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North and South American Boomerang Links USA - United States Boomerang Association is maintained by Tony Brazelton. If the first link doesn't work, try United State Boomerang Association Link #2. This site is a comprehensive maze of information and links for everything that you wanted to know about boomerangs. This site also includes a calendar of USBA events.
- BoomerangUSA is
a web site with a focus on USA Competition Throwers
- Bailey Boomerangs - Ted Bailey's online boomerang catalog. Products include: books and CDs about boomerangs, MTAs, Paxolin competition boomerangs, distance booms, collectable 'rangs, strip laminated blanks, boomerang software, back issues of newsletters, low cost booms, long distance throwing rings, and loads of other goodies.
- Paul Gustafson has posted a web page for The Vermont Boomerang Association with links to web pages about How To Throw, Introduction to Competition and more.
- Gary Broadbent Jr. is paying
his way through college by auctioning off rare collectable boomerangs
and throwsticks. Check out Gary's Collectable Boomerang Auction
Home Page.
- Boomerangs in the Rocky Mountains. This web page has special links to web pages that contain The Complete Text for Back Issues of Boomerang News. This page also has links to various other boom-sites.
- Gregg Snouffer has
posted a web page about the newly formed COBRA Boomerang
Team located in Central Ohio. Take a look and see how rad American
throwers can be.
- Thrower is a comprehensive web page maintained by Matthew Rapaport that has links to just about anything that is thrown, including boomerangs. There is a heavy emphasis on throwing knives, but you can also find information about: Stars and other shuriken; Spears and Atlatls; Axes; Laryates; Bolos; Whips; Boomerangs; Chakra; and Slings.
- Alan Scott Craig has posted a web page depicting his fine art boomerangs at Art of Boomerangs.
- Mark Horstmeier has published a
comprehensive web page about MTA Boomerangs
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- Jani Macari Pallis of Cislunar Aerospace, Inc. has posted several web pages that discuss Aerodynamics in Sports Equipment,
- NASA has a Learning Technologies K-12 Home Page with links to several pages about boomerangs such as the Four Wing Boomerang and Finger Boomerang pages. You can also download a great Macintosh or Windows application that shows airflow around an airfoil at various angles of attack!
- Visit Chicago Bob's home page for the 1998 World Cup. Also check out the World Cup '98 Competition Rules. Chicago Bob also has a web page summarizing the 1997 USBA Ranking and the 1997 World Ranking.
- Tuning Guide. Check out Sotak's list of Boom Links.
- Dave Martin has a page on how to throw Night-Rangs: Dave's Nite Rang Web Page.
- MOTHERS AGAINST BOOMERANGS!!! is a web page created by Dallan Reese with a focus on boomerang activities at the University of Texas at Austin.
Canada- Montreal Boomerang Club - Boomerang Club de Montreal home page maintained by Stéphane Marguerite.
- Stephane Marguerite
has posted a Wallaby
Boomerang Web Page where you can purchase his fine hand crafted
boomerangs.
- Etienne Sourd has posted a web page with photos of his trip to the 1996 World Cup in New Zealand. The page is in French, but the photos can be read in every language.
- Cryderman Boomerangs - John Cryderman is one of the best sources for strip laminated boomerangs in the world. Visit his WWW page and see what he has to offer. Also check out John's Slingshot Web Page.
South America- Brazil
- Bumerangue do Brasil has a nice web page complements of Ricardo Bruni Marx.
- Check out Carlos Martini Filho's Bahadara Boomerangs web page. It is very well done with history, catalog, photo gallery, etc.
- Walter Mazar has posted the
Mazar Bumerang
Web Page featuring his boomerang activities.
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European Boomerang Links -
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Please visit the European Boomerang Championships in Rome 2003
Please visit the World Boomerang Championships in France 2004
- Belgium
- The Belgian Boomerang Club has an informative and well organized web page with information about throwing in Belgium.
- Fast Herm's Boomerang Pages - Herman Peeters of Belgium created this home page with links and pictures of his boomerang collection. Nicely done.
- Czech Republic
- Lubomir Husek has posted a web page for the new Czech Republic Boomerang Team
- Belgium
- Bumerangy is a Czech
source for Rangs Boomerangs from Australia
- Denmark
- Please visit the home pages of the Danish Boomerang Club (#1) and Danish Boomerang Club (#2)
- Ulf Valentin has expanded his many talents to the internet by creating the Valentin Home Page dedicated to Ulf's innovative night 'rangs, boomerang design software and other incredible technologies.
- Jens Krabbe has published his Krabbe Boomerang web page with photographs of the boomerangs from his collection. There is also a page with information about Danish Boomerang Events in both Danish and English.
- England
- Martin Laslett has constructed an additional web page for The British Boomerang Society. This site has a rather good section on how to throw and why boomerangs return. Contact Sean Slade for more information about this organization.
- Wicked Vision Ltd in London represents Rangs brand boomerang products. Check out www.rangs.co.uk today.
- Susan and Richard Ogilvy make a wonderful line of plywood and strip laminated boomerang products in Scotland. Check out the DAVRO Boomerangs web site today.
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- Hugh Hunt, a displaced Aussie lecturing at Cambridge in the UK, has
written a rather nice explanation for why a boomerang
returns. This one is worth visiting for sure.
- Amiel Arnaud has published web pages with instructions for making a Cardboard Boomerang and a CD Boomerang.
- The Gift Store UK offers a boomerang kit
for £16.99 which includes a boomerang, booklet and can of wax in an
attractive box.
- Finland
- Heikki Niskanen is another thrower from Finland who has posted some great WWW pages. Do you want to see Heikki's Photo Gallery of great boomerang shapes or How to Make a Boomerang? There is even a Second Hand Boomerang Shop where you can barter your boomerangs with others. Find out about the Arctic Sun Throw '98 which was held concurrently with the International Prehistoric Weapons Games in Kilpisjärvi, Finland on 19-21 June 1998.
- France
- The France Boomerang Association has a FBA Web Page with a calendar of events, links to other French clubs. The editor of the FBA newsletter is Samuel ARNON.
- Another new site is BOoMLaNd, where you can find a lot of information, plans, stories,photos and even downloads. Very nicely done too!
- La Pérouse Boomerang
Club has a terific new web page with photos of Jacques Thomas
and his famous museum collection. There is also a section about Egyptian
Boomerangs in English. Many thanx to Maurice
Monnot for hosting this page.
- The Art Boomerang Club of Paris has posted their club's page with information on club activities, boom plans, links, photos, competition history, etc. Pages are in French and English. The club's internet contact is: Pau-Taion (Pumpkin)
- You can find Serge d'Ignazio's book, titled "Boomerang Collection" for sale on the French Alapage web site for 19 Euros. This is a fascinating self published book showing boomerang designs by many boom makers.
- Laurent.Blanchard has posted a rather nice web site called Characteristics of Boomerangs which compares the designs of different boom makers and includes lots of links to boom plans. Of special interest is Laurent's web page depicting Boomerangs Made by Pierre Kutek.
- Pierre Kutek has posted a web page depicting his unusual composite boomerangs as well as a page with boom links. Check out Pierre's web page showing Georgi Dimantchev's competition boomerangs and a special web page honoring Art & Les Janetzki and their boomerangs.
- The L'Ami boom web site
has lots of information about boomerang history, plans, throwing sticks
and more.
- The Cambresis Boomerang Club is Yves Cazè's French language web page with an Avi video of Adam Ruhf's fast-catch throw at the indoor comp at Cambrai. There are also shapes of Axone Booms (by Francois CLOUET of Cambrai).
- The Kangaroo Boomerang Club is Laurent Brancaleoni's comprehensive page has links to a calendar, plans, science, and lots more. Both French and English pages are available.
Boomerang Passion - a huge site where you can discover the boomerang, read instructions about throwing, making (more than 150 plans are available) and decorating. You'll find boomerang news (competitions, records), a directory of 130 sites about boomerang, many free downloads, a newsletter, and a FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions). Contact Boomerang Passion- LMI-Fox has a web page with a description of their excellent plastic boomerang products, designed by many of Europe's most talented boomerang manufacturers. These are top performance boomerangs. There is even a plastic lefty. You can also email LMI-Fox Boomerangs to find out more.
- Jean-Louis ORGUEIL has a French Boomerang Web Page with lots of information about boomeranging in France.
- Damien Germani has posted the Haakon's Web Page with information about boomerangs and snowboards. This site is in French and has plans, theory, history, etc.
- Luc CORMIER's has posted
a rather informative Boomerang Home Page
with lots of great informaiton including Luc's own cartoon gallery.
- Boz's Boomerang Pages - Boomerang web page of Froment Laurent. Has lots of boom plans.
- Check out the Wig-Wam
Boomerang web page, in French of course.
- Germany
Gerhard Bertling's Boom Page - This is a clever and very well done web site. Gerhard includes an online color catalog of his beautiful strip laminated boomerangs and a page for Bumerang Welt, an excellent German language newsletter. Please check out the Wilhelm Bretfeld Memorial Web Page. Wilhelm Bretfeld is recognized as the father of the MTA boomerang. Klaus Dieters Bumerangfibel is Klaus Dieter Franke's comprehensive German language web page with links to tuning tips, physics, boom designs and just about everything you wanted to know about boomerangs.
- Holland
- Algemene Boemerang Organisatie Holland is the Dutch language homepage for the Dutch club that hosts one of Europe's finest annual tournaments. You can also email: Peter Hartog or Erik Leferink.
- Ewout Koldenhof has a terrific Boomerang Plans web site in both Dutch and English
- Fedde Engwerda is the Dutch Boemerang Man.
- All4hobby is a Dutch
outdoor-warehouse with a boomerang department. This web site is in both
Dutch and English. You can find several different models made out of
Baltic Birch plywood. For more info, email Marijke
Kist.
- Ireland
- Mark Fulton has a small but cute web page titled How To Make Boomerangs That Come Back. Mark lives in Northern Ireland.
- Italy
- Please visit the European Boomerang Championships Roma2003
- Please visit the SIBS Società
Italiana Boomerang Sportivo
Costruire e Lanciare Un Boomerang - Home Page for the Italian C.L.U.B. boomerang organization, headed by Maurizio Saba. You can also find the official Italian calendar of tournaments at this site.
- The Milano Boomerang Club has tournament results and pictures as well as the official Italian Ranking List.
- Please visit the Associazione Versilia Boomerang web site where you will find plans, tournament info and throwing instructions.
- The Boomerang E Lanci Firenze is a multidisciplinary 3 year project in schools with children, aged 10-13 years.
- Antonio Mazzone has posted a really neat MiniBoomerang website with information about an incredible small boomerang with a length of only 18 mm and a weight of 0.0144 grams. Check out Antonio's other flying toys and book on the subject.
- The Associazione Italiana
Sport Ecologici works together with BOOMI (all ecological sports,
including frisbees, boomerang, etc)
- Roberto De Lorenzo Boomerangs and Bows-Homepage is an Italian web page with traditional booms and Bows for sale. You can also email Roberto.
- Latvia
- Martins Ierags has a new Latvian Boom Page. You can find great traditional boomerangs at super low pricing. This site also has photographs of pre-historic Latvian boomerangs/throwsticks.
- Aivars Brengulis has posted the Brengula Bumerangi web page which includes plans, archaeology and photos of his boomerang products.
- Poland
- Bumerangowy is a wonderful boomerang site in Polish with plans, throwing instructions, theory, etc. For more info, contact Julek Stasiewicz .
- Krzysiek Pietrzak has posted
a Polish Boomerang Web Site
with links for tuning, plans, history, etc.
- Spain
- Victor Munoz is the contact
for the Spanish Boomerang Association
- Boomerangmania Total is a really neat web site with photos of boomerangs with interesting shapes and art; a facts page and a links page. This page is available in both English and Spanish.
- Switzerland
- Visit the home page of the Swiss Boomerang Association
- B AGGRESSiVE - An excellent web page dedicated to the long distance event. This site was constructed by Lorenz Gubler and Tibor Horvath of Switzerland. It has excellent information about long distance boomerangs: history, records, materials, plans, airfoils, science, boom links, and a photo gallery.
- Frédéric Declercq has published a boomerang page in French titled "Boomerangs Spirit" with: History, How to do and to throw, Fun, Plans, Art Gallery, French Clubs, Records, Rules of Competition, Swiss tournaments, rankings, list of publications, Boom links, etc. You can also buy all the boomerangs and publications made by Didier Bonin.
- Subwave Rangs Boomerangs is a German language Swiss website that markets "Rangs Australia" brand boomerangs. Contact Daniel Schulthess for more info.