It was like he was doing 1A, 3A, 4A and 5A all at the same time with some horizontal mixed in.
Then he did something at the end that I don’t even want to spoil.
Does anyone Diabolo? Is there a huge learning curve. I’m going to search the forums for info too, but would love to hear from any diaboloers currently on the scene.
I have a fixed axle one I got from Infinite Illusions (I think) nearly 18 years ago after circus performers came to our school and did stuff with them. I never got much into it aside from the basics, but I wanna say it primed me to enjoy 4A.
The learning curve is not that steep. Especially if you already know how to yoyo, you can quickly land a couple of grind tricks. Once you learn how to start to spin the diabolo, you can directly dive into tricks. The spinning is a bit tricky to do efficiently (because you are always starting with a dead diabolo and there is no string wrapping it around like a yoyo). But there are many tutorials for it.
This thread also reminded me of an insane video I saw around 2009 that I’m having trouble finding online anymore. It used Wax Tailor’s The Tune as background music which is how I remember it all these years later. Give it a listen and you’ll see what I mean lol (fair warning: it’s quite the earworm)
Anyways, this was the page for the video titled “M4U - The Tune”
But the YouTube link is broken and the juggling.tv link doesn’t load anything for me on mobile at least. I swear I watched it as recently as a few years ago. I might have it saved on an old hard drive, so I guess I’ll finally have to dig it out and check whats on it.
ETA: never mind I missed there was a download link at the bottom of the juggling.tv link! I’ve rehosted it on YouTube.
ETA2: the video was copyright blocked for the song
Diabolo is quite similar to 4a, and in fact has very little learning curve to it. Its stage appeal is undeniable, covering a larger visual area with both size and actvity.
Like @attj said, the biggest part is initiating the spin, after that you can learn at a good pace (even more so if you already throw )
I love diabolo! I played a super cheap diabolo over last Summer vacation, and I remember having a lot of fun with it until it broke. Still haven’t got me a new one to mess around with but it is definitely in my wish list!