Welcome to Boomtown!

aLAcrity Boomerangs is a group of boomerang enthusiasts from Los Angeles. At the moment, it is comprised of three people: Manny (a.k.a. v12aero), phnxhawk and Charles (a.k.a. hey_kuya).

Manny and I (phnxhawk) started this blog to share our interest in boomerangs--throwing and tuning, making our own rangs, as well as unraveling the science behind them. As we continue our journey into the world of boomerangs, we hope to make new friends and to expand our horizons. In this blog, we will post such things as videos from our regular throwing sessions, musings and lessons learned from throwing, and thoughts on making our own rangs.

Manny and I started throwing boomerangs since Spring 2009. It has been a long road as we developed a semblance of technique for throwing 'rangs. Nevertheless, after many a bruised hand or windy day, our fascination with these returning throwing sticks remains undimmed. We most certainly have more to learn about boomerangs, but we'll keep at it as long as we continue to have many happy returns.

--phnxhawk--

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

"Boomerang Activity" - The Boomerang Witch Project

by Manny Olivares

Hello again!

This post today is courtesy of video that I took quite a while ago but had neglected to compile until now.  I had an idea one day to see if I could take video from a first-person perspective while I threw my boomerangs.  This way I could try to immerse the viewer in the experience of throwing.  The following video is the result of that experiment.

My initial experience was that it was very awkward trying to throw with one hand while the other held the camera.  I had to compensate by using more force with my right arm and it felt very awkward.  It took some practice but I did manage to make a few one-handed catches as you will see. The boomerang highlighted in the video is the "Yanaki" by Colorado Boomerangs.



It was phnxhawk's clever idea to title it after that famous "Blair Witch" movie due to the style of the footage. He also took some footage of me filming myself so hopefully in the future you can see the behind the scenes of this video.

Thanks for watching!


"Boomerangs: Frequent Flyers to the Perfect Tune"

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