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Archives for May 10, 2013

Spencer Vs. Drew: Mind Melee

May 10, 2013 By Drew Tetz

Just when you’d caught your breath from Takeshi vs. Drew, it’s another single trick throwdown! This time we’ve got two responsive 1A heaters from Spencer “The Wild Man” Berry and Drew “Keeps Giving Himself Nicknames” Tetz. Spencer puts the Walter through its paces with his trick “Armadillo”, a classically-styled mount/regen sequence trick given a twist by his unique blend of grace and chaos, while I chose to return fire with “Crisis”, a plane-bending tribute to the golden age of Spindox.

Who deserves the crown? Cast your vote below, tell us why in the comments, and stay tuned for even more battles!

P.S. Don’t forget to tune in to YoYoRadio tonight to hear me talk about these battles, the Barradrewda, and…. probably whatever Joe wants to talk about. I don’t know. Hope it’s not baseball!

Filed Under: Battle, Players, Video Tagged With: 1A, battle, drew tetz, featured, freehand, mind melee, spencer berry, trick battle, walter

DamaFest 2013 – Battle Format Announced

May 10, 2013 By Steve Brown

DamaFest 2013

 

The trick battle list for DamaFest 13 has been announced, and it looks pretty crazy. Maybe it just looks that way to me because my enthusiasm for kendama is way beyond my actual skill level, but for a $1,000 first prize…time to get practicing!

EDIT: The event runs from 11 AM – 6 PM. More details are up on the event Facebook page. And here’s video of the ladder tricks!

Filed Under: Kendama, Skill Toys Tagged With: contest, dama fest 13, damafest, kendama

Ryan McDonnell – Shady

May 10, 2013 By Steve Brown

Ryan McDonnell never disappoints, and his newest video is another perfect combination of filming, editing, post-production and, oh yeah, some baller yoyo tricks.

Yoyos used are the Yoyofactory H.O.T. and Severe.

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: hot, ryan mcdonnell, severe, video, yoyofactory

Robbie Graham – Concepts 4

May 10, 2013 By Steve Brown

Alright Robbie, enough with the quickie Concepts…shoot a full video already, dammit.

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: concepts, robbie graham, video, yoyo trick

Backspin Presents: X-Tremalia UEK 2013

May 10, 2013 By Steve Brown

Here’s a great new video from Backspin! It’s always so much better when yoyo videos really capture the entire feel of an event, not just the yoyo aspects. Really well done, as we’ve come to expect from Plamek & Co.

Backspin Group took a part in students carnival of street sports, located on Cracow University of Economics – X-Tremalia 2013! Check out our short video, and see how fun this event was! Check us out on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/backspin.eu

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: backspin, cracow, poland, video, xtremalia, yoyo

Fixed Friday: Miscellaneous Debris

May 10, 2013 By Ed Haponik

That’s the title to one of my favorite Primus albums (Sailing the Seas of Cheese is less applicable to this context). I tried to come up with a Theme of Grand Unification for this week, but in the end I just couldn’t. I suppose throwing my EH around in the forest can be theme enough. It’ll have to be this week!

The founder of aikido, a martial art I’ve practiced for over a decade, once said “Now and again, it is necessary to seclude yourself among deep mountain and hidden valleys to restore your link to the source of life.” I can’t claim that I went THAT far this week (just into the lush lands conservancy area adjacent my work), but it’s always felt good to me to throw outside. Everybody takes inspiration and clarity from different types of surroundings. I tend to throw pretty badly on a stage at a competition, but put me out in the trees and air, and my stuff just feels better. You’ve got to know your element.

Nothing really crazy or new in this vid. A few nice examples of navigating the aggressive response [typically] endemic to wood yo-yo’s, I guess. A lot of people ask me about “the secret” to things like suicides, whips, hooks, and slacky holds on wood yo-yo’s. That there isn’t one is one of the best aspects of throwing fixed axle. I think I’ve narrowed the basic elements down to a few discrete imperatives though.

  • Throw in a way which suits the trick.
  • Manage your string tension.
  • Be in control of where your slack string is allowed to go.
  • Don’t be jerky.

Kinda funny to juxtapose those with my dojo’s “4 basic principles of aikido“, actually. Anyway, if you really internalize that stuff, and it becomes a part of your playing, I really think you can do anything you want with a fixed axle yo-yo (possible exception: unassisted flight). I’m still working on all of it, and will be forever. A lot of newer fixed axle aficionados will try to play a woody just like they do their metals, right down to the tricks they try to do. That’s fun, and perfectly ok. Five years ago, hitting every hard trick possible on a No Jive seemed a good and reasonable goal. Over the last few years though, playing wood almost exclusively has taught me that fixed axle has stylistic benefits quite apart from the inherent “bragging rights”. Hopefully, Drew and I have communicated some of these over the past 4 months (as they’ve formed the basis/title of most every Fixed Friday installment).

On that note, I hope you’ll tune back in next week, as Drew and I throw down in a blood & guts battle to the theme of “Creeper”. Yeah, that’s happening. Enjoy the weekend!

 

Filed Under: Fixed Friday Tagged With: ed haponik, featured, fixed axle, fixed friday, trick theory, video, wood

YoYo vs Chattering Cat

May 10, 2013 By Steve Brown

If there’s one thing we love, it’s video of yoyos. If there’s one thing the internet loves, it’s video of cats.

Two great tastes that taste great together. Apparently, National Champion Miguel Correa’s cat isn’t so thrilled with his human’s occupation.

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: cat video, featured, miguel correa, national yoyo champion, video, yoyo, yoyo vs chattering cat

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