Tag Archives: 5A
Cross-Armed Frustration
3/25/11
Just a little something to irritate the hell out of you. 😉
Song is “The Itch” by Cutman. They appear courtesy of their own bad selves.
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Kickup
3/24/11
When a juggler drops a club, there’s a trick called a “kickup”. They roll the handle up onto their ankle, and then kick the club back up in the air.
Yo-yos have to be wound up, but that doesn’t mean you can’t still kick ’em up to your hand.
Song is “Shorty” by Missile Command. They appear courtesy of Jerm Pollet.
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Shoulder Pull
3/22/11
I like tricks that you can repeat forever until the yo-yo just stops spinning.
Song is “Badly Drawn” by Fifth Hour Hero. They appear courtesy of No Idea Records.
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Machiavelli Transition
3/21/11
Sometimes I make up tricks that are so hard that by the time I’m supposed to film them, I hate them already. This was one of those tricks. It’s stupidly difficult but it feels so smooth to perform…when you can actually hit it, anyway.
Song is “Dance of Days” by Embrace. They appear courtesy of Dischord Records.
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Cigar Boxes
3/19/11
Remember the trick “Flim Flam” from Jan. 27th? Yeah, you can turn it into a repeater that is obnoxiously hard but kinda ends up looking like cigar box juggling.
Song is “Cornada” by Burnman. They appear courtesy of No Idea Records.
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Feechucks
3/18/11
I can’t remember what contest it was…might have been the 2004 World Championships. But I made up this trick and showed it to my buddy Felix Avellana. He was suitably impressed.
About 20 minutes later I saw him get up on stage and land it, perfectly, in his freestyle routine. I immediately reflected on the full week of tweaking it took for me to hit the trick with any consistency. Then it was my turn to be suitably impressed.
So, in honor of Felix’s reminder that no matter how good you are there is always someone waiting to whoop you, I’ve named this trick after him.
Song is “Reclamation” by Fugazi. They appear courtesy of Dischord Records. This, for the record, is my absolute favorite Fugazi song of all time and is also on my favorite album of theirs, “Steady Diet of Nothing”. Pick up a copy from your local indie record store or iTunes.
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Eddie Van Haponik
3/15/11
If I could ever convince my buddy Ed to play counterweight, this is the sort of stuff he would do. Except that he would make an awful face while he did it, and somehow exude pure, radiant joy in the process.
Me, I just look like I’m tired and irritated. Which I am, but it has nothing to do with this trick. Ha.
Song is “The Reason” by Defiance, Ohio. They appear courtesy of No Idea Records.
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Pluck
3/14/11
Inspired by watching Mike Watt play bass. Yeah. I’m weird like that.
Song is “Beltsandedman” by Mike Watt.
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Turntable
3/13/11
Doesn’t matter what you’re doing…if you can find a way to spin around in the middle of it, then it becomes at least 73% cooler.
Song is “The Lively Lex Lopez” by Army of Ponch. They appear courtesy of No Idea Records.
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Footy
3/12/11
Oh hey look, the snows melting again.
*sigh*
Song is “Assassin” by Floor. They appear courtesy of No Idea Records and the crushing weight of gravity.
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