Boomerangs

My stepdad was good at them. But not anymore, I’ve tried, and got it to come halfway back. But there pretty hard. Maybe I will pick it up again.

A friend of mine had one of those tri-boomerang things. It had 3 ‘wings’ on it, and was made of plastic. It was awesome, we went to the largest local park, and spent about 4 hours throwing it and perfecting the technique. It flew really well, and was surprisingly easy to catch if you threw it right. Some occasions i didn’t move from where i launched it and it came back to within a meter or so.

I’ve made one not real difficult. I made it heavier for unting I killed pheasants with it. I still do because I get a free bird liscense with my mule and white tail deer tags so I stuff it in my quiver with my arrows and if I see one I throw at it.
If a person works at it getting it to return isn’t real difficult.

http://www.aerobie.com/Products/Orbiter.htm

Advanced boomerang technology.

When we were in Perth I bought a bunch of different Rangs Boomerangs, and still have them. They are a blast, though I’m not current with them.

When my little-at-the-time girl wanted to go throwing with me, I took her but got too nervous in the field to make a good session. The wind was to squirrely that day to have any control.

If you are often going out alone, a set of 2-3 boomerangs of differing weights/characteristics is much more entertaining than a Frisbee.

One thing I particularly enjoyed was going to a local school (which was empty; it was after hours) and throwing hard at the windows, only to have it curve nicely back into my hands without doing any damage. :roll_eyes:

Aside from the ensuing shouting matches, that sounds like great fun.

I could make a whole day outta dog-boomeranging… bring a picnic basket, some beers, a quiver of boomerangs, and pick off the little yappers as soon as they’re let off their lead. Almost as much fun as airsoft-hunting squirrels :stuck_out_tongue:

someone actually threw a frisbee at me to catch while i was riding today…it was exciting

I wouldn’t call it a big thing but I’d say it’s a sport a lot people enjoy playing in their free time.

Funny that. I find hippies to be quite trainable. Maybe even better than a smart dog. If you throw a frisbee at one, he’ll usually catch it and throw it back. It’s amazing. You should try it.:wink:

there is frisbee golf, which is loads of fun, and most courses are free to play at.

I threw a frisbee and it came back and hit me on the side of my head. :angry:

Damn, I fall for your avatar every time! How clever!

I saw this on http://makezine.com/blog and it reminded me of this thread. http://dangerouslyfun.com/boomerang.html How to make your own boomerang.

Crap! I listened to thejdw’s avatar again!