Tricks referenced in this tutorial
Sleeper          Upside-down Trapeze          Bottom Mount

Other types of binds
Sky Bind          Suicide Bind

About this trick
To be honest, it was difficult breaking this technique up into steps for the tutorial, because it's much more easily done fluidly in one motion (as seen at the beginning and end of the tutorial).  When you understand what's supposed to happen, focus on getting it smooth, because when you do, it's a lot easier.

There are so many different types of binds it's ridiculous.  Just experiment and watch different videos to find out more unique and interesting ways to bind.  It's worth it when you find that one sweet bind that you can't get enough of.

Probably most of you who are visiting the site (or frequenting the site) already know how to bind, but this is more of a preamble to more advanced binds I'm planning on making tutorials for in the future.  I'm not positive yet about when I'm going to be doing more bind tutorials (gotta keep variety), but I'm pretty sure I will be doing them
sometime soon.

Thanks to a certain loyal Rethinkyoyo user and supporter (thanks Mckenna), Rethinkyoyo recently got its very own Facebook page, which can be easily visited and "liked" from the right sidebar of the Rethinkyoyo homepage (aka: the page you're reading right now lol).  Just another means of getting in contact with myself or someone who might be able to help you learn or answer your questions, and also a great way to support the site.

Like, comment, and let the social networking begin!
Kyle


P.S.  JSYK, my full name is Kyle Vegh, so if you'd like to friend me on FB, you can do that too.  Any friend of yoyos is a friend of mine.

Tricks referenced in this tutorial
Breakaway        Houdini Drop          Trapeze          Eiffel Tower

About this trick
This is the end result of a small project I undertook, which I finished just in time to be able to have it put in the Rethinkyoyo 1YEAR video.  My goal was simply to have a trick where nearly every step of the way there was some sort of slack element.  The icing on the cake was when I realized I ended up in a position where a slack tower
could be formed.

It's worth repeating; make sure to have good string tension for this trick.  Anytime you need to do a slack move, it's important to keep that neutral tension.

In a lot of cases, the better you make the tower look before you drop it off into a slack tower, the better the slack tower will look.

If the very first Suicide-ish move scares you, you can always practice the basic trick starting just from a Houdini Mount.  I think that initial move does add a lot of flare
to the trick, though.

Tricks referenced in this tutorial
Breakaway          Houdini Drop

About this trick
This trick tutorial was requested by a friend of mine.  The trick was so named because he wanted to show a little Canadian pride.

The very last move before the triangle is the most frustrating part.  It's difficult to keep the yoyo mounted while you move the string under it.  Even after practicing this trick quite a bit, I still slip on that part.  I would just suggest practicing it slowly (that tends to give you more controlled movements) and getting comfortable with that, then smoothing and speeding it up gradually.

About this trick
This may sound like a strange tip, but try practicing Croatoan in a place where you can easily see the string.  Doing that should tremendously help you hit the string (or, at least, it did for me).

The second catch where your thumb is pointed toward you is a completely different beast than the first one.  I found it to take much more practice to get that one consistent.  It may seem like you're not making any progress for a while, but keep at it, this is a trick you can get comfortable with.  It just takes time.

Depending on how forcefully and what angle you pull your hands apart after the underpass-like move, you can create a completely different look and feel of the trick.  It's amazing what types of variations can come from the basic movements.