Boomarangs

[Marcus Wilson]

Does anyone know anything about boomarangs? I am looking for some I could throw over an audience possibly juggling them. Is their anyone who does this? What boomarang would be good for this?

[MarcusM]

http://www.worldwideshoppingmall.co.uk/toys/tri-blader-novice-boomerang.asp

thats one of my favorites. but i dont use it in my show so i dont know how it would work.

[Steven Ragatz]

Building cross-stick boomerangs is very easy, and the work quite well for indoor use. However, you will still need a fair amount of space for any wooden model - even light wood rangs will circle a basketball court sized path.

http://www.stevenragatz.com/tutorial/rang.gif

Steven Ragatz

[le pire]

"The Happy Chef" from Big Apple Circus (& Circus to Go) closes his AMAZING set with five boomerangs juggled in a horizontal shower pattern over the audience. I can't remember his name, it's Xio-Ping or something...

[w]

In the same vein, I have seen straw hats horizontily juggled over the heads of the audience. It was at a Cirque show.

[zoobie]

All I know about boomarangs is that you can't throw them away...

[Dom]

Best trick ever seen with a boomerang was by one of the
Australian champions who'd put an apple on his head a la
William Tell, and throw one which would come back and split
the apple to smithereens.

Really impressive but highly wind dependant.

The most accurate ones are for the sport users mainly
in the states and here.

[Marcus Wilson]

Im Learning

Ive bought four different types of boomerangs and have a few more ordered. The two problems I am having is that they all fly a lot farther than I expected and its far more difficult to get them to come back than I thought it would be. Yes Zoobie you can throw them away getting them to return accurately is the trick. I am still looking for any help I can get. I am having fun learning to throw them and will post again if I ever get good enough to put one in my show.

[theincrediblelarry]

happy Chef

etienne- His Name is Yang, Xaio Di

[Josh Casey]

I met a guy years ago named Gary Broadbent, a serious boomerang collector, maker and fanatic. He makes one called the Backyard and has a pretty short travel distance, perfect for gymnasiums. And it's super easy to throw and catch. You can get them here:

http://www.broadbentboomerangs.com/purchase.html

In the description is says that is travels 10-15 feet before returning, which very inaccurate. It's short but not that short. The cool thing about them is that you can "tune" them by bending the blades allowing you to throw two at the same time with the same hand with one traveling a low route and the other a high route.

Good luck!

Josh