It took me forever to learn this.

It was like someone told me I would never be able to do it, so I used my most awesome power of stubbornness to find a way to overcome my own obstacles. I am not a professional. I am just happy I can have some fun with it.

My Juggling Sticks

Devil Sticks: (brand)

Once referred to as speed sticks due to lack of air drag from tassels or balls, they go much faster, but are harder to control. This is my favorite one. Its made of tapered cut hardwood wrapped in a grip tape like cover. I have been beating it with another stick millions of times, so it is probably all fractured inside.

Juggling Sticks with Tassels:

Great for slow tricks. Fiberglass resin like rod in the center gives this one a very bouncy feel.

Trigon: (brand)

I call them pool sticks because of the sound they make. This one already has screws mounted on both sides for the hard black rubber bumpers on the ends

I had a chance to play with other types, including these Fire Devil Sticks.
As pictured here: http://www.dube.com/devilstick/fire-devil-sticks.php#viewVides

I will spare you the "fire devil sticks" video on YouTube. I did make the mistake of trying them with fire first and almost burnt myself; your suppose to practice without fire in daylight until you have it down first. After that, they were awesome, but like I said before, unless your a professional stage freak, people start flipping out when you set things on fire.

Things should move pretty slow with this until the Hackaday Prize is over.