high folks !
it all went smooth during the weekend
Rodrigo performed many great demos with colombian tops,
including one really tiny top which he boomerangs and
get it walk from elbow to wrist...
the big ball'n'cup routine was nice too ,
and this baby weights at around one kilo
besides that the whole crew (around 12 demonstrators)
have been taught by Mr Liu from Taiwan 2 years ago,
and when it comes to throw tops with 5.5 m ropes in a frisbee on a stool,
it becomes crazy...we hit 6 tops in the target together!!
another fine attraction was jean-do with his pedalling lathe..
his mastering of the "gouge" I mean the chisel is amazing:
he uses only one tool (despite the vibrations from unskilled bikers)
a very sharp hss profiling gouge, and when he feels it would need honing ,
he has 3 spare tools exactly the same already ready,
like these guitar heroes in the seventies or tennismen
who only usede one same racket/guitar tuned whatever
then,
Cyril "le collectionneur" arrived on saturday at noon!
he had never been to the festival before and you know,
his collection is so huge that he often seems blasé ..
but this time ,he told me "c'est pas mal ton truc !"
later "c'est vraimen bien".. and later " c'est super cette xpo!"
with ludo : what a reward to hear cyril !!
he spent 2H commenting the various displays and he almost bought a bizarre top from the diabolo museum
it will end into an exchange ..
all in all:
fair /good media coverage
good attendance but some people stranded because lack of road signs
besides the collections the strength of the event relies on a group of
skilled players: ludo and I' s friends who come freely,full board for 4 days
diabolo museum : reno,colin ,thierry ,baptiste
asso welwedj : dorian, emmanuel,mer-mouille,cédric
skill toy boyz:philippe,damien,quentin,thomas ,thiphaine,david
next year we plan JAPAN
and may be Ricardo Cadavero in BRussels ...)
a few pics later
I had willingly left my camera at home
tomorrow the eiffel tower with rodrigo
jim
