The Victorian Cutback from 4/7/2017 to 4/16/2017

At the request of the members, the 10/10 challenge has its own section now. Every 10 days a new thread will be opened for that particular exercise.
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Post by Mark Elliott »

That looks pretty good. I haven't tried to do this yet.
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Post by Scott A. Cary »

That looks good, Russell. This one always ends poorly for me...
I'll give it a try, Dad, but it's going to be really hard...kind of like trying to saw something in half using a banana.
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Post by Russell Jones »

Thanks for the encouraging comments gentlemen. It's good to hear i'm in the right track :)
This technique felt unnatural at first, bringing the whip towards you with momentum can be a little scary in the beginning.
After that it feels like a matter of timing the cutback in relation to the length of your whip.
When you begin achieving a crack and applying the refining process it's very satisfying to feel the smooth flow of the VC.
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Post by Flemming Bo Christiansen »

Trying to catch up with you

https://youtu.be/XrePAo-hVLw
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Post by Robert Gage »

Flemming, that's impressive. I've never yet managed to do this at all!
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Post by Flemming Bo Christiansen »

Thank You Robert.

I get a lot of help from the whip. And in my case it is a matter of "with or against the curve".

I I try to do it the wrong way, I won't succed.
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Post by Russell Jones »

Flemming that's looking good :) I think we both need to slow down a little bit but you're definitely on the right track :)
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Post by Ron May »

I agree with Russel about using less power.

Going with the curve of the whip is where the "swiveling handle" Robby mentioned comes in to play with a lot of cracks.

Great new avatar Russel. :)

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Post by Russell Jones »

Cheers Ron :)
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Post by Jyri Haveri »

https://youtu.be/f-5FnfN81B4
Here is my first video on this.
I was in hurry to get to our hunting hut before the deer so i was too hasty.
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Post by Mark Elliott »

Pretty good Jyri, I wouldn't even have been able to stand up out there.
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Post by Ron May »

That looks very good Jyri.
That's one way to avoid using too much power.
Otherwise you would have slipped and fell.

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Post by Jyri Haveri »

Ha ha :D thats one way to brake your hip :D
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Jyri, that's very impressive - of least because of the ice! Well done!
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Post by Jessie Edwards »

Nice job, Jyri. Wet ice is fun. I was on ice like that the whole time I was taking pictures of snow whip. You said you were in a hurry, so I won't fuss at you for Cracking so fast :). At least you got your time in. That alone is pretty epic.
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Post by Ben Varsek »

Jyri, cracking a whip on ice makes it even more challenging, but you've totaly nailed it, very good job!

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Post by Jyri Haveri »

Thank you everyone!
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Post by Scott A. Cary »

Jyri, that looks good. The VC is a crack I've never managed to figure out.
I'll give it a try, Dad, but it's going to be really hard...kind of like trying to saw something in half using a banana.
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Post by Wolfgang Timm »

Not the one that started it all for me, but Robbys tutorial was the first one I really studied several times and it got me more interested to REALLY get into whipcracking and not just hammering overhead cracks as loud as possible...
This was shot two years ago I think...I have not improved very much since then with this crack.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LNnRKKRTn3o
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Post by Robert Gage »

Wolfgang, I'm afraid that link doesn't work for me. :(
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