# Learn to Win Absurdity - Presented by OPYOYOS x YoYoExpert **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [January 8, 2020, 10:18pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/learn-to-win-absurdity-presented-by-opyoyos-x-yoyoexpert/313246 "2020-01-08T22:18:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![chaosgow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/chaosgow/32/61394_2.png) [@chaosgow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/chaosgow)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/learn-to-win-absurdity-presented-by-opyoyos-x-yoyoexpert/313246/21 "2020-01-09T18:11:08Z")
If you can do some basic hooks/stoles. the next one isn’t so hard. The last one is all slacky though. I belive in you! ---
**Author:** ![chaosgow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/chaosgow/32/61394_2.png) [@chaosgow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/chaosgow)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/learn-to-win-absurdity-presented-by-opyoyos-x-yoyoexpert/313246/22 "2020-01-09T18:11:23Z")
Nice, saved me having to do it to find out :joy: ---
**Author:** ![SirDarverok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@SirDarverok](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SirDarverok)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/learn-to-win-absurdity-presented-by-opyoyos-x-yoyoexpert/313246/23 "2020-01-09T18:14:17Z")
For anyone wondering you have to “hook” the string into the front of the yoyo:) ---
**Author:** ![Lkjz1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Lkjz1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Lkjz1)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/learn-to-win-absurdity-presented-by-opyoyos-x-yoyoexpert/313246/24 "2020-01-09T20:25:00Z")
[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er5Kn8c4FCQ) Good enough for an entry? (fixed the bind) Fun trick to learn! ---
**Author:** ![chaosgow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/chaosgow/32/61394_2.png) [@chaosgow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/chaosgow)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2020, 8:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/learn-to-win-absurdity-presented-by-opyoyos-x-yoyoexpert/313246/25 "2020-01-09T20:46:18Z")
Nice one. Especially for doing it so fast and on a plastic! ---
**Author:** ![Legit\_yoyostrings](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/legit_yoyostrings/32/136873_2.png) [@Legit\_yoyostrings](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Legit_yoyostrings)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2020, 8:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/learn-to-win-absurdity-presented-by-opyoyos-x-yoyoexpert/313246/26 "2020-01-09T20:50:31Z")
I need help on the whip, I for some reason don’t get what your throw hand does ---
**Author:** ![chaosgow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/chaosgow/32/61394_2.png) [@chaosgow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/chaosgow)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2020, 8:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/learn-to-win-absurdity-presented-by-opyoyos-x-yoyoexpert/313246/27 "2020-01-09T20:51:40Z")
You wanna whip the string all the way around to come under and then over your non throw hand. As the loop comes around, grab it with your throw hand ring and pinky finger so it doesn’t just fly away. Before you start the whip, make sure the yoyo is dangling off your wrist, not your finger. It needs to be this way to keep the loop wide open and for you to hook correctly. ---
**Author:** ![SirDarverok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@SirDarverok](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SirDarverok)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2020, 8:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/learn-to-win-absurdity-presented-by-opyoyos-x-yoyoexpert/313246/28 "2020-01-09T20:59:20Z")
Play the YouTube video at 0.25 speed and pay attention to all the movements. That helped me getting it ---
**Author:** ![Legit\_yoyostrings](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/legit_yoyostrings/32/136873_2.png) [@Legit\_yoyostrings](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Legit_yoyostrings)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2020, 9:12pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/learn-to-win-absurdity-presented-by-opyoyos-x-yoyoexpert/313246/29 "2020-01-09T21:12:39Z")
thanks so much ---
**Author:** ![chaosgow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/chaosgow/32/61394_2.png) [@chaosgow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/chaosgow)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2020, 9:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/learn-to-win-absurdity-presented-by-opyoyos-x-yoyoexpert/313246/30 "2020-01-09T21:16:58Z")
Added a note to my first post (the one after Andres) to state the deadline. It’s the 5th Feb. ---
**Author:** ![AndreBoulay](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/andreboulay/32/69662_2.png) [@AndreBoulay](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AndreBoulay)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2020, 10:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/learn-to-win-absurdity-presented-by-opyoyos-x-yoyoexpert/313246/31 "2020-01-09T22:44:14Z")
Yeah - I added to original post too. :+1: Nice job @Lkjz1! ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_S](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/paul_s/32/1142_2.png) [@Paul\_S](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Paul_S)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2020, 10:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/learn-to-win-absurdity-presented-by-opyoyos-x-yoyoexpert/313246/32 "2020-01-09T22:49:06Z")
okaydidit 🙂 hadnt messed with figure8s much before either nice to have them feeling smooth now [https://www.instagram.com/p/B7Hc8Zzh2D7/?utm\_source=ig\_web\_copy\_link](https://www.instagram.com/p/B7Hc8Zzh2D7/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link) ---
**Author:** ![chaosgow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/chaosgow/32/61394_2.png) [@chaosgow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/chaosgow)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2020, 11:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/learn-to-win-absurdity-presented-by-opyoyos-x-yoyoexpert/313246/33 "2020-01-09T23:00:44Z")
Brilliant stuff, as always. You’re gonna breeze through them, I think haha ---
**Author:** ![adamantiumpops](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/adamantiumpops/32/198285_2.png) [@adamantiumpops](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/adamantiumpops)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2020, 2:07am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/learn-to-win-absurdity-presented-by-opyoyos-x-yoyoexpert/313246/34 "2020-01-11T02:07:14Z")
I’m about to yeet a yoyo through a window. I can’t stop rejecting or binding as soon as I start the first inside loop from the 1.5. The one time I did get the first loop I got a surprise bind right afterwards. Halp. ---
**Author:** ![SpyseaRice](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/spysearice/32/82121_2.png) [@SpyseaRice](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SpyseaRice)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2020, 5:40am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/learn-to-win-absurdity-presented-by-opyoyos-x-yoyoexpert/313246/35 "2020-01-11T05:40:11Z")
As chaosgow mentioned earlier, smoothness doesn’t matter here, so focus more on getting the yoyo in the right spot and with the right motions. If you take is slowly and carefully, it shouldn’t be a problem side note though, I find it helps if I sort of exaggerate the motion and try to keep the strings taught as I weave so I get a large motion. To do this, you need to hold the yoyo kinda far from your body as well as limit your string length ---
**Author:** ![Oroboryo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/oroboryo/32/232243_2.png) [@Oroboryo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Oroboryo)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2020, 6:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/learn-to-win-absurdity-presented-by-opyoyos-x-yoyoexpert/313246/36 "2020-01-11T06:29:53Z")
I think I’ve learned like 7 different hooks trying to do that one and it never ends up right. I don’t know what’s going 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:** [January 11, 2020, 7:41am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/learn-to-win-absurdity-presented-by-opyoyos-x-yoyoexpert/313246/37 "2020-01-11T07:41:47Z")
Just curious… Is anybody planning on actually buying the yoyo? Or just trying to win the free one? ---
**Author:** ![MoonageMin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/moonagemin/32/67731_2.png) [@MoonageMin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MoonageMin)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2020, 9:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/learn-to-win-absurdity-presented-by-opyoyos-x-yoyoexpert/313246/38 "2020-01-11T09:52:02Z")
Ah this is probably where the confusion comes from. This is the thread you are looking for where people were discussing if they want to buy one. > [@OPYOYOS x YoYoExpert Release! The ABSURDITY!](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/opyoyos-x-yoyoexpert-release-the-absurdity/313191): > > [OPYOYOS-Absurdity-Header] From OPYOYOS: Collaborating on a yoyo with the person who taught me to yoyo is the most absurd thing I think I’ll do during my time making yoyos. Not only because it’s the biggest yoyo store in the world, but because André Boulay is one of the most generous people you could wish to meet. That’s where the name is from, but I bet you want to know how it plays! [OPYOYOS-Absurdity-1\_1024x1024] [OPYOYOS-Absurdity-2\_1024x1024] Absurdity comes in at only 62 grams but with… The thread we are currently on is more specific to completing the Absurdity Tutorial. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![EOS44](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/eos44/32/47059_2.png) [@EOS44](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/EOS44)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2020, 10:05am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/learn-to-win-absurdity-presented-by-opyoyos-x-yoyoexpert/313246/39 "2020-01-11T10:05:02Z")
lol (complete sentence) ---
**Author:** ![chaosgow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/chaosgow/32/61394_2.png) [@chaosgow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/chaosgow)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2020, 11:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/learn-to-win-absurdity-presented-by-opyoyos-x-yoyoexpert/313246/40 "2020-01-11T11:29:38Z")
You mean you’re struggling with the figure 8s? They can be a pain. As you get comfortable with them, keep your hands closer together and extend your arms as much as you can. Also make sure the string extends and you don’t get any slack in it. [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/learn-to-win-absurdity-presented-by-opyoyos-x-yoyoexpert/313246.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/learn-to-win-absurdity-presented-by-opyoyos-x-yoyoexpert/313246.md?page=3)