How This Guy Became a World Champion Boomerang Thrower | WIRED
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- Logan Broadbent is one of the world's top boomerang throwers. To throw and catch with his level of precision requires a solid understanding of aeronautics, weather, physics, athletic endurance and the ability to build world class boomerangs from scratch.
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How This Guy Became a World Champion Boomerang Thrower | WIRED
Want to learn how to make your own boomerang? Check out Logan's easy 4-minute tutorial! ua-cam.com/video/Ie1rV3TVecE/v-deo.html
Thanks @wired Really appreciate this opportunity to shoot with you and share the sport I love with the world. Many happy returns! - Logan
I just wasted 4 minutes of my life, I want that back
Common term for a throwing stick used for hunting is a rabbit stick. Only one I have any understanding of anyway.
WIRED captain America 🙃?
Keiner mag Schlaumeier
"Sometimes the ugliest boomerangs fly the best"
I felt that
Felt that in my soul.
Same
Felt that in my loins.
I think I _AM_ an ugly boomerang.
Ryan Corrigan it’s ok. You probably fly better thank those nice pretty boomerangs
This guy is really articulate. He did a great job catching my interest in something that I had never really thought about before. Great video.
well said! I've got the same impression
"catching" hehehehehehehe
bubblisimo they have to get articulate, because at the end of the day they are just throwing a boomerang vertically..
So that their sport doesn’t completely die
That's what I was just thinking after I finished this video
This guy's passion is so noticeable. He has been doing it his whole life and still has so much passion for it. That's awesome.
and it's just a bent stick that goes in a circle when you throw it. heh
@@geometricart7851 and your just a hater.
@@geometricart7851 and football is just a bunch of men chasing eachother with a ball. You can make anything sound dumb if you word it like that
Came for the boomerangs, stayed for his passion for the sport
I would like this comment, but, ye know the 69 meme...
@@cjwessels8612 well you can now
@@nodnarb3772 right i did
I kno his gf lol. I made fun of her.
The title attracted my attention.
Boomerangs are just single player frisbees
That's deep dude...
CHANGE MY MIND
You probably stole those joke so ima yoink
you should add change my mind to that.
Your pfp says a lot
This was a world that I never knew existed, but am now totally fascinated by.
Ok
Just like when I discover Chase Tag championship ahaha
@@DragonicOverlord ok
It is fascinating I competed in the Australia Vs America titles way back in the 80s as a school kid.
I still make and throw them.
@@steghuman9063 that's awesome. Just might pick up this hobby with the kids. Thanks
I met his dad at a party. Super cool guy. Gave me a "roomerang" (I think that was what it's called) an indoor boomerang. Super passionate dude. Who would have known there was so much to know about boomerangs!
ItsMeHammie you can buy those at legacyboomerangs.com!
Hidan prove it
His cousin gave me a doomerang. It’s scary how dangerous it is though.
My mom actually gave me a womberang but it was almost impossible to throw with my underdeveloped hands and now that I’m out I can’t use it anymore =(
His mom gave me a groomerang. It does my hair now and then.
He protecc
He attacc
But most importantly
His Boomerang Comes Bacc
HUMAN RIGHTS Big FACTS😳😳.
@@sauceaddict9569 ...
Yup ... i once throwed a boomerang then woke up in a hospital...😴🤕🤕☹
His boomerang always come bacc
@@GibberishGamer
*Sometimes He misses Too*
@@peacebro9859 does he tho
This guy is a perfect combination of proffesional athlete and a science nerd
Oh how the recommendations have brought us together again my friends
agreed
Agreed
ICEE tv lol jk I couldn't be that mean
I actually looked up boomerangs
For some reason I decided to youtube “boomerang” actually.
This guy just makes me wanna make a boomerang and throw it the whole day.
Go for it! It's a ton of fun!
@@Silas_KRN shady marketing, but nice move.
imagine what his dogs go throght on a daily basis.
lmao
This Made my das thanks you😂
Probably like: you don’t need me anymore to play fetch :’(
I'm the 420th like
@@juliusstein7104 this also made my das, not my day!
This guy looks happier than lot of superstars in mainstream sports
That's because he has a hobby and they have a job
I think they are all happy, having the sport u love as Ur job isn't that bad. It's kinda perfect
@@gautamgautamsuresh1218 it's kinda "not perfect" you live in a world where your body is always banged up, you constantly have a stream of younger hungry guys breathing down your neck to try to take your place, you always have to be pushing your body to try to get a better contract and you have to hope you can make enough money to last the rest of your life once one of the kids do take your livelihood
That's because he's happy to finally have a platform, while our nations superstars are held by contract to constantly have cameras pointed in their faces even after devastating losses. You just rarely get to see them in their freetime enjoying the multi-million and sometimes billion dollar lifestyle. 😂
This is the only video I'll ever watch that uses the words "boomerang technology" in any sentence.
ua-cam.com/video/lZaJlXBoJmM/v-deo.html
this guy is exactly who i would expect to be on a boomerang team.
*_Sokka wants to know your location_*
Water magic
Thanks for that man 😄
Duchi yes just yes
How to make ur comment bold font?
This is all I could think about lol
Logan broadbent: *THROWS BOOMERANG WONDERFULLY*
Me: GIVE THIS MAN A SHIELD!
JK this is the best comment ever
Andrew Webster well thank you!
Username checksout...
could he make a boomerang that has the mirage look of cap's shield in flight?
This guy is basically a human Jack Russell Terrier. How do people have this much energy without cocaine?
He high on life
Adderall
Who said there was no cocaine?
untreated ADHD.
Proper sleeping pattern and diet
Ladies, find a guy who talks about you the way this guy talks about Boomerangs
TheHolyLoaf no
@TheHolyLoaf No, it's called being passionate about his sport.
TheHolyLoaf
ITS A JOOOOOOOKE
Dear god did I have to point that out?
Why not guys...
@TheHolyLoaf They always were
Yeah he's the best boomerang man because
*HE DOESN'T LIVE WHEN SOKKA WAS IN THE WORLD*
Grammar
“Swish swash sling that slang! I’m always back ‘atcha! Like my...Boomerang!”
-Sokka
Learn how to write, please.
i was looking for the sokka comment
huh?
Him: “theres really no wrong way to throw it”
Me: *throws it into a tree*
Have you got it back yet?
The hero that killed Sparky Sparky Boom Man
Zuzu Lmfaoo
OG reference
Zuzu it’s sparky sparky boom man
@@RandomGuy9O9 Oh yea my bad. I forgot about that. Thanks
Only 2000s kids will remember
This guy would be an amazing baseball pitcher I would imagine.
Right
He plays pitcher and umpire.
He would be a better goalie
No, he would be in MLB making millions instead of throwing boomerangs for nothing.
Too small.
The title was so long when it was in my notification , it just says “ How this guy became the world champion boomer.....”
3:01 meh mediocre forearm for a boomerang thrower
3:06 *i take that back*
He beats his meat a lot
The Saiya all it takes is one strong stroke for him
Obviously Sokka’s the best boomerang thrower
I am a expert Urine-bender. I can split my stream into two.
Sokka's boomerang never comes back on it's own, it's the spirits taking pity on him for having to deal with all the benders in the gaang
I was looking for this comment 😏
Im watching avatar right now too 😂😂😂
Mhmm
"What? We have a US boomerang team?"
😂👌
Me
@@cjwessels8612 No, me.
@@rafaelreyes2038 frind
1:24
I didn’t know Trevor was in the boomerang team
lol I was about to comment that but I needed to make sure I wasn't gonna "COPY" someone bc that's what kid say when there are so many people that say u copied one of like millions of people so I just won't comment it to be safe
good catch..
Which trevor
Jamie Barr Trevor Phillips
I like the idea of boomerang throwers develop their own tech. We need more sports that allow players to engineer their own equipment.
What baseball players with corked bats, under inflated footballs scuffing shoes for better ball contact, electric motors hidden in bicycle frames and of course performance inhancing methods(dopers). Plenty of people use this but its cheating to get around the rules same concept though.
This dude travels, is intelligent, articulate, a craftsman, looks ripped, has multi-sport athleticism, a world-class title, and now a youtube interview with over 2mil views. This dude has way more game than most guys.
Doing tricks on it
man this guy's passion makes me wanna learn about the sport even more
Right there almost nothing better than people talking about what they love
Fun Fact: The oldest boomerang found was in Olazowa Cave in Poland. Made out of a Mammoth tusk, it is has been dated to be about 30,000 years old.
@Joseph Benesch how is it not a sport.....
@Joseph Benesch It's competitive=it's a sport.
Millennials : Grandma called
Gen z : Boomerang
EMOTIONLESS 6981 You deserve so much more
This comment is too underrated
AAAAAAAGGGGHHHH!
I saw this comment...scrolled down and read about 20 more comments, and then I got the joke and busted out laughing lol
Dude i was in a coffee shop while reading this
Now I'm scarred for life •́ ‿ ,•̀
But the funniest joke I've heard this year
logan: "it needs gyroscopic precession, differential lifts, cenrtifugal force, momen..."
Me: "JUST THROW IT MAN"
Me: "Explain the physics!"
The metaphore for me would be "Throw good out, it'll hit you in the face when it returns" and "What goes around, will hit you in the face."
Hahaha I've had those days.
Probably one of the few sports where the pro's actually make their own sporting equipment
I love the idea of pros making or heavily modifying equipment to their liking.
First:yeeettt
Second:wait for the boomarang to come back (this will be long enough to think about your life decisions)
last:catch
Mr Smiley
Yeet: to throw a object at a high velocity
YEET!!!
Yeet and yoink
I thought that the thumbnail was a guy yeeting a snake!
Saw a snake : *YEET*
HAHAHAHAH
You gave me a smile I can't wipe off my face..
Jeff Ron
Aw:)
he looks and talks like someone who is a world champion boomerang thrower
unlike bowling. LMAO
Hmm I wonder if he is?
It’s almost like we’re not watching an interview of him talking about being one???
Love his energy. He's easy to follow and he's good at keeping my attention.
I feel like if he decided not to catch his boomerang it would just orbit around him ominously.
Lmfaoo it'd get in fuckin orbit
it will fall down due to gravity
R /whoosh
@@somebody8676 r/gravity
talented father + curious son = world champion
I love how this video is extremely detailed on everything about the sport.. and the actual boomerang.. most channels would probably put out a 3 minute video, this was very cool and educational 👍
his passion and genuine appreciation/knowledge of the sport makes this video so enjoyable to watch. well done! and i hope he’s continuing to do what he loves
I just love the way how cool the boomerang sounds when it was thrown away
Me: Okay, my recommendations cannot get any more diverse at 3AM
UA-cam: *hold my boomerang*
Good job Logan :)
I broke my neighbour’s bathroom window every single time I brought it out
GET THIS MAN A SHIELD
This is one of the videos that you watch at 3 o clock in the morning and decide to finally go to sleep...
2:06
Me: Boomerang goes Whooosh*
What I love most about sport is that you could make pretty much anything into a competitive sport. I would have never thought about boomerangs being a sport, but it looks awesome.
Sokka:
Hold my beer.
*throws boomerang, nevers comes back*
I really like this guy, he seems so genuine :)
I really like this guy - extremely positive and a fantastic advocate for the sport. Great video!
This man should’ve been Captain Boomerang in Suicide Squad
Eiichiro Oda shouldn’t u be messing with ppl in kingoflighting or supermechafrieza’s comment sections?
Spill da tea shouldn’t you be spilling tea?
spiciestt touché
Don’t talk about that horrible movie
The reason I respect him is because his boomerang comes back
He has an amazing personality. It made this video so much better.
Not only he learned boomerang but also he learns acrobatics, WOW LIKE I CANT DO BOTH OF THOSE I SAID FANTASTIC!
Love the transmission of a passion between a father and his son
I wish I could be half as happy about *anything* as this guy is about boomerangs!
I’ve been throwing mine horizontally... I was about to throw it out lmao
I can’t throw my boomerang out.
Every time I try it comes back.
Right I've been throwing a boomerang wrong all this time. No wonder it never came back .
@@jamierichards27 Why is this so funny
I feel like this man's voice is forever young
The real captain boomerang
And he's speak like spiderman...😁
"sometimes the ugliest boomerangs fly the best" deep stuff bro
Sometimes people copy other comments to
@@itsbilly1792 sometimes people didn't see the comment before they created the comment 'to'
I love how he's just the biggest nerd about his sport lol. I love this guy!
I’m shook by just how much this was informative and entertaining to watch
Thank you!!!
all us australians sitting here like wtf
Why?
bongo155 am I missing something? Did he claim to have invented boomerangs?
@@str8dominican We got a great Chapea restaurant here down under.. best in the world
HyperVectra if they entered an international chapea competition and won, I would agree with you. Chess was invented in India but the best chess player in the world at one point was Bobby Fischer, an American, and then Garry Kasparov, a Russian.
@@str8dominican but there is no way to tell he is the best in the world he's more like the best in the comp
When your parents told you to go and play outside when you were 10... but you took it WAY too far.
This was pretty spectacular. I really didn't know we had a Boomerang team and I loved how truly passionate he is about it
One day there will be a fan-service anime about boomerangs, i guarantee it.
They better have some thicc indigenous thoties
*Sokka*
if this guy ever decided to take up being a super villain no one would be able to stop him
1961: In 2019 we will have flying cars
2019: Yo can i hit that boomerang dood?!
It's always good to see people doing their job greatly with passion
“There’s literally no wrong way to do it” This lad never see me dig holes throwing boomerang
This guy is truly remarkable. Respect.
i expected he was going to show off his vibranium boomerang
This guy and his hobby are freakin awesome… I want to get into boomerang throwing now for fun.
Sokka would be proud of this guy
This man is the definition of an athlete, loved him!
Thanks so much! Appreciate the props!
This feels like the perfect balance of both physical and intellectual strength in one sport
You sure, his nickname isn't *Captain Boomerang?*
Somebody! Call 'The Flash!!'
I threw a boomerang the other day. Now its on the neighbors roof.
Rick Moreno did the same 7 years ago. Until this day I have never seen that boomerang again :(
All of the trick catches sounded a lot cooler then they actually looked.
1:23
Didn't know Trevor was a boomerang enthusiast
I was thinking the same thing
BrobotDj same
I’ve been throwing a boomerang completely wrong my whole life.
I’ve learned.
Of why my boomerang always hit the ground instead of flying 🤣🤣
This vid is actually rly cool tho
I love that this guy is so geeked out on boomerangs.
I just love how happy he is while talking about it
I’ve watched this already but something keeps bringing me back
Maybe it would go over someone's head. Lol
don't even think to fight this man, you'll never know what's hit you.
This is the nerdiest sport I've seen and it's the best. Keep doing what you love. :)
Vexxeer232 how is it nerdy? Don’t you think other sports talk About their sports in this way? Boxers always talk on ways to be faster, dodge more, etc etc . I don’t see anything nerdy about it.
Isn't that the dude perfect logo 6:21
It is wtf
Bảo Đinh Ngọc yeah, he was in a dude perfect episode
He was in Dude Perfect.
ua-cam.com/video/S9KxqRUcnCU/v-deo.html
Bảo Đinh Ngọc completely different my brotha lol
Conrad Schleicher that was me in DP too 😁. I do a lot of UA-cam videos 👍🏼
This was very fun to watch! Thanks!
I threw a boomerang when I was 6 and it never came back..
.
.
.
I live in fear ever since 😥😥😥😥
Like my dad
Haha good one. Yur unlucky because mine ALWAYS comes back.
BJORN LLANEZA like my mom
@@marvingordon5685 noob. Like my girlfriend
Probably you threw it horizontally
I didn’t even know that boomerangs were real until now....
It's a ton of fun, you should try it out one day
You should buy one
Smh
Always found boomerangs interesting when I was a kid, now I know I was flying the thing wrong! Thanks, cool video
It’s really interesting seeing someone so passionate about something most us don’t really see or think about, unlike cars or motorcycles. Pretty cool bro 😎
An amazing ambassador. Logan's encouragement to my son has been phenomenal. He has become our mentor and guide in starting our own boomerang club. (check us out on facebook- Brockville Boomerang Club) A true inspiration!
Does everyone in the comments know this guy in person or something?
Dude, that is awesome! Take some credit you too, helping your son that much. keep it up!
Haha. That speaks to Logan's power and passion. And in turn we mention his name every day to people coming up to us asking about boomerangs. A little symbiosis.
There is a boomerang club?
Lol cool. Kinda nerdy but cool I guess.
I had a hard plastic, sharp edge, neon orange boomerang as a kid. Looking back i realize i’m lucky to be alive.
No doubt if you miss the catch I would think it could possibly wreck your face.
*Quarintine happens*
UA-cam: don’t worry they will watch anything