A runner at the beach came up to have a chat with us about boomerangs yesterday. A woman named Lisa, who, as it turns out, was a friend of the Jim Mayfield.
A mini-bio on Jim (copied from the flight-toys.com page linked above):
Jim Mayfield became interested in the sport of boomerangs in the mid 1980s. He travelled to boomerang tournaments to compete and to collect boomerangs from other top competitors. Jim learned how to make his own boomerangs rather quickly. He began producing commercial boomerangs at his Gunnison Colorado home in the late 1980s. A few years after forming Colorado Boomerangs, Jim sold his company to Richard Pollock-Nelson. Jim worked with Richard after the sale to make sure that the quality of Colorado Boomerang products remained high after his departure. Jim Mayfield was critically injured in a motorcycle accident on 11 October 1999. He died two weeks later at the age of 48. Early examples of Jim's products are very collectable. Colorado Boomerang products made under the direction of Richard Pollock-Nelson are high quality replicas of the original Mayfield boomerangs.Lisa was very nice. We talked a little bit about how great Jim's boomerang designs are, from the brilliant paint schemes to the great flights. She also told us a little about Jim. She said that he had a passion for anything that flew; in that light, it seems somewhat fitting that a couple of young, driven aerospace engineers are thoroughly enjoying Jim's boomerang designs. So, kudos to Jim Mayfield! Huzzah!
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