Favorite Cracks
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- Bogie1943
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Favorite Cracks
Hey everyone, why don't we share some of our favorite cracks and how to do them, help expand eachother's whip cracking no how. GET CRACKIN'
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Great idea, IJ. There are two cracks I learned at the Texas summit.
You can download the whipcrack video here. (6.1 Mb)
1.)The Underhand Crack. Just like in tennis where you may have the racket down by your leg to hit the ball up in the air, this crack works the same way. The whip starts behind you on the ground. You move your hand forward and just as your hand passes your leg, you flick the wrist and follow through. The whip continues forward and the crack occurs way out in front.
2.)I don't know the name of this other crack but Sebastian explains it well in the video. You start with the whip in the front and curl your wrist. The whip loops right next to you. When you move your hand forward, the tip of the whip speeds up through the loop and crack occurs right next to you.
Let me warm up the video editing machine and I will post some short clips of what I am talking about.
Cheers,
Pyro.
You can download the whipcrack video here. (6.1 Mb)
1.)The Underhand Crack. Just like in tennis where you may have the racket down by your leg to hit the ball up in the air, this crack works the same way. The whip starts behind you on the ground. You move your hand forward and just as your hand passes your leg, you flick the wrist and follow through. The whip continues forward and the crack occurs way out in front.
2.)I don't know the name of this other crack but Sebastian explains it well in the video. You start with the whip in the front and curl your wrist. The whip loops right next to you. When you move your hand forward, the tip of the whip speeds up through the loop and crack occurs right next to you.
Let me warm up the video editing machine and I will post some short clips of what I am talking about.
Cheers,
Pyro.
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My favorite is a variation of the "over the head" horizontal crack. Instead of swinging it over my head 3 or 4 times first, I start out with the whip behind me on the right (or I unsnap it from the belt, and uncoil it to the right behind me), then I swing it in front, up and over myself (doing only one "loop" over my head) and then snap it at 2:00 to the right in front of me, and it falls back to my right in the back, ready for a second one. So it goes up and over my head just the one time. You don't have to "whip" it really hard either. In fact, it's better if you go slow and smooth. And being a "horitontal crack" - it lets out a whopper of a crack.
- Pyroxene
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Ok here is the video for the first crack.
Click here to download (8.9 Mb .mpg)
Here is the video for the second crack. (3.6 Mb .mpg)
(Tech Note: The files are a little large, but you can right click on it and choose Save As. I decided to put them in .mpg format so they can be played on a wider range of platforms without having to install additional software.)
Cheers,
Pyroxene
Click here to download (8.9 Mb .mpg)
Here is the video for the second crack. (3.6 Mb .mpg)
(Tech Note: The files are a little large, but you can right click on it and choose Save As. I decided to put them in .mpg format so they can be played on a wider range of platforms without having to install additional software.)
Cheers,
Pyroxene
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Try this page:brady wrote:Does anyone else have any video clips like Pyro attached, I'd love to see some more! Thanks ahead of time for those who reply.
http://www.imptech.net/whips/videos/
But Brady, you should go to the main Indy Gear whip page and check out these links:
http://www.indygear.com/gear/whip_links.shtml
There is a wealth of information there.
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Sergei wrote:But Brady, you should go to the main Indy Gear whip page and check out these links:
http://www.indygear.com/gear/whip_links.shtml
Wow. That page has really come a long way. Good work.
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His name is Sebastian. His screen name is Whipenth here on the board. He appears on the board from time to time.
You can find out more about him and his group Whip Enthusiasts here.
http://www.whipenthusiasts.org/
You can find out more about him and his group Whip Enthusiasts here.
http://www.whipenthusiasts.org/
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