# new style YAY **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [August 27, 2011, 3:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/new-style-yay/29425 "2011-08-27T15:37:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![lukedude43](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ac91a4/32.png) [@lukedude43](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/lukedude43)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 2:25am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/new-style-yay/29425/21 "2011-08-29T02:25:09Z")
hey it shouldnt stop you from posting a video ---
**Author:** ![\_Z1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/_z1/32/230318_2.png) [@\_Z1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/_Z1)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 6:37am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/new-style-yay/29425/22 "2011-08-29T06:37:47Z")
> [@zerrubabbel](#): > > if you spin your own string you can tie it in such a way where two yoyos are on the same string… slip knot or freehand That would be referred as Hydra and or A-squared. ~Z ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 7:28am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/new-style-yay/29425/23 "2011-08-29T07:28:32Z")
What about offstring with a counterweight at the end? Offstring freehand! ---
**Author:** ![\_Z1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/_z1/32/230318_2.png) [@\_Z1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/_Z1)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 7:38am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/new-style-yay/29425/24 "2011-08-29T07:38:27Z")
> [@Fluteplayer671](#): > > What about offstring with a counterweight at the end? > > Offstring freehand! That is known as either 9a or like what you said…offstring freehand. A lot of the unknown styles have been developed for years but there is not a lot of info on them. Not a lot of exposure. You kids should get to it and make it happen. ---
**Author:** ![hadoq](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hadoq/32/688_2.png) [@hadoq](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hadoq)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 10:22am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/new-style-yay/29425/25 "2011-08-29T10:22:10Z")
alright offstring with a counterweight [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/7/0/1/7019232518ffedb847eec33fa2a514c1bd75d713.jpeg "9A freegen @ 60fps") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WI6HaZ0QWM) freehand without a counterweight [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/3/9/1/3912a85e7152f9d67b5b5a6e70c90e4c39a3cb11.jpeg "Early summer city") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn9KNkC2m5c) (around '60 mark, the vid in itself is not that great tho) ---
**Author:** ![speedmaker1101](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/speedmaker1101/32/95_2.png) [@speedmaker1101](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/speedmaker1101)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 2:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/new-style-yay/29425/26 "2011-08-29T14:51:08Z")
I started messing around with that 2 years ago…no new style as I found out when I thought I created it too. It’s actually how 5a was first started! ---
**Author:** ![hadoq](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hadoq/32/688_2.png) [@hadoq](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hadoq)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 5:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/new-style-yay/29425/27 "2011-08-29T17:25:22Z")
> [@\_|@\<06](#): > > I started messing around with that 2 years ago…no new style as I found out when I thought I created it too. > > It’s actually how 5a was first started! indeed then, the story I know tells that Steve Brown thought it would give more control overall if a CW were added at the end of the string. [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/new-style-yay/29425.md?page=1)