Catching up
Seems like a long time since I have posted. Travel for work, hat days and little time have reduced the amount of time I have for boomerangs. Here's an update on a few recent happenings.
Art Rentz and I got together just briefly on my last trip to CT. I was the transport for 1/2 sheet of 4mm and 1/2 sheet of 5mm Finland birch plywood. Last I heard he was merrily marking and cutting out boomerangs.
Saturday was out church clambake at Louise Moore Park in Easton. Since there is a fair sized field near the pavilion, I took boomerangs to throw. I did three sessions. The first one I was alone and just threw what made me happy. The wind was pretty strong and gusty, so I compensated by tossing a bunch of Aussie Round boomerangs. That stretched the limits of the field and tested my accuracy. After a brief rest and a liquids recharge I headed back on the field with a new member of our church who has never thrown before. He struggled quite a bit. He had most of the mechanics down pat but simply did not get much spin on the boomerang. I tried to keep him working with lighter boomerangs. He said: "This is harder than I thought". My last session was after eating. A few people had heard about some of the strange shaped boomerang I have and wanted to see some in action. I was lucky enough to have an Eagle, Heaven, and Roadrunner boomerang with me. I managed to throw and catch all despite the ever shifting wind. A couple guys were on the field with me and were surprised to fell the wind shift about 120 degrees as I was throwing. I had to adjust on every throw. It sure made things a challenge.
BoomerangDave
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