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Whipmakers
Paul Nolan & Lauren Wickline
Paul
Nolan has crafted whips for Hollywood films, notably "The
Rundown;" national television shows, notably "Andromeda;"
whip cracking enthusiasts; and performers all over the world. His
whips are used by Chris Camp (Guinness Record holder, multiple whip
cracking champion, and has cracked whips on the Tonight Show with Jay
Leno), Gery Deer (who has performed on the Steve Harvey Bigtime
Challenge, and America's got Talent),
and Alex Green (Personal
Whips Trainer to Anthony Hopkins, Antonio Banderas, and Halle Berry).
Paul's whipmaking career began at a young age with his love
of the Indiana Jones movies, which inspired him to try making his
first whip, and quickly became fascinated by the infinite
possibilities and challenges whipmaking offered. A few years later
after making hundreds of whips, he founded MidWestWhips to continue
and share his passion for creating whips, and to help spread the
sport and knowledge of skilled whipcracking.
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A few years ago,
Lauren Wickline, already enjoying whipcracking, met Paul
at a
western whipcracking event in Ohio, and immediately began learning to
braid her own whips alongside Paul. After
working daily with him for over a year, her skills had quickly
progressed to the level where she was producing professional
top-quality whips, up to the highest standards of MidWestWhips, and a
partnership was born. Lauren and Paul's shared passion for
Indiana Jones, whipcracking, whipmaking, and a plethora of other
interests led them to create a shared whipmaking workshop, and become
full partners in MidWestWhips.
Since
then, the MidWestWhips whipmaking pair has made whips for hundreds
more satisfied customers including some never-before-seen concept
whips (check out our photo gallery), whips used in the Cirque du Soleil
Ka and Mystere shows, and whips for feature films
including “The Prince of Persia” and "Inglourious Basterds" (see on screen),
for performers and educators around
the world, and most recently, MidWestWhips was featured on The Science
Channel's show "How It's Made." Unless you specify otherwise,
Lauren and Paul will
probably both have a hand in crafting your MidWestWhip, working
together as a team to create the best quality product possible.
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