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Havoc – Spencer Berry
“This is another legacy trick from 2001. It debuted on my first website, Phalanx, in a video called Primus (youtube.com/watch?v=jGZogyD371Q).
It originally was going to be a collaboration trick between myself and Rob Reeves, but after the mount and that first hop, we went our own ways. It is one of the destruction tricks, alongside Cataclysm and Enigma.” – Spencer
Song is “Proven Lands” by Jonny Greenwood for There Will Be Blood.
Yoyo used is the 4mm YWET 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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Origami to Bind Suicide – Rafael Matsunaga
“Just a little something added to Kohta’s Origami.” – Rafael
Song is “Try” by Pennywise.
Yoyo used is the Barracuda by Duncan Toys.
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360 Plus – Steve Brown
2/24/13
“A very simple 360 variation that’s been giving me a lot of enjoyment lately. Feels nice.” – Steve
Yoyo used is the XXXX XXXXX by XXXXXXXXXXX.
Song is “Look At That Old Grizzly Bear” by Mark Mothersbaugh.
Stomp Bind – Ernest Kahn
2/23/13
“This is one of those beautiful accidents that make yoyo play so much fun…you can start with one idea but really, who knows where you’ll end up?” – Steve
Yoyo used is the Puffin by CLYW.
Song is “Hug Life” by Best Friends.
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Dizzy Baby Redux – Blake Freeman
“I’ve always enjoyed the simplicity of the line of “baby” tricks, so I decided to come up with something a little more complex to expand upon it.” – Blake
Song is “It Must Really Suck to be Four Year Strong Right Now” by Four Year Strong.”
Yoyo used is the Rex by Square Wheels YoYo Company.
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Sick & Bent – Steve Brown
“I’m really fascinated with throwing bends and plane-breaking moves into tricks lately. This is part of my ongoing experimentation with making yoyos do things that don’t involve straight lines.” – Steve
Yoyo used is the Roll Model by YoYoFactory.
Song is “Without Circle Bending” by Rho.
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YuukYuuk – Spencer Berry
2/20/13
“I’ve done the 1.5 pop to effortless whip component of this trick for many years. Usually when I show it to a yoyo player, they know it as a Yuuki Spencer trick. It looks slightly puzzling if performed with minimal hand movement.
So I added a gunslinger type move and repeated it. And as per most of my basic hold repeaters – there is a lot of room to tweak it out in your own manner (pinwheel one spot, pop in another, alternate sides, whatever kind of hand movements you want to center it around). This is a feel good trick and not as difficult as some of the variations I’ll be practicing for later in the year.” – Spencer
Song is “St. James Infirmary” by Cab Calloway.
Yoyo used is the 4mm YWET 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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No Fear of Rejection – Rafael Matsunaga
“For a short while I was trying to come up with a cool rejection, but this is all I got. I’m no János. :)” – Rafael
Song is “I Want to be Sedated” by Shonen Knife.
Yoyo used is the Barracuda by Duncan Toys.
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