# Mark's Trick Blog
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/marks-trick-blog/295675
**Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks
**Created:** [November 29, 2018, 3:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/marks-trick-blog/295675 "2018-11-29T15:35:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@MarkD](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MarkD)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2018, 3:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/marks-trick-blog/295675/1 "2018-11-29T15:35:28Z")
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvVnSG03JXA)
Here’s a short trick I’ve been working on.
Using the Mk1 Diffraction with an Airetic string.
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### Author:  [@MarkD](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MarkD)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2018, 2:25am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/marks-trick-blog/295675/2 "2018-12-11T02:25:23Z")
[https://www.instagram.com/p/BrOhGRVhPnV/](https://www.instagram.com/p/BrOhGRVhPnV/)
Messing around with GTs, towers, flips, mel hops.
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### Author:  [@MarkD](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MarkD)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2019, 2:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/marks-trick-blog/295675/3 "2019-02-27T14:48:06Z")
[https://www.instagram.com/p/BrvQMfph0Rs/](https://www.instagram.com/p/BrvQMfph0Rs/)
A short one from late last year. Reverse Stole. This took me ages to figure out.
[https://www.instagram.com/p/BuUIGyzhmGm/](https://www.instagram.com/p/BuUIGyzhmGm/)
Off-hand grind → stole from the G2 reaper contest. What a cool way to get a bunch of folks all learning the same trick.
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### Author:  [@MarkD](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MarkD)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2019, 8:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/marks-trick-blog/295675/4 "2019-03-06T20:06:35Z")
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99I3-yDN29w)
Crisp day here in central Florida. Clipped this from a 5 minute practice session before I went to pick up lunch.
The Amplified Return Tops Vinyl v2 prototype has a really unique look - the hub is MUCH bigger than most plastic yoyos. You can read more about it here: [https://www.instagram.com/p/BuUU0yvBNTH/](https://www.instagram.com/p/BuUU0yvBNTH/)
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### Author:  [@MarkD](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MarkD)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2019, 9:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/marks-trick-blog/295675/5 "2019-03-17T21:11:46Z")
[https://www.instagram.com/p/BvH7bBChPZK/](https://www.instagram.com/p/BvH7bBChPZK/)
This is also my [OPYOYO](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/say-hello-to-opyoyos/299932) banger contest entry. It was fun working on this - kind of stumbled into it when I was playing around with an airetic and how weighty it makes jade whips feel. Stick your hand in there and find something that looks like a kamikazi mount, then pop & chop and you can land in a tower.
Yoyo: [Mk.1 Diffraction](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mk-1-yoyos/294446)
String: Some pink string I made
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### Author:  [@threebearrries](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/threebearrries)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2019, 9:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/marks-trick-blog/295675/6 "2019-03-17T21:32:25Z")
Where in central Florida?
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### Author:  [@MarkD](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MarkD)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2019, 9:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/marks-trick-blog/295675/7 "2019-03-17T21:34:34Z")
Just north of Orlando.
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### Author:  [@MarkD](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MarkD)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2019, 9:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/marks-trick-blog/295675/8 "2019-04-06T21:13:39Z")
Picked up a legend wing last week. I was working on stalls (trapeze, brother) and similar things, then my string broke - the next string I had, a poly/cotton blend from @tossinpfeffer, was getting real sassy and switching between responsive and unresponsive, so I figured I’d try a brent stole on it. This is after a few bruised knuckles.
[https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv6nembBDnc/](https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv6nembBDnc/)
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### Author:  [@tossinpfeffer](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/tossinpfeffer)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2019, 4:11am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/marks-trick-blog/295675/9 "2019-06-03T04:11:07Z")
Wow I’ve been gone for a while, this is really cool.
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### Author:  [@MarkD](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MarkD)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2019, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/marks-trick-blog/295675/10 "2019-06-22T18:07:52Z")
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-RDdfP70Qs)
ft. the Smashing Float, Airetic Strings, and “Let it Go”
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### Author:  [@Damb](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Damb)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2019, 6:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/marks-trick-blog/295675/11 "2019-06-22T18:13:32Z")
So sick Mark! Try double a “double whip” for the ghost bind instead of the singular whip - the extra momentum makes it easier _for me_
I mean a stronger whip first whip, I barely noticed it the first time - just rewatched it
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### Author:  [@MarkD](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MarkD)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2019, 6:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/marks-trick-blog/295675/12 "2019-06-22T18:14:12Z")
Cool, I’ll try that!
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### Author:  [@Damb](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Damb)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2019, 6:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/marks-trick-blog/295675/13 "2019-06-22T18:17:08Z")
I love this thread btw, you inspire me @MarkD :')
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### Author:  [@MarkD](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MarkD)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2019, 5:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/marks-trick-blog/295675/14 "2019-07-02T17:24:24Z")
[https://www.instagram.com/p/Bza5kbiBVZA/?igshid=16x3qf1rejb9p](https://www.instagram.com/p/Bza5kbiBVZA/?igshid=16x3qf1rejb9p)
Throwing a raw Diffraction 2 today.
Trick is spirit bomb and part of turbo repeater.
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### Author:  [@MoosaK](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MoosaK)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2019, 5:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/marks-trick-blog/295675/15 "2019-07-02T17:28:57Z")
No joke, it took me like a year to learn Spirit Bomb
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### Author:  [@Damb](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Damb)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2019, 5:47pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/marks-trick-blog/295675/16 "2019-07-02T17:47:45Z")
Still haven’t touched spirt bomb…looks like more trouble than what it’s worth
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### Author:  [@MarkD](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MarkD)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2019, 5:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/marks-trick-blog/295675/17 "2019-07-02T17:52:05Z")
It’s such a cool trick! Learned it last year but it’s been getting smoother and consistent for me recently.
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### Author:  [@MarkD](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MarkD)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2019, 9:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/marks-trick-blog/295675/18 "2019-07-02T21:54:21Z")
It’s difficult, but it also looks difficult to the observer, which is more than I can say for beefhook
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### Author:  [@Damb](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Damb)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2019, 10:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/marks-trick-blog/295675/19 "2019-07-02T22:05:25Z")
Lmao yes, I agree!!
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### Author:  [@MarkD](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MarkD)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2019, 8:18pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/marks-trick-blog/295675/20 "2019-07-15T20:18:29Z")
Andrew Bergen’s Rejection tower.
Yoyo is the Smashing Interlagos!
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjNfXZ24SYs)
I still have a lot of consistency problems with this trick. I was filming in slow-mo with a friend at work and we figured out that all of the issues are due to the slack being too small after coming around the TH. I know what to work on now and it’ll get better with every rep. I also think I’m popping the yoyo up too high - this is requiring the loop to stay open longer, reducing the chance of success.
Man this trick is cool though. It seems impossible! A tower almost magically appears!
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