Volker Behrens, ehem. Europameister und Guinness Weltrekordhalter im Weitwurf
feels like paradise: auf einem guten Pferd in Montana...
Volker Behrens facts:
- erster Bumerang geworfen: 1966
- erster Bumerang gefangen: 1983
- erster Bumerang hergestellt: 1983
- ehem. Europameister und Guinness Weltrekordhalter im Weitwurf
- 2 maliger CAPTAIN des deutschen WORLD BOOMERANG CUP TEAMS
- Hersteller und Designer verschiedener Rekord-Bumerangs
- erster Bumerangdesigner, der Partinax für MTA, Fast Catch und Doubling verwendete
- erster Bumerangdesigner, der Kohlefaser in Boom-Design implemetierte
Background
Reiten, Messerwerfen (und Herstellung selbiger), Frisbees, Bumerangs, Bogenschießen, Golf, Schwerter - all dies waren/sind in unterschiedlicher Ausprägung Hobbies von mir. Die meisten praktiziere ich immer noch. Ein interessantes statistisches DeataiI: vor langer Zeit fand ich heraus, dass auch Herb Smith und Al Gerhards (beides ehem. Weitwurfmeister- meine "Vorgänger" bzw Inspirationen) leidenschaftliche Bogenschützen waren. Herb Smith hielt sogar zeitweilig den britische Rekord auf 30m Scheibe! Das sagt ein wenig über die Suche nach Reichweite und Kontrolle...
Inzwischen findet man mich eher doch auf dem Pferd oder demGolfplatz - (Reichweite und Kontrolle... mit 17,8 handicap, für die Interssierten )- aber ich habe auch immer noch viel Spaß an einer Runde Messerwerfen oder Bogenschießen.
"Nebenher" bin ich auch noch ShiaTsu Therapeut und Merdiengestalter....
History, credits
Wilhelm Bretfeld - Herb Smith - Eric Darnell. My gratitude and late appreciation goes out to these three people, who taught me, shared some of their knowledge about boomerangs and aerodynamics with me and inspired me broadly in my own work.
-Thanks to Wilhelm Bretfeld for opening the door onto the field of airfoil characteristics. For getting me into touch with the exciting world of modern boomeranging. With Ben "Guru" Ruhe, most of all, another person that continuously has been a motivation and drive for me to keep on my quest for the Challenger.
| - Thanks to Herb A. Smith for all his pioneer work in long distance design and sharing some of his boomerang designs and ideas. I met Herb first at a tournament in Southhampton, UK in 85, where we first discussed boom design and swapped some rangs. We met again on other occasions later and have kept a vivid exchange of ideas and have swapped designs later, too. He adapted my Challenger principles and I was allowed to have my go at making my interpretations of some of my favourite models of his: the Mini Marathon, the Tornado Shorty and the pax Sussex Hook. He gave me permission to use these in my line of rangs already back in 88. |  |
He was the one pioneer in the use of paxolin - for all of you who didn't know - and he got me on it right away after I tried out his stuff for the first time. From then on my little shop in the backyard ("Paxolin City" it's called now....) never smelled the same anymore (nice wooden sawdust...). He also gave me my first deep insights on the effects of assymmetrical weighting and all the impact on long distance mechanics. Without him my life and long distance boomernaging certainly wouldn't have been the same.
- Thanks to Eric Darnell for being the founder of modern sports boomerang design in all its sophistication. And for having me around for a while and letting me pick his brain (and rummage through his basement shop, where I have made some wonderful poly rangs that I still treasure....) when we first met in 87.
For all of the above mentioned for sharing their knowledge open heartedly. For making the world a place of better rangs. Mahalo!