barrel rolling tricks

[Mark Cambo]

this might be a little off subject, but i learned that rolling a barrel with
ur feet can be an easy yet appealing. its alot like using a rolling globe,
but to turn the barrel you must put all ur weight to one side and then swing
the opposite end around. you can also do things like laying down on it and
rolling in the opposite direction that you want to move. this is easier
said then done. i am sure that barrel riding could make for some nice
performances in the future, especially when added to juggling. email me at
cam...@prime-x.net for me information at barrel riding

[Jan Hader]

Hi there.

Just to be sure, are you talking about an iron barrell or a wooden one ?
I wouldn´t know where to get the second one.

Bye, Jan

Mark Cambo schrieb:

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[ChickenDud]

This is a little different but at a camp I was at once there was a large wooden
spool thing that is used to hold large wire that the phone or electric company
uses. It was about 4 or 5 feet in diameter. It was very easy to stay on. In
fact, I was able to stay on almost indefinitely only after a few tries. I then
soon started juggling while walking on it. The one thing that you have to
rember is that the when you walk backward you roll forward and when you walk
forward the barel rols backwards. I think that might help a littlle. I think
the smaller he diameter the faster the barrel rolls so I had it a lot easier on
a the larger barrel. Good luck, it could make for many attention getting
original tricks.
-jugglingchicken

[ejb...@user2.teleport.com]

ChickenDud <chick...@aol.com> wrote:

> This is a little different but at a camp I was at once there was a large
> wooden spool thing that is used to hold large wire that the phone or
> electric company uses.

Barrel walking has more degrees of freedom, i.e. more ways to loose
balance and screw up, than does spool walking. A wobbly barrel is more
fun to watch and has more opportunity for tricks than a spool, too.

Can you walk the rim of an upright barrel and then tilt it on its side
while still a'top it? Not that I can, but it seems doable. Then there's
multiple barrel-hopping. And if both ends are open, a dive right through
it. And what about barrel padiddling? Like padiddling a plate resting
on a surface -- it's to plate spinning as bounce-juggling is to toss
juggling.

And then there is barrel jumping, as in into and out of. And then there's
working out how the hell one transports a bunch of barrels to one's gigs.
(And please! please! don't tell Michael Moschen about this!)

=Eric