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Current Posts => Latest Spin => Topic started by: ta0 on January 05, 2012, 02:16:45 PM
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Over at Pulp's forum there is a lot of activity with trick posts, as there is a group of players advancing at about the same pace and encouraging each other. One of the things they have been doing is completing the requirements for the Spintastics Award Patch program (download pdf (http://www.spintastics.com/SSTDocuments/toppatchapplication.pdf)). I wonder how many here have the patches? I know SirBoot recently tested for a couple of them with Dale (at my house).
As a reminder, the list is:
8-Trick Top Award
Spinner
Target
Scoop
Skyrocket
Hackey Top
Arm Walker
Merry Go Round
Crazy Eight
16-Trick Top Award
Boomerang
Trapeze
Wire Walker
Rock the Baby
Subway
Texas Cowboy
Rollercoaster to Hand (3)
Hop the Fence
24-Trick Top Award
Around the World
Wire Walker 2
Trapeze behind back
Blizzard
Corkscrew
Rollercoaster to string (10)
Drumbeat (10)
Lasso
Freestyle Top Award
Perform continuously for one minute on one throw of the top, utilizing a minimum of six tricks, including two different regeneration tricks. Ball bearing top may NOT be used for this award.
Instructor Top Award
List two persons you have trained who have earned their 8 trick award.
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I've got my 8 and 16 trick patch and am practicing for the 24. Around the worlds must be practiced over soft surfaces!
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I am happy to report that these patches moved me right along in my top spinning progress. I have all of them and have fond memories of getting my freestyle patch late one night in front of a tiring Dale Oliver (after my many attempts). I also have good memories of getting my 24 trick patch on the world stage in 2007 during the compulsaries.
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I have 8 and 16. I have the ability to do the 24 and freestyle. It is just a matter of getting certified. Ta0, can you act as Dale's proxy or do I have to make a video?
The one trick that is challenging yet is the behind the back trapeze. For me, it is a blind behind the back trapeze that finds its mark one out of three times.
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I have all five, and a bunch of my kids have patches as well...lots of 8 patches and a hand full of 16's and higher.
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I have 8 and 16. I have the ability to do the 24 and freestyle. It is just a matter of getting certified. Ta0, can you act as Dale's proxy or do I have to make a video?
Yes, I should be able to certify you (but I don't have the extra patches, you'll have to get those from Spintastics). On the other hand, it would be nice if you made the Freestyle patch video ;)
I guess I should confess something: although I have all the patches, I never officially tested for them! :-[ I only asked Dale for the patches around 2006, to have in my collection. That was after I had done several advanced compulsories and freestyles on stage, plus posted tutorials, etc., so I received a waiver ;)
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True confessions.
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I have all five :)
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I have the official's five and the Spintastics big logo one.
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Only the 8 I have the 16 and 24, I'm preparing the patch freestyle >:D >:D >:D
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I tested SirBoot32 this afternoon and now Justin got his 24 patch. We were at the park and the only Spintastics tops we had were all fix tip, so he did all with a fix tip QS hybrid. He had to learn around the world in the spot. He had told me he could not do behind-the-back trapeze but he did two in a row.
Congrats!
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Go SirBoot32!!!
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Thank you. It turns out around the world was something I had never tried before. :-\ I will post a freestyle video here in the next coupla days. I need to learn barrel rolls first.
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Great job Justin!
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I need to learn barrel rolls first.
Ok, thanks to Professor Neff's video and ta0's in-person critiques, I can now check barrel rolls off of the list. Next stop, snap start club.
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Thank you. It turns out around the world was something I had never tried before. :-\ I will post a freestyle video here in the next coupla days. I need to learn barrel rolls first.
I need to learn barrel rolls first.
Ok, thanks to Professor Neff's video and ta0's in-person critiques, I can now check barrel rolls off of the list. Next stop, snap start club.
Ha! So you learned to do barrel rolls between 09:55PM and 10:48PM? Are those one-sided or two-sided barrel rolls? Regenerating?
Congrats!!!!
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How do i get them?
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Thank you. It turns out around the world was something I had never tried before. :-\ I will post a freestyle video here in the next coupla days. I need to learn barrel rolls first.
I need to learn barrel rolls first.
Ok, thanks to Professor Neff's video and ta0's in-person critiques, I can now check barrel rolls off of the list. Next stop, snap start club.
Ha! So you learned to do barrel rolls between 09:55PM and 10:48PM? Are those one-sided or two-sided barrel rolls? Regenerating?
Congrats!!!!
Two-sided. Sustainerating. ;D
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Right on Mr. Boot! Your
work, er play ethic is damn impressive!
Onward! ;)
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Right on Mr. Boot! Your work, er play ethic is damn impressive!
Onward! ;)
Thanks! I wish I were as motivated to finish my dissertation. :-\
All of the positive encouragement on the board keeps me going.
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Is it possible to get the patches by posting videos on this forum and being evaluated by ta0?
It would be very hard for me to be tested in person, as I live in Italy and I don't get many chances to meet entitled examiners....
If so, do I just have to make a video of all the tricks in the "8" list being performed by me?
Does it have to be a "one-shot" video, for all 8 tricks at once? Or do I get a chance to retry failed tricks more than once?
Thanks for the info! :D
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Yes, you can get the patches with videos. No, they do not need to be one continuous shot of the 8 tricks. You can do a shot for each trick.
I could judge them, but Spintastics will send you the patches. So you might as well send the video links to Dale (yopro AT spintastics DOT com) and have the spin pope himself judge them ;)
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Cool!!!
Thank you ta0, I will put myself to work on this asap! One last question... Besides tricks that can be done with FP only, like wirewalker, etc.. and when it is explicitly said that bearing is forbidden (freestyle patch), is it possible to use OWB?
I can't wait to get my first patch, I love the feeling of "belonging" that I discovered on this forum, and this patch thing would definitely add to it! :D
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ah ah ! salut Alessandro !
the funny thing is that i've put one spintastics 8 trick patch in the pack of tops!!now ,you'll have to earn it !!
and no (sorry) no one-way bearing from what i know :
"Dale won't have it ! " ;D ;D
jim
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LOL ciao Jim! ;D
Ok, I promise I won't stick the patch anywhere until I can prove that I master the first 8 tricks... Cross my heart! :)
Giulia in FP setup will do?
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I believe it must be a Spintastic's top used.
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You are right, I just printed out the patch request form, and it states that it has to be a Spintastics top...
Well, that can be achieved, I have the two Quicksilver Hybrids to use :)
Thanks for pointing that out, Larry! :D
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I need to learn barrel rolls first.
Ok, thanks to Professor Neff's video and ta0's in-person critiques, I can now check barrel rolls off of the list. Next stop, snap start club.
Which video are you referring to? I want to learn barrel rolls badly!! ;D
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Dale sent me this email:
Hi Jorge,
I received an email from Alessandro in Italy giving me the URL for his tricks and asking about the patches.
When viewing his videos I saw that there were a number of others doing the tricks. These people could also receive the patches but they need to pay the postage ($2 covers it) and send me their names and addresses. Pay Pal to "orders AT spintastics DOT com"
YO'ers,
Dale
I guess this would be for international requests.
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I need to learn barrel rolls first.
Ok, thanks to Professor Neff's video and ta0's in-person critiques, I can now check barrel rolls off of the list. Next stop, snap start club.
Which video are you referring to? I want to learn barrel rolls badly!! ;D
Spin Top Trick Tutorial: Barrel Rolls (Atomos) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkS-uvPtU98#ws)
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FYI, here is my Spintastics Spin Top Award application video.
My Spintastic's Spin Top Award application vid (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL74JEP934U#)
I did all the tricks with a fixed tip Trompo Grande.
I only say that to challenge you :D
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FYI, here is my Spintastics Spin Top Award application video.
My Spintastic's Spin Top Award application vid (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL74JEP934U#)
I did all the tricks with a fixed tip Trompo Grande.
I only say that to challenge you :D
I tested for my 24 patch with a fixed trompo while standing uphill both ways. Boo-yeah!