# Are there any tricks you were surprised how easily you learned them? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [August 8, 2022, 12:17am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/are-there-any-tricks-you-were-surprised-how-easily-you-learned-them/361011 "2022-08-08T00:17:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hanker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hanker/32/628221_2.png) [@Hanker](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Hanker)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 2:45am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/are-there-any-tricks-you-were-surprised-how-easily-you-learned-them/361011/21 "2022-08-09T02:45:49Z")
Probably the whip to kamikaze mount, got it down in like 5 tries after watching some Throws N Brews and decided to try it. Eli Hops, on the other hand, took me months to get down. Now my Eli Hops look pretty nice, like those that you see Dylan Kowalski do, but man did it take absolutely forever. ---
**Author:** ![Artt\_74](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/artt_74/32/170800_2.png) [@Artt\_74](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Artt_74)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2022, 8:40am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/are-there-any-tricks-you-were-surprised-how-easily-you-learned-them/361011/22 "2022-08-11T08:40:37Z")
When it comes to whip tricks I was really surpised when I wanted to learn the 1.5 hook. I did it by watching a video once and I was consistently hitting the trick , that was about 2 years ago I’ve now progressed to a 2.5 hook which I’m still working on ---
**Author:** ![yoyodoc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyodoc/32/48820_2.png) [@yoyodoc](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyodoc)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2022, 9:23am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/are-there-any-tricks-you-were-surprised-how-easily-you-learned-them/361011/23 "2022-08-11T09:23:04Z")
I think the trick I learned in record time was how to explain to my wife my next yo-yo purchase is a mist have item. This is how I fool her\>\> First, use he car and take her with me. Go shopping and buy her a few hundred dollars worth of clothes, etc. Fill the tank of her car with about a hundred bucks worth of gas. Then, take her to her favorite Restaurant for a great dinner. While having dessert, mention to her that there is only 3 yo-yos left in a certain model and colorway. Then, when we get back home, I go online and order the $50 yoyo. Sadly, I feel like I am spoiling myself. Because using my amazing method ends up costing me about $450😉 per yo-yo… ---
**Author:** ![GnarlyCharlie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gnarlycharlie/32/279610_2.png) [@GnarlyCharlie](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GnarlyCharlie)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2022, 2:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/are-there-any-tricks-you-were-surprised-how-easily-you-learned-them/361011/24 "2022-08-11T14:57:53Z")
Lmao. The perfect plan doesn’t exis-……. I stand corrected. ---
**Author:** ![Richard](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/richard/32/196594_2.png) [@Richard](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Richard)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 3:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/are-there-any-tricks-you-were-surprised-how-easily-you-learned-them/361011/25 "2022-08-12T03:52:17Z")
Thats still a pretty cool trick, if I tried it I would wine & dine etc and likely have my wife agree that it is a cool yoyo I am looking at and she understands why its appealing and that I still cant have it. ---
**Author:** ![Hydro](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hydro/32/176201_2.png) [@Hydro](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Hydro)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 5:05am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/are-there-any-tricks-you-were-surprised-how-easily-you-learned-them/361011/26 "2022-08-12T05:05:49Z")
I know its like the very easiest trick but when i see another person doing rock the baby i thinked it was hard, but when i tried to do it its like the easiest thing to do ---
**Author:** ![Roman\_Soup](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/roman_soup/32/173217_2.png) [@Roman\_Soup](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Roman_Soup)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 5:15am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/are-there-any-tricks-you-were-surprised-how-easily-you-learned-them/361011/27 "2022-08-12T05:15:29Z")
If that took you under 20 years to learn, you’re doing pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![Theycallmecotton](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/theycallmecotton/32/253526_2.png) [@Theycallmecotton](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Theycallmecotton)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2022, 12:21am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/are-there-any-tricks-you-were-surprised-how-easily-you-learned-them/361011/28 "2022-08-14T00:21:26Z")
Beef hook was super easy for me ---
**Author:** ![Big](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/big/32/81788_2.png) [@Big](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Big)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2022, 2:00am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/are-there-any-tricks-you-were-surprised-how-easily-you-learned-them/361011/29 "2022-08-14T02:00:34Z")
I’ve been chasing beef hook for 6 months. Never landed it. I have no clue what im doing wrong with this one. ---
**Author:** ![Theycallmecotton](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/theycallmecotton/32/253526_2.png) [@Theycallmecotton](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Theycallmecotton)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2022, 7:04am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/are-there-any-tricks-you-were-surprised-how-easily-you-learned-them/361011/30 "2022-08-14T07:04:59Z")
I can try to help you figure it out ---
**Author:** ![GTDropKnot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gtdropknot/32/212400_2.png) [@GTDropKnot](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GTDropKnot)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 1:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/are-there-any-tricks-you-were-surprised-how-easily-you-learned-them/361011/31 "2023-04-06T13:26:34Z")
Hit the first ever multifarious whip I tried. I missed it like 5 times in a row after but still, that felt fantastic lol. Also when I first tried Eli hops I couldn’t get it at all, kept missing the trapeze, was kinda just throwing it in the air and trying to catch it and failing, so I moved on. Kind of forgot about it for a while and when I tried next, crushed it! Control of the direction, hands clapping in between, just normally good. I don’t know where I picked it up, but somehow learning something else in between helped that trick click. Really learned a lesson there about how helpful it can be to put tricks aside for a while. Don’t know if this counts as simple, but I’ve been trying to land 1.5 hooks for like two or three months now. At least 5 or 10 mins a day trying to figure it out and I still haven’t hit one. Idk why but it’s frustrating lol. I can hit the 1.0 hook 9/10 times but the 1.5 has been plaguing me. ---
**Author:** ![Yoyomanremo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyomanremo/32/210277_2.png) [@Yoyomanremo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyomanremo)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 1:33pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/are-there-any-tricks-you-were-surprised-how-easily-you-learned-them/361011/32 "2023-04-06T13:33:19Z")
I was surprised to learn the slack GT so quick. [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/are-there-any-tricks-you-were-surprised-how-easily-you-learned-them/361011.md?page=1)