# Zach Gormley's awesome whip **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks\ **Created:** [March 8, 2010, 5:36am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/zach-gormleys-awesome-whip/12177 "2010-03-08T05:36:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![YoYoAce](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyoace/32/194274_2.png) [@YoYoAce](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoYoAce)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 5:36am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/zach-gormleys-awesome-whip/12177/1 "2010-03-08T05:36:57Z")
[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/9/4/d/94dc0c5ca6ed026abf8762a82fbca8c0c3caafe1.jpeg "Zach Gormley 2009") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGIzLVX0Gmg) This is an awesome video, and I want to point out the whip Zach does between 0:54 and 0:57. ---
**Author:** ![d4rqk0n3](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/d4rqk0n3/32/411_2.png) [@d4rqk0n3](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/d4rqk0n3)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 11:41am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/zach-gormleys-awesome-whip/12177/2 "2010-03-08T11:41:04Z")
That wasn’t a whip it was a slack :wink: ---
**Author:** ![titanium221](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/titanium221/32/174_2.png) [@titanium221](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/titanium221)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 12:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/zach-gormleys-awesome-whip/12177/3 "2010-03-08T12:28:22Z")
looks a bit like Yuuki Slack… Check that trick out ---
**Author:** ![climber](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/climber/32/433_2.png) [@climber](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/climber)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 12:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/zach-gormleys-awesome-whip/12177/4 "2010-03-08T12:49:24Z")
> [@titanium221](#): > > looks a bit like Yuuki Slack… Check that trick out Yea that what i thought when i saw it ---
**Author:** ![YoYoAce](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyoace/32/194274_2.png) [@YoYoAce](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoYoAce)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 6:58am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/zach-gormleys-awesome-whip/12177/5 "2010-03-09T06:58:50Z")
Whip, Slack, whatever. And it kinda does look a bit like yuuki slack…idk does anyone know if that trick has a name? ---
**Author:** ![Contagon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/contagon/32/169_2.png) [@Contagon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Contagon)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 1:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/zach-gormleys-awesome-whip/12177/6 "2010-03-09T13:49:44Z")
Not that I know of, but it looks like he did it like above his arm for the first slack. Also, I know this is off subject, but that was some nice editing. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![idiffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e8c25b/32.png) [@idiffer](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/idiffer)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 5:18pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/zach-gormleys-awesome-whip/12177/7 "2010-03-09T17:18:36Z")
that was the thing i was talking about. in my topic “what yuuki spencer forgot to do”. shame i wasnt the first to do it. and you can do it without raising your nth that high… ---
**Author:** ![YoYoAce](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyoace/32/194274_2.png) [@YoYoAce](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoYoAce)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 4:43am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/zach-gormleys-awesome-whip/12177/8 "2010-03-10T04:43:14Z")
> [@](#): > > Also, I know this is off subject, but that was some nice editing. 🙂 Yeah it was! ---
**Author:** ![YoYoAce](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyoace/32/194274_2.png) [@YoYoAce](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoYoAce)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 6:08am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/zach-gormleys-awesome-whip/12177/9 "2010-04-08T06:08:09Z")
> [@idiffer](#): > > that was the thing i was talking about. in my topic “what yuuki spencer forgot to do”. shame i wasnt the first to do it. > and you can do it without raising your nth that high… Maybe he wanted it to look more fancy :-\ ---
**Author:** ![Milkman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/milkman/32/40_2.png) [@Milkman](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Milkman)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 8:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/zach-gormleys-awesome-whip/12177/10 "2010-04-08T20:19:59Z")
NICE ;D But I think it wasn’t exactly yuki slack but it was similar ---
**Author:** ![theamatuer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/90db22/32.png) [@theamatuer](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/theamatuer)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2010, 3:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/zach-gormleys-awesome-whip/12177/11 "2010-04-11T15:25:26Z")
awsome ---
**Author:** ![YoYoAce](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyoace/32/194274_2.png) [@YoYoAce](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoYoAce)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 5:28am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/zach-gormleys-awesome-whip/12177/12 "2010-04-16T05:28:42Z")
I’ve seen a more recent video of Zach doing that whip/slack/thingy and he Can do it so SMOOOOOTH now. ---
**Author:** ![YoYoAce](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyoace/32/194274_2.png) [@YoYoAce](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoYoAce)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 1:22am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/zach-gormleys-awesome-whip/12177/13 "2010-05-18T01:22:01Z")
HA! I finally figured it out 😃 ---
**Author:** ![x52](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/3bc359/32.png) [@x52](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/x52)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 3:27pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/zach-gormleys-awesome-whip/12177/14 "2010-05-18T15:27:36Z")
A lot of yoyoers, when they are performing just go with the flow and just do the next thing they can think of. I’m not saying all yoyoers do this, but only some. I’m the kind of yoyoer that does this. :wink: