Introduce yourself

[king1107]

The photo of Eric doing 5 is a fake...

how to you know

i have suspicion this before...

[William]

It wasn't Eric, Benni. It was Antoinin

[Matt?]

Havnt done this yet, so i thought i would:)


Name: Matt
Location: London
Age: 16
Website: www.myspace.com/by_demons_driven

1. How many years have you diaboloed for? um, 4/5 months

2. What or who got you started? Jackson (guy at my school, awesome diabolist)

3. What do you like best about the diabolo or juggling in general? The sence of community

4. How many hours a day do you diabolo on average? 1/2/3

5. Do you ever perform with the diabolo? have done mini performances

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

7. What are your favourite diabolos, sticks, and string? MB finnesse G2 (YELLOW), Henrys carbons short, henrys yellow string

8. Do you like working with 1, 2, or 3 diabolos the best? 1 is fun for putting together combos, and in some cases can look so much more magical than 2 or 3, but im currently working on getting 2d solid.

9. What is your favourite diabolo trick that you can do? probably a trick i cant be bothered to explain, as i dont think it has a name. but other than that, genocides, mini gens, i like working with suicides.

10. What is the most amazing diabolo trick you've ever seen done? on a vid, 2d vertax start was impressive, live, this really wierd body combo that lookd absolutly mind bending.

11. What tricks are driving you nuts right now (what are you working on)? 2d stuff, fans are getting on my nerves

12. What other diaboloists have inspired you? WBGS diabolo crew (apart from the small blonde kid) and Antonin.

[Alex!]

Lol, the Blonde kid doesn't count in the crew, unless you mean me... Since when have you been 16 (15 )

[Beni]

It wasn't Eric, Benni. It was Antoinin

I meant Antonin...

[Koks]

Name: Marcin
Location: Srebrna Góra \ Poland
Age: almost 18
Website: -

1. How many years have you diaboloed for?
About a half
2. What or who got you started?
People from Slot Art Festival
3. What do you like best about the diabolo or juggling in general?
I don't know Maybe this feeling after doing a hard trick
4. How many hours a day do you diabolo on average?
min. 1 hour, sometimes 5
5. Do you ever perform with the diabolo?
Only for friends
6. Do you juggle other props? If so: balls, clubs, rings, cigar boxes, devil sticks... ?
3 balls, now i'm learning 4
7. What are your favourite diabolos, sticks, and string?
Finesse G2, Henry's Alu sticks, orange string
8. Do you like working with 1, 2, or 3 diabolos the best?
I haven't tried it yet
9. What is your favourite diabolo trick that you can do?
I don't have any favourite trick
10. What is the most amazing diabolo trick you've ever seen done?
Excalibur Genocide
11. What tricks are driving you nuts right now (what are you working on)?
Excalibur, still trying to make it perfectly vertical
12. What other diaboloists have inspired you?
I was shocked after watching Sharpes video  

[el_grimley]

After 6 months without an interweb connection I'm back. Woo hoo!

[nev]

welcome back

[Ryderus]

Name: Pancho "Ryderus" (Latin Power!)
Location: Quito \ Ecuador (Born in Chile)
Age: 15
Date of Birth: 12/08/1991
Website: -

1. How many years have you diaboloed for?
Almost 1 year
2. What or who got you started?
Some juggler friends in school
3. What do you like best about the diabolo or juggling in general?
I feel the Diabolo as an art, and i love to share it with other people. Its always cool to learn new tricks..
4. How many hours a day do you diabolo on average?
2-7
5. Do you ever perform with the diabolo?
Minimum performances; for kids, my friends, etc
6. Do you juggle other props? If so: balls, clubs, rings, cigar boxes, devil sticks... ?
Nope, Diabolo rules
7. What are your favourite diabolos, sticks, and string?
Henrys Circus, Carbonfiber Short (black), white string
8. Do you like working with 1, 2, or 3 diabolos the best?
2d is what i like the most right now; and starting to learn 3d. Love to work with only one too..
9. What is your favourite diabolo trick that you can do?
I dunno, i have some combos that I enjoy doing
10. What is the most amazing diabolo trick you've ever seen done?
hmmmm no answer... I've seen so much Diabolo crazyness!
11. What tricks are driving you nuts right now (what are you working on)?
Stupid FANS!! lol
12. What other diaboloists have inspired you?
Antonin and Eric, JiBe, Baptiste, Marijn H!!

[nooobish]

Name:Blair Collins
Location:New Zealand
Age:30
Website:

1. How many years have you diaboloed for?
Years??? i just got my diabolo last week

2. What or who got you started?
I remember seeing diabolo on television years ago and bought one when i saw it so now i have to learn


3. What do you like best about the diabolo or juggling in general?
Mainly that it is a dexterity thing, not so much a strength/fitness thing. And the fact that when you learn a new trick you know it was all you and that feels great!

4. How many hours a day do you diabolo on average?
As many as i can fit in, am so bad at it at the moment i spend a lot of time just trying to get starts/add spin working
5. Do you ever perform with the diabolo?
ahhhh......no

6. Do you juggle other props? If so: balls, clubs, rings, cigar boxes, devil sticks... ?
I am mediocre at devil sticks, 3 ball juggling and contact juggling

This site looks like it could be the best thing ive found, unless/until i find someone who can teach me in person

Love, light, peace etc
blair

[Stys]

Name: Alexey Stysin
Location: Moscow, Russian Federation
Age: 23
Website:  www.keksterdynamics.ru

1. How many years have you diaboloed for?
almost 8 years

2. What or who got you started?  
A guy from school brought a diabolo once and showed me some basics

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

4. How many hours a day do you diabolo on average?  
I do diabolo mostly in summer, sometimes several hours a day

5. Do you ever perform with the diabolo?  
Yes, I do sometimes perform at Moscow State University campus and at open air festivals.

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?  
I've tried only one diabolo: Henry Circus Diabolo with wooden sticks

8. Do you like working with 1, 2, or 3 diabolos the best?  
Never tried more then 1

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

10. What is the most amazing diabolo trick you've ever seen done?  
I havent seen much tricks live

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

12. What other diaboloists have inspired you?  
4 or 5 years ago I met a person from Holland at the open air festival in Moscow. I havent ever met anyone doing diabolo better then him . Unfortunately I don't remember his name.

[k2pek2]

Name: John Lipinski
Location: Chicago, IL
Age: 13
Website: ...

1. one year

2. Stuart Babc*ck and the CMS (my school, Charles J. Caruso Middle school) diabolo club!

3. its fun, challenging and can draw a huge crowd which is fun

4. 1-2 now that im teaching the CMS diabolo club.

5. I performed in the CMS talent show last year with the club, and this years performance is going to be even better!

6. I am starting to devil stick

7. Diabolo: Mister Babache Harlequin. Sticks: Fiberglass. String: the stuff off Renegade

8. I've only done one diabolo at a time. I don't want to do more

9. Darkcide! SO cool!

10. Me. Genocide. WOW luck.

11. Under the leg.

12. Stuart Babc*ck. Brad Sturt.

*edit ha ha a message filter messed up his name!

[Pause]

Name: Steve Chase
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Age: 22
Website: www.myspace.com/yo_pause_yo

1. How many years have you diaboloed for?

3...ish? Maybe 2.

2. What or who got you started?

A guy named Ben that worked at The Children's Museum Of Indianapolis. I was walking by and talked to him. Then he eventually said you want my job? I'm leaving for college. So I took it.

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

I don't really know. All I know is that in juggling I like numbers juggling. I don't really care too much about patterns. And in diabolos I like smooth flowing tricks. If it's at all choppy I hate to do it.

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

Well, I plan on putting in a lot more when things settle down and I get into college. But as of now, and days, the most I practice is probably ten to twenty minutes a week.

5. Do you ever perform with the diabolo?

I did everyday when I worked at The Childrens Museum Store. I was the demo guy. I played with yoyo's mostly though.

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

I HATE clubs. I'm sorry guys   I just don't enjoy them at all. But that doesn't mean that I don't enjoy watching them. I'm a balls guy (I hate that running juggling joke, too.) I'm pretty mean with a pair of devil sticks though.

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

Spintastics Spinabolo Pros. Are there any other kind?   I LOVE the black fiberglass short sticks (By henry's I think), and I love woaven neon pink nilone string that you can get at Lowes Hardware. It's SUPER cheap and by far the smoothest string that you can use.

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

That's a really hard question to answer. Probably 2...no 1...no 2...no 1...no 2.

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

The orbiter (aka spinklers)

10. What is the most amazing diabolo trick you've ever seen done?
Go to http://www.yoyoing.com/videos/play.php?vid=2833
The trick right before the staircase scene is the COOLEST trick ever made.

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

Honestly, I'm embarassed to say that I never learned the fan. It's just one of those tricks that I never slowed down to learn.

12. What other diaboloists have inspired you?

Stupendous is very insperational and also I think that Hadriabolo (Hadrian, I think) is my favorite diaboloer. I don't know why, but I'd rather watch his freestyle than any of the mad french posses.

[FusionBoy]

Name: Nicholas Ng (Nick)
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Age: 22 (1985)
Website:

1. How many years have you diaboloed for?
Since the start of 2005 so 2 years now.

2. What or who got you started?
Sean's old sprinkler video (the one where he was skiing as well)

3. What do you like best about the diabolo or juggling in general?
That feeling just after you've done a really hard/new trick for the first time.

4. How many hours a day do you diabolo on average?
2-4 hours a week although I hope to increase this.

5. Do you ever perform with the diabolo?
No.

6. Do you juggle other props? If so: balls, clubs, rings, cigar boxes, devil sticks... ?
Balls. Before diabolos, I had "phases" where I would juggle with one prop almost exclusively. Each time, I thought "this is the prop I'm sticking with". Maybe diabolo is just the most recent "phase". Past props include: yo-yos, balls, clubs and rings.

7. What are your favourite diabolos, sticks, and string?
I've only really used Mister Babache Finesse G2s, Henry's aluminium (aluminum?) sticks, and Henry's yellow string so I guess I don't have a favourite.

8. Do you like working with 1, 2, or 3 diabolos the best?
All are good but I guess I prefer 2 over 1. Maybe once I can do 3 I'll prefer that over 2. Depends on what tricks I'm working on.

9. What is your favourite diabolo trick that you can do?
2 handed-whip-thing to genocide (1d). Trash's web gets the coolest reactions from other diaboloists who can't do it yet although I might not do it anymore since it "disrupts" other diaboloists too much as they try to do it.

10. What is the most amazing diabolo trick you've ever seen done?
Antonin's infinite suicide to genocide where he swings the stick on the otherside of his body first before catching the diabolo in a genocide. Also Excalibur (vertax?) genocide.

11. What tricks are driving you nuts right now (what are you working on)?
3d shuffle, 2d vortex, 2d fan, 2d s-fan

12. What other diaboloists have inspired you?
Sean, The Mad French Posse, Ryo Yabe, I'm sure there others that I can't think of.

[brind0g]

Name: Andrew
Location: Australian.. Currently living in New Zealand
Age: 21
Website: .. Dont have one...

1. How many years have you diaboloed for? On and off since i was 13.. accumalitive about 4 - 5 years

2. What or who got you started? A phase going around Australia.. thanks to Yo Ho... and its stuck with me ever since

3. What do you like best about the diabolo or juggling in general? Very Fun... always get good reactions from spectaters.. Not that i perform.. Good way to unwind... You can do it pretty much where ever... u can always adapt tricks to suit the environment ur in..

4. How many hours a day do you diabolo on average? 4 - 5 hours a week i guess.. depends on how busy i am

5. Do you ever perform with the diabolo? Nope

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

7. What are your favourite diabolos, sticks, and string? Waiting for the new ones to come from UK

8. Do you like working with 1, 2, or 3 diabolos the best? Cant do more than 1 yet..

9. What is your favourite diabolo trick that you can do? Dont know the name for it... lol

10. What is the most amazing diabolo trick you've ever seen done? Too many to list!!

11. What tricks are driving you nuts right now (what are you working on)? Using 2 diabolos

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

Id just like to say hi to everyone and say this website is amazing!! Even though im from another geographic location, this website has helped me heaps!! GOt soo many tricks im wanting to try now! Keep up the awesome work guys!!

[William]

Where about in Australia were you/are you??

[brind0g]

Gold Caost, well just south of the Queensland Border to be EXACT.... Murwillumbah... hahaha

[FusionBoy]

Name: Andrew
Location: Australian.. Currently living in New Zealand

Where in New Zealand do you live? There are a bunch of weekly juggling nights around the country and you can find out more here. I live in Auckland so I go to that one every week. I might see you there some time if you live in Auckland.

[brind0g]

Yeah i live in Auckland.. Remuera... But i randomly saw some guy at the Uni and he was pretty good, Tim i think his name was... HE told me about the Ponsonby Gathering every Wednesday night? I dont have time to go yet, but week after next i will.. Hopefully go there and meet sum fellow diaboloists

[AkatsukiDiabolo]

huh, i havent done this yet
Name: Edward L
Location:Castro Valley, CA, US
Age:14
Website: none

1. How many years have you diaboloed for?
first picked up a chinese yoyo some 8 years ago, put it right back down, and picked up diabolos about 5 years ago, and really got into it 3-4 yrs ago
2. What or who got you started?
Chinese school
3. What do you like best about the diabolo or juggling in general?
its fun
4. How many hours a day do you diabolo on average?
at least a hour, more if i have time
5. Do you ever perform with the diabolo?
yes
6. Do you juggle other props? If so: balls, clubs, rings, cigar boxes, devil sticks... ?
nope, but it seems fun
7. What are your favourite diabolos, sticks, and string?
henry circus + spinabolo (vertax only), white carbons,...and some awesome red string i found in taiwan
8. Do you like working with 1, 2, or 3 diabolos the best?
all of the above, although i only get like 4 shuffles for 3d every 30th try
9. What is your favourite diabolo trick that you can do?
umm triple sprinkler+stick release exit
10. What is the most amazing diabolo trick you've ever seen done?
oh there's alot...and i want to learn them all
11. What tricks are driving you nuts right now (what are you working on)?
3d, fan, steady 2d high, unwrapped infinite suicide, vertax genocide
12. What other diaboloists have inspired you?[/url]
Uh my favs are William Wei liang Lin and Ryo yabe, then the MFP, and anyone else that can do 3d (yes i am obssesed with learning 3d)