Shawn's String Trick Videos

teachIronWhipDivX1.avi - 1,160k
Showing the motions of iron whip and how to practice it yourself with a dead yo-yo. Notice the circle that the knuckle of you index finger should make.

teach2IronWhipDivX2.avi - 1,060k
Iron whip being shown from the side. I flipped the video to appear as if I'm doing it right-handed to make learning easier.

Alternate Iron Whip

alternateIronWhipDivX1.avi - 294k
Iron Whip landing on the opposite string from usual. You can twist your hand and do a ripcord to trapeze. This is the method that Sage used in his clip video. It looks pretty nice and can either be done on purpose or to cover for a mistake.

Pinwheeled Jade Whip

pinwheelJadeWhipDivX1.avi - 246k
Started like a normal jade whip but instead of immediately landing the whip, you spin the yo-yo and whip around each other a couple of times. I first saw Yuuki doing this in his worlds freestyle I think.

Thumb Whip

thumbWhipDivX1.avi - 404k
A whip in which slack string is thrown over, catching on the thumb, and landing in a one-handed trapeze hanging off the thumb. Created by Brent Dellinger?

teachThumbWhipDivX1.avi - 368k
With a dead yo-yo.

teach2ThumbWhipDivX1.avi - 672k
Shot from the side. Video flipped so that I appear to do it right-handed.

Double-Slack Thumb Whip Combo

doubleThumbWhipDivX1.avi - 220k
A nice combo involving the thumb whip that Andre always does. ;) This originated from Brent Dellinger's Nationals 2002 freestyle.

One-handed Thumb Whip

onehandThumbWhipDivX1.avi - 290k
Going straight from a sleeper into a thumb whip. I find this much much easier than trying to do an iron/jade type of whip from a sleeper.

Plastic Whip to One-handed Trapeze Brother

plasticWhipADivX1.avi - 480k
A plastic whip leaving you at a one-handed trapeze brother type hold. I find this the easiest of the plastic whips to do.

teachPlasticWhipADivX1.avi - 520k
With a dead yo-yo.

teach2PlasticWhipADivX2.avi - 286k
Shot from the side. Video flipped so that I appear to do it right-handed.

Plastic Whip to One-handed Trapeze

plasticWhipBDivX1.avi - 298k
A plastic whip done in the opposite direction to the last one. This leaves you in a normal one-handed trapeze.

teachPlasticWhipBDivX1.avi - 566k
With a dead yo-yo.

teach2PlasticWhipBDivX1.avi - 386k
Shot from the side. Video flipped so that I appear to do it right-handed.

Plastic Wrist Whip

plasticWristWhipDivX1.avi - 278k
Instead of hanging off your index finger, this whip mount ends up hanging off the wrist. For me, it is about as easy as the whip to one-handed trapeze brother. It is pretty easy to exit to trapeze by landing the yo-yo onto the string closest to you.

teach2PlasticWristWhipDivX1.avi - 500k
Shot from the side. Video flipped so that I appear to do it right-handed.

Plastic Triangle Whip

plasticTriangleDivX1.avi - 266k
Going from a sleeper to a plastic wrist whip, except that you you grab one of the strings and pull the hold off of your wrist, giving you a triangle. Pop up on the side closest to you to exit.

teachPlasticTriangleWhipDivX1.avi - 580k
Showing how the plastic triangle whip works.

Plastic Mount

plasticWhipCDivX1.avi - 164k
This is actually more of a plastic mount than a whip per se. I find this the hardest of the three, needing a good aim and unresponsive yo-yo.

teachPlasticWhipCDivX1.avi - 482k
With a dead yo-yo.

Trapeze to Plastic Whip Transitions

trapezePlasticWhipsDivX1.avi - 464k
Going from trapeze directly into a plastic whip, with ripcord back to trapeze. Done several times.

Trapeze to Plastic Wrist Whip Transitions

trapezePlasticWristWhipsDivX1.avi - 384k
Going from trapeze directly into a plastic wrist whip, with transition back to trapeze. Done several times.

Trapeze to Thumb Whip Combo

trapezeThumbWhipDivX1.avi - 354k
Trapeze, somersault, double trapeze, unroll to slack catch, to thumb whip.

Slack

Ignitus Slack Trick

ignitusSlackDivX1.avi - 536k
A continuous move where slack is thrown and recaught as the yo-yo circles around. Ignitus did this in his Alektorophobia clip video. I threw on the thumb whip at the end, but there is various things you could do.

Mach5 Suicide Slack

MachSuicideSlackDivX.avi - 308k
Trapeze with a slack type whip into sidestyle 2or0. String is held with throw-hand thumb, and the whole thing is thrown around and re-caught. Then a pop-out to houdini 2or0 to trapeze.

Slack Trapezes

SlackTrapezes1DivX.avi - 500k
The trick generally called Slack Trapeze, followed by a variation in the opposite direction.

Double Slack

DoubleSlack3DivX.avi - 246k
Trapeze with slack to 2or0. String shold be caught on throw-hand thumb instead of index (to make the next step easier). Slack is thrown a second time and mounted on the yo-yo.

Side Slack

SideSlackDivX.avi - 362k
A different sidestyle slack type yo-yo mount. Saw this in a Brazillian clip video.

Pop Slack

PopSlackDivX1.avi - 612k
Just a couple of pop-ups mixed with a bit of slack.

Slack Pinwheel

SlackPinwheelDivX2.avi - 804k
1.5 mount with the string held by the throw-hand thumb. The whole thing pinwheels around the inside and outside of the hand.

Yuuki's Slack Trick (name pending)

YuukiTeachDivX2.avi - 2,270k
Here is Yuuki's trick done really slowly to try to show what is going on. Obviously you need to smooth all of the motions out. After the first double or nothing, I let the string fall onto the thumb, pinch it against the index finger (which I curl first so it doesn't get in the way), and leave it like that for the whole trick.

Mounted Picture Tricks

Interesting Shape

ShapeDivX.avi - 1,068k
An interesting 3d shape that is somewhat similar to a wrist mount.

Mouse

MouseDivX.avi - 1,266k
Same basic hold as the Interesting Shape, but strings moved around a bit to make it look like a Mouse.

Basic String Tricks

Cradle Knot

CradleKnot3DivX.avi - 836k
This is the same entrance as for the Trapeze Knot trick, but going into a neat 3d cradle first.

Easy Heart

EasyHeart2DivX.avi - 678k
A direct way into Paul's heart. You don't have to do the trapeze over your pinky, but it helps to make the heart wider in the end.

Easy Ping Pong

EasyPingPongDivX.avi - 564k
An easy way to do Ping Pong, but a bit slow.

Knot Trapeze

KnotTrapezeDivX.avi - 618k
An easy way to get into a hold in which the yo-yo hangs at the end of the string from one hand in a kind of trapeze knot that can be pulled out.

Tangle Trick

TangleTrickDivX1.avi - 2,234k
The yo-yo is moved in and out of a triangle and hand circling the yo-yo several times. At the end it looks like it is totally knotted but pulls right out to trapeze.

Atom Smasher

AtomSmasherSlowDivX1.avi - 1,350k
This is Atom Smasher done very slowly (but not slow-motion), stopping briefly at each spot to try to show exactly what's going on.

Suicides

And Whut Suicide Combo

WhutSuicide1DivX.avi - 544k
After doing the pop from And Whut, you can do various tricks including suicides. If you do a suicide to 1.5, but put your whole hand into the loop, you can exit the trick. Just don't miss a suicide or you get a knot on the axle!

Continuous Suicides

SuicidesDivX1.avi - 626k
Five suicides done without pausing between, then a reverse somersault to another suicide. Give this sort of thing a shot, because you can get a rhythm going that makes things easier, and in my opinion looks a lot better than having pauses.

Continous Misc. Suicides

Suicides4DivX.avi - 606k
Two regular suicides, suicide to 1.5, suicide from that back to trapeze, and a couple more thrown in. I tried to get the whole thing continuous, and think it makes for an interesting effect.

1.5 to 1.5 Suicides

1.5To1.5SuicidesDivX3.avi - 468k
This was thought up by Anthony Ma, and is pretty difficult to get. Shown twice in the video. Look at the bloopers for one of my failed attempts. =)

Misc. Combos

Yuuki Sidestyle Trick

YuukiSideDivX.avi - 404k
A nice looking but fairly easy trick from Yuuki's worlds freestyle.

TeachYuukiSideDivX.avi - 502k
Yuuki's trick done slower to help show what's going on.

Continuous Houdini 2or0s and Mach5s

HoudiniMachBackDivX.avi - 358k
Houdini 2or0 to Mach5 transition followed by the pop out back to Houdini 2or0. I do it several times without stopping in this video. It is difficult, but good practice for both moves.

Super Mario Brothers

smbDivX.avi - 578k
A long wrist-mount-ish combo started with a normal 2or0. Kind of hard to see what's going on in this video. Will redo it at some point.

Jim's SSRV Combo

jimtrickDivX1.avi - 466k
A combo thought up by Jim Pankey, going from Singapore Sling into the alternate ripcord. I think it works really well.

1.5 Suicide Combo

1.5SuicideComboDivX1.avi - 468k
A suicide to 1.5, with an immediate ripcord to crossed arms trapeze (free on top), pop-up to trapeze brother, ripcord to trapeze.

Long Combo

LongComboDivX2.avi - 646k
Just a combo that I like to do. Triple or nothing with houdini drop to trapeze, alpha somersault to double trapeze, undo to suicide, pop-up to trapeze brother, ripcord down to trapeze, with another alpha somersault to double trapeze, undo and catch or whatever dismount.

Kwijiboish Thing

WeirdKwyjiDivX1.avi - 786k
Crossed arms trapeze (throw over free), pop-up to trapeze brother, pop-up to crossed arms 2or0 (free over throw), unroll to crossed arms trapeze, pop-up to trapeze, and catch. Instead of that last pop-up, you can swing the crossed arms trapeze over (to throw over free), so that you're back where you started and go through the pop-ups again.

TBS

TBSDivX2.avi - 746k
This is a trick invented by Steve Brown (is shown at the end of the first MAR video). Very fun to do, and pretty nice looking.

Ripcord Meltdown

RipcordMeltdownDivX1.avi - 770k
From the crossed arms double or nothing (free over throw), you can do a ripcord, which drops you down to 1.5 (again free over throw). Because of a mutation on the free hand, the easiest thing to do is just take out the free hand and swing it around like the beginning of Meltdown. Then can re-insert and do a pop-up to double or nothing, or some ending.

Bad 3-in-1 Max Hold

BadMax1DivX.avi - 766k
I mostly put this up for ha-has so don't take it too seriously. It is the first part of the trick (missing the behind the head stuff), and a special ending for those of us that are spike impaired. ;)

Mounts

Double or Nothing

TopV(LH)DoubleOrNothingDivX1.avi - 552k

TopV(RH)DoubleOrNothingDivX1.avi - 552k

Spirit Bomb Mount

TopV(LH)SpiritBombMountDivX1.avi - 596k

TopV(RH)SpiritBombMountDivX1.avi - 596k

In the Bucket

TopV(LH)BucketSlowDivX1.avi - 996k

TopV(RH)BucketSlowDivX1.avi - 996k

Regular One and a Half

SBsFYT(F)MountDivX.avi - 490k
This is the mount for the hold SBs.FYT(F/T). It is like the split bottom, h-bomb, and trapeze brother holds. In this case the arms are crossed with the free hand over the throw hand. This is a fairly common mount. I just exhaggerated the arm movements slightly (crossing earlier than usual), to help show how this works.

Other One and a Half

SBsFYT(T)MountDivX.avi - 380k
This is the mount for the hold SBs.FYT(T/F). This is identical to the regular 1.5 mount, except now the throw hand is on top. Can switch between the two by flipping the yo-yo around over the top. You can get directly into the hold pretty fast using this mount, which doesn't seem to be used all that often currently.

In the Bucket

Suicide Ending

BucketComboSuicideDivX5.avi - 942k
Ok, this is a new exit from the Bucket that I made up today, and haven't seen anyone else do. During the barrell rolls, I stick my thumb between some of the strings, and as it comes around for the last time, land it on the middle string. This brings you do a somewhat odd (but not so knotted) hold that you can suicide out of.

Normal Combo

BucketComboPopUpDivX2.avi - 824k
This is the basic bucket combo I came up with a while ago, inspired by stuff that Jason (from Texas) showed me. It is mount the bucket, underpass, somersaults, barrell rolls, and boingy. The main difference is popping more upward from the boingy to land back on the string, since I'm better at that sort of thing now. But this is basically like the "shawn_trick" floating around on Stan's and YoAge's sites. The main thing is you want to exit out of the strings to the outside to prevent a knot.

Underpass Ending

BucketComboUnderpassDivX3.avi - 1,012k
This uses the same ending hold as in the previous suicide one. From there I do an underpass (with only the inside string going into the groove), which brings me to a position where I can let the outer string come off my free hand to be at trapeze.

Chorange

Chorange Box (wet mount)

chorangeboxDivX3.avi - 586k
Chorange from the wet mount, with an emphasis on making it look like a box with a line through it.

Chorange Combo

chorangecomboDivX3.avi - 642k
Chorange from a h-bomb mount, with transitions to various moves inluding Mach5.

Chorange Magic

chorangemagicDivX2.avi - 548k
Chorange to a hanging hold to a white buddha type illusion ending.

Ripcords

Regular Sidestyle Ripcords

2or0RipcordsDivX1.avi - 1,150k
Ripcord from double or nothing down to trapeze brother, and trapeze brother down to trapeze.

Ripcord Variation

RipcordVariationDivX2.avi - 666k
This is a trick that Jon Gates showed me at the Nationals. It is like the regular front-mounted ripcord, except instead of flipping the yo-yo around the free hand finger twice, you circle the string around twice while not moving the yo-yo.

Two-Part Ripcords

TwoPartRipcordsDivX1.avi - 854k
These are a kind of ripcord where instead of having the yo-yo flip over twice and drop a string, you flip it over once, and bring a hand under, and then release. The first is from crossed arms double or nothing (free over throw), which drops down to 1.5 (throw over free). There is a mutation which if you undo, let's you do a second one down to crossed arms trapeze (free over throw). This second one I've seen frequently used.

Lindy Loops

Trapeze Brother Lindys

BroLindysDivX2.avi - 480k
For some reason (perhaps the way the yo-yo is spinning), it seems like it is easier to do a lot of Lindys on Trapeze Brother instead of regular Trapeze. This is 4 on and off.

Note: All of these videos are encoded with DivX, and were shot using the Intel PC Camera Pro.

Shawn's String Trick Videos

New Videos

Whips

Iron Whip

Alternate Iron Whip

Pinwheeled Jade Whip

Thumb Whip

Double-Slack Thumb Whip Combo

One-handed Thumb Whip

Plastic Whip to One-handed Trapeze Brother

Plastic Whip to One-handed Trapeze

Plastic Wrist Whip

Plastic Triangle Whip

Plastic Mount

Trapeze to Plastic Whip Transitions

Trapeze to Plastic Wrist Whip Transitions

Trapeze to Thumb Whip Combo

Slack

Ignitus Slack Trick

Mach5 Suicide Slack

Slack Trapezes

Double Slack

Side Slack

Pop Slack

Slack Pinwheel

Yuuki's Slack Trick (name pending)

Mounted Picture Tricks

Interesting Shape

Mouse

Basic String Tricks

Cradle Knot

Easy Heart

Easy Ping Pong

Knot Trapeze

Tangle Trick

Double or Nothing Hops Down

Double or Nothing Hops Side

Flair

Pop-ups to 2or0

Rollercoaster-ish Thing

Roller to 3or0

Atom Smasher

Suicides

And Whut Suicide Combo

Continuous Suicides

Continous Misc. Suicides

1.5 to 1.5 Suicides

Misc. Combos

Yuuki Sidestyle Trick

Continuous Houdini 2or0s and Mach5s

Super Mario Brothers

Jim's SSRV Combo

1.5 Suicide Combo

Long Combo

Kwijiboish Thing

TBS

Ripcord Meltdown

Bad 3-in-1 Max Hold

Mounts

Double or Nothing

Spirit Bomb Mount

In the Bucket

Regular One and a Half

Other One and a Half

In the Bucket

Suicide Ending

Normal Combo

Underpass Ending

Chorange

Chorange Box (wet mount)

Chorange Combo

Chorange Magic

Ripcords

Regular Sidestyle Ripcords

Ripcord Variation

Two-Part Ripcords

Lindy Loops

Trapeze Brother Lindys