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1st FIBA/BPA Meeting in Mexico a Huge Success -
3/20/03
Raúl, Joel, Toño, Eva, David, Bob and Bill with baleros on top of
Piramide del Sol, Pyramid of the Sun, Teotihuacan, Mexico. Pyramid of the moon in the
background.
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Matches Played:
 | Eva vs Bill - Eva wins 1st match ever between FIBA / BPA. Coming from
behind Bill made it to the exit throw windmill flip but Eva quickly finished winning.
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| Bob vs Tin Tan - Tin Tan wins leaving Bob in the dust.
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| Joel vs David - David wins with a swing flip down exit throw coming from
behind.
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| Pairs Match: Bill and Homar vs Bob and Tin Tan - Bill and Homar win in
sudden death with a tre over and out exit throw.
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FIBA and BPA players on Acatlan
Campus, UNAM, Naucalpan, Mexico - Bill, Homar, Bob, Raúl, David and Leches and Toño in
back row. Painted rock behind. Click to enlarge |
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03 México
2003
MEXICO | FIBA | BPA | 3/10/03 - 3/17/03 |
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Pictures/Stills:
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Videos:
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Videos:
Tin Tan 10
Capirucho Pumas Video - 609kb -
Capirucho no sosteniendo la
cuerda, adelante atrás. Named after
Acatlan UNAM Pumas who do it so well.
Premier videos of capirucho
pumas. |
Don Joel 11
Capirucho Pumas Video 825kb -
Capirucho without holding
the cord, back and forth. More difficult than capirucho forward alone but the string
doesn't wind with pumas so more can be done consecutive without ever having to unwind the
string. |
Don Joel 22
Capirucho Video 896kb -
In a 50 mile an hour wind on
top of The Pyramid of the Sun, everyone was having some difficulty throwing balero, but
not Joel, seen here making capiruchos as fast as the wind. |
Eva Windmill Flip
Video 382kb - Video premier of the windmill flip, a swing flip on the end of a
windmill, Eva pictured above making the windmill flip exit throw in the 1st FIBA/BPA match
played. |
Homar Impossible Video
492kb - Video premier of the Impossible, a very difficult swing throw into a grab
into lanzando el palo, also a total release throw as can be seen in the picture. |
Ninos en Ciudadela
Video 2.6Mb - Niños y Baleros, Ciudadela Mercado Centro Mexico DF. The kids have
much fun when we give them our baleros to play with, of course they were demanding the
baleros from us. |
Underground Bar Video 3.5Mb, Underground
Bar Pictures
A stop at an underground bar
where we tried pulque, thick milky beer made from the agave cactus served in a bucket.
Corona is more safe for Americans. |
Bill/Eva get ready
Video 3.9Mb
Eva asks Bill to play a match to 500 while everyone mills around
throwing baleros.
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Eva vs Bill Video
7.1Mb - 1st FIBA/BPA match ever. Eva beats Bill with the windmill flip exit throw.
Eva shows superiority with capiruchos reaching 500 first. Bill makes it to the exit throw
and gets a couple shots at it. Bill - "The first time I ever tried the windmill flip
was right before the match, I made one - Eva won with the capiruchos anyway - Viva
Eva!" |
Tin Tan vs Bob
Video 3.3 Mb
Tin Tan beats Bob with superior capiruchos. Bob catches his
string on the drum almost every turn reflecting his and the BPA's unfamiliarity with
capirucho without holding the cord. Bill - "Now we know better what to practice to
prepare for competition here." Premier balero match skunked video. |
Tre vs Don Joel
Video 9.5Mb
Tre beats Don Joel with the swing flip down exit throw. Don Joel
shows superiority with capiruchos reaching the exit throw way before Tre. Tre finally
reaches 500 and ends it in 1 throw. Don Joel probably hadn't tried the swing flip down
before this match. Premier Beer Balero Video. |
Bill/Homar vs
Tin Tan/Bob Video 10MB
Bill and Homar beat Tin Tan and Bob in the Premier Video of a
Pairs Competition match. Tin Tan again showing superiority with capiruchos reaching 500
first. Bill makes a couple machismo to catch up but time runs out before anyone makes the
exit throw. Homar finishes the match in sudden death. |
Pyramid Poledance Video
8.4Mb
Indian ceremonial performance at Teotihuacan Pyramids, in the
parking lot. Usually the performer on top is standing up dancing while they spin, this day
there was 50 mile an hour winds, that must have kept him seated. |
Man made mountains
surrounded by earth's mountains with huge stone carvings, quetzalcoatl temple, pyramid of
the sun and pyramid of the moon, a mystical place to cleanse your soul where men once
became gods. |
A gift to Bill from Los
Hermanos Castro, makers of Baleros for the BPA, a 4kg massive balero gigante. See everyone
get beat up trying to catch this huge balero at Xochimilco. |
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