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| Type of Trick | Sidestyle String Mount |
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The Wrist Mount is a sidestyle mount, that is a bit like a Double or Nothing, except that it goes around the throw hand wrist - hance the name - and lands on the middle string. Being an interesting trick on its own, it also serves as the starting point for many tricks such as Superman and Spirit Bomb.
Instructions[]
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Step 1: Start like a Double or Nothing, but let the yo-yo fly over your throw hand wrist. |
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Step 2: Continue around the free hand index finger (like Double or Nothing)... |
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Step 3: ...but land on the middle string, the one coming from the bottom of the wrist. |
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Side view: Note how the string crosses the segment from the throw hand index finger. |
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Step 4: You are now in the Wrist Mount. |
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Step 5: You can also drop the loops from your free hand, and let the mount... |
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Step 6: ...hang down. It now looks like it's going to be an interesting task to disentangle the mess. The string goes down from throw hand finger, through a string loop extending up from the yo-yo. Then it goes around the throw hand wrist, down, around the axle, up around the aforementioned string segment, and down to the axle. You can now pull out the free hand finger. In the picture, it was left in the string to depict the string configuration.
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Dismount[]
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Step 7: One possible dismount is to put your finger into the loop around the wrist,... |
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Step 8: ...do an underpass, i.e. swing the yo-yo over the finger... |
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Step 9: ...in order to bring the finger to the other side of the yo-yo. |
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Step 10: Bring your finger against the string segment leading to the axle, and do another underpass, flipping the yo-yo over the finger, popping it out of the loop it was hanging in... |
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Side view of this step. |
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Step 11: ...and into the string sement next to you. |
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Side view of step 11. |
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Step 12: You now have the yo-yo in a mini-trapeze, and a mess of string elsewhere. |
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Step 13: Let the loop around your wrist slide off, and drop the outermost loop from your free hand index finger. |
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Step 14: The large loop you released is now... |
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Step 15: ...unfolding, and - almost magically - you are left... |
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Step 16: ...in a Trapeze.
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