Based on gracious recommendations by folks on this forum, I just threw some $ into 2 new throws: an Iceberg & a Wilderness 7075, been working with Magicyoyo Node & Purple Line until now. Also got serious about string & ordered a bunch, never tried Kitty so got some in all sizes, and a handful of other makes.
KSXL works great on the Iceberg, and I’m trying the regular thickness on the W1ld.
Right out of the box, I’m amazed that both of these seem to SELF-CORRECT leaning. There’s no substitute for good technique, but I’m still in the sucktastic category so this is a boon. I throw one of my signature leaning spins, or working the string I put a nice lean on it, and sonofagun it starts straightening out.
And tangling seems less too, up til now I’m guessing that’s partly cuz I naively left string on WAY past its expiry, partly cuz I didn’t use the best thickness to match the gap width. Learning spirit bomb has meant a 2-minute knot untying session every throw attempt, but now this seems less of an issue.
I noticed the bearing is kinda jiggly in the Iceberg, you can hear it if you shake the yoyo. Probaby why it’s noisier, I haven’t experimented with a clean/lube yet.
So a question for all you veterans: after how long did you start creating your own combos, not just learning established tricks? Did something trigger it, like mastering a certain trick or technique?
The more elements you learn, combos will just naturally start to form for you with relative ease, since combos are essentially just connecting certain trick elements together in a way you like. There isn’t an established standard “time” it takes anyone to hit that milestone, everyone is so different, and you’d get a million answers to that question. Learn a few mounts, learn a few tricks, learn a few combos and you’ll realize that in no time you’ll be crafting your own stuff. People even put their own spin on established tricks, like Rancid Milk for example - I’ve seen a few people do it a few different ways, and the execution is just personal preference/style.
For me, i started realizing a lot of the tricks i was learning had a houdini mount in the middle of it somewhere. So id start combining one half of one trick into the last half of another. When i was learning kunai with chain, i took an element from that and found a way to get into houdini from a double or nothing and that opened up more combo possibilities for me. Sometimes you just kinda start with one simple trick and start moving the yoyo through strings and before you know it, you have a moment of “that was kinda cool. Can i get this to connect to another trick or element somehow?” And boom. You made your own combo.
I still havent got there. I think one huge mistake Ive made is that I learn other peoples full combos.
So I know the combos which have some nice elements but I cant wrap my head around detaching them into combos of my own and even when I do I end up making a worse feeling combo than the original one
