I’m currently working on Beefhook and Ripcord Slack. I can’t land either… yet. I think a part of the problem is that I run hot and I practice in front of a fan, can make hooks and slack tricks a bit harder. I watched Jacob Gross’s & Brandon Vu’s video on it as well as one on the Skills Addict app. If anyone has some tips I’m all ears. I’ve only been at it a few days now. I got lucky and landed the ripcord hook once but I cannot land the Beefhook. It’s bit frustrating but I know it will be worth the effort one I finally start landing it.
Aight yeah so keep th index close to the yoyo. Follow it up and down like right next to the yoyo. When you release the string on nth index and pull with the thumb, pull towards yourself to open up the U shape and prevent the string from hitting its self. You want to do kinda like a quick tug w the thumb vs an extended long pull. Pull more if the slack is too slow or pull less hard if it’s going too fast. Keep hands closer together so the slack stays big and you don’t pull the string too far away so that it’s too small to catch the Yoyo. I think that’s all I got right now good luck yo
Thanks man, I actually landed it quite a few times a bit earlier. It’s a good feeling to get it. Now I just need to be able to land it every time. As always, I appreciate your help!
I honestly didn’t even know what it was until recently, I’ve heard about it but wasn’t ready for it. I think it’s probably more popular among us rookies that haven’t landed it yet and want to figure it out because I don’t think it just comes naturally for a lot of us. It’s a cool looking trick too!
starting on rancid milk, trying to get comfortable with the first triple houdini thing and the first kamikazi-ish jump drop parts… should have tried to learn this a long time ago.
still working on a branding to popout to branding to flospcle combo… landed it a couple times but not consistent yet.
got fairly comfortable with doc pops phantom whip element ( love that it gets you in a gyro to bind position) and also a folding triangle gt thing… not really into the upside down triangle move in doc’s video ( you can’t really pause to accentuate the gt when its upside down and already falling out in a split second) but i do i like to rock the baby on the trapeze in the folded triangle and then roll it to a cross armed gt.
Just started working on Black Hops. I’m still not quite regular in catching Triple or Nothing but this is a fun trick. It’s one that’s fun even when I’m missing.
@GTDropKnot, so when I said I landed it, I think I’m actually landing the beefhook incorrectly. I’m not sure if you can tell by this video but please let me know if you can see if it’s wrong. I did it slow-mo so you could see better. The reason why I think it’s wrong is I am unable to unmount it like you are doing.
(remember that Imgr works better for embedding video on this forum)
I’ve heard the name but I’m going to have to check out a tutorial for this.
Edit - I’ve actually recently seen someone do this and wonder how they did it. Just watched a tutorial, so I get the gist of it. Cool, I’m going to play around with this one tonight.
You can see the string in front of the yoyo right here. This means your timing is good but you want to try to keep the yoyo very very straight and in plane when you swing it over by th index. Also when you release with nth index and pull with the thumb to add power to the slack, make sure to pull towards yourself.
You should be able to unroll and then unroll more around both hands and into a 1.5 mount.
Thanks for the feedback, you nailed it, that’s exactly what’s happening. I will continue to practice this.
I actually do have another clip where I hold it much closer to the camera and unmount. What GTDropKnot pointed out sounds spot on so I won’t subject you all to that painful to watch clip!
Thanks though, even though I have been landing it wrong, it still feels good nonetheless! It will feel that much better when I land it properly.
Oh yes. I learned that one from Trick a Week. I do like that one a lot. The start on that is a Houdini Mount right? I’ve been curious about other things that start in a Houdini mount.
This looks very doable. It seems like a more natural progression on what I’ve already learned. A lot of tricks involve multiple elements that I haven’t wrapped my head around so it gets near impossible for me to focus long enough to make meaningful progress. This trick seems to build off a lot of what I do know so I’m looking forward to learning it. Thanks Henry.
