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Psychotic Neurotic
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PostPosted: Fri 28th Sep, 2007 2:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
aye i'm about 5'7, what do you sugest for a contact staff feely?
that staff you linked to was £20! BARGAIN.
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Felixwah
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PostPosted: Fri 28th Sep, 2007 2:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
oh yeh misread! lol the way to do it would be to measure where you would spin the staff in front of you to the floor and multipy it by two im 6ft3 and i have 2 110cms for doubles 1 120cm for fooking about and a 130cm contact although its not a very good one i want a 140 that weighs at least 1000g.

so my answer would probably be maybe?? lol
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MagsKat



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PostPosted: Fri 28th Sep, 2007 2:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Psychotic Neurotic wrote:
aye i'm about 5'7, what do you sugest for a contact staff feely?
that staff you linked to was £20! BARGAIN.


Oddballs do them for £16.00 but i like the look of the firetoys one!
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Felixwah
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PostPosted: Fri 28th Sep, 2007 2:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
From personal experience i would go straight for a fire staff! because when your ready you have it and arent forking out more money but it depends on funds i suppose. infact i could make a tut on how to make your own practice one wont cost more than a 10er either hmmm

these are the best fire ones IMO

http://www.firetoys.co.uk/juggling/firetoys_fibre3_contact_fire_staff_120cm.html

or

http://www.firetoys.co.uk/juggling/3_part_fire_staff.html

- i have the contact version of this! tis a winner! bit light for my liking! Smile
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Psychotic Neurotic
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PostPosted: Fri 28th Sep, 2007 2:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
give me a tuition Wink sockpoi makin style!!!
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MagsKat



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PostPosted: Fri 28th Sep, 2007 3:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
give me tution ..coming round my house style Very Happy
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Felixwah
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PostPosted: Fri 28th Sep, 2007 3:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
lol i will see you all at poipoi fest!!!

will do a staff one at some point i ont want to rush it Smile will try do it at weekend if not it will be tues :S
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MagsKat



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PostPosted: Mon 01st Oct, 2007 8:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I bought my staff!!!! whooo hooo!! only hit myself once!
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Invader_Xan



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PostPosted: Mon 01st Oct, 2007 8:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nice! Very Happy Hope you have a lot of fun with it!
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Daedra
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PostPosted: Mon 01st Oct, 2007 8:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Weeee! Do love the staff I must say! God I haven't done staff in a while actually, think I should pick it up again lol Rolling Eyes
But yeah have fun with the staff!
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mynci



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PostPosted: Thu 04th Oct, 2007 11:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I would say a staff approx 1ft shorter than you any longer and you risk it catching the floor behind you with behind the back passes. quite heavy as it reduces bounce and ideally VERY STRAIGHT as many staffs get a bend I would suggest something quite tough and durable like a 2mm steel.

I'm moving to improve my CJ to improve my staff Very Happy it'll improve my balance points across my body and smooth out my rolls like angel rolls and front side steves. and continuous full steves.

Learn to juggle Wink all the cool kids are doing it and it only takes about a day to become passably good at a 3 ball cascade.

(and I'm from Kingston Very Happy boy has that place changed since I left)
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MagsKat



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PostPosted: Fri 26th Oct, 2007 3:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
yeah someone from home!!
Mastered the hand wraps and neck rolls after a few goes.. had a nice arm wrap/underarm catch until i found out my arm was at the wrong angle..
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popinman



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PostPosted: Fri 26th Oct, 2007 7:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
im confused i looked up cj on youtube y is every1 using clear balls? is there something im missing on the subject (ie. why cant they use normal juggeling balls?)

anyhoo fan and cj look cool might give them a go when i have some time
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Daedra
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PostPosted: Fri 26th Oct, 2007 9:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
It's to give the impressive illusion to the person your performing to that the ball isn't moving. At least that's what I've always gone with! Very Happy
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Invader_Xan



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PostPosted: Fri 26th Oct, 2007 10:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Oh, you can contact juggle pretty much anything spherical. I quite like juggling oranges... I wouldn't try learning with just a thud (they're kinda bumpy), but rubber stage balls can be great. I own a couple, actually...

Thing is, the more perfectly spherical it is, the smoother you can get your tricks and the nicer it feels.

Polished acrylic is about as smooth as it gets. Plus, they look cool. Wink

Shiny steel ones are also pretty good...
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