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The Diabolo Primer.  This website should be your first stop when learning Diabolo.  It covers the basics, including how to tie the string to the control sticks, how to control the pitch of the Diabolo and other such basics.

Diabolo.  For students learning the Diabolo, DiaboloTricks.com has enough tricks online to keep you busy for years

Chinese Yo-Yo.  For students learning the Diabolo (aka the Chinese Yo-Yo),  www.chineseyoyo.org contains information on performing over 30 traditional Chinese Yo-Yo tricks.

2Diabolo.net. For students working on 2 and 3  Diabolos, this site is full of new things for you to try.

Ultimate Diabolo Trick Guide.  This site is chalked full of Diabolo tips, tricks and techniques.  Excellent resource.

Diabolo Trix.  This page contains a very comprehensive guide to diabolo trix, ranging from the basics to the very advanced. (Note: make sure your popup blocker is on before going to this site!)

Diabolo Devil. This web site contains directions for lots of tricks, complete with videos for each trick.  Not as in-depth as some of the other sites, but very well done, and a good first stop for anyone learning Diabolo.

3+ Diabolo Resources.  This links to a thread on diabolo.ca forums where a small ton of 3 and more Diabolo resources are listed.

Various books on the Diabolo are available in the Simply Circus library.

Diabolo Resources from artofdiabolo.com.  This page includes some great tools for working out Diabolo patterns.  Some of the tools on this page include:

Siteswap : The triangle notation.  This program is a neat little tool to help you visualize and validate Diabolo siteswap sequences.  Very helpful in figuring out is a specific sequence is possible, as well as giving you an idea of what you will need to be thinking about.

DSSS : Diabology SiteSwap Simulator.  This is a great site-swap style simulator for Diabolo.  Great resource for learning 2+ Diabolos.  You can download a FLASH version to play with on your own computer off-line here

Siteswaps : the List of The Mad French Posse. This is a list of Diabolo siteswaps that have already done by The Mad French Posse. 

Wikipedia article on the Diabolo