Shockwave I just didn’t understand until one day I did it by accident and it just clicked for me. I do feel like a lot of the finer points of those tricks are not explained well in most videos though. And that makes it even harder.
When I finally figured it out I went “why didn’t anyone tell me?”
Haha 
that happens to me too sometimes 
Get this, as a kid trying to whistle. “Just pucker your lips and blow”
Not until Pee-Wee’s frigging Playhouse: “Pucker your lips, KEEP YOUR TOUNGE AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR MOUTH, and then blow”
Still bust my parents chops about this
When you Bang your yoyo off the floor and IT PLAYS SMOOTHER than it did BEFORE !!!
Legitimately have about 4 instances where this happened and I swear , when I can’t “tune” a certain vibe out of a throw I honestly think for a second…
“hmmm maybe if I smoke it off the floor like those a other ones 
”
But never have the stones to try it ON purpose
You bought some flame curly box elder to make yoyo’s with and it turns out the blank has inclusions through and through. So you make an extra thick salt holder box as a gift. Maldon of course.
That’s gorgeous!
That’s an amazing piece of wood right there (nice box too).
That red is natural? I’ve never seen that color in maple. I’ve seen that grey blue, but the red 
When people in your house start moving your stuff and you end up losing a brand new unopened pack up strings you hadn’t even gotten to try yet? Ugh…
It is natural but I was wrong on the wood. It’s Curly box elder. The red’s can be amazing in it.
Funny enough I was just reading this thread and came across your pic and thought “I’m pretty sure that’s box elder with that red…”. Beautiful turning though.
Today an older lady walked up to me and asked if I can walk the dog (metal throw I’m using btw) and at first I silently laughed and smiled to myself thinking that she would be amazed by my awesome tricks and ask me a different question but sure enough that wasn’t the case. and about 10 seconds later she tells me again if I can walk the dog and I respectfully told her that yes I can walk the dog but unfortunately I’m using a metal yo-yo and don’t want to roll it on the ground so after that she told me to rock the baby and eventually left 
I’m sure some of y’all have had a similar case to mine so I want to see what your response is when someone tells you to walk the dog 
I often practice in the local bars and when anyone yells “walk the dog!” I tell em it’ll cost a hundred bucks to see that trick. So far no takers but they shut up at least.
Ivan
Haha that’s a good one I would probably say the same thing !!! one hundred bucks should cover the cost and repair the yo-yo too bad nobody took the offer but at least they stopped anyone from saying walk the dog !!!
No one knows the name of any other tricks. If I saw someone yoyoing I’d say “do Ninja Vanish!”
You have been trying to remove a c clip for like 3 hours and still can’t 
I broke 2 sewing needles in half the last time I removed one. The struggle is real.
Update my window now has a hole in it
Continuing: when your yo-yo falls out of your pocket.
When you have been waiting for that mystery box for over a month…and it arrives and had the throw you were going for in it…and then out of all the throws in the box (4) that’s the only one you end up dinging on the first day.
Guess it’s a keeper now.
