Downspike Night Recap + #DSGS

TheWickEffect · Aug 28, 2017

I don't remember anything from that day... Can someone on here confirm if I was there or not?

NuujDama · Aug 29, 2017

Dæmon said: ↑

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The first ever DS night attendees. Los Angeles, CA

Edit by Mikathee Tran @Mikathee
Words by Keanu Villaruel @Keeks
Photos by Kris Cabal @Kristoffer Cabal

Tuesday, August 22nd 2017 was the first ever Downspike Night at the LACMA urban lights in Los Angeles, CA. The Downspike team took over the biweekly LA Lights session to bring the community together for one awesome event featuring mini games, exclusive DS swag, Colin’s beard, and the premiere of the Downspike Community Edit 2! Local slayers around the LA area, Bay Area, and our good friends from KendamaOC attended the event and left with tons of prizes provided from our partners Terra, KROM, LunaTac, Lobros, and of course, Kendama USA.
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DS night was blessed with TONS of special guests. Alex Smith flew down from Vancouver just for the event. Matt Ballard popped in to show off his new crustache. Kris Cabal from REZ kendama brought some of his masterpieces, EJ Williams provided the laughs and Shane from kendama OC was slaying as usual. One of the more memorable contests was a "big cup" contest, with Alex Smith calling out increasingly difficult variations of the humble big cup (Behind the back, under the leg, candlestick grip, etc). Attendees were able to sign up for DS on a tablet or on their phone, and everyone wore name tags repping their DS username. There was a new security guard working who was a little flustered by the event, but it went off without a hitch.
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There were more laughs than there were yank spikes, which is always a good thing.

Here is a brief list of the mini-game winners:

Kendmonds Jr. wins the scooping goldfish contest

Steezy Steve and Maui win the first and second round of Alex Smith’s unique tricks contest

Moonglau wins the earth turn consistency contest

Maui wins the lighthouse flip consistency contest

Alex Hirota wins the contest for the Terra LBB

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Alex Smith made the trek down from Canada.

This marks the first of many Downspike Nights to come! let us know in this thread what city you want us to hit next.

#DSGS:
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Why weren't you at DS night?

I cant swim fast enough across the ocean and was busy lacing bangs in my lounge
Maybe one day DS will come to AUSTRALIA
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Edric Owen Ladera · Aug 29, 2017

Cause like @Dæmon, im from the other side.. of the world XD ahahaha plus I feel like i was robbed of my tk16 original by my sister...

Edric Owen Ladera · Aug 29, 2017

also, i was grinding on bonz 20k constest & it's killing me XD lol

Nick Lectura · Aug 29, 2017

timochappy23 said: ↑

I was planning on coming. I had a plane ticket from Georgia all the way there. I had packed my bags. I was Almost completely prepared to go when disaster struck. My dog, a tiny Yorkshire terrier, started barking loudly. The Yorkshire terrier also known as Fred was looking in the sky. I rushed to the window and gazed at the sky. My mouth dropped, I was horrified. What I saw is almost unbelievable. Bryan scaglines beanie was terrorizing my city. It was huge, the beanie was at least 90 feet tall and 30 feet across. Chaos was breaking loose as the beanie scooped up people never to be seen again. I ran from my house. I was barely safe. The beanie had gotten my house with Fred trapped inside. Single tear ran down my cheek I couldn't dwell on the dead I had to push forward and survive. I stumbled about, my heart filled with rage, I knew I had to survive for the sake of Fred. I looked into the sky and shook my fist at the giant beanie. What was I going to do most of my townspeople had already been obliterated and my best friend, Fred, was no longer with us. I ran to the rubble that was my house and search for my kendama collection. I found them, all three of them. This was my ammo I decided I attached one to my waist band and out the other two in my hands. This was my ammo I decided I attached one to my waist band and out the other two in my hands I yelled to the beanie in the sky, "come at me bro". The beanie appear to be mocking me. Right then and there I decided I needed to destroy this beanie. I screamed and jumped colliding with the beanie in midair. I was inside . the beanie had thought he had won but little did he know my Kendamas were too powerful for him. I started spinning around nailing the inside of the beanie with the Tamas. I could see my fellow townspeople terrified sitting huddled in a corner. I knew I had to do it for them. Oh and Fred. I started to stab the beanie with the spike of my kendamas. I was thankful for Downspike and the Facebook kendama community for encouraging me to superglue my tip. The added spike strength was doing the trick the beanie was faltering. The towns people inspired by my bravery jumped into the fight. We were doing it, the beanie was going to fall. I saw out of the corner of my eye Fred jump and sink his teeth into the beanie. He had done it, Fred had landed the final blow. We thudded to the ground. Everyone found their way out of the beanie and cheered for they were still alive. The townspeople picked me up and started chanting my name. Timothy! Timothy! Timothy! We found a lighter soon after and burned the dead beanie. So basically saving Roswell Georgia from Bryan scaglines beanie is the reason why I couldn't attend downspike night. I'm really sorry guys and totally wish I could have come :/ maybe next time Bryan will have a hold on his beanie and not let it terrorize cities.
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This is so detailed lmaooo

Ezekiel Chee · Aug 29, 2017

because i was and am still stuck on triple tap juggle downspike

azleonhart · Aug 29, 2017

timochappy23 said: ↑

I was planning on coming. I had a plane ticket from Georgia all the way there. I had packed my bags. I was Almost completely prepared to go when disaster struck. My dog, a tiny Yorkshire terrier, started barking loudly. The Yorkshire terrier also known as Fred was looking in the sky. I rushed to the window and gazed at the sky. My mouth dropped, I was horrified. What I saw is almost unbelievable. Bryan scaglines beanie was terrorizing my city. It was huge, the beanie was at least 90 feet tall and 30 feet across. Chaos was breaking loose as the beanie scooped up people never to be seen again. I ran from my house. I was barely safe. The beanie had gotten my house with Fred trapped inside. Single tear ran down my cheek I couldn't dwell on the dead I had to push forward and survive. I stumbled about, my heart filled with rage, I knew I had to survive for the sake of Fred. I looked into the sky and shook my fist at the giant beanie. What was I going to do most of my townspeople had already been obliterated and my best friend, Fred, was no longer with us. I ran to the rubble that was my house and search for my kendama collection. I found them, all three of them. This was my ammo I decided I attached one to my waist band and out the other two in my hands. This was my ammo I decided I attached one to my waist band and out the other two in my hands I yelled to the beanie in the sky, "come at me bro". The beanie appear to be mocking me. Right then and there I decided I needed to destroy this beanie. I screamed and jumped colliding with the beanie in midair. I was inside . the beanie had thought he had won but little did he know my Kendamas were too powerful for him. I started spinning around nailing the inside of the beanie with the Tamas. I could see my fellow townspeople terrified sitting huddled in a corner. I knew I had to do it for them. Oh and Fred. I started to stab the beanie with the spike of my kendamas. I was thankful for Downspike and the Facebook kendama community for encouraging me to superglue my tip. The added spike strength was doing the trick the beanie was faltering. The towns people inspired by my bravery jumped into the fight. We were doing it, the beanie was going to fall. I saw out of the corner of my eye Fred jump and sink his teeth into the beanie. He had done it, Fred had landed the final blow. We thudded to the ground. Everyone found their way out of the beanie and cheered for they were still alive. The townspeople picked me up and started chanting my name. Timothy! Timothy! Timothy! We found a lighter soon after and burned the dead beanie. So basically saving Roswell Georgia from Bryan scaglines beanie is the reason why I couldn't attend downspike night. I'm really sorry guys and totally wish I could have come :/ maybe next time Bryan will have a hold on his beanie and not let it terrorize cities.
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Hey @Bryan Scagline, can we hook Tim up with one of your beanies?
The story up here is more than enough reason.

rhysgoespeace · Aug 29, 2017

Was too busy at the upspike meetup

Emil Apostol · Aug 29, 2017

The only thing between me and DS night was the Pacific Ocean...

Gasiek · Aug 29, 2017

I am really sad that I can't be on awesome events like this one because i am far away fron US and there are no evnts like this one I live in Poland and I spread kendama love wherever and whenever I can. I was even introducing kendama on international street art festival "BuskerBus". I hope my work will effect the increase of kendama players in Poland so we could make our own events I wish one day I will manage to fly to US and be on every kendama event that is possible to be <3 Spread dama love!

Ethan Howard · Aug 29, 2017

I chipped my GT and went into a state of mourning and grief, I don't know if I'll ever recover...

Alyssa San Agustin · Aug 29, 2017

My boyfriend Earl (earl0_0) and I go to the lacma lights sesh every time. Earl was super excited to go to downspike night.

However, he's in grad school and has been working really hard and was on a break for 2 weeks so I decided to plan a spontaneous trip to Colorado to celebrate all his hard work. I made sure we were back in time for summer squeeze but unfortunately I had no idea about down spike night so our flight took off that morning.

We had a great time with the beautiful sights and delicious food but of course we had mad FOMO not being at the sesh.

Niekendama · Aug 29, 2017

Because I live in Holland, but next time I'll just grab my bike and come to the jam!

Brandon Jensen · Aug 29, 2017

timochappy23 said: ↑

I was planning on coming. I had a plane ticket from Georgia all the way there. I had packed my bags. I was Almost completely prepared to go when disaster struck. My dog, a tiny Yorkshire terrier, started barking loudly. The Yorkshire terrier also known as Fred was looking in the sky. I rushed to the window and gazed at the sky. My mouth dropped, I was horrified. What I saw is almost unbelievable. Bryan scaglines beanie was terrorizing my city. It was huge, the beanie was at least 90 feet tall and 30 feet across. Chaos was breaking loose as the beanie scooped up people never to be seen again. I ran from my house. I was barely safe. The beanie had gotten my house with Fred trapped inside. Single tear ran down my cheek I couldn't dwell on the dead I had to push forward and survive. I stumbled about, my heart filled with rage, I knew I had to survive for the sake of Fred. I looked into the sky and shook my fist at the giant beanie. What was I going to do most of my townspeople had already been obliterated and my best friend, Fred, was no longer with us. I ran to the rubble that was my house and search for my kendama collection. I found them, all three of them. This was my ammo I decided I attached one to my waist band and out the other two in my hands. This was my ammo I decided I attached one to my waist band and out the other two in my hands I yelled to the beanie in the sky, "come at me bro". The beanie appear to be mocking me. Right then and there I decided I needed to destroy this beanie. I screamed and jumped colliding with the beanie in midair. I was inside . the beanie had thought he had won but little did he know my Kendamas were too powerful for him. I started spinning around nailing the inside of the beanie with the Tamas. I could see my fellow townspeople terrified sitting huddled in a corner. I knew I had to do it for them. Oh and Fred. I started to stab the beanie with the spike of my kendamas. I was thankful for Downspike and the Facebook kendama community for encouraging me to superglue my tip. The added spike strength was doing the trick the beanie was faltering. The towns people inspired by my bravery jumped into the fight. We were doing it, the beanie was going to fall. I saw out of the corner of my eye Fred jump and sink his teeth into the beanie. He had done it, Fred had landed the final blow. We thudded to the ground. Everyone found their way out of the beanie and cheered for they were still alive. The townspeople picked me up and started chanting my name. Timothy! Timothy! Timothy! We found a lighter soon after and burned the dead beanie. So basically saving Roswell Georgia from Bryan scaglines beanie is the reason why I couldn't attend downspike night. I'm really sorry guys and totally wish I could have come :/ maybe next time Bryan will have a hold on his beanie and not let it terrorize cities.
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I gave up and just liked it like 3 sentences in

Also that little video is super sweet. Not focused on any crazy tricks, but the people and the laughs.

Congarranza · Aug 29, 2017

Brandon Jensen said: ↑

I gave up and just liked it like 3 sentences in

Also that little video is super sweet. Not focused on any crazy tricks, but the people and the laughs.
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And because you are in it!

SkilloverTalent · Aug 30, 2017

Well, as I was walking to school the morning before, I got hit by and bus and transcended into an alternate dimension where kendama's had completely been replaced by fidget spinners. As I was struck with the existential horror by the thought of never playing kendama again, I stumbled off onto a road and got hit by an ice-cream truck. Then I woke up in the real world again and realized I lived in Denmark and have no money.... The end.

Dæmon · Aug 30, 2017

This giveaway is now closed, and the winner with the best (and lengthiest) excuse is @timochappy23! Message the @Dæmon with your mailing address to receive your prize.

Thanks everyone for participating, hopefully there will be a DS Night around you in the future!

Nick Dodenhoff · Aug 30, 2017

timochappy23 said: ↑

I was planning on coming. I had a plane ticket from Georgia all the way there. I had packed my bags. I was Almost completely prepared to go when disaster struck. My dog, a tiny Yorkshire terrier, started barking loudly. The Yorkshire terrier also known as Fred was looking in the sky. I rushed to the window and gazed at the sky. My mouth dropped, I was horrified. What I saw is almost unbelievable. Bryan scaglines beanie was terrorizing my city. It was huge, the beanie was at least 90 feet tall and 30 feet across. Chaos was breaking loose as the beanie scooped up people never to be seen again. I ran from my house. I was barely safe. The beanie had gotten my house with Fred trapped inside. Single tear ran down my cheek I couldn't dwell on the dead I had to push forward and survive. I stumbled about, my heart filled with rage, I knew I had to survive for the sake of Fred. I looked into the sky and shook my fist at the giant beanie. What was I going to do most of my townspeople had already been obliterated and my best friend, Fred, was no longer with us. I ran to the rubble that was my house and search for my kendama collection. I found them, all three of them. This was my ammo I decided I attached one to my waist band and out the other two in my hands. This was my ammo I decided I attached one to my waist band and out the other two in my hands I yelled to the beanie in the sky, "come at me bro". The beanie appear to be mocking me. Right then and there I decided I needed to destroy this beanie. I screamed and jumped colliding with the beanie in midair. I was inside . the beanie had thought he had won but little did he know my Kendamas were too powerful for him. I started spinning around nailing the inside of the beanie with the Tamas. I could see my fellow townspeople terrified sitting huddled in a corner. I knew I had to do it for them. Oh and Fred. I started to stab the beanie with the spike of my kendamas. I was thankful for Downspike and the Facebook kendama community for encouraging me to superglue my tip. The added spike strength was doing the trick the beanie was faltering. The towns people inspired by my bravery jumped into the fight. We were doing it, the beanie was going to fall. I saw out of the corner of my eye Fred jump and sink his teeth into the beanie. He had done it, Fred had landed the final blow. We thudded to the ground. Everyone found their way out of the beanie and cheered for they were still alive. The townspeople picked me up and started chanting my name. Timothy! Timothy! Timothy! We found a lighter soon after and burned the dead beanie. So basically saving Roswell Georgia from Bryan scaglines beanie is the reason why I couldn't attend downspike night. I'm really sorry guys and totally wish I could have come :/ maybe next time Bryan will have a hold on his beanie and not let it terrorize cities.
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This is freaking amazing

Bryan Scagline · Aug 31, 2017

timochappy23 said: ↑

I was planning on coming. I had a plane ticket from Georgia all the way there. I had packed my bags. I was Almost completely prepared to go when disaster struck. My dog, a tiny Yorkshire terrier, started barking loudly. The Yorkshire terrier also known as Fred was looking in the sky. I rushed to the window and gazed at the sky. My mouth dropped, I was horrified. What I saw is almost unbelievable. Bryan scaglines beanie was terrorizing my city. It was huge, the beanie was at least 90 feet tall and 30 feet across. Chaos was breaking loose as the beanie scooped up people never to be seen again. I ran from my house. I was barely safe. The beanie had gotten my house with Fred trapped inside. Single tear ran down my cheek I couldn't dwell on the dead I had to push forward and survive. I stumbled about, my heart filled with rage, I knew I had to survive for the sake of Fred. I looked into the sky and shook my fist at the giant beanie. What was I going to do most of my townspeople had already been obliterated and my best friend, Fred, was no longer with us. I ran to the rubble that was my house and search for my kendama collection. I found them, all three of them. This was my ammo I decided I attached one to my waist band and out the other two in my hands. This was my ammo I decided I attached one to my waist band and out the other two in my hands I yelled to the beanie in the sky, "come at me bro". The beanie appear to be mocking me. Right then and there I decided I needed to destroy this beanie. I screamed and jumped colliding with the beanie in midair. I was inside . the beanie had thought he had won but little did he know my Kendamas were too powerful for him. I started spinning around nailing the inside of the beanie with the Tamas. I could see my fellow townspeople terrified sitting huddled in a corner. I knew I had to do it for them. Oh and Fred. I started to stab the beanie with the spike of my kendamas. I was thankful for Downspike and the Facebook kendama community for encouraging me to superglue my tip. The added spike strength was doing the trick the beanie was faltering. The towns people inspired by my bravery jumped into the fight. We were doing it, the beanie was going to fall. I saw out of the corner of my eye Fred jump and sink his teeth into the beanie. He had done it, Fred had landed the final blow. We thudded to the ground. Everyone found their way out of the beanie and cheered for they were still alive. The townspeople picked me up and started chanting my name. Timothy! Timothy! Timothy! We found a lighter soon after and burned the dead beanie. So basically saving Roswell Georgia from Bryan scaglines beanie is the reason why I couldn't attend downspike night. I'm really sorry guys and totally wish I could have come :/ maybe next time Bryan will have a hold on his beanie and not let it terrorize cities.
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BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

earl0_0 · Sep 6, 2017

Planned on going and even housed a fellow Kendama slayer from Seattle, Trey, a few days before DS night. Unfortunately, due to a small vacation trip planned by my GF I instead headed out to Denver, Colorado as a break from my graduate school studies. The trip was booked before DS night was announced and we were unable to attend. I had ridiculous FOMO from all of the Kendama homies posts on social media and am super bummed I missed out. But to be real traveling is another one of my passions and you know I brought a few Kendamas on my trip with me to shred.

Hopefully will be able to make it to the next one =].
P.S check out some pictures from our trip!

S/O to Maui Beems, ATK Hirota, and Steezy Steeve on catching those Ws.

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