Pardon the “ugly” execution (I promise I’ll smooth it out), I finally decided to tackle Ladder Escape. Was kind of mixed on this trick as there are parts that just feel weird and as seen in the video, to me, it doesn’t look very good at the moment. The pauses kill the pacing of an otherwise very techy trick. Going to continue though and make this better.
Working on being more consistent at Spirit Bomb.
I just landed kwijibo. Did a whip to trapeze before it too. I think I’m progressing nicely since I got my first yoyo 3 weeks ago.
^I’d say so!
This is a little backwards, learning Suicide and landed it first try… then of course tried for another hour before i landed it again! ???
Finally landed ladder escape!! Was super frustrating at first.
OK, so I’ve never been into picture tricks, but now I’m starting… I landed the “Jamaican Flag” first time 
Enigma
But it needs to be consistent and flowing.
Now trying to get it on a semi-responsive FHZ (almost!)
…and then I’m working my way towards Breath…
^wow!^ enigma is so hard, I have been working on the first mount on and off for weeks! I haven’t given up, but I’m not making much progress.
Don’t give up!
I get so impatient learning from videos but I was determined to learn it.
For the first mount, once I started using two fingers (index and middle) to spread apart the loop and give more room for the thumb to grab the string it worked much better. It’s funny because I see that Spencer doesn’t do it that way (at least in the 365 yoyo tricks video), but Charles Haycock does.
The Cabin Tutorial for Enigma really helped, but as with all Cabin Tutorials it takes a bit to figure out the mechanics of the trick - that there are certain string segment lengths and finger placements that are critical for doing the trick but without any explanation it can take some trial and error to figure out how the trick really works.
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Enigma, GT stall, and aces high:)
Nice!
Kamikaze! Still not anywhere near smooth, but, I’ve made it through the trick clean a couple of times tonight.
two handed loops!!! Not smooth at all but I got a few off…
Not sure if this counts as “finally”, but, yesterday I decided to try Magic Drop with a fixed axle. Took a little time to get, but now am semi consistent.
I can finally do Zipper Stall as a repeater somewhat consistently.
Nice! I struggle with zipper stalls, but, am improving.
Today, I landed fixed axle Lunar Landing. I’ve been chasing it for quite sometime.
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Clean Shoot the Moons with a fixed axle are to me the nicest feeling trick. To cap off a few with a Lunar Landing is just pure satisfaction! At least, at my level (low) of consistency with both of those tricks.
That is the best feeling. STM is one trick that I have been working on for years, but it doesn’t bother me that I am still inconsistent , because it is so fun when you do occasionally get the groove going that it makes up for all the string tangles and head bumps.
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