Some unused clips Dustin Shepard filmed for Matt Emig’s Reelex video. Also a few clips he filmed with Jeremy Marinas messing around last year.  New gym sampler with harder tricks coming soon… (we hope)

Hi Everyone!

Hope everyone is doing well. I have been training hard and experimenting with new tricks and combos. I like this time of year because I can spend more time trying out new tricks and combos. They don’t always work out but the process is fun and can lead to some new and interesting ways to combine your tricks.

2011 was a good year. I started off the beginning of the year with a broken bone in my foot but once I fully healed things got better.  Some of my big tricking highlights for 2011 were my double corks, cheat 9 hyper hooks, C1080′s, and being able to do my fulls now on both sides. Here is a small sampler I put together of some of my 2011 tricks. I hope you enjoy it!! Till next time, keep training hard core!!!

Hyper Athlete & World Champion Carson Crawford just dropped his new sampler yesterday. Carson is one of the coolest kids we have gotten a chance to work with. He has some pretty mean & clean combos here, plus killer weapons skills. Be on the look out for Carson in 2012!

Shout out to Stephen Renney & Elevate Creations for putting together another great sampler.

[Guest Blog Post by Jacob Wolfman]

Filmed by a community from around the world on a single day, Life In A Day Of A Tricker is a social networking collaboration about martial arts tricking.

This project simply could not have happened without you! There was no way I could fit everyone’s footage into the final cut, however I did watch every video submission and I was overjoyed listening to the stories you shared. Thank you very much! This project was very difficult to piece together, but I hope you still find the stories in this video just as inspiring as I did. As Joseph Bein puts it, “[tricking] has brought me together with undoubtedly the most amazing people in the world”. Couldn’t have said it better myself Joseph.

Trick on my friends!

Jacob Wolfman
Facebook Flippin  The Script
Youtube Channel

This Pumpkin is crazy cool!

Carved by Bonnie and Miranda Raitt at Gold Medal Martial Arts

We ran across this crazy & creative pumpkin carving! We’ve seen Ray Villafane’s stuff before but this punch one is awesome!

VIA BBC ICECREAM
Don’t forget we are looking for your Hyper or Martial Arts themed pumpkin carvings this week. Make sure to post them on the Hyper Facebook Page and we’ll pick the best one for this year’s featured winner!

Last year Scott Zsadanyi sent in this one!

Travel to Huntington Beach and Los Angeles with the Hyper Pros for a weekend of tricking in the streets, shooting training videos, training and having fun.

Get behind the scenes of the shoot to look at why we created Hyper and how we want to help martial arts become the biggest youth sport in the world.

Hyper’s mission is to recognize the incredible athletes that train in the Martial Arts, compete and do tricks. We respect tradition and embrace the people who are constantly evolving and innovating. Check it out on Hyper TV

Over the past weekend, Kalman Csoka gave the last performance of his NASKA career at the 2011 Diamond Nationals. He did his double sword form blindfolded!! He nearly got straight 10’s with only one 9.99. I’ve enjoyed competing against Kalman over the past few years. He has truly innovated and pushed the limits of our sport and has pushed me. As a friend, teammate and competitor I am going to truly miss him. A lot of people don’t remember but Kalman suffered a knee injury a couple of years before I broke my knee.  He gave me hope, encouragement and motivation.  I have tremendous respect for Kalman and he is a great friend!

Matt Emig

[Guest Blog Post by Jacob Wolfman]

Hello planet trick!

I’m really excited to share with you a new project I’ve been working on for the past several weeks. This is a short film based off the popular documentary directed by Kevin Macdonald, “Life In A Day”. Using social media, I asked trickers around the globe to film themselves tricking on the single day of September 3, 2011. On one day, the community turned on their cameras and shared their stories about why they trick and what it means to them. I’ve just begun the editing process, but I’ve set myself a deadline to have the project ready to go on December 3, 2011 on my Youtube channel, ‘Flippin The Script!’. I restricted the footage to a single day because having all the footage in one day represents the unity within the global tricking community. Trickers are without question the most awesome, passionate, epic, boundary-pushing group of super heroes on the planet.

Follow along on Facebook and Youtube to stay updated about the progress of this film.

Trick on my friends.

Jacob Wolfman (‘OldSkoolKarate’)

youtube.com/flippinthescript

facebook.com/flippinthescript

I recently got the opportunity to travel to Japan to shoot a commercial for JVC. It was my first time there and I was super excited! It was amazing how similar Japan was to the US you can still find McDonalds and all the same stuff there that you can find in the states! HA! Their technology is super cool, all of their cell phones work as credit cards in the train station and even some convenience stores. They just slide and go! So cool!

Shooting of the commercial was long, about 13-14 hours on set but it was so much fun and the cast and crew were great! The day started off kind of hard because everyone spoke japanese and of course I don’t. Luckily my translator helped to keep me in the loop with everything on set. The hardest part was probably tricking on concrete after a 12 hour day of standing around and filming. Cutting the apples, rose, and grapefruit was also quite difficult with my sword. When the object is flying at you, you have to have precise timing to make the cut. But I was up for the challenge and would not have wanted it any other way. The final edit of the commercial turned out to be amazing!

Check out more photos and slow motion shots from the JVC Shoot

Throughout the summer we have seen Hyper fans from around the world posting sticker and shirt sighting photos over on our Facebook Page. From California to New York and from Switzerland to Kosovo.

Check out some of the photos here in the Sightings Album.

We’re always looking for the best photos to feature!
So snap some pics and let us know where you are from!

Tricking is a beautiful sport but unlike most other sports it has no season, no real winners or losers. It is really an art as much as it is a sport. It is about the evolution of the tricker, the journey itself, the expression of emotions that can be felt when we trick or watch someone else trick. We see this all the time at any gathering, no matter how competitive the battle, we are one community, supporting, cheering, celebrating, inspiring, encouraging…

Tricking should not be judged. It would be like trying to judge art or music, we just know when it moves us. Trickers should not be split into groups or classes. We are ONE and It doesn’t matter who you are, where you are from, or which gender you are… If you are a tricker then you just get all this. It is the essence of our community, part of the beauty of being a tricker.

I feel very lucky to have discovered this sport. I was born into acrobatics, starting structured gymnastics at a very early age. But there was something missing. I loved the freedom that came from flying through the air but gymnastics is governed by nothing but rules and judges. Tricking offered another avenue that allowed me to still do all that but without all those restrictions. It allowed me to express myself in whatever way I chose at that moment. I got to make tricking my own – no rules, no limits. Nobody was there telling me what to do or how to do it. It also meant I would need to learn on my own.

But I never really was alone in that regard because of all the great trickers that laid the groundwork before me. Anis Cheurfa, Danny Graham, Jeremy Marinas, Sesshomaru… just to name a few. I never realized how accepting and willing even the top names in this sport would be to help each other, offer advice, teach, inspire and help spread this sport. There is no other sport where you can say that. I have tremendous respect for all these trickers. Everyone who has helped me along the way to where I am today. It inspires me to do the same and I will. Just another reason why tricking is so awesome and why I love being a tricker!

Tricking is not something I do. Tricking has done something to me. It is the very fabric of what I am and who I will always be.

Hi Everyone,

It has been several months since I have posted anything to the blog.  I’ve been thinking a lot about the importance of setting goals and following through with them.

I set a goal in 2010 of landing a double cork.  I had my single cork down really well and was able to do boxcutters, double fulls out of a cartwheel and double fulls out of a round-off.  It was time to push my abilities and apply my double twists to my corkscrew.  My very first weekend I attempted double cork I landed 3 but they were terrible and were probably cheated in some way.  I didn’t film them since I didn’t expect to land them at all.  Unfortunately After that initial weekend I was no longer able to land them anymore.  I added them to my list of tricks to practice and I kept trying to improve them each and every time.  Pretty soon I was able to land them fully rotated and then fully rotated and on my feet.  By late 2010 I had landed it but not without briefly putting one hand down.

It would have been easy to stop there or back off but I didn’t.  In December of 2010 I technically landed my first double cork but again my hand only barely missed touching the floor and it was off balance.  I wanted to land it completely solid and I really wanted to land it with others at a large gathering.

In January 2011 I had a setback due to a fractured foot.  I didn’t know it was fractured at first but knew something was wrong with it. After getting my walking boot off I just taped it up and continued to compete and trick but I was not able to really practice my double cork until a couple months later.

Finally at Loopkicks Camp 2011 it all came together and I landed what I considered a clean double cork.  The feeling after months and months of practice is indescribable!!  The icing on the cake was doing it in front of my friends and some of the most respected trickers in the world. (Check out the Video Here)

Sometimes when a goal takes a long time to accomplish it is difficult to see the daily progress.  We have to break our goals down into smaller goals and take each step as a victory on our way to our ultimate goal.  This is not an easy thing to always do but sometimes it is the only way.  Keep dreaming and pushing your abilities and setting your goals and whatever you do… “NEVER GIVE UP!”

Hey Y’all!

I just got back from the US OPEN in Orlando, Florida. I had a great time with all of my friends from my Martial Arts school and from the NASKA circuit.

It was exciting! My Instructor Mike Welch and I made it on stage in the Finals for Team Sync Weapons Forms. Afterwards a lot of people were asking me why I wore an Infinity Marital Arts uniform instead of my regular Team AKA Uniform. I train here in Wisconsin with my Mike Welch who owns Infinity Martial Arts so YES I am definitely still on Team AKA and wear that uniform to represent them when I compete Individually!

Overall I did okay this past weekend in competition, but not as well as I hoped. I’ve been really focused on my school over the last few months as well as my dance team which have been taken up much of my regular marital arts time. I did make it onto ESPN though, which I’m ecstatic about!

I have so many summer plans and I love being busy!  I have Capitol Classics in DC coming up in a few weeks and am training hard for it! I’m making sure I can nail all of my tricks and combos.  My big thing that I’m doing now is strengthening my ankles, which have been giving me trouble and I am trying to prevent having to get surgery on them.

Besides my Martial Arts Training I also have my school dance team practice all summer, which I love to go to! My team is coach-less right now, so we are trying to keep our team together while we find a new one. I’ve been living by our team motto lately   ***It’s not how high you fly, but it’s now high you bounce when you fall!*** Which is good to remember for anyone and any sport.

Here are some of my Top Summer Training Tips!

1. When ever you can, train outside and get some fresh air!
2. Drink LOTS AND LOTS of water!!!
3. Great time to condition and run outside and get in shape for karate, and other sports that come in the fall for school.
4. Use your resources that are outside.  If you are at a park, use monkey bars for pull ups, and hang there and do leg lifts, ect. Also, go run in town where you live. (run in groups though, its safer and more fun that way!)
5. Don’t forget to stretch before and after every workout!

Have a great summer!

-Sami Suddeth

It was great seeing everyone last weekend in Florida at the US Open ISKA World Championships.

Thanks to everyone who stopped by the Hyper Booth and hung out. We enjoyed connecting with many old friends and seeing a bunch of new up and coming Martial Artists who are making their mark on the competition circuit. Hats off to all of you for your hard work and we look forward to seeing you at the next event!

Photos are up on the Hyper Facebook Fan page

The weekend ended with a bang with the finals being broadcast live on ESPN3. If you missed it make sure to catch the re-broadcast on ESPN3.com

As always you can check out some great videos from Ken Warner & ZenInc on their Youtube Channel including this one from Hyper Pro Matt Emig during the overall forms grands.

Over the past year Hyper Pro Tyler Weaver tested for his second degree black belt in Taekwondo under Master Jody Horn and Paragon Martial Arts in Colorado and has since balanced his time between competing on the Naska Circuit and his new goal of becoming a World Champion on the American Taekwondo Association (ATA) circuit. We sat down with Tyler after his big win this weekend at ATA World Championships where he took the gold medal World Title in the Xtreme Forms Division.

What has it been like competing on a new circuit?

Competing the new circuit has been challenging. The biggest obstacles include adjusting to different rules, and learning the new styles. I’ve been working really hard and it’s something I am really proud to be part of.

What do you enjoy about the ATA circuit?

The best part is being openly adopted into the ATA after testing for my new black belt rank and seeing the respect that everyone has for each other. The competitors are great and It has been really cool making new friends across the country.

The ATA World Championships is one of the largest events in the Martial Arts world. What was the tournament like?

I had great support from my competitors, family, and friends.  The rules for ATA worlds is something different for what I’m used to. I had to collect points throughout the year  by winning at National and Regional events. Then at Worlds those of us with the most (cumulative) points in the division get an invitation to compete for the World Title. In the end it didn’t matter how many I had, as long as it was top ten in points.

What kicks, or combos did you add to your routine this year? It was beastly! I was up against some SICK talent and great competitors and trickers! I’ve been working hard this year on my Xtreme Form and have added 900′s, sideswipes, B-twists, swing through corks, and double leg fulls.

What are you looking forward to in the upcoming year?

I’ve been teaching Xtreme and Creative classes at Paragon in Colorado as well as seminars at other Martial Arts schools so I look forward to helping make new talent and turning more students into champions!  Teaching is amazing!

Tyler left Little Rock Arkansas and ATA Worlds and is heading to Orlando Florida to train with one of his coaches Marcel Jones to prepare for the US Open. Catch the competition live on ESPN3.com throughout the weekend.


(From Left) Bronze Medalist Mikael Mantis, Gold Medalist Tyler Weaver, Silver Medalist Riley Pederson, Top Ten Finalist Chris Wong. 2011 ATA World Championships Little Rock, Arkansas.

Summer 2011 Season Online

Our Summer Season has been available in Hyper Proshops in Martial Arts Schools for the last few weeks now and we are excited to announce that is now available in our Hyper Online Store for. This season’s collection includes Three new Shirts including Hyper Pro Austin Crain’s new signature INNOVATE Shirt.

Available for USA & International orders.

It’s finally here and no we didn’t have to wait until 2012
Check out Matt Emig’s NEW Sampler- “2011 Reelex”

Shot by Eldente (Dustin Shepard)
Music By Skrillex – Reptile/ Engine-EarZ Experiment – They Live

Check out Matt Emig’s new Sampler Teaser

Shot by Eldente (Dustin Shepard)
Music By The Bloody Beetroots – WARP (feat. Steve Aoki) (Dirtyphonics Remix)