Barnaby Ruhe is one of America's most beloved boomerang throwers and a strong competitor. Barnaby is a graduate of the Naval Academy (Oliver North's classmate) so he is naturally gifted in competition strategy. Barnaby was involved in the earliest days of American competition and he has a good pedigree with Uncle Ben Ruhe and cousins Peter and Larry Ruhf as family members. Barnaby is still involved in competition. He was on the International Team that competed in Japan in 2006, a full 25 years after his first international competition when he was on the American Team for the 1981 USA-Australia Challenge Match.

This juggling set was made for the Juggling event in 1986. Both boomerangs are painted with flourescent orange tips and dated 1986. One has " Ben Ruhe " and the other has " Ellen Blue " to show that they are a matched set. The range on these are about 20 metres, so they were made for throwing in calm conditions. I did test these and found that they work well, but the Ellen boom needs a little bit of tuning (+ angle of attack). This Juggling set is in very good condition. They are a valuable artifact from an event that is no longer contested in tournaments.