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Slam Dunk! – Jake Bullock
3/12/13
“Very early “tech 5A” trick. Super simple, lots of fun if you can really slam it smooth. I am fascinated by 5A tricks where the counterweight is forced through loops, knots or string segments.” – Jake
Song is “Fun Rules!” by Best Friends.
Yo-Yo Used: Kuntosh by Anti-Yo
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Indecisive – Jake Bullock
3/5/13
“An old 5A trick/combo I have since modified with some inspiration from Drew Tetz and Jonrob: The ending bind is something I remember Jonrob messing around with a few years ago, I think my version is different because I catch with my left (non throw) hand. It looks like I can’t decide what I want to do, so I named the combo “Indecisive”, but I really totally know exactly what I’m doing.” – Jake
Song is “Know Her Name” by the Pow Wows.
Yoyo used is the Kuntosh by Anti-Yo
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Steve Brown Hates Tech 5A – Jake Bullock
2/26/13
“Steve Brown used to hate on “technical 5A” because he is a cranky curmudgeon and thinks 5A should be more like juggling 😉 I’m not that into juggling. But I really don’t blame him because that “style” of technical 5A got out of hand for awhile there (see my video “Tosscore”, a tech 5A classic, but a little over the top).
Tech 5A to me basically means the focus of the trick is more on counterweight movement than yo-yo movement. This can be good or bad. Traditionally, an ideal 5A trick or combo should have both the yo-yo and counterweight moving at the same time as much as possible. In this trick there is a lot of complex dice movement, but the yo-yo is mostly sitting there. In comparison to tricks of legends such as Rafael Matsunaga, Miguel Correa, and of course Steve, this is probably quite boring and not very visually entertaining; but it hadn’t been done, and someone had to do it so I did. I am proud of it and consider it worth learning, if only for the dice stalls, which I am quite proud of and know have more possibilities to explore. The ending “dismount” where the counterweight pulls the slack into the yo-yo is now a fairly classic 5A move that I have seen several variations of, I am not sure if it’s entirely original.” – Jake
Song is “Friday Night” by Spider Bags.
Yoyo used is the Kuntosh by Anti-Yo
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Handcuffs – Jake Bullock
2/19/13
“First did a variation of this trick in a 5A video battle against Drew Tetz entitled Drake Bulletz. Drew won the battle, but that’s because his 5A is on another level. Just double wrist wraps with the counterweight and yo-yo. Very difficult to hit clean and uncomfortable to perform. Handcuffs are also uncomfortable to wear, thus the name.” – Jake
Song is “Tachi Agare” by Nomad.
Yoyo used is the Kuntosh by Anti-Yo
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Hellavators – Jake Bullock
2/12/13
“Invented in 2007 when all the yo-yo kids were obsessed with BAPE and hyphy music. Everyone was dressed like a goon in pastel camo and saying “hella” in every sentence. Anyways, it looks like the counterweight is an elevator, thus “hellavators”. Also a play off one of my favorite songs, “Televators” by The Mars Volta.” – Jake
Song is “Drunken Words” by The Mess Around.
Yo-Yo used is the Bapezilla by AntiYo.
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Freehand Regen Combo – Jake Bullock
2/5/13
“The first new 5A “trick” I have come up with in quite awhile, proud of this one. Similar things have been done in the past, but the first half in particular looks new to me. If I’m biting someone’s trick let me know. The possibilities with this stalling/grabbing/regenerating stuff is endless but this is just my favorite take on it so far.” – Jake
Song is “Number Of The Beast” by The Needy Visions.
Yo-Yo used is the ??? by Anti-Yo.
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Flounder3D – Jake Bullock
1/29/13
“One of my main competition 1A combos. The name is a play off of that crappy Piranha 3D movie, because the trick looks like I am floundering around, flounders are a type of fish, and the trick has 3D elements. Get it? Har har.” – Jake
Song is “Shock Ya” by Mules.
Yo-Yo used is the YWET by AntiYo.
Batcave – Jake Bullock
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1/22/13
“Invented sometime in 2007, one of my favorite single A tricks. Was playing off the bends/folds trend in tricks at the time, and of course some bucket action.” – Jake
Song is “Go Go 78” by The Blind Shake.
Yoyo used is the YWET by Anti-Yo
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Kook Hwip – Jake Bullock
1/1/13
Yoyo used is the Bapezilla 2 by Anti-Yo
Song is “Not Afraid To Die” by Kal Marks.