Rethinkyoyo Tutorial Contest Results 07/29/2011
It's my great pleasure to announce the winners of the Rethinkyoyo Tutorial Contest. 1st place, winning the Grand Prize: a SPYY Radian Gen2, 5 Graou Strings, No Sleep Till Bleep CD by Mr.Bear, and the full collection of Rethinkyoyo DVD's is Lotus Bloom by Andrew Robinson. 2nd place, winning an Xcube SteamRoller, 5 Graou Strings, No Sleep Till Bleep CD by Mr.Bear, and the full collection of Rethinkyoyo DVD's is Laceracide by Malcolm Chiu 3rd place, winning 5 Graou Strings and the full collection of Rethinkyoyo DVD's is Vajrayana by Francesco Salvi. And, believe it or not, there were so many great tutorials submitted that I felt a 4th place prize was in order. 4th place, winning the full collection of Rethinkyoyo DVD's is Perfect Imperfection by Lasse Nolsøe Lund. In addition to the winning tutorials, there were a lot of tutorials that caught my eye. Here are just ten that I felt deserved some recognition. Yes, "just" ten. There were so many more that I could mention, but there's simply not enough space. Chopsticks Disaster http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HomUaWU5Vs ----Really really like this trick, the teaching isn't half-bad, and you just gotta love the dancing. A Fool's GT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmSeLRVahPI ----Clear teaching and overall the video just feels cool. Soda Pops http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL75Ms7xb2A ----Great editing and unique/creative teaching. Rags to Riches http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1napSMMiBk ----The tutorial (and trick, actually) may be uber long, but it's all worth it. Very cool style. Red Light, Green Triangle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bGflG0s1Jg ----Very interesting to see an unresponsive Stop'n'Go-type trick, and this one is executed quite well. Bindception http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBgI5HopWxM ----Another tutorial by the 4th place winner, Nolsøe. I love the whole look of this bind. It bleeds style. Upper Class http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD02VbxiEOA ----Suave. Classy. The trick is really great, although I'm not completely a fan of the final boingy-seasick stuff. I just felt like the trick didn't really need it. Quadruped http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5TYH8CXH60 ----As in, what a llama is. Great trick, quality, and teaching. Parkour Escape http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6ZVNH2ML_M ----Kinda curious if the title is a take-off of Ladder Escape. Stylistically and visually cool. De-Evolution http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCR5VDa4h5c ----Just watch this one... even just the first 5 seconds of it. The dude legit freaks out because he thought his camera was on when he did his trick perfectly on the first try. Wow. lol I laughed many times over at that. Oh, right, and, uh, the trick is pretty neat too. To see the rest of the 72 entries (minus 3 that you can check out on Vimeo), here is a YouTube playlist listing them all. Thank you all so much for participating! Rethinkyoyo Tutorial Contest Entries 3 Comments Rethinkyoyo Tutorial Contest Deadline 07/20/2011
 Since I unfortunately will not be able to be on the computer on July 22nd, I'd just like to make a reminder about the deadline of the Rethinkyoyo Tutorial Contest. All submissions must be uploaded to either YouTube or Vimeo and sent to rethinkyoyo@gmail.com by midnight July 22nd. As we come to the end of this contest, I just want to say that it truly went even better than I could have hoped. The response to the contest has amazed me. Creative original tricks were taught, the tutorials were stylized in ways I would have never thought of, and I believe that great teachers were found. The Rethinkyoyo Tutorial Contest was beyond a success. To all the participants, thank you so much. You have done an extreme service for the community. Winners and special mentions announced on July 29th, the 2-year anniversary of Rethinkyoyo's launch as a website. Be there. Kyle P.S. Everyone who submits entries from now until midnight July 22nd, I'm not going to be able to reply to your emails right away. I'm going to be out of the house, so I will reply sometime after I get home on the 23rd. If I don't reply soon thereafter, feel free to email me again to make absolutely sure it went through. Perpetuum 07/16/2011
Tricks referenced in this tutorial: Brother About this trick I saw this trick done by Seth Peterson (who, as far as I know, is the creator of the trick) on an insane video by Citadel, Things That Repeat. It's a very eye-pleasing trick, somehow almost looking impossible to do. The trick does tend to snag quite a bit, simply due to the fact that you're doing the whole trick from a backspin mount (aka a mount you would normally bind from), but with some practice and tweaking of your movements, you can consistently do it. Vashta Nerada 07/09/2011
About this trick Vashta Nerada. It's one of my personal favorite tricks to perform. It's just a really nice-looking trick. That is, if you make it look nice. This is one of those tricks that requires some elegance, smoothness, and flair to really impress. That fact allows for some major stylistic freedom for you. It's a matter of perfecting the movements and tweaking the way you do them until you find your groove---your own stylized version of the trick. So be smooth, and show this trick off how you like it Red Halo 07/02/2011
About this trick Same tip applies for this trick as does for all horizontal tricks: keep the yoyo eye-level as you perform it. It helps to maintain the angle of the yoyo. As you're learning to do the trick horizontally at first, you may want to try only swinging the yoyo with your throwhand above your freehand, and then dropping out and binding, instead of right away trying to learn to swing the yoyo while switching the positions of your hands midway through. However, learning it that way presents its own problems too (namely, your finger gets so tangled---and doesn't get untangled---that it's difficult to pull your finger out of the triangle), so you can really start out learning whichever way you like. Just make sure to get the full trick down eventually, it's a really fun and crowd-pleasing one. Banana Turnover 06/26/2011
About this trick Banana Turnover is sort of the "gateway" to Horizontal/Excalibur/Vertax play. Not only does it help tremendously in landing into an initial mount after throwing for all level of players, but, for a beginner in the style, it's a quick in-and-out trick that you can land just to practice your horizontal throwing. When first learning horizontal moves, you may find it helpful to lean back a bit and throw kinda more upward than you think you need to. I mean, it's all a matter of practice to throw at the proper angle and maintain that angle, but those two things did help me when learning. However, you might want to assume a more normal posture (stop leaning back) once you get more comfortable with the style, because it does look a little silly to spectators. Contrary to popular belief, maintaining the angle of your yoyo is NOT about speed. It's about forceful, accurate, purposeful movements. Make a conscious effort to swinging the yoyo in the same plane it's spinning. It also helps to use a yoyo with a large gap and huge open catch area, just so any sloppiness you have in the process of learning doesn't hinder you as much. Oh, and by the way, you can bind the yoyo back from horizontal however you like, but you've gotta be smooth with it and not pause. That's why I use the Suicide Bind, because I find it easy to fluidly swing the yoyo into the mount and then continue that swing straight into the bind. ...Plus, it just looks cool. Rethinkyoyo Tutorial Contest FAQ 06/05/2011
Just a laid-back video of me answering some questions that I've been getting and discussing some other things that I wanted to mention. I'm a bit out of my usual habitat actually talking on video, and most of you probably aren't used to seeing me talking either, so maybe you'll get to know me a little better as you watch. Still amped about this contest! The response has been great and I really appreciate all the feedback. Keep working on and submitting those entries, you've got just over a month and a half to come up with your best trick-teaching video(s) ever, so get to it. Oh and also, just want to say... I have some pretty interesting tutorials of my own planned, so keep an eye out. Kyle Rethinkyoyo Tutorial Contest 05/27/2011
 For quite a while now, I've wanted to do something with Rethinkyoyo that anyone in the yoyo community could be a part of. Something that would not only benefit the community itself, but also the participants. I'm very excited to announce the Rethinkyoyo Tutorial Contest. Several amazing people and companies have already contributed quite a bit to make this a truly great event. All players, no matter if you're advanced or new to the sport, are invited to participate. Contestants will create tutorials teaching their own unique tricks, and the players who submit the top 3 tutorials will win some pretty impressive prizes. Rules for Participation
Judging Criteria
 Prizes Grand Prize - The winning tutorial will be uploaded to the official Rethinkyoyo YouTube channel and put onto the Rethinkyoyo website (if any music was used, it will be swapped with a Mr.Bear song) - Brand new SPYY Radian Gen2 - Five Graou Strings (4 Thin and 1 Thick) - Album "No Sleep Till Bleep" by Mr.Bear, creator of the music used on Rethinkyoyo - Full set of Rethinkyoyo tutorial DVD's  2nd Prize - Brand new Xcube SteamRoller - Five Graou Strings (4 Thin and 1 Thick) - Album "No Sleep Till Bleep" by Mr.Bear, creator of the music used on Rethinkyoyo - Full set of Rethinkyoyo tutorial DVD's  3rd Prize - Five Graou Strings (4 Thin and 1 Thick) - Full set of Rethinkyoyo tutorial DVD's  A big "thank you" to our incredible sponsors, SPYY, Xcube, Mr.Bear, and Graou String! This contest wouldn't have been possible without them. Contest starts today, folks, so start recording those tutorials! Suicide Bind 05/21/2011
About this trick Personally, I prefer the first style of this bind, as could probably be figured out by the fact that it's the one I demonstrate at the beginning and end of the video. I think it's a little bit more eye-appealing and easier to get consistent binds out of. However, the quick and snappy style is also very useful for some things. But either way you do it, it's just a very shnazzy alternative to the normal backspin binds you always see people doing. For at least the first style of doing this bind, I find that it helps tremendously (especially when you're just learning it) to keep the movement of a regular Suicide in your mind. For the second style, it's somewhat a process of trial and error trying to figure out the right pressure and release time. Imaginary Axis 04/27/2011
About this trick Some tricks come to me quickly; I find a beginning and then the rest just falls into place with minimal effort. However, some tricks have required a lot of effort and time to get to where I want them to be. Imaginary Axis has a fairly interesting history; it falls somewhere in between those two. Much of the trick just made itself up, but it was just missing something... for months. Finally, randomly, when I happened to be hanging out with some friends (who have since gotten into throwing), those missing pieces showed themselves and the trick was finished. The part of the trick where you let the slack fall limp, swing the yoyo around, and finally land the yoyo in the slack is a little bit tricky to get smooth and consistent. Just keep working at it and try to find the rhythm involved. Once again, this trick is one with quite a bit of stylistic freedom, so just perform it how you like. | Welcome to Rethinkyoyo
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