Sweets Blog

X Pogo hits Minneapolis
It was so crazy having the XPOGO guys stop by our shop. They were all pretty good at Kendama. We are stoked to be featured in Episode 5 of Pogo Adventure. They picked up some new Sweets Gear while they...
Kendama Meets Streetwear : SWEETS X PIFF MPLS
  A couple months ago, Sweets Kendamas Pro Cooper Eddy was shopping around his neighborhood in Minneapolis when he came across the local streetwear boutique, Piff MPLS. The store took immediate interest in kendama, and Cooper took the opportunity to...
Tyler Dela Cruz // Pro Clear vs. Cushion Clear
Tyler Delacruz is always grabbing the best Dama of the Days from our online store. He was able to snag the cush and pro clear version of both the Gold Hunter and the Freeza. They play different but look almost...
Sunday Stroll with Cooper Eddy + Max Norcross
Sweets Kendamas pros Cooper Eddy and Max Norcross decided to bust the camera out and go on a little walk. They were only out for a couple hours but snagged some really nice footage and got to introduce kendama to...
Recent Release Review | Alex Hirota
Focus Team member Alex Hirota reviews his three favorite products of our new 2016 line. #1: Blue Kiwi The Blue Kiwi. This color is one of my all-time favorite colors, not to mention it is topped off with the incredible...
Best Celebrity Kendama Moments Part 2
  1.) Tyler The Creator of Odd Future - Pop Up Pop Out The homie Kristian Aynedter caught Tyler at an Odd Future Pop up shop in California a few years ago. I think the best part about this photo is Tyler’s...
Coop's Picks: Cinematic Kendama Videos
As the videographer and editor for Sweets Kendamas, I really appreciate style and cinematography in kendama videos. I strive to make my videos unique, entertaining, and high quality. A lot of the time that means pre-planning my shots and putting...
Cushion Cleared F3 Single Stripes
Haven’t you always wanted a kendama that is grippy for those difficult balance tricks and designed well for tracking the hole on those satisfying ender spikes? The new F3 single stripe is the kendama for you. Painted in the Sweets shop,...
Kendama Trailblazers : Moncton, Canada
Moncton Canada is the biggest kendama hotspot you've never heard of. In April Max, Cooper, and myself headed up north to jam with the kendama shredders in Moncton. The owner of Scooter Alley Gary Devarennes had us come down to...
Sesh With a Fresh // Thibaut Arcos X Krom Viking
Newest edition to our Sesh With a Fresh series.. Homegrown Team member Thibaut Arcos busts out a few tricks on a fresh aTack Fade Krom Viking. Krom Kendama designed the Viking for players with bigger hands. The extra size also...
"The Coop Troop" NKR 2016 Video Edit Contest Winner
This weekend the Sweets family and I ventured up into the hills of San Bernardino county for the 2016 National Kendama Retreat. The weather was perfect, the nature was breathtaking and memories were made. Just like last year, there was...
Sweets Picks Volume 1
This post is a handful of recent kendama videos (in no particular order) that I've been watching and wanted to share with you guys! 1.) Kendama TPC - Conventional Ken   Kendama TPC is a group of Kendama players from Taiwan,...
Sweets Kendamas x Tamahawk Holster
The Tamahawk Holster gives you a simple yet stylish way to carry your Kendama. The velcro closure keeps your Kendama secure and the carabiner lets you clip the holster onto just about anything. The original "Tamahawk" was sewn together on...
Le Bilboquet : by Noel Tortajada
"...I maintain that the only moral to the scope of this century is the moral of the cup and ball. " - Jean-Jacques Rousseau, "Confessions" (1770) Le Bilboquet from Lone Coin on Vimeo. The other day I stumbled across an article...
Best Celebrity Kendama Moments Part 1
1.) Wiz Khalifa - Studio sesh + spike Even Wiz Khalifa, a world touring rap superstar hailing from Pittsburgh, couldn't escape the kendama craze. In the original clip posted years ago you can see Wiz getting super stoked about getting...
#HGARBORDAY2016 Photo Contest Results
The results are in! We had so many entries submitted for our Homegrown x Arbor Day Foundation Photo Contest! Kendama players really do love trees. Some great photos and even more fascinating stories were shared. It took some effort to...
Reed Stark: BMX Pro & Kendama Player
Today we're giving a special shoutout to Reed Stark: BMX Pro + Kendama Player + Minnesota Local Reed has been on the come up (literally, the biggest BMX blog is called THE COME UP) in the BMX world and thankfully...
Zack Yourd Loves the Earth(s)
Zack Yourd and Bryan Scagline sending earth turns for Earth Day! We love this video, and we love earth day!
Top 14 Edits Released Before 2011
A couple months back we posted a blog titled 12 EDITS FROM 2011 EVERY KENDAMA PLAYER SHOULD WATCH and it got a lot of good feedback. 2011 was an important year for a lot of us around Sweets Kendamas. Sweets...
Cam Herrero // Kendama Co // Instant Transmission
I'll never forget seeing Cam play kendama for the first time. We were at the 2014 Battle in Seattle and I saw a crowd of people watching this dude lacing. He was landing tricks I had only seen in videos...
Kendama in the News : The Craze Hits Orange County
Sweets Kendamas Focus Team member Alex Hirota does a lot for Kendama in his local community and he's getting the recognition he deserves in the local news. Alex has very quickly made himself known within the Kendama community. We took notice...