Chuck’s got a new Cabin Tutorial, this one for a trick using concepts from the always amazing Yuuki Spencer.
Yoyo used is the Wooly Marmot 2 by CLYW.
Cabin Tutorial – Tressley Capris
CLYW drops another Cabin Tutorial from Charles Haycock, for a trick inspired by Tressley Cahill and named after, I suppose, his sporty trousers.
Yoyo Return Top used is the Wooly Marmot 2.
CLYW Bonfire ft. Charles Haycock
Hey yo stop whatcha doin’ cause Charles is gonna ruin the image and the style that ya used to.
Watching this video seriously makes me want to start up a YoYoNews “Player of the Year” award just so that I can goad everyone into voting for Chuck. The prize will be a pizza dinner, after which he has to hang out at my house and teach me all his tricks. Big winner.
Check out our review of the Bonfire, then despair over the fact that they’re sold out everywhere.
Cabin Tutorial – Out The Rabbit Hole
A new Cabin Tutorial from CLYW is like, I don’t know, Christmas every week or something. It’s like finding a dollar under your pillow from the tooth fairy, minus the part where you lose a tooth.
This week’s tutorial comes from Chuck. Yoyo used is the Yeti by CLYW.
Cabin Tutorial – Peacocking
Chuck just killed it with a Zerber variation. Seriously. Just roll that around in your bean for a minute. Who has Zerber variations anymore? Amazing.
Yoyo used is the Yeti.
CLYW Yeti Assembly & Maintenance Video
CLYW put together a video to give people a little more insight into the assembly process for their wildly popular first plastic yoyo, the Yeti. Here we finally get a look at the trimming, sanding, and polishing that happens to each and every molded part before they make it into player’s hands…for an injection molded yoyo, there is a TON of hand-finishing work in here!
The Yeti is currently sold out at CLYW.ca, and no word on when the next run will be available.
Cabin Tutorial – Magic Lamp
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Chuck chuck chuck chuck Yeti.
Chuck chuck Jensen Kimmitt.
Cabin Tutorial – Spaceship
Chuck! CLYW! Spaceship! Isolations!
Cabin Tutorial – Banana Whip
Chuck shows off a really tricky whip trick for this week’s Cabin Tutorial. This is a real bear to hit, but totally worth the work!
Yoyo used is the CLYW Yeti, with music by Jensen Kimmitt.
Cabin Tutorial – Sebby’s Killer Klockwork Combo
This is some straight-up untouchable sh*t right here…CLYW Chuck rolling out a tutorial for Sebby’s signature combo. Done and DONE.
CLYW News: New Gnarwhal & New Video
CLYW dropped their first email newsletter since December of last year, and it looks like their going to start putting them out more regularly. Sign up here if you haven’t already: CLYW Email List.
They dropped a new video of Chuck and Zach, filmed at Worlds and full of bangers. “August Blueprint” is 2:42 of exactly the kind of yoyoing that has made the CLYW team one of the most respected group of contest players in the past couple of years.
And CLYW dropped info on the newly redesigned Gnarwhal (currently just being called the Gnarwhal 2, but they might have a more formal “edition name” by the time it’s finally released). From their newsletter:
I felt the Gnarwhal was a perfect size and shape, but it needed an update to keep up with our new models. Adding some more rim weight would increase those spin times and make it more stable. So I revised the design and made it a hair wider, and the walls were optimized for maximum rim weight and strength.
The weight was kept around 65.5g, making it perfect for speed and nimble enough for plane breaking tricks. The catch zone is a little wider as well to make it easier to fly through tricks without having to worry about missing a string. I’m really happy with what we came up with: the Gnarwhal 2 is perfect for competition and can keep that spin going while learning those more advanced Cabin Tutorials.
Full specs and release info coming soon.
Prototype of the newly redesigned “Gnarwhal 2” by CLYW
Cabin Tutorials – Yuuki’s Nats ’09 Combo
CLYW’s Charles Haycock dons the national garment of kendama players and breaks down a burly combo from Yuuki Spencer’s 2009 US Nationals routine. How good? So good.
CLYW – Caribou Rendezvous Two
CLYW presents 4:32 of some of the greatest yoyo talent ever assembled on one team. Every second of this video is absolutely inspired.
Caribou Rendezvous features:
Ayumu Harada
Zach Gormley
Alec Cambell
Palli
Chuck
Andrew Maider
Petr Kavka
Micheal Kurti
Mark Mangarin
Harrison Lee
Alex Berenguel
Chris Mikulin
Cabin Tutorial – Seth Repeaterson
Chuck grabs a CLYW Yeti and lays it on with this repeater from Seth Peterson.
From Seth:
“The singular move was actually part of a combo Miguel Correa came up with. He showed me in the summer of 2009 when we were working on a documentary. When I saw that part of the combo I asked, “Wait, I think you can repeat that”. And thus, the repeater was born.”