The "I Finally Landed It!" Thread

Finger grind to GT!

DUDE, thats exactly what happened to me! Now, sometimes I can doit, sometimes I cant o.O

Buddy of mine off the String Theory team swears it is genetics, being able to do Boingy Boing.

3 Suicides in a row xP

Still learning, aheh

Remember that your top hand is NOT doing all the work. Control the boing with your top hand and control tension with bottom.

Your mileage may vary, I guess! For me, once the bottom finger is in position, the top finger does all the work. The boing is tension control. I’ve heard of people teaching/learning this by putting a dead yoyo in the bottom loop, even! I don’t know about that (have to try it one day I guess!) but that kind of implies the bottom finger doesn’t play much of a role for other people, either.

Which isn’t to say the bottom finger “can’t” be involved; each person should do what works for them!

It is still a genetic move, I swear. Gary Longoria is a Yo-yo deity for a good reason still.

Really? I guess Everyone is different. Both my hands come together during the boing.

Brent stole it was an accident and I can’t do it again

Rancid Milk! Thank you Charles Haycock:D

New to slack and I just got the trapeze brothers slack. Any way to get the slack loop a bit bigger? Also what can you do after?

I’d like to know, too. :smiley:

Since you’re new to slack (as am I!), another possibly more useful one is trapeze to double-or-nothing slack. Just a slightly flashier way to get into your DoN.

I honestly hope it is for some reason. To me that’s hilarious.

I got gondola down today. Just need to make the first pull smoother. I also got stalls down for 5a.

One way I get a larger slack loop (other than using longer string) is to make sure the loop around your non-throwhand finger in the trapeze brother mount is small. In other words, make sure your finger is close to the yo-yo when you pinch for the slack. The closer it is the bigger it’ll be (for the most part). Also once you get more comfortable with slack try doing the trick faster and that’ll also help keep the slack open.
Also, doing fixed-axle-like-stalls with an unresponsive today!

I’d like to know, too. :smiley:

Since you’re new to slack (as am I!), another possibly more useful one is trapeze to double-or-nothing slack. Just a slightly flashier way to get into your DoN.
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Is there a tutorial for this? (Trapeze to double or nothing slack)

Maybe. Here’s the text version while I go off and look for a video:

  1. Throw a trapeze, with the yoyo close to your non-throw-hand.
  2. Pinch the string with your NTH and bring your hands together a bit to give the slack some … slack!
  3. toss the resulting slack (from your NTH to your TH!) around your NTH (if you’re right-handed, clockwise), forming a loop that’s flowing towards your throwhand
  4. Stick your throwhand pointer finger into the loop and let go of the pinch

Double or nothing!

[update: couldn’t find a tutorial. I’ve seen it before in videos, but I’m coming up short here]

Bottle rocket! I know it’s not the hardest, but getting up to %80 landing in 1.5 days is pretty good.

Darn right that’s pretty good! I’ve been practicing just the one-handed wrist mount part for longer than that and I’d say I’m only about 25% for landing the mount. :wink:

Once I realized it is just a jerk to the right not a hop-circle like motion I got it down way more :slight_smile:

Its n the yuuki slack tutorial here on yye