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Bullwhip Cracking: the many ways to crack a whip
Visit my Myspace Page: www.myspace.com/adamwinrich I'm demonstrating several different ways to crack a whip. I'm using a 6 ft nylon cow whip. The cracks demonstrated are: 1. Cattleman's crack 2. Overhead crack 3. Flick 4. Slow figure 8 5. fast fig...

Bullwhip Cracking: the slow figure 8
Here's a video I threw together to describe how to do the slow figure 8. This crack essentially combines the cattleman's crack with the reverse cattleman's crack. While I use a stockwhip in this video, it can also be done with a bullwhip.

Bullwhip Cracking: The Volley
Here's a video giving a little more information on how to do the volley. I'm using a 16-plait 6 ft kangaroo bullwhip that I made. I currently hold the Guinness World Record for the most bullwhip cracks in a minute, and this is the whip I used. Th...

Bullwhip Cracking: The Coachman's Crack
Here's a demonstration of how to do the coachman's crack. I'm using an 8 ft 4-plait cowhide bullwhip that I made and offer for sale on my website, www.winrichwhips.com.

Bullwhip Cracking: how to open a can of rootbeer
In this video I demonstrate how a full can of rootbeer can be cut in half with a whip. I'm using a 6 ft stockwhip. This video was kindly shot and edited by Jack Dagger: The King of Fling, knife thrower extraordinaire. Check out www.jackdagger.com.

How to Crack a Whip: the Cattleman's Crack
I do my best to explain the most basic way to crack a bullwhip: the cattleman's crack. This crack is also known as the circus crack, gypsy crack, drover's crack, and the lion tamer's crack. I'm using an 8 ft David Morgan bullwhip, mainly because it...

Bullwhip Cracking: The Snake Killer
The crack demonstrated in this video is called the 'snake killer.' It's a nice crack to for putting a fast succession of cracks close to the ground. Only the fall of the whip should be hitting the ground, which will happen after the whip cracks. It...

Bullwhip Cracking: the Tasmanian Cutback
This is a how-to video explaining a crack called the Tasmanian Cutback, which I believe was created by Chris Beck of Tasmania, Australia. I'm using a 6 ft nylon cow whip made by Florida whipmaker Chris Hall. If you like this video, leave a rating ...

Bullwhip Cracking: multiple-cracking for the 10 ft bullwhip
Here I am with a 10 ft David Morgan bullwhip demonstrating some moves that I can do with it.

Bullwhip Cracking: the overhead crack
This video demonstrates the overhead crack and a couple tricks that can be done with it. I'm using a 4-strand cowhide bullwhip that I made called the Indy-on-a-budget bullwhip. For more information on this whip check out www.winrichwhips.com.

Bullwhip Cracking: the Flick
Here's a quick video where I give some tips on doing a crack called the flick. I'm using an 8 ft David Morgan bullwhip. www.winrichwhips.com

Bullwhip Cracking: The Singleton Special
The Singleton Special: this is a whip crack created by Andrew Thomas of Australia and is named after Singleton, the town where Andrew is from. If you like the video, leave a rating of 5 stars! If you have any questions, leave a comment or send a mess...

Adam Winrich: Firewhips at Night
Adam Winrich demonstrates swinging and cracking two firewhips at night. Kids, don't try this at home! www.winrichwhips.com

Cracking the Indy-on-a-budget Bullwhip
Here is a little routine demonstrating the Indy-on-a-budget bullwhip. It's meant to be amusing, showing how a whip can be a 'pet'. I take the whip for a walk, order it to 'sit', 'lay down', and 'stay'. The whip also rolls over and 'speaks'. The s...

Bullwhip Cracking: targeting, wrapping and grabbing
Here I am in my back yard cutting up a few dandelions with a 10 ft David Morgan bullwhip. I saw "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" in theaters when I was 9 years old. Ever since seeing that movie I've been fascinated with whips. Of course, I saw ...

Bullwhip Cracking: wrapping and grabbing
This video is about doing wraps with a whip. The whip I'm using is a 6 ft kangaroo bullwhip by Joe Strain. With wraps, I find it helps to have a long, heavy-weight fall on your whip, somewhere around 5 mm thick and 30 inches long or so. For practi...

Bullwhip Cracking: single whip free-style
Here's a video of me doing some one-handed free-style whip cracking. The whip is a 6 ft nylon cow whip with a 19" handle. Please leave a rating or a comment! I wanna know what you guys out there think!

Bullwhip Cracking: the Fast Figure-8
Here's a quick how-to video explaining the whip crack known as the fast figure-8. I'm using an 8 ft Indy-on-a-Budget bullwhip which I made and I've been selling them through my website www.winrichwhips.com. For an extra challenge, try putting togeth...

Amplified boogie blues harp
Just wanted to get my amp and mic out and post some amplified playing.

Cracking a whip and Juggling at the same time
Here's a trick I've been working on: juggling two balls in one hand and cracking a whip in the other hand. With the last few cracks the whip is passing through the two ball pattern. Also, look for the move where I twirl the whip handle around my ha...

Bullwhip cracking: more multiple cracking patterns
If you've managed to learn all the basic cracks, use some of the patterns shown here as inpiration to learn more. I'd say all these patterns can be learned by experimentation, trial and error. So if you see one you like and you don't get it right aw...

Butterfield, Gussow inspired blues harp
I watched one of Adam Gussow's latest videos on YouTube about Paul Butterfield's version of 'Too Many Drivers at the Wheel' and then went out to the shop and played something using the couple licks that I remembered.

My whip collection
While I make whips, I also enjoy collecting whips from other whip makers. Since I do most of my whip cracking with stockwhips, the majority of the whips in my collection are stockwhips. But don't worry, there's a few bullwhips in there, too.

slowest harmonica player in the world
Here's a blues improv based on a saxophone lick I got off some blues CD many years ago. I'm playing a G marine band.