Triptych Freestyles - Charles Haycock

Some Freestyles. Ain't perfect, but it's cool to see similar tricks, mounts, and movements that can go so many different ways based on what thy intuition decides in the moment on a millisecond to millisecond basis. I always admired Yuuki Spencer for his mastery in this type of improvised play. When I saw him in person it seemed like he never thought about what to do he just did; which is maybe the true definition of playing in general and enjoying something in the moment. That is what I am aspiring to do.

This return top has a very particular feel to it. It's a big boy good for big movements and big catches, but it's very light so you can throw it around and make it do a lot of what small and nimble designs are usually good for. Because of the combination of a light organic shape with extreme rim weight, when it comes to the forgiveness sector the triptych runs along the middle of the spectrum. It is sensitive and doesn't let up too easy on mistakes; however it can still power through certain things that it's grail or quail counterparts might have seized up on. I don't so much like big high rim weight based return tops when they are heavy and sluggish; but this is where we went in the opposite direction. We took big, high rim weight and made it soft and light. It feels like a firm cushion at the end of the string on a throw and on the string during play. If you add to all of this an NSK bearing and throw in the smaller gap size that we did; the levels of butter goes off the charts and the binds make for the smoothest endings or transitions to whatever shenanigans you decide to take part in. A unique design that I am proud to display to you all.