We examine the theory of the hurricane balls toy. This toy consists of two steel balls, welded
together that are sent spinning on a horizontal surface somewhat like a top. Unlike a top, at high
frequency the symmetry axis approaches a limiting inclination that is not perpendicular to the
surface. We calculate (and experimentally verify) the limiting inclinations for three toy
geometries. We find that at high frequencies, hurricane balls provide an easily realized and
testable example of the Poinsot theory of freely rotating symmetrical bodies.