Oddballs Juggling Blog

BJC 2012

Harriet — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:23:07 +0000

Southend was the perfect setting for BJC 2012 – just the right amount of seaside glamour and hospitality to keep everyone happy. Thanks go to all the Essex residents for tolerating the enormous influx of jugglers, hoopers, poi spinners and general oddballs whose wonderful bizarreness make BJC such a special event. Each day (and night) seemed to be packed. You didn’t have to walk far to find the British Kendama Open, workshops in every imaginable prop, renegade shows or incredible stalls. Personal highlights for us include some late night club passing with Gora, tandem mini-bikes, more German Wheels in one place than we’ve ever seen and the 25th year award show (well done everyone that received an award). Congratulations also go to this year’s BYJOTY winner – That 5 club flash whilst unicycling was one of the most impressive things we’ve seen in quite a while, but personally we preferred the unicycle-meets-breakfast-cereal stunts performed at the renegade show. The Juggle Dream Uglies proved themselves to be prop of the convention at the Oddballs Stand, with everyone trying their hand at some WJF-style numbers juggling. There were plenty of other fun, new things to play with like Isolation Bars and Concept Diabolos. Donald Grant was an ace compere on the Saturday night, with a line up that is going to be hard to beat next year. Public Show highlights included a flawless Gandini LED show, the weird but hilarious Matthias Romir and our personal favourite Tony Pezzo with his beautiful yet totally tech ring juggling. The fact that he’s so young and so accomplished set the tone for the whole BJC this year. Each day we felt inspired (and perhaps, dare we say, intimidated) by the amount of seriously young jugglers pulling off tricks we’ve only ever dreamt about. As well as being an important event on every juggler’s social calendar and a great excuse to spend all day juggling, BJC proved itself vital for nurturing and encouraging young jugglers to keep pushing themselves whilst giving all the old faces a run for their money.
What more to say than roll on EJC 2012

British Juggling Convention 2012

Harriet — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:57:22 +0000

Hello everybody! We hope you are all heading over to Southend this weekend for the 25th Anniversary of the British Juggling Convention! There will be more fun things to do there than you can shake a club at. From unicycle workshops to The Ladybird Projects very own Big Top, all the way to a Pub Quiz for the adults, if you are a fan of anything to do with any aspect of juggling then this is the place to be this weekend. There will be plenty of stalls to buy props from and workshops to show you how to make the most of them. Our stall will stock most of our favourite quality products for the same competitive prices. So if you’re stuck for something to do then head on down, and don’t forget to come and say hello to our friendly staff at the Oddballs stall. For prices please go to http://www.bjc2012.co.uk/prices.php

Another year, another prop!

Harriet — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:11:24 +0000

Hello again friends, we hope you all had as wonderful a Christmas and New Years as we did! 2012 is destined to be the year of the juggler, so lets get straight down to whats new, shall we? For a little while now the new Juggle Dream Cyclone Quartz has been on our website, and we couldn’t be happier with it. The next generation from the original triple bearing Juggle Dream Cyclone, this little beauty has a 20mm axle which makes finger grinds and passes a doddle. The internal ball bearings allows for a much longer spin time than the standard diabolo – up to 20 times longer! It’s hard, translucent cups make for a stable spin, and when combined with Juggle Dream LED kits looks simply stunning (if we do say so ourselves). At only £17.99 we cannot recommend this diabolo highly enough. Why not check it out?

Christmas deals

Harriet — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 18:00:14 +0000

Well hello there Oddballers! Arent we full of the festive spirit over in our Santas workshop of juggling delights? As our regulars may have noticed (and its rather hard not to with a giant flashing banner on the home page), we have quite a few Christmas deals for you. Whether you’re finding a beginner diabolo to keep your little ones occupied over the holidays, treating a juggling friend to something special, or simply treating yourself just because you can, we’re sure to have the right deal for you! For instance take the deal we have for 5 of our LED glow balls for £29.99, we can save you £14.96! Or for those diabolo enthusiasts we have 2 Taibolo V2’s, a DVD, handsticks and string for just £60, saving £15.95 – this one is sure to have your loved ones Feeding the Sun long into the new year. Merry Christmas happy shopping!

No tricks, just treats!

Harriet — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:14:36 +0000

Hello my lovely Oddballers, and Happy Halloween! Apologies again for the long absence, but gosh have we got some goodies for you! Some you may be aware of and some you may not. However, I should feel I should mention that it is NEVER too early to get your Christmas shopping in. We all remember the rush of last year and nobody wants a disappointed face on Christmas Day.
So down to the props! From our friends at Play we have some rather lovely new Sil-X Implosion balls, just like the old ones but in 68mm and 100mm. Good for both juggling and Contact. We also have a new range of Sport juggling balls called the Ugly (by name but not by nature!) These little beauties are a real winner for Siteswap enthusiasts, especially fans of Garfield or Dietz. Another Juggle Dream prop is our new Fire Devil stick – Just as strong and sturdy as it’s more expensive counter parts, but they come with free hand sticks! Finally we have an addition to our Nils Poll range, a new colour way of orange and brown.

It’s been too long!

Harriet — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:58:08 +0000

Hello all,

Well haven’t we been a little slack? It must have been the Summer and all our new, lovely products that distracted us from blogging duties. Well the nights are getting shorter and we’re focusing our eyes on that big Christmas shaped form in the future…and we’re pretty sure that we know what’s going to be hot already this Winter. We’re excited to have our Lunar-Spin diabolos back in stock for sure. These LED, night-friendly diabolos diffuse light beautifully and tick all the boxes as far as performance and price goes. We’re also happy to unveil the new Hurricane diabolo from Juggle Dream. Juggle Dream have become one of the freshest and most innovative prop and skill toy designers in the last few years and the Hurricane is set to become one of your new favourites. It is a large sized diabolo, with slick, glossy cups and a seriously smooth triple ball bearing centre. This has been built for long grinds, infinte suicides and optimum performance. We’re also stocking a bundle of new unicycles from Qu-Ax (trust us, they’re all beasts!) and are set to have a new range of Sunrise Kendamas hitting our virtual shelves any day now. Couple that with new Pulsar fire torches and we’re sure you’ll agree that we’ve got it covered for the next few months

The Fantastic Flying Karamazov Brothers!

Harriet — Wed, 25 May 2011 16:10:42 +0000

Hello Oddballers, what a treat we have in store for you! We are thrilled to let you all know that the Flying Karamazov Brothers are performing in London at the Vaudeville Theatre from 9th of June. Not sure who they are? Well maybe this will entice you… The Flying Karamazov Brothers (not Russian, nor related) combine music, comedy, acrobatics, dance, juggling AND philosophy with kilts, facial hair, two thousand cardboard boxes and tutus! Tickets are usually available up to £39.50, but we’ll let you lovelies in on a little secret, they have a special Sneaky Preview Offer, be the first to see them for just £10!! The offer is valid on Thursday 9th at 7.30pm and Friday 10th 5.30 and 8pm. For more information call the Box Office on 0844 412 4663 or visit www.fkb.com. Enjoy!

The Play D-club!

Harriet — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 16:25:07 +0000

Ahoy hoy Oddbloggers, at long last the summers here! And with it we bring you our own little taste of Vitamin Dddddddddelightful in the form of the fabulous new Play D-clubs. These little beauties really are something special, for just £19.99 we bring you a club which is not only great for club and body balances, they also excel at club contact moves thanks to its silicone sections which run along the club. Not only that, but you can make them truly your own club with the ingenious ability to custom design sections of it! Check them out and be as wowed as we were. Til next time all you happy summer jugglers x

No Euro Trash Here!

Harriet — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 17:29:55 +0000

Hello Oddballers, apologies at the lateness of our latest blog, we’ve been rather busy! However, we’re not returning to you empty-handed. We can’t wait to introduce to you our brand-shining-new clubs; the Juggle Dream Euro Classic Juggling Club! An Entry Level club, this little beauty has a mirrored euro deco, heavy duty rubber knobs and heads, and flips a medium spin. They’re also a sweet club to juggle due to their flat knobs – a flat knob makes for better balancing. We’ve also now got in stock the quirky Monster Feet, green ‘monster foot’ styled 12cm high stilts, perfect for your little monsters (or the little monster in you)! We’ve also boosted our ‘Big Top’ diabolo range, bringing back blue and orange into the fray, and we’re bringing back the ever-popular Duncan Pulse yo-yo. Finally, you’ll all want to be watching this space for a whole cacophony of new delights; the new Play Rolla Bolla, the Mr. Babache Devil stick, Play plates and Play Junior rings! But that’s for another time.

Juggle Dreamers

Harriet — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 11:43:42 +0000

Hello again all you juggle dreamers, Chirpsy Oddblogger here about to let you in on all the good stuff thats come our way in the past couple of weeks. First things first, Im delighted to announce the arrival of our newest range of beanbag balls, the beautiful Juggle Dream 8 Ball! An 8 paneled, medium weight, faux leather ball with great stitching. More panels makes for a more stable and durable ball, and with a wide range of pearlescent colours we just love them. And the goodies just keep on coming with our new yo-yo, the Infinity Basic Pro. Its interchangeable bearings mean it can transform from a basic beginners yo-yo to a more advanced yo-yo, so its abilities grow with yours. It’s also available in a large variety of colours. One final slice of good pie for you all is to let you know of the Birmingham Ballring circus convention on Saturday 19^th February. Aimed at novices and professionals alike, it’s also bound to be a big hit for Kendama fiends with The Void giving a dazzling Kendama performance. Located at the University of Birmingham Guild of Students it’s sure to be great day for juggle lovers. That’s all ‘til next time, folks, Chirpsy out.