Diabolo
The diabolo is an ancient toy that is made of two cones connected at the middle and spun with the use of 2 handsticks connected by string. It is sort like a yo-yo that comes off the string. There is evidence that dates the Diabolo back to at least 4000 years ago in China. This toy experienced a resurgence in popularity in both the early 18oo's and the early 1900's.
Associations
There are no associations for the Diabolo.
Top Web Sites
DiaboloTricks.com - A wonderful site with loads of information
Diabolo.ca - Videos, Tricks, and Forums
TheDiabolo.com - Nice Flash site with tricks.
2Diabolo.net - Tricks with multiple diabolo's
The Diabolo Primer - Good Introduction to the prop
ChineseYoYo.org - A nice site with 30 traditional Chinese yo-yo tricks including tricks with one-sided diabolo
DiaboloDevil.com - Lots of tricks with videos.
Wikipedia - Diabolo History, tricks, and links.
Art of Diabolo - Triangle notation generator
Art of Diabolo - Site generator...very cool!
Art of Diabolo - List of Site swap tricks.
Educational Resources
Juggling Database - The IJDb has a page devoted to most of the diabolo books available.
Vendors
Most vendors selling juggling props sell diabolo's as well.
JugglingStore.com - They have a large selection of diabolo's, hand sticks, and string.
Video
Video clip of Ryo Yabe - 10 minutes - Excellent!
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*A special thank you to Steven Santos at Simply Circus for some great contributions to this page!