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Threw this one together really quick today. Obnoxious, I know. :) Hope you enjoyed it anyway. What better way to get honed that do a little practice on the JKA kendamas? Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, etc.

A classic video of some OG kendama play. Theese guys were so far ahead back then.

From @Jake Wiens: "Grain Theory is very proud to present 2 new shapes and 2 new pros. Ben Herald and Kristian Aynedter are professional kendama players. In April 2017 the GT crew took a trip to Chattanooga Tennessee to begin the creation of 2 new shapes born from the brains of Ben and Kristian. Enjoy the process."

This one came out super late, sorry folks! Hope you enjoy this episode! Major thanks to: The kind folks at Cereal Kendama @Max "Norx" Norcross for the sweet NorxMod Krom Kendama for the SKAA and ProDawg @Cheech_Sander for the amazing care package @Chad Covington and Sol Kendamas for the Bastille

Some news highlights from June 2017

Just in time for the holidays, here's the third installment of the Downspike Community Edit! Such an honor to pick up the editing mantle this time, and i hop...

Here's all the news I could round up for the past month. Lots of stuff! I hope I didn't miss too much. Follow me here and/or subscribe via YouTube if you want to make sure you don't miss one of these. I'll be doing at least one per month. Hope you enjoy! Links can be found on the YouTube video page.

Steph going next level with 5 new knee bounces ideas on the birch GT-NS.

Took a family trip up to Mammoth a couple months back and hit some tricks while I was there. Put em all into this mini edit, check it!

Here it is, the Big Apple Jam Recap! I would like to thank all of our sponsors for the prizes! (Yumu Kendama, Folken Kendama, Kendama USA, Sweets Kendamas, Krom Kendama, CWCS, Sol Kendamas, Lunatac, and Downspike.com) Homies from NYC, Jersey, and Connecticut all came through to jam, film, and compete! Peep the film sesh at the end for some crazy tricks!

I was givien the opportunity to travel to Stanford University and document the life of Sweets Kendamas Pro, William Penniman. I had an amazing time to say the least. Willy P has been on the Pro Team for 5 years and constantly pushes the game forward while continuing to stay relevant in the community! Willy is also a hard working student at Stanford University with the widest range of skills we have ever seen. Fluent in Spanish, straight-A student, top notch skateboarder, technical kendama player, Willy P seems to have it all! Enjoy this in-depth look into the daily life of a Sweets Kendamas pro.

Ben Herald blesses the kendama community with possibly one of the best edits ever made during MKO 2017, full of innovation, style, and finesse. Behold, Ben Herald's Summer 2017 Research Portfolio. . . . Volume up and enjoy. Music: jaro - 4 in da mornin Earl Sweatshirt - Quest/Power Zephire - Desperation

New edit from June! He just posted this up a little earlier this evening, it was all filmed in a single day by the homie @ChrisValdez. That 1-2-3 inward lighthouse line was gnarly! Probably my favourite trick in the edit. The swap triple inward flip to lighthouse at the end is a grinder for sure :eek:

fun video with great music and production.

I had only been playing kendama for 4 months. I loved it, but I wasn’t very good. I knew that video contests were a thing. But I also knew there was no chance I could win one until I was MUCH better. Then, @Chad Covington announced the Lace Space contest for @Sol Kendamas . [MEDIA] I was immediately excited! I could put in some real time and effort into a contest that didn’t rely on skill! I tried not to get ahead of myself though, and starting making plans. The video was to be about the space, so I immediately knew the spot I would use. I had been making (bad) videos for a couple months at this point. So I had a vague idea of how I could bring together the little bits I had learned. But it was the rainy season. There was plenty of time until the contest deadline, but I could ONLY take the time on the weekend. A weekend finally arrived where it wasn’t raining! But it was forecasted to rain for the next two weeks! I had only ONE shot at this. ONE day, and unlikely to have a second chance. Here’s what the weather looked like the day I went out to video: I only had my gopro and iphone, so I made due with a combination of POV and landscape shots. I tried to show the space and myself doing tricks in equal parts. OF COURSE there is never anyone at this spot. NEVER. Except for the one day I had to get it done. With kids and couples all around, I started to get paranoid and frustrated. I was unable to land tricks and feeling like they were following me. I didn’t know very many tricks, nothing very impressive. Whirlwind and juggle were my most advanced. Even then I was having trouble hitting them. After about 5 hours and running my iPhone almost completely dead, I decided to head home. I hoped I had enough shots to make the video. Then on my way back, walking along this huge pipe, my backpack unzipped and dumped a bunch of stuff down into the marsh! I was already exhausted and just wanted to get home. I even considered leaving the stuff behind! I didn’t know if I would be able to get down there, get them, and then get back up. I successfully retrieved my stuff, but it was hard and added another 30 minutes to my time out there. When I got home that night, I had a good laugh about my day, but realized I was missing some key footage. I needed something else that would round out the video. Fortunately the rain held off the next day as well! I actually went BACK down and got some juggle tricks and a long timelapse/panning shot to finish it out. Here’s the video I entered. Watching it you’d never know the lengths I went to get it done! [MEDIA] In the end it was all worth it! I won first place and got FIVE kendamas from @Sol Kendamas . Shoutout to everyone else who entered some other sick videos. Check out the other winners and entries on Sol Kendamas page here: http://www.solkendamas.com/blogs/blog/sol-kendamas-lace-space-video-contest-results Especially @Jewbacca sick vid with drone shots! The End. @Dæmon