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[Ketzaltlipoka]

I had forgotten to say that even, when you do "snap start" you can get a hit in your eye if you don`t do it good. You must be careful doing snap start; it can damage your eye too trying to do this trick.

[ta0]

Searching for a specific image to respond to a post about spintop injuries on the Spanish (pulpowsky) forum, I found this old thread.  Well, the image I was looking for is even more relevant to this thread, so here it is:



I hope nobody is discouraged  (our tips are much safer).

[the Earl of Whirl]

Is that Mary and the baby Jesus looking on?

[ta0]

Is that Mary and the baby Jesus looking on?

Yes.  It is a tradition in Mexico to commission these pictures to thank the Virgin or a Saint for prayers answered (there is a name for them, but I don't recall it). In this case a mother thanks the Virgin of Guadalupe for saving his son's eye after a spintop accident.  It says that the top was brought by the Reyes Magos (Three Kings/Wise Men). That would have been January 6th, the traditional day for giving gifts to children. It is dated January 7th, so I guess the accident happened when he was learning to throw (boomerang?) the brand new top.

This metal plate was on an ebay auction a dozen years ago.  At the time I didn't spend more than $25 on any top thing, so I could not get it.  I wish I had, because it is a wonderful image.

[jochs12]

Gives a whole new meaning to "Battle Tops".  You could do a real strong boomerang to one of Jim's or Richy's spike tops over your shoulder into an enemies face.

[cecil]

I just hit myself in the mouth yesterday, doing a corkscrew with a four inch wooden top. Long string = high speed =  blood. I went back and did a triple corkscrew with my hand lower, it worked. Big tops and corkscrews scare me. I guess no pain no gain? I hope I don't knock out a tooth. At my age I need all my teeth, not another dime.

[the Earl of Whirl]

I looked back over the posts and did not see anything about Dale Oliver.  I am thinking it was somewhere around 2003 that he showed up at our Miamisburg festival with a big red dot on the white of his eye.  I did not say anything about it for the longest time and finally I overheard him talking about his new quicksilver and how heavy it is and how you have to be careful with it and how he is a good example of that.  That seemed to be the scariest top injury to the eye I ever saw.

[Dick Stohr]

I tried searching this board but could not find the picture of Yo Thomas after the rope knot did a bad job on his eye.  One of his big tops did not throw as expected.  It was not pretty.

[ta0]

Mike, I am surprised you have not mentioned YOUR black eye at worlds 2010:

. . .
The first battle was really wild. We used the Mexican tops that Salvador sent me (unfortunately, the Mexican yo-yo association did not bring the eXtrem tops and the Mexican wrestling masks.) We started with Mexican rules (that I learned from Beto210): the first player started with a spinner and the next one tried to hit him; if he missed or his top did not spin he would become the next target. But soon we relaxed the rules and did not require the spinning what encouraged really strong throws. The prime example was pplgrande, who was hitting the ceiling every time after his top bounced off the the carpet! In fact, a couple of times the top ended up spinning inside the light box lining the top of the walls.  It became somewhat dangerous and Bob Rule who was an spectator got hit several times, no matter where he stood (even when he went out of the room to the hallway!) But the only real injury was self-inflicted: Mike Hout's top bounced back straight to his face and left him with a black eye (somebody should post the picture)! Mike had also the most spectacular hits because the player before him didn't tape the top like the rest so it was "split" in two parts two times (actually it just opened but we all high-fived Mike).  We played to 5 hits and Takeshi was the winner.
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I guess nobody took a photo of your eye

[the Earl of Whirl]

I am sitting at the computer trying to get my nose to quit bleeding.  Stupid hands.  I tossed the top right into my face and got my nose a pretty good one this time.

Just thought I would add to this thread!!!

[Kirk]

I am sitting at the computer trying to get my nose to quit bleeding. 

Ouch.  Shove something in front of your gums and under your upper lip. (way up high the gums)  I have used a 1 inch by 1/4 inch by 1/16 inch folded paper napkin or even writing paper.  I don't know why it works but I have done this many times.  Get well soon.

[113]

Hey Everyone,

Nope, I can't say I have ever been hurt in anway by a spintop, though, I certainly believe it is possible...

I have broken a glass, and stubbed my toe pretty badly while playing, but that is it...

Yoyoing however... Is another story.


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[Jack]

I am sitting at the computer trying to get my nose to quit bleeding.  Stupid hands.  I tossed the top right into my face and got my nose a pretty good one this time.

Just thought I would add to this thread!!!

holy hell get away from your keyboard!!! blood is damn near impossible to get out of a keyboard!!! .......dont ask how i know that @-@
also im sorry to hear about your nose   

what top were you using?

[the Earl of Whirl]

Thankfully there was no blood on the keyboard.  There is a definite slice in the nostril, though.  Just for the record, I also had a substantial bruise on my upper lip.  It is finally going away.  Now, back to better throws!!!

[Kirk]

Rushed a corkscrew on Wednesday.  QSH Bearing in the face. The shiner is fading.