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Dumb Ways to Die – for Dummies

23rd November 2025 by Rene

‘Dumb ways to die’ is a 4 person manipulator pattern invented by Ed that is based on the civil war feed. We applied the idea of the manipulation to a 2-count feed. This led to a quite simple pattern (´for Dummies´). It could be considered to be easier than the ´Scrambled V´.

6-handed: aa799

4th November 202416th July 2024 by Juli

6-handed siteswaps - aa799 is another one that is not very easy but quite nice

We managed to juggle this one at aichtal Drop GmbH Convention even though Juli was organizing - we first hated it, then it started working and we got round to kind of liking it.

Mayday Zap

16th July 2024 by John Zobolas

Mayday zap is a 6-handed siteswap (global siteswap: a37979999) for 3 people and 8 clubs. Juggled by John, Katia and Leo on a rainy day in Oslo, July 2023, near Mayday bar 🙂

Crossed 3V

19th May 202219th March 2022 by Nicki

Yes, it is possible to combine crossed scrambleds. And it’s much more fun because you do all the parts of the pattern whilst the four-person patterns are a bit one-sided. Here you can see the combination of crossed V and crossed 3.

If you want to make it easier, you can go in the other direction instead of running around the feeder.

As in all the crossed scrambleds there is this one extra self to make the pattern ambidextrous.

Gare du Zap^2

22nd June 202219th March 2022 by Nicki

Gare du Zap is the 6-handed siteswap a8999 (global), where you locally throw “pass self zap self self”. The pass (3.3 P) should be in the air a little bit longer than a self, the zap is just a little bit faster that a self (2.7 P).

Crossed 3

19th May 202218th March 2022 by Jenny Matthiesen

Jenny had the idea of a new twist on the classic Scrambled V patterns: The juggler walking over to change the feeder now walks through the pattern to the other side, instead of around the outside. In other words, B walks to stand by A’s right, not to A’s left.

Gare du Zap

22nd June 202229th August 2021 by Hoschy

Sorry Barbara. I simply forgot to post it on passing.zone. So for all others. This is already a little bit older recorded in spring 2021.

Dumb Ways to Die – for Dummies

6-handed: aa799

Mayday Zap

Crossed 3V

Gare du Zap^2

Crossed 3

Gare du Zap

Crossed V

“Why Not” Triangle