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Season 1

  • S01E01 Casino Skills

    George Joseph spent his career taking your money in Las Vegas. He's trying to give back by showing you how to look like a master card dealer. Scare all your friends into thinking you're a card mechanic at the next poker game!

  • S01E02 Frisbee Throws

    Tom Leitner from Santa Cruz, California teaches you the skills you need to up your disc golf game because no one plays frisbee anymore. There's not even a dog in this episode, can you believe that?

  • S01E03 Gun Tricks

    Goddamn Howard Darby of Calgary couldn't resist looking like a real western outlaw in all his leather, and all you'll hear throughout this tutorial is all the creaking of his leather. You'll want to put it on mute, but then you can't hear Darby speak. It's maddening, but don't worry, you can barely hear him over all the squeaking and popping of his badass leather chaps. Shame, as he's got some real skill and half decent instruction.

  • S01E04 Pen Spinning

    Austin, Texas is known for being cool and we stopped down there to meet with David Weis and learn a few things about pen spinning. Actually, this one is pretty cool even if it sounds simple and stupid. Easy to learn and easy to pick up, this is probably the gem of the series.

  • S01E05 Street Basketball

    We didn't bother to get these guys' names, they're just members of the Street Basketball Association in Washington DC. They fooled us into thinking they were the Harlem Globetrotters, but they did teach us a few things, like "trust, but verify." Anyway, they'll teach you a few things too.

  • S01E06 Street Soccer Skills

    So, there's another football episode later, and we can't even be consistent, calling it soccer here -- hey Americans, this one's for you! How does street soccer differ from regular football? Let Gino, Djuric, and Washinho demonstrate on the streets of Amsterdam. ...seriously, those are their names. Really.

  • S01E07 (Skate and) Blade

    We claim to have gone out and found the best of the best, so you'd think we'd find Tony Hawk or Rodney Mullen -- or at the very least, a sponsored skater that's a household name. Surprise! We've found Sandro Dias and Fabiola da Silva in Sao Paulo, Brazil and they'll be your masters for the day. Think you can't learn a handplant from a video? You'd be right, because we're not going to teach you that!

  • S01E08 Cards and Magic

    Aladin spells his name with one L, but he doesn't need to be a good speller to be a good magician. He hails from London, UK, and will learnicate you real good on some magic tricks.

  • S01E09 Flatland Bike Skills

    Did you see the movie Rad back in the 1980's? If you didn't, you should go watch it right now because it should have won the Academy Award for best picture in 1986. Martti Kuoppa from Helsinki, Finland thought so highly of it, he sought to stylize his life after it. He couldn't get Lori Laughlin, but he does have mad skills on the bike. Learn to do everything you see in the movie!

  • S01E10 Freestyle Football Moves

    Some people don't care about scoring the most points in football, they just want to look good doing it. Let Mr. Woo from Seoul, South Korea teach you to be the flashiest football player on the pitch. Note to Americans: this isn't the football you're thinking of.

  • S01E11 Juggling

    We found this dude, Mad Chad, on Venice Beach in California. He impressed us, so we thought he'd impress you. He'll teach you simple juggling and move on to four and five ball juggling and a couple of tricks. He knows how to juggle chainsaws, but he won't teach you that. Sorry.

  • S01E12 Ropes and Whips

    You'd think we'd get a real cowboy from Texas to do this, but no! We found Vince Bruce of Sarasota, Florida who claims to be a real cowboy even though he's never ridden a horse. Anyway, he's still pretty good at roping and whipping. You know what they say, "those that can, do. Those that can't, teach."

  • S01E13 Skate (and Blade)

  • S01E14 Baton

    Everyone wanted to be a drum major in high school. In what is surely the coolest episode, Amy Arellano teaches you how to twirl a baton.

  • S01E15 Breakdancing

    In an nearly incomprehensible short segment, the Kryptoknights attempt to teach you breakdancing. Spoiler alert, they will not succeed.

  • S01E16 Scooter Tricks

  • S01E17 Skate

  • S01E18 Street Bike

    In a short segment, Byron Anderson teaches you a few simple street bike moves. You'll learn nothing.

  • S01E19 Yo-Yo

  • S01E20 Bar Flairing

    Bar Flariing is seen in the movie Cocktail, where Tom Cruise plays a bartender who adds tons of embellishments to his serving technique. Christian Delpech is a master of this craft and runs Flair Devils out of Buenos Aires, Argentina which teaches all the skills to be a master bartender.

  • S01E21 Footbag Moves

    Vasek Kloude from Prague in the Czech Republic teaches you eight tricks to help your footbag game.

  • S01E22 Golf Tricks and Skills

    Learn Golf Skills from Vicente Ballesteros of Pedrena, Spain. Learn to lift the ball, hit the ball up, tapping (juggling), the throw and drive, drop and hit, and drive multiple balls with two clubs.

  • S01E23 Pool Shots

    Thorsten Hohmann and Mike Massey from Fulda, Germany teach you all the trick shots that make good pool players look like pool sharks.

  • S01E24 Rugby Kicks

    Carlos Spencer from Auckland New Zealand teaches you how to do Rugby Kicks. Skills include: Punt, Up and Under, Floater, Torpedo, Drop Kick, Banana, and Johnsy.