The Ice Cube Jam

by Crazy Ivan

Monday should be an interesting day.  The weather guy is calling for rain all day and Monk, Mav, Animal and I are all off.  I have a sneaking suspicion that we'll wind up filming a little video.

Animal and I have been talking for a week about putting together a video where we revisit some of the craziest things we've ever Myachied.  I suppose every fanatic of the game eventually picks up a ketchup packet, a set of keys or their little brother's iPhone and starts throwing down a jam.  It's obviously tougher than a yummy Myachi so there are fewer tricks that you can do, but we've long said that you haven't mastered a move until you can do it with an ice cube.

The "Ice Cube Jam" became quite a thing in Myachi back in 04 and 05.  We were doing a lot of outdoor work in the summer so tossing around an ice cube was pretty appealing.  Eventually, like all things in Myachi, it became a competition.  The goal was to be the first to throw down a sick jam with an ice cube until there was nothing left.

"Catch it... Kick it... Flip it... and Stick it!"

This is actually much harder than it sounds.  Obviously, as the ice cube melts your hands are getting wetter and wetter and the target is getting smaller and smaller.  It's relatively easy when you've got a whole ice cube to work with, but once it's down to the size of a dime you've really got to worry about it slipping through your fingers.

But Ice Cubes are far from the only strange thing we've ever Myachied.  I watched a kid at HQ throwing down Cold Fusions and Wolverines with a basketball.  I've seen Maverick Crypto an open can of Red Bull.  I've seen Monk throw down an incredible shred with a half full water bottle.  I've seen Animal Triple-Matrix two smartphones.  I've personally pulled off a Double Wolverine with a 9 pound bowling ball and there's a 9 foot long pillow in the living room of the House of Skills that Animal and I have hit every trick on the DVD with.

Clearly, nothing beats a Myachi when it comes to Myaching, but as you get really good with it you can't help but challenge yourself with ever more ridiculous objects.

Okay... maybe not that ridiculous.

So now we get to the audience participation part of the blog.  Since it looks like we'll have a rainy day tomorrow to put it together, I'm asking you for ideas.  What would you like to see Animal, Maverick, Monk or myself try to Myachi?  We'll try pretty much anything as long as (in the words of the infamous juggling quartet "The Flying Karamazov Brothers") it's not a live animal or anything that might stop us from being live animals.

If you have a suggestion, leave it in the comments, slap it on our Facebook page or send it to me at crazyivan@myachi.com.  And be on the look out for the video on Monday or Tuesday...