25 week streak without throwing a boomerang ends
Today I threw a boomerang. No not just one but in fact at least a dozen.
The weather has been getting better, it hasn't rained in a few days and the winds dropped down to 16-22mph. That is a bit breezy but I had some heavy stuff to test. I started out with a Ninja from Kendall Davis. Hmm, too much wind for that one. Then I tried an ABS quad from David Fantone. This was better but still a little light for the breeze. I switched over to several boomerangs by Alberto Sabal. His offset omega (Phantasma) was really nice and handled the wind ok. He also sent me a standard omega in his special made plywood. I love this boomerang! I don't think it got more than ten feet off the ground the whole time. Hugging the ground it chewed up the wind. What fun it was to throw in less than ideal conditions. Next I tried his Toucano, or Toucan to the rest of us. This art rang is also a low flier and still was very nice.
Having warmed up a bit I switched to two Roadrunner boomerangs. One is an original made by Gary Broadbent in 1995. It was working well in the wind, or maybe I was getting better as I went. I also tested Kendall's "Funky Chicken" which was quite nice to throw. It's an easy to catch boomerang too.
Figuring I had enough time in on the real boomerangs, I switched to the 6 clear polycarbonate boomerangs I had just made last week. (see blog entry below for details) I always worry about testing these since the clear boomerangs tend to get lost in flight and either end up where I can't find them, or come screaming in and hit me without warning. Well, I managed to keep track of every one of them. I thought the two Island omegas were great in the wind but required a little layover. The two Sunshines worked nearly the same as the omegas. I was really pleased with the Omni, a design of mine. It work best with almost no layover as did a Dragon Lady I made, all from the same 3/16 inch material. I think my testing worked fine and it was great to hit the field after such a long break.
So, I got to test six new boomerangs that I made and seven boomerangs from friends. That means I have less than 20 boomerangs left to test. Maybe soon I can lower that number during another lunch hour.
BoomerangDave
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