2002 World Yo-Yo Contest

Please note the following.

  1. These tricks may be updated to make the tricks clearer. Check back when the final trick list is posted.
  2. The order of the tricks at the contest may not be as listed.
  3. Seeded slots listed here.
  4. Freestyle Rules are Here
  5. NEW! Tips on how these tricks will be judged

2002 World A Tricks

last updated 5/31/02

Special thanks to Yama@18 of YET! for videography
and Black, Tommy and Brent for demonstrating these tricks.

  1. Pop n' Fresh / Boing-E / Mach 5 (New Combination): [See MPG Video] Start with a "Split Bottom" mount. Go directly into a "Mach 5" hold by performing two underpasses with your freehand index finger (no string shortening somersaults allowed). Now perform five (5) Pops. The fifth Pop will leave you in position to go directly into "Boing-E-Boing". Perform five reps of (5) Boing-E-Boings (back and forth counts as one rep). Now go directly back into a "Mach 5" hold by performing two more underpasses with your freehand index finger, then perform five (5) full "Mach 5" revolutions, unwind to a "Skin the Cat" hold and lower to a sleeper and then return yo-yo to hand (no binds allowed). To be performed exactly as seen in video.

  2. Eli Hops (six (6) reps, one more rep than in 2001): [See MPG Video]Start with Trapeze mount and perform six (6) Hops (or Pops). Hands must touch during each of the six Hops. Must end with a Ferris wheel dismount (no binds allowed). To be performed exactly as seen in video.

  3. Double Skin the Gerbil: [See MPG Video] Full momentum Trapeze mount into an inside somersault continuing into a Lindy Loop, then unwind the Lindy Loop with an outside reverse somersault into a reverse Lindy Loop. Unwind the reverse Lindy Loop and intentionally miss landing a Lindy Loop and land it on the flip over. Unwind the Lindy loop back to a Trapeze hold and go directly into a second full Skin the Gerbil ending with a Ferris wheel dismount (no binds allowed). To be performed exactly as seen in video.

  4. Hop in the Bucket (5 Hops, two more hops than in 2001): [See MPG Video]Start with a Drop in the Bucket mount and perform five Hops in the bucket. During each Hop the yo-yo must rise above the bucket by at least one yo-yo diameter. After the fifth Hop in the Bucket, toss the yo-yo onto the string furthest from the body. Then drop string off thumb of freehand and index finger of throwhand into a Trapeze hold and end with a Ferris wheel dismount (no binds allowed). To be performed exactly as seen in video.

  5. Buddha's Fusion: [See MPG Video] Start with a "One and a Half" mount and perform two reps of Buddha"s Revenge, then from the "One and a Half" mount hold, cross throwhand under freehand and Pop to Double or Nothing. From the Double or Nothing position perform the two string transfers of Cold Fusion, then toss yo-yo over freehand index finger so that the string segments land on (not just over) freehand index finger then toss the yo-yo back over so that the string segments land on throwhand index finger and perform one Pin Wheel, then unwind (two reverse Pin Wheels) and perform a Snag catch and end with a Ferris wheel dismount (no binds allowed). To be performed exactly as seen in video.

  6. White Buddha, Basic Version (New):[See MPG Video] Throw the beginning of "One and a Half" mount. After the yo-yo hits the top string, just let it bounce off and land immediately on the bottom string. Now go into a "One and a Half" mount hold with your freehand directly above your throwhand. Next, flip everything by moving your freehand down and your throwhand up - flipping the yo-yo as well - counter-clockwise. This is just like Buddha"s Revenge. Now spread the string with the thumb and index finger of your throwhand and flip the yo-yo out of the "bucket". Immediately flip the yo-yo back into the bucket. Now flip the yo-yo clockwise over your freehand and throwhand. Next flip the yo-yo back counter-clockwise over your freehand and throwhand, and flip the yo-yo over your freehand index finger onto the double string. The yo-yo should now be held in a "V" with your freehand crossed slightly over your throwhand. Now drop the string loop from your throwhand index finger into the yo-yo groove in front off all the strings. You will now be in what looks like a Trapeze hold but it is not. The yo-yo is being held in this hold by a "bind" caused by the dropped string loop. Now you must pause for at least one second (player counts out loud to judge One, Two) and then pulls string with throw hand releasing the "bind". The yo-yo will drop out of this "false" Trapeze hold and will be hanging over the outside of freehand index finger. Flip yo-yo back into a Trapeze hold and end trick with a Ferris wheel dismount (no binds allowed). To be performed exactly as seen in video.

  7. Kwijibo: [See MPG Video] Trapeze mount, then perform an upward Pop into a wrist-crossed "One and a Half" mount hold (with throwhand over freehand), then roll throwhand over and under freehand into a wrist-crossed "One and a Half" mount hold (with freehand over throwhand), then Pop to a Double or Nothing hold, then Pop to a Trapeze hold and end with a Ferris wheel dismount (no binds allowed). (Note that yo-yo must be popped upward on all three Hops, not to the side, and on the first Pop the throwhand must be clearly crossed over the freehand so that the yo-yo is caught in the middle of a "close to" horizontal wrist-crossed One and a Half" mount hold.) Note that all pops must go above the player"s head. To be performed exactly as seen in video.

  8. Slack Trapeze (New): [See MPG Video] Throw a Trapeze. Pop the yo-yo off the Trapeze, and pinch the string between the pointer and middle fingers on the freehand. With the throwhand, throw the string over the freehand arm, forming a "U", and allow the part of the "U" furthest from you to mount itself onto the yo-yo. Swing the yo-yo clockwise over the freehand and throwhand, and you will be back in Trapeze. End trick with a Ferris wheel dismount (no binds allowed). To be performed exactly as seen in video.

  9. Spirit Bomb (New): [See MPG Video] [Video Updated 5/31/02] Text updated 6/7/02 Spirit Bomb (New): Breakaway over freehand index finger (not over thumb) into a wrist-bucket mount, perform a double pass under with freehand index finger, Pop yo-yo up, bring throwhand under and catch yo-yo on outermost string segment, Pop yo-yo up, uncross arms, and catch yo-yo over freehand index finger back into Wrist-bucket Mount (Note that the yo-yo has to pass through the triangle formed over your throwhand and land on bottom string segment), perform two pass unders with freehand index finger onto back string segment and pull into Trapeze, end with a Ferris wheel dismount (no binds allowed). To be performed exactly as seen in video.
  10. Suicide (three 3 reps, one more rep than in 2001): [See MPG Video] Video updated 5/1/02 Trapeze mount, three Suicide catches back into Trapeze hold, ending with a Ferris wheel dismount (no binds allowed). All Suicide throws must be from a Trapeze hold over the throwhand and must be caught on the index finger only of the freehand. To be performed exactly as seen in video.