Yeah, I know what you mean. It’s this same sort of situation where I get these weird axle knots. I can see it happen, and it’s like suddenly the string gets about a centimeter shorter as the yo-yo is kinda floating up in the air instead of flying out to the end of the string.
1 Like
I did this trying to do those cross-armed pops from Konami Code—I tried to intentionally fail at an easier pop, but I just couldn’t this morning(I even suck at sucking 
) Looks like I dropped a GT or something. I don’t get it…
7 Likes
Well that’s knot good! That’s knot how it’s suppose to be done!
…
I’m such a dork. >.<’
2 Likes
I practiced using a thicker string, and after I could do it consistently now I can do it on normal strings too. Not sure if that helps you too but I find learning tricks on the easiest set up for that trick helps me get it down. And once learnt it doesn’t matter much what set up you try on after that
1 Like
Hey nice to see ya man! Hope all is well on the trip!
Big shout out for that video you sent me on facebook with the tip on Kwyjibo! Holy heck! My consistancy has skyrocketed with that simple suggestion!
1 Like
Right??? 
Trip is going well. It’s 4am but I’m up due to jet lag ^^
1 Like
Reverse brent stole. I just can’t do it correctly. I know how to do 1.5hooks and reverse ones, but I cant do rbs. I know how to do it in my mind, but when I try it, I just can’t xd
3 Likes
Boom. Finally got this roll tech combo smoothed out. Well, smooth enough to film anyway… it could be smoother!
https://www.instagram.com/p/B5EBI1gBfbl/?igshid=1mbxmprxg4jyx
7 Likes
Lol yeah man I’m trying to process that in my head and I can’t figure out how that would happen
1 Like
I just figured it out 
It’s sort of a rejection. If you make a really lame attempt at a pop, and the loop is still there and just big enough, like where it can also do an accidental bind like in your case, if the back half of the loop is rejected/pulled around the yo-yo, it creates a knot all on its own.
3 Likes
Got titanium chopsticks down pretty well for a single pass, but a wise person with many more internet points than me once said that a repeater is not a repeater unless you do it at least three times, so I guess I’m still working on that.
Serpentine is almost perfected, but I lose so much spin on it that I can’t figure out where to place it in a combo.
WHY CAN’T I GHOST BIND?! I throw the jojo across my face, whip the string into the gap from the top, and even when I can hear a distinct snap from the string like in a bind, it never comes back to my hand! Severl different jojos with several different strings.
2 Likes
That doesn’t sound like a ghost bind 
With a ghost bind you swing the slack behind the yo-yo, and without causing the slack to keep swinging around, you make a little loop around the yo-yo as it’s hanging in the air. The yo-yo drops into the loop and does a slack bind as it falls.
1 Like
I think my problem is that I am doing it too aggressively, because what you’re describing is way more chill than the flailing about that I’ve been doing, lol. Gotta watch the Tyler Severance video on it again. I only paid half attention to the youtube preview without actually opening the link and watching it 
1 Like
There’s a better ghost bind video than the Tyler Severance one—it’s much more clear about how it works. I can PM you a link if you want.
Yes please!
Just try to whip the maximum amount of string you can into the yoyo.
1 Like
I mean, when you whip it place your throwhand near the gap of the yoyo so a lot of string gets into the gap. Then, when you have got it perfected that way it is way easier to control it
2 Likes
Working on some fun ones!
-Kamikaze (SOOOO close!)
-Revolutions (get it right sometimes…)
-Suicides (meh. this is one of those things I feel will take me forever to get consistant)
-Jack’s Slack (video) (can do the slack + gyro…but don’t have a fancy dismount for it yet)
-Hidemasa Hook (just landed my first 2 tonight!!)
-Black Hops (VERY close to getting this one down too!)
-Snap Starts (can do it…but my spins still aren’t super powerful yet)
-Ghost Bind (getting more and more consistent with this one!)
Plus a bunch of other stuff.
I’ve really stepped up my practices this week and have been having a blast doing so!
6 Likes
Some good ones there for sure. Hooks and lacerations in general can be some of the harder ones sometimes as they are less step by step and more based on feel.
3 Likes
Trying to work on Wax On Wax Off, struggling with the first undermount…
5 Likes