# Yoyo Boomers Club **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Contests, Clubs, and Events\ **Created:** [July 31, 2023, 4:13am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boomers-club/381535 "2023-07-31T04:13:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 152
**Author:** ![Captrogers](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/captrogers/32/647012_2.png) [@Captrogers](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Captrogers)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 4:07pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boomers-club/381535/3034 "2024-05-20T16:07:28Z")
I have a confession to make. I have never successfully done a kick flip either…. 🫢 ---
**Author:** ![Pun1sh3R](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pun1sh3r/32/193125_2.png) [@Pun1sh3R](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Pun1sh3R)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 4:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boomers-club/381535/3035 "2024-05-20T16:13:17Z")
And I thought I was the only degenerate in the club… I am not alone! ---
**Author:** ![pyrotechnic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pyrotechnic/32/689058_2.png) [@pyrotechnic](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/pyrotechnic)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 4:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boomers-club/381535/3036 "2024-05-20T16:14:50Z")
_goes to lookup kickflip_ ---
**Author:** ![Pun1sh3R](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pun1sh3r/32/193125_2.png) [@Pun1sh3R](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Pun1sh3R)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 4:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boomers-club/381535/3037 "2024-05-20T16:16:42Z")
[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/6/d/e/6dea7485ddfacdba967a73030312625211ec3a61.jpeg "YYBC Fixed Axle February 2024 - kick flip") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2w9_lTFkXI) ---
**Author:** ![rkalajian](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rkalajian/32/672584_2.png) [@rkalajian](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rkalajian)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 4:27pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boomers-club/381535/3038 "2024-05-20T16:27:22Z")
I cannot kick flip… ---
**Author:** ![pyrotechnic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pyrotechnic/32/689058_2.png) [@pyrotechnic](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/pyrotechnic)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boomers-club/381535/3039 "2024-05-20T16:35:51Z")
Thx I found Jacobs vid. This guy makes it look easy ---
**Author:** ![GnarlyCharlie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gnarlycharlie/32/279610_2.png) [@GnarlyCharlie](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GnarlyCharlie)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 4:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boomers-club/381535/3040 "2024-05-20T16:38:48Z")
I find it helpful to have the loop on my non-throwhand a little further back on my index finger when going for the flip. If it’s too close to the tip it flips too fast and throws the yoyo off axis. At least for me. ---
**Author:** ![Pun1sh3R](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pun1sh3r/32/193125_2.png) [@Pun1sh3R](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Pun1sh3R)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 4:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boomers-club/381535/3041 "2024-05-20T16:38:55Z")
I saw your post with Mr. Jakes. I am petitioning using that video for MRM 2025. Mr. Overtinkering is talented. ---
**Author:** ![Pun1sh3R](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pun1sh3r/32/193125_2.png) [@Pun1sh3R](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Pun1sh3R)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boomers-club/381535/3042 "2024-05-20T16:39:32Z")
The other thing that helped me was having a larger loop. ---
**Author:** ![Slestak75](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/slestak75/32/212315_2.png) [@Slestak75](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Slestak75)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 4:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boomers-club/381535/3043 "2024-05-20T16:49:31Z")
I can’t do a kickflip either. ---
**Author:** ![L0v3Machine](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/l0v3machine/32/247148_2.png) [@L0v3Machine](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/L0v3Machine)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 4:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boomers-club/381535/3044 "2024-05-20T16:56:08Z")
I’ve landed a kickflip once, and I’m still riding that high. 😅 ---
**Author:** ![TryCatchThrow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/trycatchthrow/32/171307_2.png) [@TryCatchThrow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TryCatchThrow)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 4:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boomers-club/381535/3045 "2024-05-20T16:56:10Z")
Kickflip is hard but very satisfying. Pinch the loop to get a better rotation. ---
**Author:** ![twenty\_two](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/twenty_two/32/283031_2.png) [@twenty\_two](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/twenty_two)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 5:03pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boomers-club/381535/3046 "2024-05-20T17:03:53Z")
hello, I’m twentytwo and I would like to be a Yoyo Boomer. ---
**Author:** ![Captrogers](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/captrogers/32/647012_2.png) [@Captrogers](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Captrogers)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 5:33pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boomers-club/381535/3047 "2024-05-20T17:33:49Z")
Welcome ---
**Author:** ![pyrotechnic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pyrotechnic/32/689058_2.png) [@pyrotechnic](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/pyrotechnic)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 6:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boomers-club/381535/3048 "2024-05-20T18:29:32Z")
Guys guys guys I just did my first kickflip!! Cant stall consistently yet but when I land one I try a kickflip. ---
**Author:** ![GnarlyCharlie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gnarlycharlie/32/279610_2.png) [@GnarlyCharlie](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GnarlyCharlie)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 6:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boomers-club/381535/3049 "2024-05-20T18:31:55Z")
Hell yeah! Nothing like the feeling of your first Kickflip and first Varial ---
**Author:** ![Slestak75](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/slestak75/32/212315_2.png) [@Slestak75](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Slestak75)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 6:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boomers-club/381535/3050 "2024-05-20T18:35:10Z")
To quote another well known forum member…without a video…it never happened!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🦗🦗🦗 I kid. Way to go!!! ---
**Author:** ![pyrotechnic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pyrotechnic/32/689058_2.png) [@pyrotechnic](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/pyrotechnic)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 6:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boomers-club/381535/3051 "2024-05-20T18:43:37Z")
Yeah I hit it a second time but a third is eluding me just gotta practice. ---
**Author:** ![Errant.Giraffe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/errant.giraffe/32/283519_2.png) [@Errant.Giraffe](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Errant.Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 7:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boomers-club/381535/3052 "2024-05-20T19:09:26Z")
If it helps at all, when I was first learning kickflips, I found it helpful to swing it back and forth a bit to make sure it was swinging on the right axis before sending it all the way up. Not something you’ll always need to do, but when learning it kinda builds that muscle memory for swing angle. ---
**Author:** ![Yodaddyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yodaddyo/32/602050_2.png) [@Yodaddyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yodaddyo)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 9:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boomers-club/381535/3053 "2024-05-20T21:11:05Z")
This is the way. I also just threw it a few times, with no intention of even trying to catch it, just to get a feel for flipping it. When I started, varials and any other flip trick just seemed like a far off fantasy. I’m here to tell all you flippers, it gets easier. It’s kinda crazy just how many flip tricks there are once you open that door. [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boomers-club/381535.md?page=151) [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boomers-club/381535.md?page=153)