Joshua “Flow” Grove is part of the Sweets Kendamas team and teaches kendama full time, touring schools to teach children and adults. He says kendama changed his life more than a decade ago. This Pro Model, in its Moon version, brings back his model on the Turbo shape.

• BrandSweets Kendamas
• ModelJoshua “Flow” Grove, Moon
• ShapeTurbo
• WoodMaple ken, beech tama
• FinishAnti-Skid 2.0, matte
• IncludesMetal spinner bead and spare string

Design

Turbo is the shape that Christian Fraser, a veteran Sweets player, designed for his 2026 model. It starts from the BOOST, one of the brand’s best-known shapes, and redraws it with a sleeker silhouette that is comfortable in the hand and fine-tuned for taps (knocking the ball against the ken) and kenflips (flipping the handle in the air). It is also the first Sweets kendama with a Break-In Bevel on the tama, the ball: a recess around the hole that makes stalls, the tricks in which the ball rests on the ken, more stable.

Materials and finish

The ken is made of maple, a dense and stable wood, and the tama of beech. The tama has Anti-Skid 2.0, a matte clear lacquer that gives grip without locking the ball in place, so you can correct its position during a trick. The model is dedicated to Oregon’s Rogue Valley, where Grove comes from, and to his family; part of every sale goes to the player.