My pick is this Takahiro Iizuka trick. (with a nice tutorial!)
This trick was one of the first tricks that I saw using a cool slack element that spins around sideways and is re-caught. Of course that is more common now, but at the time it seemed pretty sick to me. I had this video bookmarked to learn and forgot about it. So now maybe I can get inspired and finally learn this.
Also, I wish Iizuka was still throwing more…well ok, maybe he is but I haven’t seen many videos with him lately. Such a cool technical style but unfortunately he didn’t seem to really nail his contest freestyles cleanly enough or keep the momentum going to stay on people’s radar.
You can buy the yo-yos, but you can’t buy the tricks. This one has been frustrating me for years. I got it all down except for the part after the trapeze mount…
Thanks for the feedback guys, I guess I will keep posting stuff, although I felt better before I knew I had adult supervision.
Anyways, best trick today also involves tasty treats that go good together. The fun thing about this trick are all variations you can work into it. You can get into the start many different ways, you pinch the string w/your nth and pop the yo-yo out to the front when you throw the loop over, then pop it back into the bucket mount instead of trying to slide the yo-yo over like Mr. T does in this vid. It’s fun to mess around with.
The best trick today is a special Friday edition double banger spectacular featuring our hero
Augie Fash. Snap-Wave to Fake Triangle alone will get me through the weekend.
If we are not limited to tricks that are humanly possible, this is the best trick you will probably only see one person ever do. Paul is such an amazing innovator.
Love a detailed tutorial! I’ve been working on my Protrusion (chopsticks boing), so I’m definitely gonna use it! In that vein…
Even though I don’t understand a word of Japanese, this is the best trick (ok, technically, a combo) today because it is also the best tutorial ever! I think it’s basically a preview of a DVD tutorial series.
Also this is the best because… it is Oonishi who is one of the coolest post-Black (Black, the yoyoer of course) Japanese yoyoers with a flair for nice flow and dramatic tricks. And this combo delivers when it comes to nice flow. The one problem (and maybe because its a preview) is that the full trick is at the beginning and words are overlaying on top of it, but anyways…its easy enough to see the desired result.
Best trick double feature. Walk the dog is the best because why have a yo-yo if you can’t play with it??
Hydrogen bomb on a fixed axle done this smoothly is super human. I learned how to throw watching Dennis McBride VHS tapes. The string analyzer helped me a lot. The music left deep emotional scars.