# I Landed my first Horizontal Trick!

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-landed-my-first-horizontal-trick/21629>\
**Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks\
**Created:** [December 8, 2010, 4:45am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-landed-my-first-horizontal-trick/21629 "2010-12-08T04:45:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![ccn411](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ccn411/32/192885_2.png) [@ccn411](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ccn411)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 4:45am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-landed-my-first-horizontal-trick/21629/1 "2010-12-08T04:45:22Z")

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Today I landed my first horizontal/sideways/ 45 degree trick!

It’s a more advanced version of the one at 1:57

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/6/1/9/619304d0f53ae0b56e65c7f548b4187fc68b02a9.jpeg "My Name is Spencer - I am 8 | YoYoSkills.com") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwwMDoLv5og)

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**Author:** ![yoyoninja4l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e0b2c6/32.png) [@yoyoninja4l](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyoninja4l)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 5:03am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-landed-my-first-horizontal-trick/21629/2 "2010-12-08T05:03:36Z")

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arent u on the chico contest team?

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**Author:** ![joeyoshmoeyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/aca169/32.png) [@joeyoshmoeyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/joeyoshmoeyo)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 2:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-landed-my-first-horizontal-trick/21629/3 "2010-12-08T14:22:37Z")

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if he is i could beat him in a sec :wink:

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**Author:** ![ccn411](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ccn411/32/192885_2.png) [@ccn411](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ccn411)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-landed-my-first-horizontal-trick/21629/4 "2010-12-08T14:33:00Z")

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No, everybody knows who I am. I just learned the trick from this video. That’s Spencer Nelson, my name is Chris. Not sponsored and not expecting it for a while.

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**Author:** ![Pheenix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pheenix/32/65_2.png) [@Pheenix](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Pheenix)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 3:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-landed-my-first-horizontal-trick/21629/5 "2010-12-08T15:32:49Z")

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Oh the stuff I destroyed when I learned horizontal.

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**Author:** ![ccn411](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ccn411/32/192885_2.png) [@ccn411](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ccn411)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 3:55am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-landed-my-first-horizontal-trick/21629/6 "2010-12-09T03:55:33Z")

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> [@JonasK](#):
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> Oh the stuff I destroyed when I learned horizontal.

I know. I destroyed my hopes, my motivation, my dignity, and my faith in me learning this style. I also destroyed my self-pity when I got the trick down!

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**Author:** ![RebelThrow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rebelthrow/32/538_2.png) [@RebelThrow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/RebelThrow)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 8:58am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-landed-my-first-horizontal-trick/21629/7 "2010-12-09T08:58:27Z")

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Haha! thats Awesome and funny, that same bit of footage there is the SAME thing that helped me to visualize and land my first horizontal (excalibur: as it is known in the Diabolo world) trick as well.

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**Author:** ![Pro102YoYo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Pro102YoYo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Pro102YoYo)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 10:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-landed-my-first-horizontal-trick/21629/8 "2010-12-12T22:46:57Z")

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Congrats! Keep Practicing

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**Author:** ![Mattylightning](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mattylightning/32/205_2.png) [@Mattylightning](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mattylightning)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 12:05am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-landed-my-first-horizontal-trick/21629/9 "2010-12-13T00:05:43Z")

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my first horizontal trick was out of a horizontal wrist mount. worked out pretty well when i got the motions down.