# Favorite Bind! **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks\ **Created:** [March 16, 2013, 2:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/favorite-bind/50888 "2013-03-16T14:39:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hendy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3bc359/32.png) [@Hendy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Hendy)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 2:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/favorite-bind/50888/1 "2013-03-16T14:39:22Z")
I noticed there wasn’t really a proper thread for this, so I figured I’d start one. What’s your favorite bind (apart from the basic one that is)? I have a lot, but to name a few I’d say flash bind, ghost bind, and finger grind to earth bind. The last two can be found here: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfwnNWYwl6U](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfwnNWYwl6U) ---
**Author:** ![yuki\_onitsura](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yuki_onitsura/32/1162_2.png) [@yuki\_onitsura](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yuki_onitsura)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 2:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/favorite-bind/50888/2 "2013-03-16T14:52:23Z")
Sky bind, suicide bind and Vashek’s president’s bind are my favourites. Yuki ---
**Author:** ![andy569](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/andy569/32/1256_2.png) [@andy569](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/andy569)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 3:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/favorite-bind/50888/3 "2013-03-16T15:32:49Z")
> [@Hendy](#): > > I noticed there wasn’t really a proper thread for this, so I figured I’d start one. What’s your favorite bind (apart from the basic one that is)? I have a lot, but to name a few I’d say flash bind, ghost bind, and finger grind to earth bind. All of those can be found here: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfwnNWYwl6U](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfwnNWYwl6U) OMG IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS VIDEO! I saw it a couple weeks back but i couldnt find it again. Ok, now onto the question, my favorite is the sky bind. Its stylish. But i usually just use the bind that andre uses in his tutorials(dont know the name), sure, u can get knots when u throw it sometimes but it never really gets a knot tight enough thqt i have to take the yoyo apart. This isnt the case for other binds in my case anyways. ---
**Author:** ![Elluzion](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/elluzion/32/1269_2.png) [@Elluzion](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Elluzion)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 3:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/favorite-bind/50888/4 "2013-03-16T15:32:55Z")
I do a jade whip and catch it on the back string and shoot the yoyo left and have it bind back :wink: ---
**Author:** ![xxjohnsonxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/b782af/32.png) [@xxjohnsonxx](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/xxjohnsonxx)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 4:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/favorite-bind/50888/5 "2013-03-16T16:16:05Z")
My favorite and most used is a sky bind atm ---
**Author:** ![hemisphere97](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hemisphere97/32/1167_2.png) [@hemisphere97](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hemisphere97)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 4:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/favorite-bind/50888/6 "2013-03-16T16:26:51Z")
the one where you do a regular bind and the do a suicide with it an it comes back up. Also this one. Look at about 2:19 [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/7/3/3/733393469084bbfc394f461357951cce289d3e22.jpeg "SpinDynamics Initiation") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQu8t9D7Okk) ---
**Author:** ![beherenow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/beherenow/32/125309_2.png) [@beherenow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/beherenow)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 4:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/favorite-bind/50888/7 "2013-03-16T16:31:23Z")
> [@Hendy](#): > > I noticed there wasn’t really a proper thread for this, so I figured I’d start one. What’s your favorite bind (apart from the basic one that is)? I have a lot, but to name a few I’d say flash bind, ghost bind, and finger grind to earth bind. The last two can be found here: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfwnNWYwl6U](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfwnNWYwl6U) My binds other than 2 or 3 were nonexistent until watching Shaposhnikov’s video a month or so ago.  I like sky bind, along with rethinks version, the TH and NTH elbow bind, ghost bind, and the bind on this Banana Turnover video (non-horizontal). [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/9/0/d/90d3730dad9ec0cefba482c3a95248302bb13c95.jpeg "Banana Turnover Tutorial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6ygkg_ky2Q) Rethinks sky bind… [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/b/7/e/b7e8322d4670f76b63f96963dfc5c900a53d6508.jpeg "Sky Bind Tutorial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyCb6L8h06g) ---
**Author:** ![Hendy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3bc359/32.png) [@Hendy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Hendy)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 4:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/favorite-bind/50888/8 "2013-03-16T16:35:12Z")
Although not the flashiest, sky bind is possibly the easiest to slip into the end of a combo. Flash bind works well too, and ghost bind if you happen to end with a sleeper (rather than a dismount in which the yoyo is still moving). Grind binds are great to just show off with, though. ---
**Author:** ![thefluteninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e19b73/32.png) [@thefluteninja](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/thefluteninja)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 5:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/favorite-bind/50888/9 "2013-03-16T17:31:39Z")
Sky bind and President’s Bind ---
**Author:** ![washparkdub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/45deac/32.png) [@washparkdub](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/washparkdub)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 7:33pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/favorite-bind/50888/10 "2013-03-16T19:33:35Z")
I get a knot every single time with the earth bind… why? ---
**Author:** ![JamesMay](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jamesmay/32/1201_2.png) [@JamesMay](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JamesMay)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 8:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/favorite-bind/50888/11 "2013-03-16T20:05:18Z")
That [Amazing Binds] video is one of my favorites. I have a few binds I enjoy more than others. I quite like to sky bind, elbow bind, and finger grind bind. The bind I use the most though is suicide bind. I would have to say my favorite is suicide bind. ---
**Author:** ![Hendy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3bc359/32.png) [@Hendy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Hendy)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/favorite-bind/50888/12 "2013-03-16T20:15:58Z")
> [@washparkdub](#): > > I get a knot every single time with the earth bind… why? Never had that problem with earth bind, but definitely others. Earth bind is so fun because I get to slap the string. Slapping string is so satisfying for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![xmotoby](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/xmotoby/32/1246_2.png) [@xmotoby](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/xmotoby)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 9:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/favorite-bind/50888/13 "2013-03-16T21:34:11Z")
I never knew these binds exsited! My favorite is the suicide bind. All I know is the sky bind, suicide, presidents, and the normal one. ---
**Author:** ![Lordchootapa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lordchootapa](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Lordchootapa)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 9:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/favorite-bind/50888/14 "2013-03-16T21:36:54Z")
I like the whip bind… ---
**Author:** ![Hendy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3bc359/32.png) [@Hendy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Hendy)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 10:10pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/favorite-bind/50888/15 "2013-03-16T22:10:13Z")
Ok scratch everything my new favorite is an IRG bind. ---
**Author:** ![thefluteninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e19b73/32.png) [@thefluteninja](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/thefluteninja)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 11:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/favorite-bind/50888/16 "2013-03-19T23:36:35Z")
I currently use the 3a bind that I think is called “Gunslinger”. ---
**Author:** ![Hendy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3bc359/32.png) [@Hendy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Hendy)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 11:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/favorite-bind/50888/17 "2013-03-19T23:51:21Z")
> [@thefluteninja](#): > > I currently use the 3a bind that I think is called “Gunslinger”. I’m not really a 3A guy. I thought it looked really cool once and decided to try throwing with my non-dominant hand. That excursion didn’t last long. But I think I know what you’re talking about and I’ve done it in 1A. Plastic whip then throw to the side, right? BTW my new favorite is probably a finger grind to ripcord bind like Ben did at 0:45 [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/9/9/c/99c53ada1c632063c25ce9e6f2bce2ab99cd9077.jpeg "Theory - YYJ Promo") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN17shwxvxE) ---
**Author:** ![Eastfield](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/eastfield/32/1158_2.png) [@Eastfield](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Eastfield)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 11:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/favorite-bind/50888/18 "2013-03-19T23:55:36Z")
I like the ones that can be used at the end of a long combo or without a lot of spin. IRG-binds and stuff like sidewinder-binds look really cool, though require alot of spin and therefore becomes more of a trick itself rather than just a way to return the yoyo to your hand. ---
**Author:** ![Hendy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3bc359/32.png) [@Hendy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Hendy)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 11:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/favorite-bind/50888/19 "2013-03-19T23:57:21Z")
> [@Eastfield](#): > > I like the ones that can be used at the end of a long combo or without a lot of spin. IRG-binds and stuff like sidewinder-binds look really cool, though require alot of spin and therefore becomes more of a trick itself rather than just a way to return the yoyo to your hand. Agreed. But what’s wrong with doing a standalone bind just to be a little show-offy? A flashy bind could also be an eye-catcher and space filler in a freestyle in a pinch. ---
**Author:** ![Jagmcool](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jagmcool/32/1203_2.png) [@Jagmcool](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Jagmcool)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 8:13am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/favorite-bind/50888/20 "2013-03-21T08:13:37Z")
Suicide bind, bind from brother mount, bind from jade whip. (Never really been a fan of the sky bind) I generally just use the backspin bind though. [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/favorite-bind/50888.md?page=2)