Smoke Rings

[conundrum]

Hey guys, i just registered, and i'm sure there has been a post about smoke rings. But my question might be a tad different.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3LNzCWBrNE I saw this video quite some time ago, and i was very intrigued. Her smoke rings are huge and thick. I'm not sure what technique she's using and i don't know anywhere else to look.

So basically, i know how to do smoke rings, making the little "oh" noise, using your tongue, or closing your jaw. But all of these techniques don't make my rings as huge as hers. I'm wondering if anyone knows, how to make bigger thicker rings like hers, mine are pussy compared to hers. Is it a combination of both techniques? Also, i'm using a rather small hookah since my parent's aren't fond of it, so i smoke when no one's home. Is it that i need a bigger better hookah? I picked mine up for 40 bucks lol. Any help comments questions or opinions are very appreciated thanks.

[srawas89]

Pics of your hookah will def. be needed to see what kind it is and that will somewhat depend on the amount of smoke you can produce. Other factors on smoke quantity are the tobacco you are using and the coals as well. As far as techniques I think you are mixing up the "oh" noise and the tongue technique. With the tongue you make a wall to the back of your throat with it and than push out slightly while your mouth is in an O shape. To do the technique with the "oh" sound keep your tongue flat on the bottom of your mouth as best you can and make a slight but inaudible coughing sound as if you are faking a cough. Since your esophagus is naturally round the smoke will come out round but make sure your mouth is still in an O shape. Thats all the advice I can give.

[srawas89]

Well I doubt she is combining the tongue technique with the fake cough one because the tongue would disrupt the natural O shape. I think what she may be doing is using the fake cough while at the same time closing her jaw slightly. Another big factor is the amount of you yourself can inhale and how much you can push out from your lungs after inhaling. That is different for everyone. I good test is to see how thick of clouds you can get smoking normally once you have the right amount of heat and juicy shisha like Al Fakher. Could you post pics of the tobacco you are using?

[conundrum]

Hey man, i don't have a picture of my tobacco i use, it's called "Starbuzz tabacco" It comes in a rather large can and it's 20 bucks, lasts a good while but i'm still a rather "noob" to hookah products and such. Do you think she might be using is the jaw and tongue? I can't tell, but it doesn't seem like her jaw is moving at all. I can inhale a good amount but the smoke my hookah produces is rather minimal, but she has the same sized hookah i do. My clouds come out not so thick, but a lot of smoke.. Not sure how to describe it except the smoke is thin but i exhale a lot of smoke. thanks for your help i appreciate it.

[Stuie]

Welcome to the forum. Honestly I wish I can help, I try every once and a while guess i just need to sit down and just try till i get it, like Canon said to me once, "I just sat down and tried till I got it and was so buzzed out of my mind I couldn't move"

[Turkish]

Hey man, i don't have a picture of my tobacco i use, it's called "Starbuzz tabacco" It comes in a rather large can and it's 20 bucks, lasts a good while but i'm still a rather "noob" to hookah products and such. Do you think she might be using is the jaw and tongue? I can't tell, but it doesn't seem like her jaw is moving at all. I can inhale a good amount but the smoke my hookah produces is rather minimal, but she has the same sized hookah i do. My clouds come out not so thick, but a lot of smoke.. Not sure how to describe it except the smoke is thin but i exhale a lot of smoke. thanks for your help i appreciate it.

The cause for your thin smoke might be the you're way the packing the bowls. Make sure you're packing it loose and sprinkle it, don't press the tobacco down to be able to fit more, since it will dramatically reduce flow.

The technique for doing such big some rings(my technique) is to just make an O and exhale in 'sets', takes a damn lot of practice to master.

[ahwahoo2006]

Key: getting good dense smoke
Pro tip: for small, quick O's pull smoke into your mouth and flex your cheeks. For fat, slow O's, make your mouth into a big O and do the "fake cough." Practice makes perfect, and besides, some girls just have a natural advantage, if ya know what I mean.

[Chiefin]

Key: getting good dense smoke
Pro tip: for small, quick O's pull smoke into your mouth and flex your cheeks. For fat, slow O's, make your mouth into a big O and do the "fake cough." Practice makes perfect, and besides, some girls just have a natural advantage, if ya know what I mean.

Exactly. If you're trying to get monster O's get your tongue out of the way. Put your tongue in the back of your mouth and fill your mouth up with smoke. Drop your jaw and do some very very light coughs to push the smoke out. Once you get good at it you can increase the amount of air you push out and can send your rings well across the room

[Gold Wing Gunner]

btw it looks to me like she has hella light in that room, mix that with a crappy camera and smoke looks a whole lot thicker. So thats one reason it looks so thick.

[pullingteeth]

her smoke rings are on steroids!!!

lol i wish i could do em that good. just takes practice i suppose... codenames in his video are crazy good to... i've been meaning to ask him how he does his lol

[EricDub]

I got some good o's going on. Looked like all she was doing was making the shape and doing the light "coughing" thing. I get a good amount of smoke in my mouth and like kind of lock my jaw out and release it. this makes the smoke kind of swirl in on itself alot. i have found your o's are kind of dependant on your mouth some of my friends rings are thin and crappy and some cant even do it so good luck as to explaining it seems like its pretty much the hardest thing in the world to explain how to do so good luck

[conundrum]

Hey guys, thanks for all of the help! I appreciate it a lot. Yeah, i've been practicing for about 5 days straight, might not be to healthy. Anyways, i might have gotten it down i think. I'm really really terrible at the "light cough" thing, so i've been using my tongue for the most part. I flip my tongue skywards, then i open my mouth slightly to let the smoke try to leave my mouth, by that time when i feel i have enough smoke i flick my tongue downwards. This seems to work better than any of my previous methods and i will keep working on it to master it and maybe try to get a video up soon so i can show you my progress and or help anyone if i can actually do so. Thanks again guys.