Vegas Tricks

C-Fan · Post by **C-Fan** » 04 Oct 2011 06:34

This summer I got to spend a month in the Vegas area. As someone who almost always shreds solo, getting to play regularly with Gatesman and Skaggs was a huge treat. Brian Bear was also there for a week, so I got a few sessions in with him too. Playing with all these creative players and being exposed to their styles inspired me to hit a ton of new tricks while I was out there.

Here’s a short video I put together of the tricks I learned in Vegas. Please watch it in HD:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfBz5fFCcHQ[/youtube]

As always, comments appreciated. Thanks for watching.

Asmus · Post by **Asmus** » 04 Oct 2011 06:53

Nice video Ken!
Would like to see you link some of those revup tricks to something cool.
Revup > Quantum Muted Reverse Swirl would be sick.

verena · Post by **verena** » 04 Oct 2011 10:15

thanks for the video, ken! your game's looking great,- i was impressed!

F[uns]tylin' Eclectic · Post by **F[uns]tylin' Eclectic** » 04 Oct 2011 14:10

Sick stuff, Ken.

Of course I would say this, but I really liked the flapper stuff you learned. Flapper Rev-Up & Flapper Twirl are great tricks.

Radek · Post by **Radek** » 04 Oct 2011 23:43

Hey Ken!

All those mid-time and even down time erverse swirlings were sweet! And I hate you for peeking drifter

good job, keep kicking

PS. last combo

C-Fan · Post by **C-Fan** » 05 Oct 2011 09:52

Thanks for taking the time to comment guys; I really appreciate it.

Radek: all of the reverse swirl stuff was inspired by playing with Evan. It's too bad I didn't learn ripstein from him while I was there.

Asmus wrote:Would like to see you link some of those revup tricks to something cool.

I've been hitting revup on one side since 04 or 05, but that one ends on my weak toe. Flip revup is still hard to clean, and I've only been hitting it since my last week in Vegas, but it does end on my stronger toe. And now my flip toe is a lot stronger than it was 5 years ago, so I decided to take your suggestion and work on doing sets out of revups. Here's the results from yesterday:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDarms35HNw[/youtube]

Nick: I recently had a session in Phoenix where I tried for an unusual trick in every string. But yeah, it'd be cool to start incorporating unusuals more frequently. It's just real easy to forget about them when you're in the middle of a string.

F[uns]tylin' Eclectic · Post by **F[uns]tylin' Eclectic** » 05 Oct 2011 17:26

Yeah Ken! Great Flappers and other weird things! I love that video! Pixie Diving Flapper is sick

Here's a short list of some of my favorite [Uns] tricks you should try:

~Stepping ss Flapper
~Stepping Ducking Muted Flapper
~Pixie Solestice
~Ripwalk ending on Flapper
~Spinning Ducking Flapper
~Pixie Muted Flapper
~Flapper to something spinning
~Flapper> op Flapper
~Zoom out of Solestice
~Flapper Ducking (anything)
~Flapper Kick> Reverse Swirl

Hope to see some of these from you eventually.

sen · Post by **sen** » 05 Oct 2011 20:13

Great stuff Ken!

slapdash21 · Post by **slapdash21** » 06 Oct 2011 07:57

havent commented on a video in a long time so you know i mean it when i say those were some choice moves. way to push the boundaries and make it look easy at the same time.
thanks for takin the time to make that!

CIC flurry · Post by **CIC flurry** » 09 Oct 2011 10:30

"Vegas Tricks" sounds like a reality show about prostitution

ok I'll watch the video now.

C-Fan · Post by **C-Fan** » 17 Oct 2011 08:34

That crossed my mind too, Tom.

Thanks again everybody for the nice comments. Since I made this video, I've continued my streak of hitting new tricks. I now have enough that I'm going to make another "new tricks" video soon. Thanks again for commenting!