Bongo Board

The original … made in 1964.
I knew one of the designers, who made them for skii workout in off season. (I was a kid then, he’s pasted away now)

I made a small vid of me playing (lightly) on it. 15mb
(to bad our gallery doesnt work)

sticker

side view

New fangled 90’z version here …

by Vew Do
I saw some guys at North Ave beach one day playing on some of these …
They told me they bought the copywrites.
We exchanged cards … I bought this one…
(seems they moved from Chicago to Austrailia)

another look

a few toys in parade :smiley:

interesting…

Is that much (or any) different from a standard Rolla-Bolla?

ie. a plank of wood on a roller.

In which case, 1 minute isn’t really very special is it?

lol , yea, once you learned it it’s no issue.

BUT, it’s fun to watch your friends send the board into the wall or major appliances when you take it to thier house :smiley:

My little video has me doing 3 little 90^ midair turns in 30 seconds.

I used to be able to do a complete 180 and land on the board perfectly (no board spin from inertia)
(I’m practicing again thou)

I even used to do a half hand stand on it.
(never was able to extend my feet up and stay stable)

You can hurt yourself on these also (badly)
(The “Indy” has a disclaimer on it’s top.)

So, be warned :smiley:

I had a homemade one of those in my pre-unicycle days. It consisted of an approriately sized piece of lumber and a large, very sturdy glass pickle jar. It took about two hours to learn and was a lot of fun. I could juggle while rocking on it pretty easily, but I couldn’t think of anything else to do on it. The motion is actually quite similar to idling on a unicycle. Surprisingly, the board broke before the glass jar.