Did you play with slinkys when you were younger? Josh Jacobs has taken a childhood toy and turned it into a visually stunning art form. Slinky manipulation is a fairly new practice, starting around 2010. Josh got into “slinking” eight years ago when watching an incredible Chinese performer do things he never thought possible with a slinky. Now, Josh is one of the best slinky manipulators in the world.
Check out Josh’s channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@SlinkyJosh
To learn more about Josh’s slinkys, check out: http://www.HyperSpringToys.com
Director: Charlie Jordan
Director of Photography: Colin Witherill
Editor: Richard Trammell
Talent: Joshua “Slinky Josh” Jacobs
Producer: Wendi Jonassen
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Melissa Cho
Production Manager: Eric Martinez
Production Coordinator: Fernando Davila
Audio: Ted Thacker
Cam Op/Gaffer: Alex Witkowicz
Production Assistant: Daniel Ellis
Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Assistant Editor: Ben Harowitz
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Just a thought but for the long slinky seems like that would be prime to use with a partner and do some wild tricks with 2 people like pass it between eachother with some transfers off objects and surfaces using bounces
I liked this video I wanted to finish it but then I got 4 ads (1 ad of 2 non skippables) back to back after watching a minute of the actual video and then I decided to stop watching it. Hopefully they make a sport out of it like he envisions.
I’ve literally met this man at a festival
So he took someone’s moves and you’re interviewing him instead of the creator of the actual artist ?
Everybody loves a slinky… a slinky, go slinky go.. 😂
this looks like so much fun
WTF did I just watch?
I super glued a bunch together when I was a kid. In the end it was ridiculous
why not making famous the Chinese guy instead?
Sooo, he ended world hunger with this, right? Right?
He’s definitely single
This is an ad ya?
I wonder if you could make one that made musical tones
A great couples’ game…launching the slinky onto a target…(hint: similar to pin the tail on the donkey, except you pin the slinky onto the third leg)
I’m getting a slinky and a half bag of shrooms tomorrow.
Acting like my man Ace wasn’t sending Slinkies down the steps of Tibetan temples nearly 20 years before the hipsters discovered it…
Hes downlow got creeper/stalker vibes when he’s out and about. It’s the glasses. He definitely learned this to get closer to his quarry😮
Is that the Byrdfest around the 1:50 mark? Rockin with Jimmy?
He’s no slunk.
When robberies become too much for security.. this guy steps in.