I sold off my set of 5 juggling clubs today. They’re Mr Babache Flip clubs that have probably 2 or 3 months of use to them – I still have the invoice on my desk dated Jan 09. I still have a set of 4 plain white clubs somewhere so it’s not like I won’t have anything to throw around when my hands get itchy but they’re nowhere as light as the Flip clubs even though I don’t exactly like the feel of the Flip clubs either. The idea is to offload toys I don’t really need so I can amass enough money to buy a GIANT KITE that I won’t feel bad about splurging on.
Such tough decisions.
There was a good reason though why the Flip clubs weren’t as well-used. I just couldn’t get used to its spin for numbers-juggling. A friend’s tried them out once and had no problems with them so it’s probably that I’m not skilled enough. Still, if I do get another set of clubs – and believe me I’m quite keen on – I’d probably get a set of PX-3s. I like their look and feel better. One of the things that drew me to the Flips initially was that they weren’t gaudy. It’s almost like prop-makers had a bunch of sugar-infused 9-year-olds to decide their color scheme. Henry clubs have the ugliest colors even though they’re quite highly regarded. I like my stuff plain and one-colored. The Flip clubs I had were black which sounded good in theory but were horrid to juggle with at night. White ones get dirty very easily and I’m sort of partial to red.
We’ll see. It’s probably unlikely I’ll acquire any new props soon unless someone wants to share.