# The "I Finally Landed It!" Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks\ **Created:** [March 12, 2011, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-i-finally-landed-it-thread/24607 "2011-03-12T18:07:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 150
**Author:** ![LeDave](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ledave/32/1590_2.png) [@LeDave](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/LeDave)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2014, 9:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-i-finally-landed-it-thread/24607/2984 "2014-12-29T21:52:09Z")
Wooohoo! I am finally making most of my catches on Double Or Nothing. After countless of hours of play within 3 days, I am finally able to nail it! The Matrix… I am eyeing you now! ---
**Author:** ![Raigo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/raigo/32/1446_2.png) [@Raigo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Raigo)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2014, 1:02am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-i-finally-landed-it-thread/24607/2985 "2014-12-30T01:02:24Z")
> [@Rixtify](#): > > Landed this a few days ago > Plus these > [http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8gNxp1I791s](http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8gNxp1I791s) > [http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xgfCbFXLh-U](http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xgfCbFXLh-U) > Working on this now: > [http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xrWeuQZqPMo](http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xrWeuQZqPMo) > > I really need to make my first yoyo video haha who wants to buy me a gopro for free XD > [@kadabrium](#): > > Try this > 1:14 > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drVO4NWw80A](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drVO4NWw80A) You guys seriously mystify me… How the balls do you figure out these tricks from just watching the performance vid… Like, rly ---
**Author:** ![yoyoboy224](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f14d63/32.png) [@yoyoboy224](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyoboy224)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2014, 4:24am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-i-finally-landed-it-thread/24607/2986 "2014-12-30T04:24:46Z")
coldfusion on a No-Jive, but the triple kickfilp was the best. BTW, 200th post? ---
**Author:** ![Rixtify](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rixtify/32/16_2.png) [@Rixtify](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Rixtify)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2014, 1:04am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-i-finally-landed-it-thread/24607/2987 "2014-12-31T01:04:04Z")
> [@kadabrium](#): > > Try this > 1:14 > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drVO4NWw80A](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drVO4NWw80A) So the twirly slack thing? This is gonna take a while haha I think I made this up on my own I dont think anyone else has done this before (in a vid anyway, someone probably knows how to do this without recording it) but Instant Iwasawa Tower from a throw. Do an instant double or nothing except the TH string goes over the wrist. Land yoyo in middle string. drop string from TH hand. Boom. > [@Raigo](#): > > You guys seriously mystify me… > How the balls do you figure out these tricks from just watching the performance vid… > Like, rly YouTube’s slomo feature on some vids really help us understand what happens in a laceration trick, or any trick for that matter. If the slomo isnt there, some of us download the vid while others like me can figure it out (after trying the trick over and over again) when its still at full speed, its hard to explain. Also, I’m of full Filipino descent. I’m Asian, thats how JK ---
**Author:** ![Raigo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/raigo/32/1446_2.png) [@Raigo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Raigo)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2014, 1:07am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-i-finally-landed-it-thread/24607/2988 "2014-12-31T01:07:05Z")
> [@Rixtify](#): > > YouTube’s slomo feature on some vids really help us understand what happens in a laceration trick, or any trick for that matter. If the slomo isnt there, some of us download the vid while others like me can figure it out (after trying the trick over and over again) when its still at full speed, its hard to explain. > Also, I’m of full Filipino descent. I’m Asian, thats how JK Im 100% Japanese tho… ---
**Author:** ![Padawan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df788c/32.png) [@Padawan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Padawan)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 5:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-i-finally-landed-it-thread/24607/2989 "2015-01-02T17:54:11Z")
Just got my double green triangle down! Oh and also learned how to do pinwheels! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![conanthewarrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@conanthewarrior](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/conanthewarrior)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 12:11am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-i-finally-landed-it-thread/24607/2990 "2015-01-06T00:11:54Z")
Today I finally got magic drops. Since the middle of december they have been annoying me. I have them down consistent now, was a real annoying one for me! ---
**Author:** ![gijoey959](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gijoey959/32/7958_2.png) [@gijoey959](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/gijoey959)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 7:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-i-finally-landed-it-thread/24607/2991 "2015-01-08T19:34:33Z")
Total noob post, but I’m finally getting the trapeze 7/10 times consistently after about 1.5 weeks and about 5 different tutorial videos with their own respective techniques. It figures that the yoyoexpert tutorial was the one that actually helped the most. Still have work to do in order to land it every time, but I finally feel comfortable adding a new trick into my practice (brain twister) ---
**Author:** ![GregP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gregp/32/1192_2.png) [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-i-finally-landed-it-thread/24607/2992 "2015-01-08T19:51:22Z")
> [@gijoey959](#): > > Total noob post, but I’m finally getting the trapeze 7/10 times consistently after about 1.5 weeks and about 5 different tutorial videos with their own respective techniques. It figures that the yoyoexpert tutorial was the one that actually helped the most. > > Still have work to do in order to land it every time, but I finally feel comfortable adding a new trick into my practice (brain twister) Awesome! I remember when I first started, I would do trapeze (with flyaway dismount since it was a responsive yoyo) over and over. And over. And over. That was enough to keep me happy for an hour or two at night. :wink: ---
**Author:** ![Padawan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df788c/32.png) [@Padawan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Padawan)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 7:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-i-finally-landed-it-thread/24607/2993 "2015-01-08T19:55:06Z")
> [@gijoey959](#): > > Total noob post, but I’m finally getting the trapeze 7/10 times consistently after about 1.5 weeks and about 5 different tutorial videos with their own respective techniques. It figures that the yoyoexpert tutorial was the one that actually helped the most. > > Still have work to do in order to land it every time, but I finally feel comfortable adding a new trick into my practice (brain twister) Hah, It took me a couple of weeks to even get a proper breakaway. 😃 As for trapeze, if you still need help, when the yoyo is flipping over your NTH finger, try to keep it as close as possible to your finger. It helps to slid your NTH finger along the string too instead of just intercepting it and flipping the yoyo over, I suck at explaining things so hopefully you understand. 😃 Good Luck! ---
**Author:** ![GregP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gregp/32/1192_2.png) [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 8:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-i-finally-landed-it-thread/24607/2994 "2015-01-08T20:25:00Z")
The above advice is good, but it can be taken to an extreme. If you’re trying too hard to get TOOooo close, you’re going to have problems, too. I would modify it to say, “Do it pretty close to your NTH forefinger”. (with enough ‘wiggle room’ that you don’t have to feel any stressful pressure to go over your finger without hitting it) The more important thing IMO is that as the string is pivoting around the forefinger, pull your hands apart. This forces the segment that’s going around your forefinger to accelerate and will also make it go towards the segment it will land on. Without this “pull”, you need to have the trapeze perfectly aimed. Which is hard. With the “pull” you have a hard time missing. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SloppyBinds](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/sloppybinds/32/1179_2.png) [@SloppyBinds](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SloppyBinds)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 9:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-i-finally-landed-it-thread/24607/2995 "2015-01-08T21:02:48Z")
720 Lasso without looking.  ;D [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nhh827n_ayo) [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nhh827n_ayo) ---
**Author:** ![gijoey959](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gijoey959/32/7958_2.png) [@gijoey959](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/gijoey959)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 9:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-i-finally-landed-it-thread/24607/2996 "2015-01-08T21:19:07Z")
Thanks for all the tips! I’m using a Duncan Metal Drifter to learn on, so it’s pretty middle of the road in responsiveness, it doesn’t just shoot back with a flinch, so I find actually keeping it mounted without the yoyo flying off pretty easy. My actual trouble is my aim, I just need to work on actually hitting the string with the yoyo, which is getting easier as muscle memory and learning kicks in. I actually got my breakaway as the first trick I ever learned 😛 I just threw the yoyo to see if I could in Target one day, and by the end of the day, I was getting it 100% and started working on the list of beginner tricks. ---
**Author:** ![Analogtom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Analogtom](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Analogtom)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 10:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-i-finally-landed-it-thread/24607/2997 "2015-01-10T22:30:03Z")
After hours of learning how to use my arms I finally landed spirt bomb. I forgot that I had to catch the strings with my non throw hand 🙂 I should have had a V8 ---
**Author:** ![yoyoboy224](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f14d63/32.png) [@yoyoboy224](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyoboy224)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 12:07am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-i-finally-landed-it-thread/24607/2998 "2015-01-11T00:07:04Z")
> [@SloppyBinds](#): > > 720 Lasso without looking. ;D lol I love your expression. Any vids on how to do a lasso? I’ve always wanted to learn but there aren’t many tuts. ---
**Author:** ![gijoey959](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gijoey959/32/7958_2.png) [@gijoey959](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/gijoey959)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 4:18am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-i-finally-landed-it-thread/24607/2999 "2015-01-11T04:18:22Z")
> [@Someone](#): > > lol I love your expression. Agreed 😛 I thought, “that is the face of a guy who is mind-fiving himself” ---
**Author:** ![Padawan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df788c/32.png) [@Padawan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Padawan)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 8:02am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-i-finally-landed-it-thread/24607/3000 "2015-01-11T08:02:21Z")
Finally got a consistent eli hops down after 1 straight hour of practice! 😃 And i’ve got the string burn to prove it​:city\_sunset:🏭🏯⛺🏩🏬🏩🏩🗼 ---
**Author:** ![SloppyBinds](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/sloppybinds/32/1179_2.png) [@SloppyBinds](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SloppyBinds)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 8:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-i-finally-landed-it-thread/24607/3001 "2015-01-12T20:19:39Z")
> [@gijoey959](#): > > Agreed  😛 I thought, “that is the face of a guy who is mind-fiving himself” > [@Someone](#): > > lol I love your expression. > > Any vids on how to do a lasso?  I’ve always wanted to learn but there aren’t many tuts. Hehe. Thanks, fellas! It was actually the first time I have landed the 720 lasso. I woke up that day feeling like I could land anything I wanted so I choose one that made me feel like I was trying to catch a slippery eel. I learned the lasso from Nathan Martsolf’s video. [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/a/5/7/a57672cbfe935b65806fd439fdeedba3367d8b7d.jpeg "Lasso Breakdown") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rohLRxkmvqw) [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/a/5/7/a57672cbfe935b65806fd439fdeedba3367d8b7d.jpeg "Lasso Breakdown") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rohLRxkmvqw) Malcolm Chiu has some good lasso vids that should be beneficial. [http://www.youtube.com/results?search\_query=meowcolm+lasso](http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=meowcolm+lasso) ---
**Author:** ![SloppyBinds](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/sloppybinds/32/1179_2.png) [@SloppyBinds](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SloppyBinds)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 1:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-i-finally-landed-it-thread/24607/3002 "2015-01-14T01:46:53Z")
I don’t know what this trick is called, but I like it. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC0_UxpkfbM) [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC0_UxpkfbM) ---
**Author:** ![Zareli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b3f665/32.png) [@Zareli](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Zareli)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 3:58am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-i-finally-landed-it-thread/24607/3003 "2015-01-14T03:58:02Z")
I finally got a snap start strong enough to bind completely the yoyo, I’m never winding up again 😃 😃 [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-i-finally-landed-it-thread/24607.md?page=149) [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-i-finally-landed-it-thread/24607.md?page=151)