What’s up?
I’m Evan Nagao the 2018 U.S. National Yo-Yo Champion.
Today I’m going to teach you three awesome basic tricks.
For the first trick you’re going to throw a really hard sleeper.
So you’re going to make a muscle - kind of near your ear - and you’re going to swing
your hand down really fast and release the yo-yo.
And stop your hand, and that’ll cause the yo-yo to spin really fast and give it a good,
long spin.
From here, you’re going to take your opposite hand, slide it along the string, and pinch
I’d say about five inches or so from the yo-yo.
And then you can swing it around - create a pinwheel - put the yo-yo back down, pull
it back up, and catch the yo-yo.
Okay, ready?
*Deep breath*
Okay.
Let’s do this…
Let’s do this.
Let’s do this!
Oh, shit…
I’m going to try really hard this time...all of my strength
*Grunts*
...Something like that.
Forward…?
Oh, shit.
Twirl it around on the side.
It’s harder than it looks.
Or actually it looks really hard too though so…
Maybe it’s as hard as it looks.
Yeah, it’s as hard as it looks.
That’s actually not bad.
This is a pretty tough trick to learn for your first trick.
Man, don’t massage my ego.
Tell me the hard truth.
Alright, it was garbage.
Thank you.
She’s not pretty!
But it works.
And then…
It’s crooked!
Okay, nevermind.
I give up.
The second trick is called Brain Twister, and
what you’re going to do is again you’re going to throw a really hard sleeper.
As hard as you can without the yo-yo being off balance.
Then you’re going to slide your opposite hand pointer finger along the string, and
pull your throw hand under the yo-yo and into the gap of the yo-yo.
And from here, you’re going to perform a somersault pushing your throw hand against
the strings.
You’re going to let the yo-yo down and bring it back up.
Going to attempt the Brain Twister.
So I’m just going to get twisted.
Okay, this one’s got layers.
Yo-yo master.
Has someone been knocked out by a yo-yo before?
Actually somebody died from a yo-yo one time.
I should not be holding this right now.
*Grunts*
Whoa. Whoa!
Whoa! Whoa!
Like that?
Yeah. Yeah.
F*ck.
Whoa!
That was scary.
*Grunts*
Oh!
There you go.
Yep!
That’s it!
Dab! Dab! Dab!
I’m not going to dab!
I almost did!
No!
That's all she wrote.
So finally for Man on the Flying Trapeze you’re
going to throw a side throw which essentially means you’re going to hold the yo-yo slightly
sidewards as you throw it.
And you’re going to swing the yo-yo from the throw side of your body to your non-throw
side of your body and land the yo-yo over your finger onto the string.
From here, you’re going to pop to the yo-yo up, release, and catch.
Oh, f*ck.
This one looks hard.
Of course it’s going to land on my index finger.
You just have to believe right?
All you have to do is believe.
Alright, watch this man attempt The Man on the Flying Trapeze.
*Grunts*
Come on trapeze man.
Dammit.
Touch your guns.
Touch my guns or what?
Oh, God.
You guys are the f*cking worst.
*Growls*
Alright. Fail.
Oh, it’s supposed to swing this way!
Boop!
She’s a wild one.
Can’t even… okay.
Get on the string.
Okay.
Failed.
Thanks.
Thank you.
Oh!
We got a yo-yoer in the house!
That’s awesome!
I didn’t think I could do it.
It’s not as tough as it looks.