 or more hours a day on average 1 hour.
5 How you juggle other props? If so, devil sticks, aerial fabrics
6. What are your pellets, sticks and strings favorites? Mr. Babache prefer. The short aluminum bats henry `s and yellow rope` s henry. That will work for me.
7. Would you like to work with 1, 2 or 3 diabolos the best? While still not mastered the two, with one I love
8. Which is your favorite diabolo trick you can do? is lift, this trick will fall in love the diabolo and makes the eyes of children shine
9. Which tricks are going crazy right now (which are working)? Vertax and two diabolos.

excuse the syntax, use a translator does not speak English.
 

[clydewerth]

hey I'm Clyde Werthington, new to diabolo-ing (not even sure the right way to say it yet XD)

Name:
Location:
Age:
Website:

1. How many years have you diaboloed for?
like 6 months maybe

2. What or who got you started?
just saw some vids on youtube I thought it was cool

3. What do you like best about the diabolo or juggling in general?
the freestyling aspect of it...doing whatever trick comes to mind

4. How many hours a day do you diabolo on average?
a couple. i've got class and work.

5. Do you ever perform with the diabolo?
not that good yet! hope to at some point but we'll see.

6. Do you juggle other props? If so: balls, clubs, rings, cigar boxes, devil sticks... ?
I can do devil sticks and yoyo and I can juggle balls. thats it tho.

7. What are your favourite diabolos, sticks, and string?
definitely a sundia shining triple bearing diabolo with my carbon fiber sticks.

8. Do you like working with 1, 2, or 3 diabolos the best?
one for now. been working in two lately.

9. What is your favourite diabolo trick that you can do?
I like grind tricks and suicides.

10. What is the most amazing diabolo trick you've ever seen done?
I've never seen cool ones in person but wow I've seen some amazing stuff on youtube.

11. What tricks are driving you nuts right now (what are you working on)?
loop and hook variations ughh don't get me started

12. What other diaboloists have inspired you?
none really. sad I know I've just been on my own and learning.

[Heorot]

Hello, I'm Rosie Twenty-something based in southern England (UK). Been doing circus skills for a long time but want to get better at diabolo!

1. How many years have you diaboloed for? I have been able to do diabolo itself since I was a teenager

2. What or who got you started? Local circus summer school

3. What do you like best about the diabolo or juggling in general? It's a neverending challenge and I just love the feeling of finally learning a new trick!

4. How many hours a day do you diabolo on average? Not enough!

5. Do you ever perform with the diabolo? Not yet

6. Do you juggle other props? If so: balls, clubs, rings, cigar boxes, devil sticks... ? Now that this question has come up, diabolo is not really my main prop but I do admire it a lot and want to improve. I juggling balls rings and clubs, I do poi most of the time and generally an all-round jack-of-all trades

7. What are your favourite diabolos, sticks, and string? Henry's diabolo, can't remember where the sticks and string are from

8. Do you like working with 1, 2, or 3 diabolos the best? Only on one at the moment

9. What is your favourite diabolo trick that you can do? Not yet skilled enough to answer this :<

10. What is the most amazing diabolo trick you've ever seen done? Oh goodness, I remember seeing Jonny Future years ago and he really blew me away

11. What tricks are driving you nuts right now (what are you working on)? Currently trying to get the basic tricks down

12. What other diaboloists have inspired you? He's probably mentioned all the time but Donald Grant is coool

[Mathéo Clément]

Hey! My name is Mathéo!
I live in Nancy I m French.
I am 14.

1. How many years have you diaboloed for?
About 7 years.

2. What or who got you started?
Everyone did diabolo at school. I tested and I loved.

3. What do you like best about the diabolo or juggling in general?
I like to surpass my limits and internet helps me a lot, because to see these people much older than me pushes me to go further.

4. How many hours a day do you diabolo on average?
If I had lot of free time, I will training every day.


6. Do you juggle other props? If so: balls, clubs, rings, cigar boxes, devil sticks... ?
Balls: 4                   clubs: 4                   rings: 3                    devils sticks: 1

7. What are your favourite diabolos, sticks, and string?
I use finesse Mister Babache, deos sticks and henrys yellow string.

8. Do you like working with 1, 2, or 3 diabolos the best?
I like working with 1 or 2 diabolos and I begin the 3 diabolos ! 

9. What is your favourite diabolo trick that you can do?
I don’t know.

10. What is the most amazing diabolo trick you've ever seen done?
The tricks what you can see in the ca.collaboration video ^^

11. What tricks are driving you nuts right now (what are you working on)?
The 3diabolos low.

12. What other diaboloists have inspired you?[/url]
I really like too what does Jarle and Havard Bergo, Alexis Levillon and Hiroki Kamei ( TIDC2013 1diabolo vertax 1st Hiroki Kamei (Special Recognition Award) )

[rocket]

Name: Michał Sudoł
Location: Warsaw, Poland
Age: 21
Website:

1. How many years have you diaboloed for? I'm only starting now.

2. What or who got you started? My friend.

3. What do you like best about the diabolo or juggling in general? It's very creative!

4. How many hours a day do you diabolo on average? I want to do it all the time!

5. Do you ever perform with the diabolo? Not yet.

6. Do you juggle other props? If so: balls, clubs, rings, cigar boxes, devil sticks... ? I can juggle 3 balls.

7. What are your favourite diabolos, sticks, and string? I don't know any names, my friend let me borrow his diabolo.

8. Do you like working with 1, 2, or 3 diabolos the best? I can only do 1 ATM.

9. What is your favourite diabolo trick that you can do? I like to do the spinning trick that my friend taught me.

10. What is the most amazing diabolo trick you've ever seen done? My friend can throw the diabolo very high in the air and spin 2 times and catch it!

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

12. What other diaboloists have inspired you? My friend but now I'm watching a lot of videos and see many great spinners!

[leomalabar]

Name: Leo Recio
Location: Conil, Spain
Age: 13

1. How many years have you diaboloed for? 4 years

2. What or who got you started? A friend told me about diabolo and i searched that on internet and I loved that.

3. What do you like best about the diabolo or juggling in general? Create tricks, Meet with others jugglers

4. How many hours a day do you diabolo on average? 1´5 hours

5. Do you ever perform with the diabolo? Yes, with a street klown

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

7. What are your favourite diabolos, sticks, and string? Taibolos, DEOS sticks and yellow Henrys string

8. Do you like working with 1, 2, or 3 diabolos the best? 1 and 2 diabolos (I can´t do 3)

9. What is your favourite diabolo trick that you can do? Some body combos, Vertax satellite, double sprinkler......

10. What is the most amazing diabolo trick you've ever seen done? Maybe 5 diabolos low by Robin? I don´t know!

11. What tricks are driving you nuts right now (what are you working on)? S-fan, integrals combos, antisuicide, some tricks on vertax..

12. What other diaboloists have inspired you?[/url] Robin Spinelli, Ettiene Chauzy, Eljas Aalto, Nico Pires, Wis, Hook3r,

[crystalbeast101]

Name: Jeff
Location: New York
Age: 18
Website:

1. How many years have you diaboloed for? 2 years

2. What or who got you started? street performers

3. What do you like best about the diabolo or juggling in general? its a great way to impress people and i like to put on a show

4. How many hours a day do you diabolo on average? 2

5. Do you ever perform with the diabolo? not yet but i wish to

6. Do you juggle other props? If so: balls, clubs, rings, cigar boxes, devil sticks... ? no

7. What are your favourite diabolos, sticks, and string? favorite diabolo: sundia triple bearing, sticks: aluminum (but they keep getting scratched and chewing through my string, any advice to how to care for them) string; no preference

8. Do you like working with 1, 2, or 3 diabolos the best? right now 1, but am starting to go to 2

9. What is your favourite diabolo trick that you can do? i dont have a favorite

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

11. What tricks are driving you nuts right now (what are you working on)? vertax tricks, and suicide w/o wrapping the string (if you can post a tutorial, that would be much appreciated)

12. What other diaboloists have inspired you? dont know any famous one's

[antotoshy]

Hi all !
I m Antoine ! I practice diabolo for 2 years now !
I can do 1 diabolo advanced tricks like integrals... I ve started vertax recently ! I too know 2 diabolo shuffle and starting tricks (sprinkler, suns, vortax...). To finish, i learn three for ... 8 months u.u : i perfectly do the unwrapp but then i just can't make the diabolo go UP ^^'
Moreover, i can juggle , or do unicycle

Thanks for this cool website !

Sorry for the mistakes (i n'french ^^)

Ant'

[Jlluna87]

Name: Jose Luna
Location: Jacksonville, NC
Age: 27
Website: Non

1. How many years have you diaboloed for? No years. Actually Just started about 2 weeks ago, but I'm sure I'll be with it for years

2. What or who got you started? I was looking at tutorial videos on YouTube for spinning poi. From there I saw a yo-yo video that just had me with my jaw dropped. When I saw the way it was set up, it reminded me a lot of something I seen on Homeofpoi.com. Went back to the site and Ordered me and my daughter each one.

3. What do you like best about the diabolo or juggling in general? So far everything! Yes, even the bruises and cuts that I've gotten from it already. lol

4. How many hours a day do you diabolo on average? On average? Hmm...Well since I'm still brand new at this, and it still fascinates me everytime I pick it up to spin, I spin at least 6-10+ hrs a day. Depending on if I have work or not.

5. Do you ever perform with the diabolo? Not yet. I have my roommates and neighbors that watch me practice outside.

6. Do you juggle other props? If so: balls, clubs, rings, cigar boxes, devil sticks... ? I consider poi juggling, since I have a set of wrapsta juggling poi. I want to learn contact juggling next. Probably starting beginning of next year

7. What are your favourite diabolos, sticks, and string? I've only had one set, but I love them! Juggle Dream Diabolo with Juggle Dream superglass handsticks

8. Do you like working with 1, 2, or 3 diabolos the best? Most of the time I working with only 1 since I'm still new. I do practice the shuffle with 2D though. Learned the 2D acceleration, but still learning corrections

9. What is your favourite diabolo trick that you can do? Mini Genocide. Been working on some combinations that I've been enjoying the flow of also.

10. What is the most amazing diabolo trick you've ever seen done? Totally fascinated with genocide/suicide/mini genocide routines. Kamikace's VotW on diabolo.ca is the one that I watch just about everyday. Trying to understand  the way the stick/string needs to wrap

11. What tricks are driving you nuts right now (what are you working on)? Mini genocide!!!!! Still learning the throws needed for proper front/back wraps

12. What other diaboloists have inspired you?[/url] Unfortunately I haven't been paying attention too much to names as I've been viewing. Kamikace is the only one that comes to mind, but that style is what I would like to master eventually.

Sidenote: I'm always interested in seeing other styles. I've seen some crazy Cradles and Knots! I just don't know where to look.