Chris Gallant

@_justchrisnow

Age, what year were you born?

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24, born in 1996

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Where are you from and describe where you grew up

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I’m from Saint John New Brunswick 

But I grew up in the country on the west end of PEI.

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Where are you currently living?

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Toronto, Ontario

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When were you first introduced to kendama?

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in 2018 I was at a trippy little store in PEI and found a full natty bamboo dama and thought it was rad so I bought it, I didn’t know what it was at the time.

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How were you introduced to Sweets?

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After I bought the first one I got home and YouTubed kendama and a sweets edit was the first video I seen

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What players did you look up to / inspired you at the beginning and now.

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At the start it would have to be IJI , Bonz , and cooper eddy 

 

Now ; Aventis , Franta , Ben herald , max angel and the entire kendama community

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What’s your favourite trick?

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auto spikes , inward lunars , Cush taps

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What trick was the most satisfying grind? / took the longest to lace and film?

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everything was super hard for me at the start , I stopped playing for a few months last year so when I started filming again it was around October and I filmed a paw house flip and it was the most satisfying thing

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What’s your favourite style of play? Casual, grind for a bang, freestyle, competition?

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just casual play, I’m not much of a comp person, my style is weird so I just go with it. I do like to film though

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What’s your favourite edit?

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GT euro tour 

Creep it real tour

String theory 

Batch 2 edit

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What’s your favourite setup?

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my fresh 2015 French press GT Nicc stodd For a history piece .

But my v26 is my favourite too play

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What’s your favourite wood type?

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Beech

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Cush or Shticky?

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hmmmm stiiiiiiiiicky idk mannn

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Any bad habits while playing?

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Stretching

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What are some of your other passions besides kendama?

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I like too sing and play guitar and other musical things