Unfortunately, jugglefest is over. I did very little traditional juggling, but it was a great spintop fest for me.
Today Mark gave a spintop workshop with the SirBoot32 and myself as assistants. There were about 8 "students." But we had at least that many coming to our spintop corner and having us teach them how to throw.
For the Big Toss event (where everybody throws something in the air at the same time) Justin used a Quick Silver top, I believe. I threw a one-sided diabolo.
The gym is by the college track, so there were some joggling competitions. The best part is that Mark and myself tried a roller coaster dash on the track. I won't tell you the result, but we have video. I can see Mike reserving a plane ticket for next year
A very good cane juggler, Drew, is preparing a video with clips of some of the best jugglers in the world doing a trick (3 years in the making). The only condition is that a cane is included. Well, both Mark and I improvised something for him. He said he already had more than 100 jugglers, including at least another top player: Jochen!
We finished exhausted but with a bang, whipping the Chinese top with all we had left. It took us many tries to get it to high speed but it was finally blasting. I developed a blister on the left hand from holding the whip. But I tell you, best way to release any anger you may have
I met two guys from the border city of Laredo. One of them is the president of an association that has organized several international events on the Rio Grande. It seems that by a treaty between Mexico and the States, the river is free for everybody to use. So you can have a stage in the middle of the river, either on an island or a barge, and no visa is required. The river is narrow enough that the public can be on either side of the river. Well, he had this idea of organizing a spintop contest: the Mexico-US challenge! It seems that Laredo is interested in improving its image and there could be some funds available (they are now planing a canoe competition with a $5K first price). I think it would be very cool to compete on the middle of the Rio Grande!