The book that launched an empire... well, sort of.
In 1977, three thousand copies of this book were printes under cover of darkness and distributed. ia the bicycle and backpack system in Palo Alto, CA. The founjders's original plan was to sell them all, collect the proceeds, purchase an island (small) and retire for life.

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Con motivo de los bolos de malabarismos que me han prestado he retomado este libro que tenía en la estantería desde mis tiempos de USA. Es muy divertido y tiene muchas muestras de humor, americano pero humor al fin y al cabo. Grandes consejos para principiantes. ( )

When I was about 12 or 13, this book set me on a path...I certainly didn’t know it at the time, but it influenced my life in a fairly substantial way. ( )

The 30th anniversary edition is presented with yet another cover variation. The book contents remain relatively unchanged (as far as I can see) since '94, minus a bit of editing to the company scrapbook at the back pages. This is not a criticism. In fact I would go so far as to say that this is certainly no bad thing. Let's face it, if it ain't broke, don't fix it!

The juggling balls however are a different matter.

Gone are the trusted tough little multi coloured boxes filled with walnut shell that have lasted me so many years. Instead we now have slightly larger red velour cubes, filled with some kind of cereal grain (from what I can tell).
I have heard people complain that these new balls can split on impact. They certainly don't feel as hard wearing as previous incarnations. I'll bet that given a few months they will start to moult fuzz and begin to show their age rapidly too - which is another reason why I don't like this new material.
On the plus side, they do now included a nifty draw-string bag to keep your cubes safe; so I am adding 1/2 a star to the 1 star I removed due to the lesser juggling cubes. ( )