daniel reinard Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Been wanting to start a phonebook thread for a while to see what everyone is doing with them. I've been wanting to see some wicked variations of tears. So post up your destruction here. Get creative. Post vids or pics if you want. We can keep the thread ongoing to see who can do the craziest tear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel reinard Posted June 26, 2012 Author Share Posted June 26, 2012 Some past stuff... pic of a book in 9ths. I think it was 1046 pages, can't remember. Def under 1100 pages. Was supposed to be 4ths lengthwise but I screwed it up so went 3rds then each piece into thirds. This was tough and endurance related. This was today. Saw an online challenge. Was already drinking it up because I just got back from the gym. I had to post my entry quickly for the challenge. This was the fattest book I've ripped, then the binding was just a bonus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwwm Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Wow!!! You're on a tear!!! :D We haven't gotten phonebooks here in some time. I guess I need to call up the phone company and request some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yummy Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Isn't their a certaine technique to this which makes it easier? I always though their was a trick to doing this. At least for just tearing a easy one in half not the whole 9ths thing that is ridiculous lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel reinard Posted June 26, 2012 Author Share Posted June 26, 2012 Isn't their a certaine technique to this which makes it easier? I always though their was a trick to doing this. At least for just tearing a easy one in half not the whole 9ths thing that is ridiculous lol. Yes, there is the pop technique. That takes grip out of the equation. For the purpose of the thread, don't do that technique! Us gripsters do the grip and rip method. Both techniques look different. You can youtube them and see. PaulKnight made a great how to for grip and rip. Definitely check that out. Martin, the grocery store may have a stack of them too. Just ask the clerk. Let's see some tears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannon Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Clay had a good tutorital on a few different methods as well--don't know if that's still out there. It looks like a bear attacked that book Daniel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBmania Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Nice tear, Daniel! This is my personal best. It was about 1100 pages. I haven't trained too much in phonebook tearing. I'm pretty sure this doesn't constitute popping, does it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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daniel reinard Posted June 26, 2012 Author Share Posted June 26, 2012 Clay had a good tutorital on a few different methods as well--don't know if that's still out there. It looks like a bear attacked that book Daniel! I got started with Paul's vid. Then Mike Krahling made a vid that was packed full of tiny technique tips that make a different. Def some good watching for tearers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel reinard Posted June 26, 2012 Author Share Posted June 26, 2012 Nice tear, Daniel! This is my personal best. It was about 1100 pages. I haven't trained too much in phonebook tearing. I'm pretty sure this doesn't constitute popping, does it? Good tear man. 1100 pages is a good sized book. It's hard to find ones much bigger than that. Can always stack 2 books. It's quite tough! I can't tell what 'style' that is. Maybe a variation of popping to be honest? Just by going on how the book tore. Hard to tell. Nonetheless looked tough man. Dude, that was awesome! And a mini book is deceptively hard, for leverage reasons. That was wicked man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbe705 Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 I think that popping can be useful for people to learn how to make a weakness in the book to attack. I agree though that popping is super easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macaz Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 This is a cool thread. Daniel you really went ape on that book Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel reinard Posted June 27, 2012 Author Share Posted June 27, 2012 (edited) Dude ever since you showed me how to do the binding I have been working on it. I love seeing what others are doing so I can up my game too. This was a quick binding tear. I was at my gym when the manager and worker asked me to show them all sorts of tears. It surprised me how quickly and off center it was, so I snuck in a 2nd tear. BTW, that's Hans talking smack to his employees. Lol. Edited June 27, 2012 by daniel reinard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norden Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 Been wanting to start a phonebook thread for a while to see what everyone is doing with them. I've been wanting to see some wicked variations of tears. So post up your destruction here. Get creative. Post vids or pics if you want. We can keep the thread ongoing to see who can do the craziest tear. Daniel, just a question, do you never tear cards? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickr104 Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 Not a PR but it won me free grippers so I thought I would post it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel reinard Posted June 27, 2012 Author Share Posted June 27, 2012 Daniel, just a question, do you never tear cards? Yes I tear cards on occasion. Nothing huge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel reinard Posted June 27, 2012 Author Share Posted June 27, 2012 Not a PR but it won me free grippers so I thought I would post it. Won ya three free CoCs. Pretty sweet challenge. When I saw the challenge there were 4 entries, Nicks was the only grip n rip. And his tear was also the fastest. Lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norden Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 Daniel, just a question, do you never tear cards? Yes I tear cards on occasion. Nothing huge. I've never really tried phonebooks, but I've been tearing some cards. What's easiest in general? You can't really cheat when tearing cards, but when tearing phonebooks it seems hard to judge when someone is using that pop technique or not, or am I wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickr104 Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 you can tell if they are popping for sure. They will V the book and push in with the index fingers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel reinard Posted July 1, 2012 Author Share Posted July 1, 2012 Tried a 832 book into 3rds lengthwise then the strips into 4ths. Wow, that was rough. Ran out of gas on the last strip. The binding portion went easy, almost got 5ths out of that. But the other strips were slippery and flexible. The wrists are quite sore from wrestling those pages. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel reinard Posted July 21, 2012 Author Share Posted July 21, 2012 Gave a 1432 page book into thirds a go. Was undecided on halves or thirds on the binding so just went for it and let the tear dictate it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRC Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Just tore that same SF book today; first attempt at a book over 1000 pages. No video and all pages minus the front cover 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel reinard Posted July 22, 2012 Author Share Posted July 22, 2012 (edited) nice man! over 1000 pages it really starts to get rough. And once you can tear a decent sized book like that, all the other ones will feel tiny. Most are 900 or so. I'll bet you could 3rds a slightly thinner book. anyways, that's the medley book so looking forward to seeing pages fly during your medley run! Edited July 23, 2012 by daniel reinard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel reinard Posted August 26, 2012 Author Share Posted August 26, 2012 The lady tore this grip and rip, then tore the binding. Prob a ~700 page book. Not bad for a first tear and being 5'2". She said both tears were easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odin Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Daniel, tearing the book into sections the way you do is very impressive, great work! Here's my latest tearing; still don't feel proficient form-wise, but improving every week: The first book is 1192 pgs. (~1.5") and the second is ~1470 pgs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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