The part of Super man you are stuck on is where the magic drop type of rejection is supposed to happen.
that’s how I do all my tricks. Lol you know it. Just string one after the other. Though I been having some chest discomfort, my Dr thinks I might be yoyoing to much.I told him “nah, your crazy. That can’t be it.” Looks like I need some short combos that doesn’t move my nth arm alot.
There are about a dozen or more other trick binds you have just unlocked by knowing sky bind! 
Just as a starter:
- do the sky bind motion, but do it GENTLY so that you just hop the yoyo up onto your throwhand finger for a finger grind.
- Because it started as a sky bind, the string is laying down over top of the yoyo now while the yoyo grinds.
- Still using the throwhand, quickly hop the yoyo up into the air, which completes the sky bind.
- Dust off your shoulders while your audience says “Whoah, ain’t YOU fancy?”
Alright, you just sparked my next thing to try when I go on break (in a long 2 hours from now). Sky binds alone are pretty fun so I can only imagine throwing in a finger grind with it 
At the end of my first combo in this video (ie. around 0:18) I do a very similar variation. It’s a short grind that’s just a transition for the “throwing forward” motion:
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M7L0XlY9kU)
But the one I described is otherwise exactly the same. Let it grind a moment longer, then throw it either up for forward.
Since I’m on a roll: same “finger grind” transition, but instead of hopping up OR throwing forward, let the yoyo just fall off the grinding finger while slapping the slack underneath the yoyo. (the slack has to feed into the gap or it won’t bind; hence the slap!)
This Guy right here ^^^^ Loved every second of that video. That was awesome!
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Glad you liked it! It’s a fun “snapshot”… I think (I HOPE!) I’m better at virtually all of those tricks now, but it’s a moment in time, y’know? I think it conveys both the concentration it takes (for me) but also the fun I have in playing yoyo. Mid-trick, I’m all locked in and it’s like, “You gotta relax, dude!” but then I hit the bind and it’s like, “hooray! I pulled it off!”
(edit) I don’t know why I quoted you without any response, I thought I had typed something out but didn’t…why one should never trust their phones when posting on YYE
Anyway, I’ll need to look more at this trick/move. Mean time today brings me going back to the intermediate tricks and polishing Kwijibo. That was one of those tricks that I landed and once I did, I didn’t keep at it to perfect it…didn’t dedicate my time to it like I did with Spirit Bomb.
Working on lotus bloom and almost got the last few parts figured out.
Also kwijibo. Having trouble making this flow.
Wish I could practice right now. Stupid rain storm rolled in.
Lotus Bloom… that first underpass is where I lose it. Their secondary camera angle is a joke as the yoyo player’s arm is right in the way of the strings that intersect. I ended up watching this frame by frame earlier. I will get this, eventually
Note on earlier part of the conversation: the Magic Drop in Superman is somehow easier than the normal trapeze one. I think it’s because the formation is already tighter, making the rejection happen pretty easily. I learned Superman before Magic Drop, so don’t let that put you off!
I’m still tinkering around with Magic Drop, trying to find that sweet spot for hand placement. I can get this maybe 40% of the time to happen. Just figuring out the mechanics of how this string rejection is even being made to happen. I have read it’s all in the angle of your throw hand, best to have the string close to the tip of your throw hand index finger, and having your throw hand aiming straight up, fingers like you’re “making a gun”.
As far as me doing Superman, Part 1 was pretty easy for me. Part 2 needs some practice. I have yet to study the rest of the trick (and seeing that rejection) as I’m taking each maneuver 1 at a time. I have a feeling I’ll nail this trick though before I perfect Magic Drop or even Shockwave
sweet, looks like I know what trick I’m learning next.
Finally figured out lotus bloom. Now to make it flow.
Edit: got some practice in at work and I got lotus bloom flowing quick smoothly and quickly. Really lovin this trick.
Nice, you nailed it!
This is going to be one of those tricks that’s going to require lots of watching, rewatching, and taking it a move at a time. So many subtle movements with the fingers, not sure how I’m even going to do this (yet).
Meanwhile, decided to visit a simpler, flowy repeater trick that’s a bit rough right now but I think by the week’s end if I keep at it, I’ll nail it smoothly.
https://instagram.com/p/4ikIN5kBn1/
Thrown with my new TooHot
Good work, guys!
I don’t know what trick to work on… Seems like everyone else is doing some awesome stuff
whats your level at? What have you learned?
Oh wow, that was actually super enjoyable to watch, and I know you haven’t been yo-yoing too long. Nice man–you had some serious “flow” (not sure what to call it exactly, but it was smooth and unique.)
Currently working on…trying to stay cool. Random heatwave hitting the Bay Area and a lot of CA, been feeling rather sticky today and making me feel…lazy. Currently dissecting “Houdini Slack” to see how the trick is done and going to try to do each part separately as it appears you can do the Houdini Mount slack independently, and you can also roll on and off the Houdini Mount independently.
But yea…it’s…“Too H.O.T” right now, pun intended.
thanks. Really appreciate it. Not exactly great at being quick so I figured make it roll well. Plus it makes it much easier to keep moving rather than looking rigid and weak.
Not sure what to work on next. Superman is aggravating me in knots.