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First Date
2/16/11
When I first started messing with this trick last week I had no idea where it was going. It started off really awkward. I kept at it, smoothed it out, and came up with an interesting trick that I think works out fairly well and has lots of potential.
Hence….first date.
Song is “Colditz” by Die Hoffnung. They appear courtesy of No Idea Records.
Yo-Yo used is the Die-Nasty by YoYo Factory.
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Lancelot Link
2/15/11
Today’s trick is less a “trick” and more of a nice linking move to use to transition between a trapeze mount and an under mount. It feels good, and takes up a fair bit of space…which is always what I go for with counterweight tricks.
Song is “Met Her In A Cyclone” by Burnman. They appear courtesy of No Idea Records.
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Honeymoon In Vegas
2/14/11
I hate Valentine’s Day.
Always have….always will.
Song is “The Truth About Almost Everything” by Anniversary Club. They appear courtesy of Chris Stowe.
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Rockette
2/13/11
Sometimes, I make up tricks just to look good on stage. I don’t care how hard they are, I don’t care if other players like them…I just want them to look big and good on stage. This is one of those tricks. Crowds love it.
Song is “…Means You Have To Die” by The Holy Mountain. They appear courtesy of No Idea Records.
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Schadenfraude
In 2004, Takeshi sent me a Bootleg Monkey with free-spinning sidecaps. I broke it almost immediately. But before I broke it, I came up with this combo, a few more that I’ll get around to filming eventually, and some counterweight tricks that were the infant beginning of my 2007 Worlds routine. The burst of creativity I had with that yo-yo was absolutely insane, and I was pretty jealous (but excited) that YoYo Factory got a reliable yo-yo with spinning caps to market with a design that was infinitely better than the one I left at Duncan when I quit. (I still have no idea what they did with that design, since it’s never been released. Although they fired the engineer who was working on it shortly after I left, so it’s probably in the bottom of a desk drawer some where…or it just got thrown away.)
The day I first held a YoYo Factory G5 in my hands with T-Stacks was the day I realized I could never out-engineer Hans and Ben. It was also the day I realized I didn’t want to, and I was pretty content to just be the guy playing with yo-yos instead of trying to design them. That was a big day for me, personally, and I felt a tremendous weight lift off my shoulders.
Yo-Yo used is the G5 by YoYo Factory.
Song is “See You In Hell” by Small Brown Bike. They appear courtesy of No Idea Records.
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Veruca
My favorite thing about this project, hands down, is finding old tricks that are 10 years old, still rad, and I’d COMPLETELY forgotten about. Found this one on a 2001 Mid-Atlantic Regionals clip video that only has like 80 views on YouTube. So not only had I forgotten about it…I’m not sure anyone else even saw it.
Yo-Yo used is the Glow Die-Nasty by YoYo Factory.
Song is “Overconfident” by J Church. They appear courtesy of No Idea Records.
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Showstopper Grind
This is one of those tricks where you feel bummed for coming up with it, because it’s just so much better than most of your other tricks. And it’s super obvious. To everyone.
Still rad, though.
Song is “Dead Season” by Anniversary Club. They appear courtesy of their own bad selves.
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Shoulder pop? My trick.
Shoulder throw? My trick.
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Song is “Never Say Goodbye” by Leatherface. They appear courtesy of No Idea Records.
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Michigan Left
I made this up last night. I’m feeling really good about it…it’s got an interesting flow, it feels really smooth to do, and it’s got some moves that look like they kinda come out of nowhere. Success!
Song is “Scimitar” by Floor. They appear courtesy of No Idea Records.