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Meet Club Members and see the talents they are sharing.
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 Name: Erin Riley
Personal Info: I love the infinite pattern. Juggling makes me happy.
First 3-ball Cascade: April 2005
Juggling Bio : Since I joined the Air Raid juggling club in 2005, I can't seem to stop throwing up! I attended the 61st and 62nd International Juggling Association Festivals and various other juggling workshops. Juggling is good for you, I can help you throw up and catch.
Most objects ever Juggled: 5 balls, 8 club passing
Favorite Skills: Left hand club passing. BIG juggles: Torture chamber, Vortex, Left at Havana.
Other skills: make you laugh so hard you forget what your doing and drop, master margarita stealer. |
 Name: Chris Hodge
Personal Info: I am 16 years old, homeschooled, and in eleventh grade.
First 3-Ball Cascade: July, 2002
Juggling Bio: When I first learned to juggle in 2002, I learned 3 and 4 balls but was not interested enough to go any farther with it. Then in 2006, my brother was given a DVD of the 2005 International Jugglers Association Festival. All the acts in the stage competitions were so amazing, they inspired me to start juggling again. That time, I kept at it and am now juggling every minute of my spare time. Since watching the DVD, I have made the finals of the IJA Juniors Championships twice, in 2007 and 2009, and have broken three world records with my brother Andrew, the 14, 15, and 16 ball two person passing records.
Most Objects Ever Juggled: 9 Balls, 7 Rings, 6 Clubs, 9 Ball Bouncing, 11 Ring Passing, 14 Ball Passing, and 10 Club Passing.
Favorite Skills: Technical Ball Juggling.
Other Skills: Swimming and anything my Mom makes me get good at in school. |
 Name: Kristian Hargadon
Personal Info: Born in Powhatan, VA in 1979, attended Hampden-Sydney College (biology major) and did graduate school and postdoctoral work at University of Virginia in Microbiology/Immunology (tumor immunology [melanoma] and viral immunology [influenza]) , Biology Professor at Hampden-Sydney College as of summer 2009
First 3-ball cascade: Christmas 2007
Juggling Bio: As a joke, my parents bought me 3 juggling beanbags for Christmas 2007 so that I could have a "toy" to play with. I taught myself the 3-ball cascade and thought I knew how to juggle, so I tucked the balls away in a closet. 4 months later, I randomly saw a juggling video on YouTube and saw my first ever juggling "tricks." From that point, that was it, game over, I had my new hobby. Many props and several hundred dollars later, I am HOOKED!
Most objects ever juggled:
Balls - 5
Bounce balls - 7
Clubs - 3
Rings - 4
Cigar boxes - 3
Favorite skills - I go through different phases with different props, so I never get bored. Pretty much anything at one point or another has been a "favorite."
Other skills: Golf (not good skills though), tennis, and used to play basketball but have gotten out of shape, and juggling does not require running, so it's perfect! |
 Name: Tony Gonzalez
Personal Info: Reporter, juggler, engaged
First 3-ball Cascade: Seventh grade (1998) in my living room after about a week trying.
Juggling Bio: Got good enough to consistently qualify and lose in the Teams Championships at the International Jugglers' Association annual festival. Finally got third in 2005 as "Entropy," with longtime partner Will Oltman. Also earned the Sean McKinney award. I appear in various juggling DVDs and have been a regular club member at groups in the Chicago-area, Detroit, Minneapolis, and now Charlottesville. Taught a for-credit juggling course at my college.
Most objects ever Juggled: 6 clubs, 7 balls, 10 club passing, 11 ball passing
Favorite Skills: Three-club tricks
Other skills: Kendama, tennis can manipulation, etc.
VIDEO LINKS: Practice Room , Tricks, |
 Name: Jason "LeJuggler" LeBlanc
1st 3 ball Cascade: Spring 1999
Juggling Bio: I learned my 1st 3 ball cascade in high school hoping to impress the ladies! I was unsuccessful for for about 6 years, but didn't give up. In 2004 I saw my first juggling show and the first guy that actually juggled for some other reason than to get a phone number! After the show, he tried to get my phone number and convinced me to come to the Air Raid Juggling Club. I have now been a member since October 2004 and my number is now in his speed dial. My 1st festival was the Congress of Jugglers in 2006. My first IJA was in Winston-Salem 2007.
Most objects juggled: 7 balls, 5 clubs, 2 margaritas
Favorite Skill: Creative, technical, high energy 3 ball juggling with a little contact juggling
Other Skills: Diabolo, Devil Stick(Flower Stick), Cigar Box Manipulation, Clubs, Rings, Bounce Juggling, LeBlancadonk Jiggling, Contact Juggling, Various Balancing Acts, Hat Tricks, and Frozen Margarita Sip Stealing with a 4 foot straw. |
 Name: Daniel Eaker
Personal Info: I was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1991 and have lived there my whole life. I am currently finishing my high school education through home schooling. Juggling has been a passion and obsession since early 2006.
First 3-ball Cascade: March 31, 2006
Juggling Bio: I first decided to start juggling after seeing an internet video and saying “Hey, I can do that.” So I tried, learned 3 balls, and immediately became addicted to juggling. I loved juggling because I could see results. There was something new to learn or get better at everyday. I went to my first Air Raid juggling club in early February, 2007, and quickly became one of the regulars.
My first convention was the Congress of Jugglers festival in Maryland. That convention was where I had my first performance. My second convention was the IJA festival in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. I had the chance to perform and compete in multiple events. I love to compete and challenge my own abilities.
 Most objects ever Juggled:
Qualifying runs: 9 balls, 8 rings, 6 clubs
Under-qualifying runs: 10 balls, 9 rings, 7 clubs
Favorite Skills: Technical and creative solo toss juggling with balls, rings, and clubs; 1 and 2 club manipulation, balancing while juggling.
Other skills: Contact juggling, bounce juggling, diablo, cigar boxes, ball spinning.
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Name: Tom Hamill
Personal Info: Born in 1965 and raised in Bowie, Maryland
Earned a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Syracuse University in 1988
Currently a Senior Engineer at Northrop Grumman
Wife: Suzan Kids: Lea and Aaron
We live in Bealeton, Virginia
First 3-ball Cascade: Sept 1983 as a freshman at Syracuse University
Juggling Bio: Was a member of the Syracuse University Juggling Club, The Jugglers of Bowie and the U.S. Department of Juggling. Taught Juggling and street performed at the Maryland Renaisance Festival from 1992 through 1995. Also performed at the Norfolk Mini Fest in 1994 and 1995. Spent 2 years learning stage combat and swordplay with the Washington Shakespeare Company. Currently writes the InPassing column for the magazine Juggle. This is a how-to column on club passing tricks and patterns.
Most objects ever Juggled: 6 balls
Favorite Skills: Club passing, Solo balls, Claymotion, Solo Clubs
Other Skills: Diabolo, Rings, Contact Juggling |
Mark Griffith (on sebatical)
Born: Richmond,VA 1981
first cascade: Dec. 1998
live in phoenix and commute to the meetings
collect celebrity earwax
bounce 7 balls( it's really coming together)
Other hobbies: skydiving, puppy spinning, long distance pumkin chucking,
smoke-signaling, olive juice extracting,amature meteorologist/ stormchaser,
beekeeping,orthodontic tech(child torturer). |
 Name: Mark Nizer
Personal Info: Juggler, married
First 3-ball Cascade: Seventh grade, juggling class taught by Hemlock the clown!!!
Juggling Bio:Me juggle long time....
Most objects ever Juggled: 5 clubs, 7 balls, 9 rings.
Favorite Skills: What ever I am currently learning.
Other skills: hang gliding, anything Mac, critical thinking
Video Link: here |
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