silly injured fat guy, pirouettes are for kids! {Steve's farewell to pirouettes}

[Latsohug79]

Totally agree with your take on pirouettes. They are the ultimate example of "juggling peer pressure". Everybody's doing them so they must be cool... The next trend will be juggling on a balance beam or while doing the splits.

[TannerA999]

hahahaha steve, i love how at wjf you were in the corner looking away because everyone was spinning. but yeah, i guess 360s and crap do look kinda silly..... but to me they are fun. but anyway 360s are for losers. its all about siteswaps.

[juggliac]

goodbye stranger, it's been nice, hope you find your paradi-i-ise! Well, that's cool, I hate pirrouettes too... so, way to go, we're in the same boat...

[5bJuggla]

Touching Vid. Goodbyes are always so hard

[TonySteinbach]

Pirouettes are definitely my weakest area (besides rhythm) when it comes to juggling. I've never gotten anything besides a 3b 3 up. So I applaud you, sir.

[aaronthejuggler]

Haha Steve! Every extremely funny video you make you put a song that makes sense to go with it! I love it, keep it up!

[jessecjr]

Steve, that was a sweet vid. You've inspired me to keep trying to hit an f'-in 3 ball 3up 360 just one damn time. I'm curious where your gut is from because I detect a slight accent. Great juggling and cool seeing you at IJA. Jesse

[onijuggler]

"After a while, I started getting really really really sick of watching people spin around over and over and over **cough, WJF, cough**." HAHAHA

[worldjuggling]

@onijuggler Are we being credited for creating spinning?

[onijuggler]

@worldjuggling This sentence is in steve's description, it makes me laugh 'cause I totally agree with him. It took me a lot of time to have my 5up and when I see WJF videos, it seems sooo easy! 5up 1080, 7up 360, big spinning transitions. That's unfair :-) I begun juggling when I was 20, 4years ago now, I'm jalous of those kids who have such a level now hehe.

[BruceBoppoTiemann]

LOL! I suck at pirouettes but only half-suck at half-pirouettes. But ... Bwahahaha! I have invented a way to do pirouettes while keeping my feet solidly planted on the solid ground. But, alas, I suck at those too (and, only half-suck at the half-pirouette version of them).

[LearnToJuggleNOW]

Steve, stop complaining about being fat, I would totally date you if I was a girl!

[thegoheads]

@LearnToJuggleNOW Well, too bad your not a girl then, haha

[MangoPopper]

Thanks, Steve for the inspiration!

I don't do 360s (just like I don't get on playground merry-go-rounds), but after seeing your video, I think maybe I'll learn to do at least something simple so that I can say farewell to them too.

[unjongleur]

360's mess up my hair. seriously

Oh and I am just not that good at them, it is very wjf like, I'd rather stand out for something that hasnt been done before

SO I only do 360's if its with some odd siteswap, or from a factory / contortion pattern.

[MadJugglerTV]

ok. I made the other comment because I couln't watch it last night because the internet I steal from my neighbor is really slow... but Steve you are a really good Juggler and you are super good at piro/360's. Seriously. It's hard for me to be serious, but Seriously... you tore it up! did I just see your belly?

[thegoheads]

@MadJugglerTV Thanks, man! I know I'm not completely terrible at pirouettes if I can still pull off sloppy 5ups within a few tries after a year of not trying it, but still, it's a silly trick and I don't really like it.  And yes, that was my sexy belly!

[Pimkins]

Haha! You animal!

[MescalineBanana]

Rather than quitting pirouettes, perhaps you could consider changing your diet. Just a thought.

On a related note, fuck pirouettes.

[thegoheads]

@MescalineBanana I don't know if I made this clear enough, but I stopped practicing pirouettes because it gives me no satisfaction. Being fat and having a bad knee does make 360s more challenging, but that has very little to do with why I don't like 360s.

[eMretsiM]

Looks like you don't even need to practise them any more anyway - you can already do pretty much all the pirouette tricks out there!

[PacifiCascade]

I don't know what to say about this.

[lizardmen123]

But you can do them!!!

[MrJugglr]

loved it! I am considering making a farewell to pirouettes as well... I just never found them very fun... SITESWAP ALL DAY!

Nice job steve!

Josh

[desideratoRdam]

I agree, I have a dislike for pirouettes as wel, I try to practice some every now and then, but i really only like to do them at the end of an show or something, goooooo handclaps!!!!

[johnnations]

Hey Steve, you are a great juggler and video maker and WHO NEEDS PIROUETTES?

A question (Help me.) : I don't have a gut or an injured knee, and I suck SO BADLY at pirouettes (more lately called 360s). In my show, I'm amazed I can do a 3up (whether from 3 torches or 5 balls). To land these "pirouettes" I have to walk around several steps every time.

Help me get an excuse? i have no grace or danceability. Whereas David Demuzio did 51 5 ball 5up 360s in a row in one run.

Thanks for the video!!

[thegoheads]

@johnnations Hey John, if you need an excuse you could just say that pirouettes are for girls!! hahahahaaa, just kidding.. Much like any other skill, some people seem to be naturally good at pirouettes, and some people have very slow progress no matter how much they practice. Chris Fowler has a pretty good spin tutorial on his channel (juggleboy360) you should check it out!

[MadJugglerTV]

@johnnations You're alive! are you still making juggling videos? I haven't seen one in a while and I like your videos a lot!

[Roma76811]

Very good juggling. One question. You can juggle 8 balls?

[thegoheads]

@Roma76811 I qualified 8balls about a dozen times.. but that was about a year ago. So I guess I could probably still juggle 8 if I wanted to. I don't work on juggling 8 anymore though, just flashes.

[TheMorziloeil]

It's always good to see a siteswap juggler take the right path. Congratulations !

[casperov]

boooo, not enough 360s!!!!

[worldjuggling]

and say hello to 360s

[MadJugglerTV]

I personally don't like your attitude towards cherry pies. You know Abe Lincoln was a cherry pie eater, and he turned out all right. I really like your music video. You have some really neat breakdancing moves. Keep it up, I hear people who live in France like those sort of things.

[thegoheads]

@MadJugglerTV  hahahahahhaaaa you nut!

[MadJugglerTV]

@thegoheads thank you for understanding... :^)



[TABjuggler]

Yeah, I imagine that is how my pirouettes will look once I finally get... any of them down.

Beer is just too good. I 'm sorry juggling, but if I have to choose between pirouettes that make me question my sexuality and delicious, delicious beer. I know which one I will choose every time... (do you?)

[kennyjuggling]

fairwell :)

[gabrielfamilathe]

I totally agree. all of the (prodigy) kids do the same tricks. its the 6x4 5 up 360 onto that 360 then another one , and another one(or 720s or 1080s if you are louge). All though I do them, i dont by any means practice them. But if i had the choice to be a 360 master or a siteswap master, I would denfinately choose siteswaps any day!

[747Hero]

your pirouettes are kinda slow

[thegoheads]

@747Hero duh?! I think you missed the point...

[MadJugglerTV]

@747Hero takes one to know one.

[Brntrogdor]

Very good idea, though I still have yet to master the 3b 3up 360. I've done it very nicely a few times, but... not consistently enough to call myself good at them.

[danBuonocore]

haha nice :D