how long are your IRGs?

[grolk]

To yoyo143, I use a Supernova, and the way I get it on my thumb is by throwing it slanted towards yourself. Helps a lot.

[andy569]

@GregP

15 seconds? Every time a grind thread comes along, I have swap out my “happy easygoing hat” for my “grumpy skeptic” hat.

Anyone claiming a 10-15 second IRG had better cough up a video or I’m calling bull-puckey. It’s not just the friction, it’s the entire physics behind an IRG. It’s going to tilt out with that long of a grind! Gyroscopic effect will only keep it vertical for “so” long! What’s happening as it precesses? Are you transferring successfully for that long, or are you chasing it around in circles?

I suddenly can’t help but wondering if I’ve had a rare moment of not recognizing a joke.

As for popping up, some yoyos make it dead easy (Kyo DNS has an IRG a 4-year-old could pop up into!) and some are trickier (especially if they don’t have a lip for it).

I’ll shoot a video of me doing a 10-15 second thumb grind with my Chief once I get back from vacation in 2 1/2 weeks

[CaliBuddha]

@andy569

@GregP

15 seconds? Every time a grind thread comes along, I have swap out my “happy easygoing hat” for my “grumpy skeptic” hat.

Anyone claiming a 10-15 second IRG had better cough up a video or I’m calling bull-puckey. It’s not just the friction, it’s the entire physics behind an IRG. It’s going to tilt out with that long of a grind! Gyroscopic effect will only keep it vertical for “so” long! What’s happening as it precesses? Are you transferring successfully for that long, or are you chasing it around in circles?

I suddenly can’t help but wondering if I’ve had a rare moment of not recognizing a joke.

As for popping up, some yoyos make it dead easy (Kyo DNS has an IRG a 4-year-old could pop up into!) and some are trickier (especially if they don’t have a lip for it).

I’ll shoot a video of me doing a 10-15 second thumb grind with my Chief once I get back from vacation in 2 1/2 weeks

I’ve heard that before. Use your phone and make a video. We know you’ve got a smartphone.

[GregP]

@andy569

@GregP

15 seconds? Every time a grind thread comes along, I have swap out my “happy easygoing hat” for my “grumpy skeptic” hat.

Anyone claiming a 10-15 second IRG had better cough up a video or I’m calling bull-puckey. It’s not just the friction, it’s the entire physics behind an IRG. It’s going to tilt out with that long of a grind! Gyroscopic effect will only keep it vertical for “so” long! What’s happening as it precesses? Are you transferring successfully for that long, or are you chasing it around in circles?

I suddenly can’t help but wondering if I’ve had a rare moment of not recognizing a joke.

As for popping up, some yoyos make it dead easy (Kyo DNS has an IRG a 4-year-old could pop up into!) and some are trickier (especially if they don’t have a lip for it).

I’ll shoot a video of me doing a 10-15 second thumb grind with my Chief once I get back from vacation in 2 1/2 weeks

I’ll give you the 10 seconds on the outside. I was doing some IRGs in disbelief at this thread and I got to 6 seconds. I’m willing to believe a better player than me could really push it and get maybe 10 seconds. Even 10 seconds is hard to believe (my El Ranchero has a Terrapin bearing + is good at thumb grinds; my throw is strong. I only got 6 seconds) but I’d be willing to believe it could be possible.

If you can do 15 seconds without any timelapse, though, I will not only eat my words, but I will have YYE send you a pack of string, your choice of brand. And I mean that in a good-spirited way. I’d be blown away by a 15-second grind, and I WANT you to pull it off!

[andy569]

@GregP

@andy569

@GregP

15 seconds? Every time a grind thread comes along, I have swap out my “happy easygoing hat” for my “grumpy skeptic” hat.

Anyone claiming a 10-15 second IRG had better cough up a video or I’m calling bull-puckey. It’s not just the friction, it’s the entire physics behind an IRG. It’s going to tilt out with that long of a grind! Gyroscopic effect will only keep it vertical for “so” long! What’s happening as it precesses? Are you transferring successfully for that long, or are you chasing it around in circles?

I suddenly can’t help but wondering if I’ve had a rare moment of not recognizing a joke.

As for popping up, some yoyos make it dead easy (Kyo DNS has an IRG a 4-year-old could pop up into!) and some are trickier (especially if they don’t have a lip for it).

I’ll shoot a video of me doing a 10-15 second thumb grind with my Chief once I get back from vacation in 2 1/2 weeks

I’ll give you the 10 seconds on the outside. I was doing some IRGs in disbelief at this thread and I got to 6 seconds. I’m willing to believe a better player than me could really push it and get maybe 10 seconds. Even 10 seconds is hard to believe (my El Ranchero has a Terrapin bearing + is good at thumb grinds; my throw is strong. I only got 6 seconds) but I’d be willing to believe it could be possible.

If you can do 15 seconds without any timelapse, though, I will not only eat my words, but I will have YYE send you a pack of string, your choice of brand. And I mean that in a good-spirited way. I’d be blown away by a 15-second grind, and I WANT you to pull it off!

I can get 10 seconds pretty much every time, 15 is gonna take a few takes but it can be done, I’ll shoot the vid once I’m back

[yoyo143]

@andy569

@GregP

@andy569

@GregP

15 seconds? Every time a grind thread comes along, I have swap out my “happy easygoing hat” for my “grumpy skeptic” hat.

Anyone claiming a 10-15 second IRG had better cough up a video or I’m calling bull-puckey. It’s not just the friction, it’s the entire physics behind an IRG. It’s going to tilt out with that long of a grind! Gyroscopic effect will only keep it vertical for “so” long! What’s happening as it precesses? Are you transferring successfully for that long, or are you chasing it around in circles?

I suddenly can’t help but wondering if I’ve had a rare moment of not recognizing a joke.

As for popping up, some yoyos make it dead easy (Kyo DNS has an IRG a 4-year-old could pop up into!) and some are trickier (especially if they don’t have a lip for it).

I’ll shoot a video of me doing a 10-15 second thumb grind with my Chief once I get back from vacation in 2 1/2 weeks

I’ll give you the 10 seconds on the outside. I was doing some IRGs in disbelief at this thread and I got to 6 seconds. I’m willing to believe a better player than me could really push it and get maybe 10 seconds. Even 10 seconds is hard to believe (my El Ranchero has a Terrapin bearing + is good at thumb grinds; my throw is strong. I only got 6 seconds) but I’d be willing to believe it could be possible.

If you can do 15 seconds without any timelapse, though, I will not only eat my words, but I will have YYE send you a pack of string, your choice of brand. And I mean that in a good-spirited way. I’d be blown away by a 15-second grind, and I WANT you to pull it off!

I can get 10 seconds pretty much every time, 15 is gonna take a few takes but it can be done, I’ll shoot the vid once I’m back

Suuurreee you will : lol, I really want to see a 15 second IRG…

[Yoyo_Kangaroo]

9 is the most I can do…

[andy569]

ahhh I wish I gotz my Chief with me… All I got is a POLISHED Phenom and I can do a 5 second IRG with that if I take a cap off. But If I can do a 5 second IRG with a POLISHED yoyo that wasn’t made to thumb grind than maybe that’ll convince you guys that I can do a 15 second one with a Chief

[GregP]

@andy569

ahhh I wish I gotz my Chief with me… All I got is a POLISHED Phenom and I can do a 5 second IRG with that if I take a cap off. But If I can do a 5 second IRG with a POLISHED yoyo that wasn’t made to thumb grind than maybe that’ll convince you guys that I can do a 15 second one with a Chief

Only a video with a visible stopwatch/timer will convince me.

[grolk]

Nothing will convince me
Best grind i’ve seen is seven seconds for a finger grind in a video.

[GregP]

There’s less friction for an IRG if you do it only with the fingernail and no flesh. So you could hit 10 seconds. 15 seconds would leave me in slack-jawed disbelief.

[andy569]

@GregP

There’s less friction for an IRG if you do it only with the fingernail and no flesh. So you could hit 10 seconds. 15 seconds would leave me in slack-jawed disbelief.

Isn’t that how you’re supposed to do it? That’s how I do it

[GregP]

@andy569

@GregP

There’s less friction for an IRG if you do it only with the fingernail and no flesh. So you could hit 10 seconds. 15 seconds would leave me in slack-jawed disbelief.

Isn’t that how you’re supposed to do it? That’s how I do it

Yes, that’s how you’re supposed to do it; just saying that it’s not the same as a finger-grind, where there is more surface contact and friction because it’s a finger not a fingernail.

IRGs should be longer than finger grinds. But not 15 seconds long, still.

[andy569]

@GregP

@andy569

@GregP

There’s less friction for an IRG if you do it only with the fingernail and no flesh. So you could hit 10 seconds. 15 seconds would leave me in slack-jawed disbelief.

Isn’t that how you’re supposed to do it? That’s how I do it

Yes, that’s how you’re supposed to do it; just saying that it’s not the same as a finger-grind, where there is more surface contact and friction because it’s a finger not a fingernail.

IRGs should be longer than finger grinds. But not 15 seconds long, still.

Your thumb grind is 6 seconds, that’s my finger grind

[grolk]

I was just referring to grinds in general, Greg. I can’t even land a solid two seconds for a finger grind ;D

[GregP]

@andy569

@GregP

@andy569

@GregP

There’s less friction for an IRG if you do it only with the fingernail and no flesh. So you could hit 10 seconds. 15 seconds would leave me in slack-jawed disbelief.

Isn’t that how you’re supposed to do it? That’s how I do it

Yes, that’s how you’re supposed to do it; just saying that it’s not the same as a finger-grind, where there is more surface contact and friction because it’s a finger not a fingernail.

IRGs should be longer than finger grinds. But not 15 seconds long, still.

Your thumb grind is 6 seconds, that’s my finger grind

Thumb grinds aren’t about skill in the same way. Finger grinds you have to get into the right place, keep the yoyo balanced, etc. I suppose if I had a glove I might be able to get a longer finger grind. My finger grinds are about 4 seconds if I’m estimating.

As often the case with grind threads, I think people underestimate how long a second really is. A stopwatch will tell the tale.

[andy569]

@GregP

@andy569

@GregP

@andy569

@GregP

There’s less friction for an IRG if you do it only with the fingernail and no flesh. So you could hit 10 seconds. 15 seconds would leave me in slack-jawed disbelief.

Isn’t that how you’re supposed to do it? That’s how I do it

Yes, that’s how you’re supposed to do it; just saying that it’s not the same as a finger-grind, where there is more surface contact and friction because it’s a finger not a fingernail.

IRGs should be longer than finger grinds. But not 15 seconds long, still.

Your thumb grind is 6 seconds, that’s my finger grind

Thumb grinds aren’t about skill in the same way. Finger grinds you have to get into the right place, keep the yoyo balanced, etc. I suppose if I had a glove I might be able to get a longer finger grind. My finger grinds are about 4 seconds if I’m estimating.

As often the case with grind threads, I think people underestimate how long a second really is. A stopwatch will tell the tale.

I hop into the grind, then I look at my watch to see when I started and when it ends

[Casey888]

No no, I throw at a tilt. It’s less than 10 on a normal throw.

[Behemoth]

@andy569

@GregP

@andy569

@GregP

@andy569

@GregP

There’s less friction for an IRG if you do it only with the fingernail and no flesh. So you could hit 10 seconds. 15 seconds would leave me in slack-jawed disbelief.

Isn’t that how you’re supposed to do it? That’s how I do it

Yes, that’s how you’re supposed to do it; just saying that it’s not the same as a finger-grind, where there is more surface contact and friction because it’s a finger not a fingernail.

IRGs should be longer than finger grinds. But not 15 seconds long, still.

Your thumb grind is 6 seconds, that’s my finger grind

Thumb grinds aren’t about skill in the same way. Finger grinds you have to get into the right place, keep the yoyo balanced, etc. I suppose if I had a glove I might be able to get a longer finger grind. My finger grinds are about 4 seconds if I’m estimating.

As often the case with grind threads, I think people underestimate how long a second really is. A stopwatch will tell the tale.

I hop into the grind, then I look at my watch to see when I started and when it ends

You can reiterate all you want, but I (along with pretty much everyone else on this thread) am only going to believe it once I see this video.

[yoyoer8]

I can get 3 seconds with a butterfly.