Instructions, tuning, competing, links
"First, master your instrument. Then forget all that #*%$& and play!"
Throwing instruction basic
Basic tips before starting off. Where to go, and what not to do.
Throwing paxolin and G 12 boomerangs - for first timers
Throwing instructions advanced
In here you can find specified instructions for :
- Paxolin throwing for first timers
DOWNLOAD printer friendly instructions in PDF HERE:
- Doubling
- Distance
- MTA
Tuning up your hardware
In depth instructions on how to get the maximum out of your competition boomerangs by adding weights and/or twisting and bending them according to your specific needs or to adjust them to your personal throwing style.
UPCOMING: Technical tips on making boomerangs and boom plans - very soon I will be starting a seperate section with practical tips and tricks on boom making and finishing, along with a new plan of one of my best models for download every month.
LONG DISTANCE, MTA, FAST CATCH- muscle up for the power events
Tuning tips and how to get the most for competition out of your rangs for the powerful fast catch and long distance events.
Getting ready for competition
Michael "Gel" Girvin, die-hard competitor and preacher of boom-fun has generously shared his personal tips on tuning for each event.
Zen and boomerangs
You are standing on your throwing field. It is a perfect late afternoon. You take in all of the moment. The air, the noises, the smell, the changing winds. You are getting ready to throw. You know exactly what you have to do in order to get that complete, perfect return. You are concentrated. And you look forward to what will be happening. You see it happening. It happens.
If you want to add some extras: try breathing deeply. Into your belly area. The more you take in of the moment, the more present you will are. The more present you are, the more relaxed you will be and hence the better your throwing will be. Perfect. Here is where you can meet the Zen spirit. Just breathe. Just be. It sounds so simple and yet - as we all know - it is one of the hardest things in the world.
As the poet would put it - this would be the samurai's approach to boomeranging - (and to pretty much all aspects of life. Think about it. If you have a second..)
"IT
IS ETERNITY NOW. I AM IN THE
MIDST OF IT. IT IS ABOUT ME IN THE
SUNSHINE. I AM IN IT, AS THE BUTTER-
FLY IN THE LIGHT-LADEN AIR. NOTHING
HAS TO COME. IT IS NOW. NOW IS ETER-
NITY. NOW IS THE IMMORTAL LIFE."
Richard
Jeffries
Where to from here
Links - where else?...
"I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education." Wilson Mizener