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Hey everybody, it's Ty the Diabolo Guy. Today I'm going to teach you the Elevator, one of

the classic moves. You can only do this with the fixed axel Diabolo. You cannot do it with

a ball-bearing Diabolo, but the trick is to make the Diabolo climb the string. Kids love

it. Crowds love it. Check it out. It climbs the string slowly, slower than it would fall.

So, let's watch this bad boy in slow motion here in just a second. It's a fun trick you

can do and I'll tell you about that in just a second. First you've got to get that Diabolo

going really fast, screaming fast, spinning like crazy. You're going to turn to your left

and you're going to take that right hand over the Diabolo and down. You're going to make

a loop over the Diabolo, not a full loop like you normally would, just a half loop, because

you're going to pull down on the stick, at the bottom, pulling down getting that string

tight. If the string is not tight, the Diabolo will not climb. Once your string is tight,

the Diabolo climbs the string nice and slow. You can let it got up and over the top of

your stick with a little flourish. It'll have a half loop on it and you'll just have to

drop it and undo it. Let's watch it now in normal motion. Get that Diabolo spinning super

fast. It's got to be fast or it will not work. Use either the whip or your loop acceleration

technique. Pull over and down, nice and tight. Now if you get it going really fast and you

play with the tension of your string, you can make it kind of go up and down a little

bit at a time, so it pauses in the middle and goes up and down. That is the elevator.

Check it out. Have fun.

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