Hey guys so I'm 20 years old and the last time I touched a diabolo was probably around 2015-16. I used to play diabolo a lot when I was younger and I was kind of intermediate.

Recently I wanted to start again and I feel like I still have what I learnt not so far.

What should I learn in priority what are the most important tricks in 1D ? I remember being a diabolo nerd back then but hardly remember the terms

Also for 2D, I have one Henry's with static center that is around 300g and one with ball bearing that is around 230g. To what extent is it a disadvantage to have different centers and a weight difference like that? Also what is best for 2D ? Ideal weight and type of center ? That's really what I want to explore

And for the vertax, I manage to hold it, accelerate but then I absolutely know 0 trick. I remember when I was younger I was doing some vertax genocide catch but couldn't grab back the stick. What are the very first tricks to start with when switching to vertax ?

Thanks in advance

What are people's experience with glow diabolos? The only ones I have tried have been the Hyperspin LED 2.0 which I have issues with multiple times. I have bought two sets and both times they have ended up dying for no good reason (even after being charged they no longer light up). I have also tried a few LED handsticks and been disappointed with how flimsy they are or by the fact that they require batteries.

Are there any LED diabolos and hand sticks currently on the market which people have had good experiences with? I live in the UK so I'm limited by whatever Oddballs have in stock.

Hello everybody, I started playing diabolo over a decade ago and after a long break, I started playing again recently. I really want to learn to play with two diabolos simultaneously with the wrap start and I failed for a couple of weeks. Currently, I use two Henrys Beach (215 g, no bearing, diameter 120 mm) with 1.35mm Henrys string and aluminium sticks. My main problem is that my wrapped diabolo falls immediately and crashes into the non-wrapped diabolo despite my right hand pushing the string upwards. Do you have any recommendations for the setup (diabolos and strings) that are especially well suited for this situation? Do you think that A) this setup is generally suited for this task and it is just about my movements/technique or B) do you think that it is worth to buy another set of two diabolos (which ones and why, is it about the weight, the thickness of the string etc.). Any advice is highly appreciated.

I have now uploaded two first versions of my diabolo simulator idea. It is horrible to use, but it is very funny to watch how painful it is to develop that kind of physics simulations 😆😭. Now there is also a little «manual» mode where you can move the sticks around …

I have uploaded the initial «real physics simulation» under:
http://diabolo.coderwelsch.com/rigid/

… and a new «idealized» version which is more animated than physics-simulated:
http://diabolo.coderwelsch.com/ideal/

Note: none of these projects are working, it is just the current WIP I have made «so far».

Sorry for sloppy technique and screaming in the background (neighbour kids)

Working on a little diabolo simulator to teach tricks while the «learner» is able to orbit through the 3d space and to slow down the trick sequence / pause to their behalf.

Now the very first POC is made, I now wanna check out how to program a real trick sequence like a suicide trick.

What do you think? ❤️

I can keep them rotating for a while, but one of them always tilts up or down, to the right or to the left,Or a combination of both

Some of the catches aren’t the cleanest but it’s kinda exhilarating to put them together!

(Just over 2 months or so into my Diabolo journey)

Hey, bought on a whim second hand set of Diabolos and now I’m wondering if any of these are okay quality to start out? There’s Juggle Dream Cyclone. Pink one says Mister Babache, but no other info, maybe Tornado model? Red-white has mention of Jonglerie diffusion (but it’s quite beaten up). Purple-orange says Yoho, which I would guess is market toy category? And yes, already tested them, but is some better to keep using and (hopefully) progressing with it? Sticks are Henry’s, so at least that’s good, right?

At second hand marketplaces there is Mister Babache Finesse and also Eagle(?) model available for my budget, should I get either those? Sorry for being newbie post and thanks for the help. ☺️

Thank God for YouTube, I love this thing.

I'm a beginner but I want it to still be good when I get more advanced. Sticks and strings included.

Hey,

A few weeks ago, I found the old diabolo I had as a child and started playing again. Right now, I only have two child-sized diabolos with bearing axles, and I want to upgrade to full-sized ones.

I looked around a bit and I'd love to start playing vertax and 2D, but now I'm wondering which ones I should buy. I tried playing 2D with the two I currently have, but learning it with a bearing axle seems very hard to me.

Would you recommend buying two fixed-axle diabolos or a new bearing one? I also thought about buying two "Henrys Beach" and one bearing axle diabolo from Sundia. Those seem to be the only options available in Germany if I don't want to wait multiple weeks for shipping.

Has anyone been in the same situation, or does anyone have recommendations on what to get?

I wouldn't call myself a very good player yet, but I would really like to switch to full-sized diabolos instead of the small ones I'm using right now.

I’m “good” in my own opinion and want to learn some new “easy” tricks that look good and don’t require throwing one of your sticks cuz I will end up hitting myself in the head if I try xd

Hey dear folks, I have now created an invitation link for you to join the Diabolo community at WeTime.

Please note: this project is in beta phase, so expect to find issues and errors 😛. And: due to the end to end encryption algorithms it’s possible that you need to wait for another person of the community to come online to share the encryption keys to new users.

So… here is the link ❤️:

https://www.wetime.world/invite/4fcd09cb-879d-403d-8241-03845a3fb1db

I’ve been practicing for around two weeks when I can. It’s so much fun. Here’s a little edit I put together of what I’ve learned from YouTube, would love to hear where to go next!

I’ve been learning to perform tricks for about 1.5 months and would really love some pointers. The hardest tricks I can do at the moment would be the genocide and infinite suicide though I’m still tying to perfect my technique on both. Any useful tips would be greatly appreciated, thanks

Hey my dears! For almost 3 1/2 years I am working on my own platform idea. And the key ideas are:

- make social platforms social again!
- encrypt (e2ee) almost everything so that no one can read or sell your data! This platform has no access to your uploaded media and text. #chatcontrol ade!
- make it easy to share tips and tricks and learn from each other.

And because I do love our small Diabolo community, I thought of letting you try out my platform and fill the diabolo community with life. I have already created a diabolo community with some skill trees and wiki pages I would love to see more tutorials and activity there.

My platform is now in the beta stage, so bugs and ux flaws are possible to happen 😆😛.

When you would like to participate on my platform, please let me know, so that I can share invitations with you! ❤️