KENDAMA FRANCE WAS ON SITE!
And we get over it just 10 days later! The program was busy as was the atmosphere during 4 intensive days - and also the nights! Here is a little recap of this long weekend and the first festival for our young company!
FRIDAY May 13 : The Kendama France team has been in place since the day before, the stand opens on this first day which starts gently in the morning, the graying sky of this last day of the week creating a timid but promising arrival of visitors / festival-goers for the future . Around noon Thibaut Arcos (KDF Ambassador) Join us on the stand, it is in his company that we chill the afternoon while waiting Oscar Ealand and Thomas Baron (players Nativ Kendama) which will arrive at the end of the afternoon.
Brand presentation Nativ Kendama exclusively on the stand
The work spot – chill – for these 4 days…
SATURDAY May 14 : The KDF team is in place for the start of the weekend despite a short night, the 1st evening of the day before is already attacking our health capital! The sustained flow of visitors wakes us up in the morning and we continue the registrations for the 14:30 p.m. contest which will finally take place on the grand podium, with speaker and DJ! In the top ! This day at the frenetic pace and the many exchanges passed in one go we did not understand!
The “spike off” game during the contest, elimination phase – The winner won a Kendama Nativ
The team Nativ Kendama demonstrating - Oscar Ealand
SUNDAY May 15 : Saturday put us in good condition, so we prepared for this Sunday which is announced as the most attractive day, moreover the sun is strong from 7:30 am! In fact, on the fringes of our little world, there are still many activities of Extreme sports like BMX, longboard, wake or even highline! Shows, sensations and big sounds punctuate our days, and the stand is crowded from morning to night, stormed by a horde of young practitioners remake of our presence! All the models available for purchase were present in the test!
A glimpse of the atmosphere in the stand
MONDAY May 16 : The health check is not good at the start of the day, the 4 evenings that we have taken in testify, but the motivation remains high in the face of the enthusiasm of our visitors, organizers and festival-goers towards us! We therefore continue with the help of the team to initiate the curious, show practitioners how to progress, and passionately disseminate our love of KD throughout this wonderful day, one more. The OUTs and other small games animate this bank holiday Monday, which moreover attracts as much as Sunday to our surprise, and some lucky ones left with kendamas, strings and key chains or even stickers.
A glimpse of everyday life in front of the stand
The slackliners and the OMF organizers invited us to do a demonstration between the semi-final and the final of Jump line in the afternoon ! Thibaut Arcos (Sweets Kendamas / KDF), Oscar Ealand (Nativ Kendama) and Max Lemagne (a friend present on site) provided a little show 3 min in front of at least 300 people! #respect
Neither the wind nor the crowd prevented the team from practicing their art
Oscar who holds his Border Balance despite an angry wind
To conclude, we can say that the bar was set very high for this first festival, ultra-positive vibrations, welcome and atmosphere at the rendezvous, sick evenings - not detailed here - and especially massive distribution of kendama love in this wonderful region! We re-sign directly for the next edition! We leave you with these little pictures, mostly made by our friend Alban Pernet !
