 In the drill community, there are always moves being made, improved, and/or resurfaced for the use of drillers. Many of us will look at these moves and ask the same questions such as, “Has this been done before?” “Who made this move first?” “Why is this popular now?” and so on. In this series, we will be going over the constant changes and trends in the drill community, what is the new “hot” move or trick being used, and where did it come from. To start us off in this series, we will start off with the “Hourglass.” The Origin: The move known as the “Hourglass” was first made by none other than the 6X World Champion Andres Ryan in 2008. When asked on the origin of the move he sent a clip of one of the very first time the move being used:  Also when asked on the ID Discord about the recent trend of the move being used, he had this to say about it: “I came up with that move in 2008 I can’t believe its still being used quite a bit and I’m seeing new variations almost every month.” One of the most well know times the hourglass has been put to use is Justin Delaurier 2013 WDC winning routine. The Trend:
Now here is the main question, why is an old move trending now? Well there are many things that could be the cause of this. One cause of this trend can be led to Stephen Gulley’s 2019 NHSDTC routine where he used this move as a finishing part of his report out. This is one of the recent cases of this move being used in a national level competition. Another big player that can be a cause of this is Oscar Arroyo, a well know drill historian and trick monkey. With Oscar having a big return into drill in the start of 2018, many old tricks have slowly been resurfacing. Oscar has been using this move in many different variations as of recently and has been posting it on a drill account with over 1500 followers. Along with this he recently competed in one of the biggest drill events of the year, The Summer Drill Tour, and used this move in one of his only solo’s snice his return. The End? This move has a lot of background and history along with new variations being made by many creative drillers. So, will this trend die out? As of right now it is here to stay as it is still an extremely popular move for both trick monkeys and flow drillers. Now all we have to do is wait for someone to do this OTH. Sources: Justin Delaurier 2013 ISIS WDC - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0H4X10oNBw&t=188s Stephen Gulley 2019 NHSDTC - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OppEg5wlx4I&t=73s Oscar Arroyo – @elef3600 Instagram - @bestofdrillclips By: Andrew Katz Comments are closed.
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