# my first counterweight 

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-first-counterweight/5461>\
**Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks\
**Created:** [August 16, 2009, 5:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-first-counterweight/5461 "2009-08-16T17:39:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![jdog95](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@jdog95](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jdog95)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 5:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-first-counterweight/5461/1 "2009-08-16T17:39:40Z")

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Hi everyone I just wanted to say that last night i saw i vid with counterweights and  
i said wow that looks fun so i grapped a dice drilled a hole in it and tied it to the string. so i went to the learn section and learned 4 tricks in a half an hour lol but it was a fun half an hour and my dads expression on his face was epic his face looked like i just walked on water lol

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**Author:** ![Apetrunk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/apetrunk/32/148_2.png) [@Apetrunk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Apetrunk)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 5:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-first-counterweight/5461/2 "2009-08-16T17:43:46Z")

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Ha awesome. Congrats. It’s always fun learning a style you’ve never tried before.

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**Author:** ![mongoriller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b3f665/32.png) [@mongoriller](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mongoriller)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 5:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-first-counterweight/5461/3 "2009-08-16T17:52:02Z")

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Wait till your dad sees you doing 2a, 3a, or 4a! His eyes will physically pop out of his head and roll across the floor! (Kind of exagerating but you know what I mean)

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**Author:** ![jdog95](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@jdog95](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jdog95)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 12:34am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-first-counterweight/5461/4 "2009-08-17T00:34:07Z")

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yeah I think the next coolest thing would be offstring

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**Author:** ![SR1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/sr1/32/104603_2.png) [@SR1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SR1)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 12:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-first-counterweight/5461/5 "2009-08-17T00:46:29Z")

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Cool! That’s awesome, learning 4 tricks in 1/2 hour.

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**Author:** ![jdog95](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@jdog95](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jdog95)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 1:09am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-first-counterweight/5461/6 "2009-08-17T01:09:46Z")

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yeah it acually isnt hard cuz the first 4 tricks r really easy

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**Author:** ![prochris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@prochris](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/prochris)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 3:21am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-first-counterweight/5461/7 "2009-08-17T03:21:12Z")

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offstring would be the way to go next for some reason everyone seems to talk about it they are amazed because “THE YOYO CAME OFF THE STRING” LOL its really quite a bit of fun to watch expressions on peoples faces