4 year-old Indy!?!?!?!?

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4 year-old Indy!?!?!?!?

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Yesterday I was outside cracking my whip and my little cousin Gabriel came outside to see me (he is only 4 and loves Indiana Jones :shock: ) well first of let me tell you, I had an old whip which was made for me by a family friend when I went to Guatemala to go see some family. It turned out my great uncle had a friend who made small whips to herd sheep. he found out i had wanted a whip for a long time , so he took me to his friend and i told him what i wanted, an Indiana jones whip, longer than what he usually makes and not a swivel-handle. and in a week i had my first whip! :D
it was not the best but it was nice and it was my first whip so i did not complain. well now that i have my new whip (the Del Carpio) i gave my old one to my little cousin because he really wanted it. cut to yesterday and he comes out with it and starts to crack the whip like a professional!!!!!! :shock: he can only do the overhead crack because that is the only one that works (this whip is like a wet noodle) and it was the one he saw me do countless of times. and i was just so amazed at what he was doing i taped him and here you have it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrKtKhLgAPQ
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That has to be the funniest, most adorable thing I've ever seen on YouTube. I can't wait for my newborn nephew to be that age (he was born in April). I remember being that small and wanting to be virtually every character from the latest movie (Indy, Dick Tracy, Batman, even John McClane).

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lol :D
he loves batman to
maybe i can get a vid of that to (he has the costume)
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start early - will be great whipcracker :P
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Post by Canuck Digger »

OMG! Toooooo cute!!!! I was smiling the whole way through! This kid has a future in whipcracking! My god!
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Pretty dang cool - kid's already got good form. :junior:
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It would be a lot cuter if he was wearing eye protection.
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Post by Marhala »

Great vid, Alex! It made me remember when I came back from the saddlemaker and handed my father the bullwhip I bought when I was nine and told him: Teach me how! :shock: Of course, he had no idea... LOL. #-o :lol:

By the way, the whip you gave to your nephew looks great. It's great to see the Indy spirit passes on to the next generation!

All the Best.
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That's cute. :)

Last May, a friend of mine was in town. He was excited about Indy 4 and wanted to learn how to crack a whip, so we went out in the back yard with the old Mexican 6 footer I had (the only whip I had at the time) and I showed him. My 2.5 year old came down to watch.

About a month later, I had been cleaning out my office and my whip was on the side table. My son was wandering around while working at my desk. Then I heard this whoosh behind me. My son was trying to do forward throws! With good form!

I said we need to go outside to do that. He said ok and on the way out of my office, he grabbed my old aussie "dry as a bone" hat and put it on. I've never worn an Indy type hat while cracking and I haven't even worn that hat in a while, but somehow my son knew that the hat went with the whip. ;)

No, I don't let him do it very offten, and he condition of that whip, it's like throwing a piece of rope around, but he sure looks cute doing it. I'll try to post pictures later.
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That video is the highlight of my day. Thanks for posting.
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I'd say that kid's a natural.
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Post by Alex »

Cool!! My son is sitting next to me watching this and just bugging me to death about being careful and using a whip too. Great....Now I have to get him one too. :roll: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Post by AlexL3000 »

Thanks every one for responding
I will most certainly get some good eye protection for him and maybe even a hat! :)
he did some more cracking today

~Alex

oh and just to be clear he is my cousin not my nephew lol :D
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dear god i couldnt learn to do an overheard until i was 9, thats awesome!
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Post by Marhala »

Sorry! I knew something was not quite right. Your cousin. It's just that when I see a kid that age, I invariably think he should be your cousin, and it's been a long time since I last had a cousin that age! #-o I think I didn't want to feel alone in my adulthood!

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The true heir to the Indy throne when Ford is no longer around
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My son, whom is also 4, watched this video with me. I informed him he needed to play/practice more if he wanted to get that good.

He says " Daddy get me a real whip like yours and I can do that." :shock:

All my son has is the Hasbro Indy whip.
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I can't even do that crack....

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Post by Kiscien »

He crack very nice :). What whip he use?

I have to praise my self ;). This is my brother year ago : http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=IoA5d7EkKlU. He was 9. Now he crack on two hands with 3,5 ft stockwhips :D. It looks very funny when some peoples about 25 come to learn cattleman's crack and he(10) crack same crack on different timing, or he's doing some other cracks :D. They are very confused when they see it :).

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