The Brewview: Coffee, Kendama, Culture

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This episode is supported by one of my favourite roasters Onyx Coffee Lab. Onyx is dedicated to the art and science of coffee. Click here (https://bit.ly/3tgHwgj) and use code BREWVIEW10 to save 10% on your next Onyx order and drink better coffee. DM me for recommendations!

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This episode is also supported by New Laced Kendama! New Lace Kendama is a veteran-owned kendama brand I think you should check out--you won't regret it. They have fantastic shapes, amazing people, and are really making waves on the ground level of kendama. You can shop New Laced Kendama exclusively at Kendama Depot: https://kendamadepot.com/
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This episode is supported by one of my favourite roasters Onyx Coffee Lab. Onyx is dedicated to the art and science of coffee. Click here (https://bit.ly/3tgHwgj) and use code BREWVIEW10 to save 10% on your next Onyx order and drink better coffee. DM me for recommendations!    

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Show Notes:  

Hobbies Lego Cubing to Kendama 

Sticking with Kendama 

How does kendama differ? 

YouTube over IG for Kendama 

Canada's Kendama Scene

And so much more!    

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Show Notes: 

Bionicles Game 

Yoyo vs. Kendama 

Grain Theory 

Filming Dama 

Downspike's Breakout Player 

Mental Health and Kendama 

How to make Esteban Strings 

The Economics of Selling Strings 

Collabing with Adrian 

And more! 

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From MKO '18, I knew Joe Nelson was a player to keep an eye on. The hunger he had for the game and becoming the best he could be could not be satiated. Joe has claimed a number of competitions, put out several hit kendama edits, and now holds three sponsorships with Krom Kendama, 18PDOX18, and Maybe Sunday Co. Oh, and he is a manager at Jersey Mike's and definitely knows his sandwiches. Seriously, one of the funniest episodes to DATE! Prep yourself.

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Show Notes:

• Claiming Souls in KEN games
• Competitive Yo-Yo
• Summer Camp and Stealing Damas
• Bullied in school for Kendama
• College
• MKO '18 and NAKO '19
• Beast of the East
• Grinding for sponsorship the right way
• Joining Krom
• What is 18 PDOX 18?
• Jersey Mike's, NYC Bagels, and a lot of food talk!
• And so much MORE!

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Shop Sol Kendamas (Canada): https://www.cafekendama.com/

Join the Coffee Gang Discord: https://discord.gg/sHbtezfx4t

According to the hit YouTube movie, "Stay on Your Tablet," Nativ Kendama's Timothee Berthelot likes to sleep... a lot. However, after chatting with him on the Brewview, I know one thing is for certain, you don't want to sleep on Tim. His passion for the game, his energy, laughs, creativity, inspiration and incredible progression are unrivalled. Want to know more about Kendama France, arguably the most successful reseller? This is your episode! Want to know about the filming of "Stay on Your Tablet?" This is your episode. Want to be inspired to play more dama? This is YOUR episode!

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Show Notes:

• Adam practices french while Tim practices English
• Growing up in France
• Finding Dama
• Kendama France
• Nativ Kendama
• Euro Squad
• Several drop-in appearances of Ben Cante, Professional Freerunner
• France's Got Talent
• Collab with DA Originz!
• And SO much more!

Follow Tim here: https://www.instagram.com/timothee_berthelot/

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The European Kendama scene is upheld by a standard of play and authenticity like none other. Eric Wöss (AKA Osyerzilla), the founder and owner of DA Originz (DAO), has a keen desire to get to the origins of kendama manufacturing by going to the source of the wood. We talk through the formation of his dreams and leaving a Michelin Star cooking career to pursue his passion of building a Kendama empire. This is an episode worth checking out! 

This Week's Show Notes:

• BMX in Austria
• Cooking at a Michelin Star Restaraunt
• Finding Kendama in school
• $10,000 and a dream
• Sourcing Austrian Beechwood
• Hand painting and techniques
• Sponsoring a unique team
• International kendama challenges
• Backpack hustling
• And so much more!
  

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The Kendama YouTube scene has dwindled in the past few years, but the faithful few, like Colin Hislop and the Sandpoint Kendama channel, have held strong producing highly engaging and captivating content. This week, Colin joins me to talk through the journey of visual storytelling from jamming in Sam Cannon's backyard to travelling around the world filming major kendama events and your favourite pros tricks.

This Week's Show Notes:

• Sandpoint Idaho
• Meeting Sam Cannon and Caleb Jeffries
• Filming Tacoma Takeover 3
• Film set up
• 366 days of Kendama filming
• Event travelling
• FILM 101: How Colin Films
• Filming a Stodd clip for 4 hours in the rain
• Never quit
• Storytelling is equally as important as the trick
• Never forget the B-Roll
• And so much more!
  

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The day I heard "KD" being chanted at MKO '18, I knew I needed to get to know this guy. As one of Kendama's most loved and respected players, it was a privilege to have Sol Pro, Kevin Desoto, join the Brewview. In this special episode, Kevin announced his new Sol Kendamas Pro Mod the "1.5." To hear the story and Kevin's journey as a player and competitor, listen NOW! And a special visit from Sol owner, Chad Covington, to keep it spicy!

This Week's Show Notes:

• The struggle of job hunting and group interviews
• High school friends to life long dama homies
• Starting out with Dama
• Vegas Dama Scene
• Meeting Jake Wiens
• Competing
• Freestyle
• What is Kencastle
• The good ol' days of vegas kendama
• Three sponsorships
• Designing kendamas
• Yumu Kendama
• Sol Kendamas
• Pro Mod and 1.5 Mod
• Future of KD and the Sol Squad
• And so much more!
  

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When it comes to wholesome, from-the-heart content, look no further than Carly "Chuck Carlson. Chuck is a sponsored player for both Sweets Kendamas and Maybe Sunday Co. and has continued to put forward the notion of "community first" through her very personalized edits and content. Carly, unbeknown to me, has a particularly wide set of skills" woodworking, truck driving, djing, dance, and, of course, kendama! Her metaphorical tool belt is filled with assets to make her an excellent contributor to the game we all love!

This Week's Show Notes:

• DJing weddings to touring with T-Pain
• For the love of editing
• Shyness and Kendama
• Ordering her first dama on Amazon
• Grinding to be on https://maybe-sunday.com/ (owned by her Brother, but no free passes!)
• Sweets Sponsorship
• "Hip Hop" Edit
• Truck Driving
• Carly's new business COMING SOON
• Colorado jams
• Kendama turf wars, after all, Kendama is a Gang
• And so much more!
  

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Zack Gallagher hardly needs an introduction, however, this episode goes much deeper than his incredible kendama play. We talk early childhood, brotherly intrigue, life outside of dama, traveling to events, and the Sweets Kendamas Sponsorship--plus stick around till the end to get Zack's discount code and save 15% when you shop at www.SweetsKendamas.com

This Week's Show Notes:

• SKO Contraversy--setting the record straight
• Having Nick, arguably the greatest kendama player in the world, as a twin
• Life as a kid before Dama
• Traveling to Wenatchee and meeting WKT
• Battle in Seattle
• Sweets Sponsorship
• Degree in Communications
• Taking time off school
• Phasing out of Pro Kendama
• Kendama vs. Career
• Working in the restaurant industry
• And so much more!
  

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Ria Smith, Quill Kendama Flow Team, is one of the greatest additions to Kendama in 2020 with her uplifting spirit, electric energy, and consistent community involvement--the live chat was POPPIN'! Ria's story flows from baking to EDM into Kendama as a vent for pent-up-flow energy. If you are looking for genuine joy and motivation to get out and grow, this is the episode for you!

This Week's Show Notes:

• Baking with Ria at @bakedria
• Mac Miller's biggest fan
• Ria's 100 days of Kendama and 28TL
• Meeting Boogie T and getting into Kendama
• Poi, Hoops, and other flow tools and their relationship to EDM
• Ria's brother embarrasses her in her SAT class by signing her up as "buttface"--classic!
• Quill Sponsorship and Nick Balen's support
• Hype for Kevin P. Martin
• Sprite addiction?
• Adam preps for a date
• And so much more!
  

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Michael Reeves, the founder of Kendama Depot, has been edifying the core principles of Kendama since 2014. As a Junior in high school to his brand today, he has focused on the principle of giving value to the kendama community. In return, he is arguably the most loved contributor to the game--the guy traveled to fairs without a brand behind his name to push Kendama. This episode goes deep into resilience, mental health, and how Kendama plays a role in our lives as humans dealing with human things. Solid wisdom for anyone looking to scale their play and humanity.

This Week's Show Notes:

• Not conforming to standardized sports
• Quitting and returning to Dama
• Setting up at local fairs to grow Kendama
• Accidentally starting Kendama Depot
• Beast Coast!
• Influencer for LunaTac - A Kendama Innovation company
• Kendama Institue and being a Kentei Sensei 
• Running comps, building community, and fostering connection
• Mental Health and Kendama, how do they connect?
• Growing the Depot
• And so much more!
  

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All your other Caffeinated needs: https://www.cafekendama.com/

Kendama is what it is today thanks to the risk-takers, pioneers, cultural rebels, and entrepreneurs like Matt "Sweets" Jorgenson, founder and president of Sweets Kendamas have led the charge. Matt built Sweets Kendamas from the ground up with not much but a dream and a passion to share dama love. We journey through the business-building journey of Sweets, their struggles, successes, and all the heartfelt moments along the way. This was a milestone episode for the Brewview and not one you want to miss.

This Week's Show Notes:

• Growing up in Dairy Queen learning the principles of entrepreneurship
• Matt's Musical Menagerie
• Starting Sweets as a response to lack of supply
• The grind and challenges of starting a business
• Putting the team together
• Business 101 - Mindset, accounting, and marketing
• Running comps, influencer marketing, and the growth phase of Kendama
• Creating MMR for Kendama?
• And so much more!
  

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Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/sHbtezfx4t

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When it comes to resiliency, mindset, and consistency, Sol Kendamas pro, Liam Rauter takes the cake 🎂. Liam’s journey has been nothing short of inspiring and motivating, and it provides us with numerous learnings to apply to our lives and play.  Tune in to this week's Brewview and Blast Off with us as we talk Sol ☀️, Swol 💪, and everything Space 🚀!

This Week's Show Notes:

• Winning BATB 2021 against Nick Gallagher
• Pinneaple Kendamas Sponsorship
• AOD Kendama Team
• Trying out for Sol, only later to become a Pro
• School, Kendama, and Fitness Balance
• Setting your mind to something
• Organizing your life to perform better
• Space, Aliens, and Elon Musk
• Redesigning Liam Mod
• One day backing off from Kendama to serve a greater purpose
• Becoming a better competitor 
• And so much more!
  

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Kendama is often compared to other sports like skateboarding, BMX, and yo-yo, but Ben Cante is here to show us how Kendama is so similar to Freerunning, the artistic flow of getting from point A to point B. Ben's journey involves stunting for Disney, jumping over roofs in Paris, and competed internationally as a free runner. Ben, more recently, has dived deep into Kendama and recently competed in the Advanced division at BATB and is eager to keep progressing as a player and community member.

This Week's Show Notes:

• Starting Parkour at 10
• Getting sent to circus school 
• Becoming an influencer
• Doing what you love, not what others expect
• Meeting Timothee. Teo, and the Kendama France community
• Kendama vs Parkour? the similarities, differences, and what we can learn from one another
• Work for it, but have fun while doing it
• And so much more!

Follow Ben here: https://www.instagram.com/ben.cante

Watch his videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/FrenchFreerunFamily

Kendama France: https://www.instagram.com/kendamafrance/

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Kendama is odd. Many of us are grown adults playing with a traditional Japanese toy—and we freaking love it.

We share a lot of similarities with other communities. That’s why this week, Alex Gara, the Odditer-in-Chief at Oddball Sports TV is joining me to invite Kendama into a broader network of Oddball communities (bocce, ski-ball, etc.) Because we have more in common than you may recognize! Plus together is better.

Alex is the Odditor-in-Chief of Oddball Sports and Founder of American Bocce Company. He lives in Chicago by way of Detroit and embodies that Midwest hustle and pride. He has dedicated his career to bocce ball, with the goal of getting bocce back in the Olympics in 2028. At a party, he’ll almost always try to push for a game of Catchphrase, which he considers the second greatest game of all time.

This Week's Show Notes:

· Finding Bocce and Creating a League from Scratch

· If you see a problem, be the solution; Alex started Bocce from virtually nothing into a multi-state organization

· We are all odd, so own it.

· What connects Kendama to Bocce and other Odd Ball Sports

· Meeting Jake Wiens and finding Dama

· Creating a network for Oddball Sports (events, podcasts, content, masterclasses, and more!)

· And so much more!

Get access to Oddball content and community here: https://www.oddballsports.tv/

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2021 is the year of community, and the first episode of Brewview Season 2 with @analogkendamas Squab member, @jacobdwatts, hits a home run ⚾️  on community building.

Grab your mug and join us as we dive into this week’s Brewview! ☕️

This Week's Show Notes:

- meeting Dave Mateo and @th0k3n 💜
- how to build community
- finding the @kendamaoc community
- going to events
- getting into videography/photography 📸
- how to film better
- getting sponsored by @analogkendamas (plus a little leak)
- creating a discord community
- Alex Hirota @bluevacktor_ inspiration

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We owe a lot to the Kendama players that came before us. Those who took risks to build brands, run events, progress tricks, and travel the world on virtually nothing all in the name of the game.

This episode is somewhat of a homage to the forefathers of Kendama with a resounding “thank you!”

Thank you @htimsxela for the work you’ve done to build Kendama.

Show notes:

- Colin Sander and Skiing
- Meeting Keith Matsumura
- buying nearly 100 Damas to hustle at university
- Kendama University clubs
- Canadian Tire had great warranty
- @kendamausa pro
- Building @terrakendama from the ground up
- hand turning Kendamas
- Van Jam
- Woodturning lessons with Alex
- reflecting on the game we all love
- Thanking the people who came before us
-and so much more

May your cup be full, and get ready to dive into this week's Brewview.

@gino_gaxha joins the Brewview for a full-blown voyage into his ability to balance life and consistent Kendama slayage!

Show notes:
- Short history of Albania
- Prioritizing dama (we all have 24 hours)
- College Life
- Taking a break from dama
- 608 Ken (#608Ken)
- Online comps and playing against @bonzatron
- Sponsorship??
- Wild QnA’s
- and more!

Grab your mug and get ready to dive into this week’s Brewview!

Join Sweets Mob member, @mrboogiet, and I as we dive headfirst into his music and dama journey and the growth of dama in the EDM scene!

Show notes:
• Grandma got Boogie Acid at 10 years old
• Hustling CDs at school
• Whirls Checks on stage
• Reed Stark praise
• the Boogie Mod explosion
• Dama is a game, don’t over complicate it
• Sweets Kendama MOB
• Gar Fishing
• Facebook Kendama community
• and so much more!

Make sure your cup is full, and let’s dive into the Brewview!

Join @graintheoryofficial pro @teodorefiorina and I as we talk through Teo’s Kendama story, pro announcement, event hosting, and the future of Kendama!

Show notes:
• Playing Kendama alone is good
• European Kendama Events
• Underground Pro Competitions
• Getting Sponsored
• Jake Weins
• GT 2020 Pro Announcement
• Playing for 2.5 Million viewer
• Kendama Olympics?
• The future of Kendama play
• Play your way!

Make sure your cup is full, and let’s dive into this week’s Brewview!

In a follow-up conversation in the @artemiskendama story, @mr.matthew.james joins me to talk through his journey with Kendama as well as the unfolding and complex narrative around Artemis Kendama.

Make sure your cup is full, and let’s dive into this week’s Brewview.

With a lot of change surrounding Kendama USA, Zach Magnuson has brought much-needed love and attention back to the KUSA squad with his Pro announcement!

Zach and I chat through his journey with Kendama, his pro edit, the design of the #MagsMod, and what’s next for Mags and KUSA.

Make sure your cup is full, and get ready to dive into this week’s Brewview!

From Batch Zero to Batch Two, Christian Fraser has been changing the way we approach design in Kendama.

From splicing woods to engraved paint, the Batch Series Kendamas from Sweets Kendama has elevated specific styles of play (ie. Lunars from Batch 1, and taps for Batch Two)... not to mention Batch Two is themed after the world's beverage of choice: Coffee.

Tune into this chat over coffee with Architect and Sweets Legend, Christian Fraser, on how design affects Kendama play.

Make sure your cup is full, and let's dive into this week's Brewview!

@bryan_scagline has done a tremendous work growing the Kendama community not only through his insane trick progression but through his ability to present Kendama in an attractive and inspiring way.

Tune into this week's episode to hear the story of Scags transition from @kendamausa to @kromkendama as well as how you can contribute to the growth of Kendama in unique and innovative ways.

Make sure your cup is full, and let's dive into this week's Brewview!

Thank you to @j.kress for sharing about his recent Sweets Kendamas Sponsorship and journey as a player.

Thank you @_jaytag_dama_, a long time listener, for talking through his first year of Dama!

Thank you @jschultz57 for bringing us inside the mind of North America's top placing KWC 2020 player.

Thank you @theofficialdperches for your constant investment in the Kendama community! 

And thank you @_crispykendamas for jumping on this week's episode and sharing some of your story and we are excited to cheer ya'll on in NAKO 2020

The end of the episode did not allow me to add anymore guests, so I riffed on a personal QnA! Come get to know me :)

Make sure your cup is full, and let's dive into the week's Brewview!