With all students back at school, it was time for Footbag to return to the classes in Chile. After making a very successful alliance in 2012, the first school to return to was Colegio Los Almendros in La Florida.

La Florida is an outer suburb of Santiago and Los Almendros is a public school there. Once again the children were very enthusiastic, with many retaining their skills from the classes last year.

The classes in 2013 will look to add even more to the program. Students joined Daniel Boyle last year at the school sports day presentation, thanking the crowd in English and showing off their new skills.

This year, there are plans to host a footbag competition at the school, before getting nearby schools to take up the challenge and compete in a regional tournament.

Flying Clipper has made a great donation of footbags to Chile, which should be arriving in the country shortly. After giving a presentation about Sports and Education at the recent Edcamp Santiago, Daniel Boyle has opened up possibilities for classes at more schools and hopes to create a larger scale program this year.

Get Ready Ann Arbor!

Flying Clipper is proud to be an official sponsor of the Ann Harbor Juggling Arts Festival in 2013! We’ve sponsored this event for a number of years and it continues to grow and amaze us and the great people that attend every year! This is a wildly entertaining and interactive festival with lots to see and do.

Be sure to enter the raffle when you get there because you’ll have the chance to win a 5-ball set of our amazing Phat Tyre 32-Panel Juggling Balls with a Logo Pouch!

Here is some information from their official, event website:

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Wide World Sports
10am-5pm
2140 Oak Valley Drive
Ann Arbor, Michigan
–Games
–Lessons
–Workshops
–Prop Vendors
–Open juggling
Watch this space for more details!

Questions? Email juggling.festival@umich.edu or call Micah Tessler at (248) 990-8084.

Interested in organizing a workshop? Email Paul Wolberg (pswolberg, at comcast dot net).

You can also sign up for our juggling festival announcements email list

Also, check out a video from the 2010 event:

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWT61cHbl9I]

That’s right!

Flying Clipper is proud to be an official sponsor of the Tucson Juggling Festival 2013 celebrations happening this April! In our usual fashion, we’re sending a 5-ball set of our popular Phat Tyre 32-Panel Juggling Balls with a Logo Pouch for one very lucky raffle winner to take home from the event for free! That’s one more awesome reason to show up for this awesome event!!

Here’s some more information from their official, event website:

When: April 12-14

Where: Catalina State Park

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/351983031524362/

E-Mail: tucsonjugglingfestival@gmail.com

Map: https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=206853055981957982091.00046c6ace25138274906&msa=0

Cost: We operate entirely by donation, so give what you can afford. (Catalina State Park $15 per vehicle/per night overnight camping fee.)

 

This event marks the Tucson Juggling Club’s 5th festival!  It’s an informal 3-day event held at Catalina State Park on the north side of Tucson. Accommodations will be camping primarily, although there are some hotels relatively close by.The festival operates entirely by donation, however the park requires a small camping fee.  Plenty of time to juggle, hike, juggle, eat (potluck food, but we’ve never gone hungry), and juggle some more.  If you plan on attending it would help us greatly if you email tucsonjugglingfestival@gmail.com with an idea of how many people will be here and your estimated arrival and departure dates (from the Catalina State Park campsite).

 

We will be doing stenciling again this year, so bring something to decorate (shirt, bag, etc).

 

Schedule

Friday: Arrive and set up your camp.  Food to be shared will be set out on the picnic tables under the ramada and we will setup a fire.

 

Saturday: Wake up and juggle!  Stop when it gets dark.

 

Sunday: Slowly pack up while getting side-tracked to juggle with people you didn’t juggle with earlier.

 

For current weather info, click here.

5 Stars for the Dirtbag 42-Panel!

We just got a brand new customer review from a customer that recently purchased a Dirtbag 42-Panel footbag from the Flying Clipper Dirtbag Line-Up! This footbag measures 2.25″ in diameter, weighs in at 40-45 grams, and utilizes elongated, truncated hexagons and pentagons to form what we think is our most unusual footbag.

Check out what Shawn has to say about it too!

Fantastic!  

The product arrived quickly and looks fantastic. The guys at flying clipper do great work I recommend this product to everyone. – Shawn

High-number jugglers and multiplex jugglers will love this new juggle ball from the Flying Clipper!    

The Tossaball Phat Tyre Speeder Juggle Ball is a handmade, washable, juggle ball made from excellent-grip, ultra suede and filled to about 70% volume. Because it is filled with ground-up, recycled, tire rubber, small-handed jugglers can easily fit five of these balls in one hand with no trouble!

We already have a happy customer!

“Great service & product! I received my order just 8 days after payment, paying only $5 extra for international shipping all the way to New Zealand! My exact colour preferences were not available, so sensible substitutes were made – with an extra 8th ball to compensate, PLUS a carry pouch! These speeder tossaballs are rather small, but are very nicely weighted and true, and the artificial suede feels great. Will be easier to practice, and with fewer collisions should help me progress to 5 balls. Thanks again!”

–Michael Hall

 Get your hands on your very own Tossaball Phat Tyre Speeder Juggle Ball today at the Flying Clipper!

Get Ready New York!

Here comes the THIRD Annual Barefoot Monkeys Juggling and Fire Arts Convention at Vassar College, in Poughkeepsie NY! Flying Clipper is sponsoring this event in typical fashion; we’re sending a 5-ball set of our popular Phat Tyre 32-Panel Juggling Balls with a Logo Pouch for one very lucky raffle winner to take home from the event for free!

Event Info from the Official Monkey See Monkey Do 3D Website:

“Come one, come all to the THIRD Annual Barefoot Monkeys Juggling and Fire Arts Convention at Vassar College, in Poughkeepsie NY! Join us for a weekend of workshops, fire spinning, games, vendors, prizes and a Saturday night show. The past two years have been a blast, and this year’s is shaping up to be by far the biggest and most talent-filled convention yet!

Like usual, this event is totally free to attend! We’ll be looking into providing crash space for as many people as possible, as well as travel compensation to some teachers and performers (applications are above!). Stay tuned for more information as the date nears, and check out the logistics page for further details!”

WorkshopInstructors

• Aaron Nevil Hall
• Adam van Houten
• Aileen Lawler
• Anthony Pinggera
• Ben Reynolds
• Charlie Cushing
• Dave Statik
• David “Honeybear” Foregger
• Ben “Drex” Drexler
• Ember Flynn
• Evan Davis
• Felix Steiney
• Karen Sokolow
• Kevein Gao
• Liz Knights
• Lyca Mikhael
• Marvin Ong
• Matt Wise
• Ryan Elwood
• Sam Boyles
• Sam Stites
• Tom Grinyer

Related Links:

http://convention.barefootmonkeys.net/index.html

https://www.facebook.com/events/114772142027721/?fref=ts

https://www.facebook.com/VCBarefootMonkeys

http://www.youtube.com/barefootmonkeys

Flying Clipper is sponsoring WOMBAT March 2013!

That’s right! We’re sending a 5-ball set of our popular Phat Tyre 32-Panel Juggling Balls with a Logo Pouch for one very lucky raffle winner to take home from the event for free!

What is WOMBAT anyway??

“WOMBAT is the Winter Object Manipulation Bootcamp At Tufts, hosted by the Tufts Jumbo Jugglers and the organizers of Medford Spinjam. The event is a workshop weekend with classes for all levels of spinners. We’re here to share knowledge and build community with our fellow object manipulation artists.”

“Join us for a weekend full of learning and play! We’ll have workshops on poi, staff, hoop, juggling, acrobatics, and more, for spinners of all levels.”

– from the Official WOMBAT website, www.spinwombat.com

Relevant Links:

http://spinwombat.com/

https://www.facebook.com/SpinWOMBAT

https://www.facebook.com/events/108085329361879/

Get Ready Arkansas!

Peter Irish and many other talented jugglers are about to descend upon the All-Star Sports Arena in Springdale, AR for the 2013 NWA Juggling Festival! We’ve donated a 5-ball set of our famous Phat Tyre 32-Panel Juggling Balls and a Logo Pouch for the event raffle.

More information about the event and the many talented individuals and groups that will be performing can be found below. There are a few links with more information, as well as a lot of info taken from one of the Facebook Event pages listed below.

Event Info Pages

2013 NWA Juggling Festival event page:   https://www.facebook.com/events/405423979539978/

Event Information Hello, Everyone! It’s time to mark your calendars for the 2013 NWA juggling festival, April 12, 13, and 14. Gym space will be at the All Star Sports Arena: 1906 Cambridge Street Springdale, AR 72762) The gym will be open 5-10 pm on Friday, April 12, and 11 am – 5 pm on Saturday, April 13. Games will be Saturday afternoon. Golden clubs are up for grabs. Friday and Saturday night there will be all-night juggling at Galen’s house. Message Ellen Winters or Galen harp for the address. Renegade will happen, also at Galen’s The show will be Saturday, April 13 at 7 pm at the Global Campus Theater, on the downtown Fayetteville square. 2 East Center St. Fayetteville, AR. Sunday there will be juggling and BBQ at Galen’s. Performers: Peter Irish www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnqES24g2tE Doug Sayers http://whatsupjuggling.com/ Institute of Jugglology, performing Circuit III http://jugglology.com/ Ethan Robison http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L883KpQqJpk More performers TBA… Tickets for the show are now available online, $10 for adults and $5 for children under 10: http://nwajugglingspectacular.eventbrite.com/ Tickets will also be available at the door, $13 for adults and $7 for children under 10, cash only. Contact Galen Harp for crash space. Camping space is available and encouraged. Contact Ellen Winters with any other questions. In addition to the juggling festival, this year the city of Bentonville will be hosting a busker competition April 5, 6, and 7th! The week between the busker festival and the juggling festival will be full of shows and activities, including a float trip, a juggling and hiking trip, a trip to Crystal Bridges Museum (http://crystalbridges.org/), and a variety show deep in the Ozark Mountains (Eureka Springs). Check back for a more detailed schedule as the date approaches. Hope to see you all soon!

Get Ready University of Maryland!

Flying Clipper is proud to sponsor the 21st Annual Congress of Jugglers at the University of Maryland. We’ve sent them a 5-ball set of our Phat Tyre 32-Panel Juggling Balls with a Logo Pouch for the raffle being held at their event.

Find out more details about the event below and be sure to check out their club website for more information about the club and the university.  

2013 CONGRESS OF JUGGLERS

The 21st annual Congress of Jugglers at the University of Maryland will take place April 5–7, 2013. As always, it’s all free, and we invite jugglers of all ages, sizes, and skill levels to come!

If you’d like to get involved, awesome! We need jugglers to run workshops, performers to be in the show, and crash space to accomodate travelers. If you can help out, please contact Sophie Jablansky.

If you’d like to offer your support as a vendor, you can get more information here.

SCHEDULE

Open juggling will be held in the Ritchie Coliseum all three days:

Friday	6PM–12AM
Saturday	10AM–12AM
Sunday	10AM–3PM

In addition, we have the following planned for Saturday:

• Games, including unicycle hockey
• Workshops
• Performance show (in Hoff Theater)
• Fire juggling (outside of Ritchie)

We get a lot of great reviews of our products from professional jugglers, and it always warms our hearts to know jugglers out there are getting the most possible use in the most extreme environments out of their Flying Clipper juggling props. 

Rhys Thomas is a juggler from Portland, OR. He recently got his hands on some of our Phat Tyre 32-Panel Juggling Balls and he had some absolutely fantastic words to share about them! Read here:

I’ve juggled Flying Clipper bags professionally for over 20 years. During this run of kinetic employment, I’ve put various Flying Clipper bags to the test of street shows, stage shows and festival shows. I’ve had Flying Clipper bags that have gotten wet, sat under heavy props, been run over (oops), stepped on by livestock, got teethed on by babies and all survived to be juggled another day.

On St. Lawrence Island, Alaska in February, just uphill from the frozen whale head on the beach, I set my bowling ball down and it cracked from being so cold and brittle. My fingers were stiff and the clubs inflicted pain with each catch, but my Flying Clipper Tossaball Hybrid bags stayed supple and soft as ever.