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stranger
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Location: New Zealand
stranger
1 post
Location: New Zealand
Posted:
We went to the circus the other day and they were spinning these ropes with bowls on the end. they were about 2 metres long, i think. It was really impressive nd we completely want to learn this. they could kick the rope up into the air.
Does anyone know what this is?
We went to the circus the other day and they were spinning these ropes with bowls on the end. they were about 2 metres long, i think. It was really impressive nd we completely want to learn this. they could kick the rope up into the air.
Does anyone know what this is?
Stick spinner
43 posts
Location: Brighton, England
43 posts
Location: Brighton, England
Posted:
did the ropes have bowls on both ends because if so these sounds like meteors. if they only had a bowl on one end they sound like a rope dart.
did the ropes have bowls on both ends because if so these sounds like meteors. if they only had a bowl on one end they sound like a rope dart.
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1,277 posts
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
owner of the group property
1,277 posts
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
Posted:
Almost certainly meteors. The move you describe isn't really one you can do with rope dart, and I've never heard of bowls being used with rope dart.
Almost certainly meteors. The move you describe isn't really one you can do with rope dart, and I've never heard of bowls being used with rope dart.
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stranger
2 posts
Location: USA
stranger
2 posts
Location: USA
Posted:
Yup, sounds like a meteor hammer, and using bowls on the end is a traditional training/performance modification. Wikipedia has some good info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteor_hammer#Fire_meteor_and_other_variations
Here's what a kick looks like with a rope dart:
If it was actually a meteor hammer then I imagine you could release and kick the whole thing into the air, a variation on how sometimes people will just throw it the entire toy into the air (which always reminds me of somebody throwing pizza dough).
Yup, sounds like a meteor hammer, and using bowls on the end is a traditional training/performance modification. Wikipedia has some good info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteor_hammer#Fire_meteor_and_other_variations
Here's what a kick looks like with a rope dart:
If it was actually a meteor hammer then I imagine you could release and kick the whole thing into the air, a variation on how sometimes people will just throw it the entire toy into the air (which always reminds me of somebody throwing pizza dough).
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member
64 posts
Location: Oklahoma, USA
member
64 posts
Location: Oklahoma, USA
Posted:
Yea those are meteors you can see that exact move in Cirque's Vareki here
Yea those are meteors you can see that exact move in Cirque's Vareki here
Jocuri
1 post
1 post
Posted:
uii ,really interesting ..
uii ,really interesting ..
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