Back in 1996, I had an idea that wouldn’t leave me alone: what if a footbag could light up?
Footbag players and jugglers spend half their lives practicing in the evening, in parks and parking lots, wherever there’s a bit of flat ground. The session always ended the same way — when it got too dark to see the bag. So I built a footbag with an LED light inside it, and it worked better than I ever expected. The light didn’t just make the bag visible; it made it beautiful. Every kick left a little trail of color hanging in the air.
I patented the design and started selling the first LED light-up footbags — the first ones anyone had ever made.
Then the jugglers started asking questions.
At festivals and club nights, jugglers would watch the footbag glowing and ask me the same thing: “Could you do that with clubs? With balls? With poi?” So I did. One prop at a time, I worked out how to put the same light technology into everything a juggler throws:
- LED juggling clubs and balls
- LED poi, rings, and hoops
- LED staffs and devil sticks
- LED cigar boxes and contact balls
- Fiber optic whips
- And of course, the light-up foot bags and bean bag juggling balls that started it all
Still handmade, still my guarantee
Almost 30 years later, I still make every prop by hand, and my LED props have been used by Cirque du Soleil performers. Every light pattern I program is timed using the golden ratio, so the blinking and color changes feel natural to the eye instead of mechanical — but that’s a story for another post.
And every product carries my personal guarantee: if there is a problem with your product, I will either fix it, replace it, or refund your money. Just contact me and I will make it right.
Take a look at the full range in the shop — it all started with one glowing footbag in 1996.
— Nick
