Episode 319: Bulls & Balls
The home to great pinball tournaments and whoppertunities! This venue is one of the best places I've ever been for pinball competitions. Hear from some of many people at this Fulda, Germany landmark for their October Welcome Back tournament.
Kineticist’s take
Pinball Profile visits Bulls & Balls in Germany, interviewing European distributors and elite players.
Synopsis
Jeff Teolis attends Bulls & Balls, a major multi-day tournament in Fulda, Germany, and interviews key figures in the European pinball community including tournament organizer Matthias Kluber, distributors, and elite players like Robert Suter (Switzerland), Helen de Haan (Netherlands), and Flavio Bateria (Italy). The episode highlights the European tournament scene's intensity, the role of dedicated venues and distributors in supporting pinball culture, and the growth of competitive play across the continent.
Entities
- JGP· company
- Multimorphic· company
- Pinball Universe· company
- RS Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Bulls & Balls· event
- Dutch Pinball Masters· event
- Dutch Pinball Open· event
- Indisc· event
- Pinball Alps· event
- Pinburg· event
- Big Lebowski· game
- Godzilla· game
- Lethal Weapon 3· game
- Silver Ball· organization
- Talwil· organization
- Dirk Eitzholz· person
- Flavio Bateria· person
- Helen de Haan· person
- Jeff Teolis· person
- Matthias Kluber· person
- Robert Suter· person
- Stefan Riedler· person
- Wolfgang Hyde· person