smoke tricks

[jamie_lib]

i know two tricks and two tricks only, the first is french inhaling. to do this, simply get a mouthfull of thick smoke and let it go out of your mouth while breathing in through your nose. this will make the smoke go up your nose. when doing it, you wont be able to see it when trying to look down, you have to look in a mirror to see it.
the second is the ring of smoke. this is easy to get a few times, but to master is very hard. keep your mouth in a relaxed position and when you have a mouthfull of thick smoke, simply say 'uh'. this works better if you say 'uh' quietly so not to blow all the smoke away. when saying 'uh' use the back of your throat and breath out slightly. after a few goes it will come to you easily.
if anyone has other tricks or variations of the ones i have posted, please feel free to post them.

[jamie_lib]

sorry, but there is no more that i can explain about the french inhale, it sounds cheesy, but practice does make perfect. about the circles, to make them faster, simply breath out abit faster (not to fast or the smoke will disappear. to get the circles smaller/ bigger, just ajust the size of your mouth. good luck.  

[E.G.]

I blow rings a little differently.
I get a nice mouthfull of smoke, place my the tip of my tongue behind my lower teeth, purse my lips like a goldfish, and push the smoke out with the bulk of my tongue.  With a little practice, I can blow fairly well-formed rings that expand nicely as they drift away.
I'll have to try the other technique that was posted -- I'd like to be able to blow thicker rings...
E.G.

[MonkeyBiz]

I've found that if you start the rings at the back of the throat and
use your tongue and lips to control it, you can get some real nice ones
going. However, that's just me. And the French Inhale (or what my
friends call "The Snoop Dogg") takes a lot of practice, but is really
cool. One of the guys I know can actually make the smoke come out of
his ears and eyes. He says it burns like hell, but it's possible. 

[Ghaleon]

For french inhaling, make sure that you are not exhaling with your
lungs.  spread your toung across the back of your mouth so you can
exhale without pushing out the smoke.  Then you simply push the
smoke from your mouth wiht your tounge and inhale through your nose

[Ghaleon]

Monkeybiz, you're friends a badass

[HAKOOH]

UHH the french inhale or snoop dogg trick you guys refer to is called a
"WATERFALL". Hence the look of it when you are doing the trick. At
least thats what most people around my area call it.  

[Jeff_T]

My friends and I sometimes have bubbles, in the bottle back in the day kind, and get the wand good and ready, take a big hit and just blow the smoke gently through the hole in the wand, its awesome looking. We can get some pretty big ones, one they enclose the smoke and come off the wand they sink right down and when they hit it looks awesome. if there isn't much smoke in a bubble it may float a little, these are fun to eat, but only if they are edible bubbles (still those taste kinda soapy, but not as bad). anywho, good times.

[NERV]

[quote name='HAKOOH']UHH the french inhale or snoop dogg trick you guys refer to is called a
"WATERFALL". Hence the look of it when you are doing the trick. At
least thats what most people around my area call it.   [/quote]

french inhale and the snoop dog trick are two different things. french
inhal is the smoke goes out the mouth and into the nose, it works
better with warmer smoke that will rise. the snoop dogg trick hangs the
smoke out the mouth and then draws it back in with as little loss as
possible. i assume the one you call the waterfall would be snoop's trick

[alen]

 for all newbies -dont forget mr bubbles famous nose hits (hey mr b its been awile we miss you man)

[jamie_lib]

hey, please explain the mr bubbles nose hits.

[alen]

 well you put the hose up your nose and inhale- but dont do it when you have guests over for a smoke

[King Mo]

 a cool trick which is tough to do, is to blow a ring, with your finger near your lips, like a "be quiet" sign.
this results in two rings going in different directions. I cant do it all the time, but it is definately the best trick in my opinion,
so finger to lips, and blow a ring through this position
 

[Ghaleon]

dude.  awsome trick.  I finally got it to work and i'm
starting to polish it up.  I actually got 3 once when I used 2
fingers.  Thanks!

[HookahCulture]

jamie_lib make your pic smaller.

Oh and poppy punk sucks.

Exploited kills you.

[iknewmroctopus]

A cool thing to do with smoke rings is blow a slow one (don't make your
mouth all small... try to make the ring larger) then suck it back in.
It gets all streched out and looks really cool.

As for the french inhale, its the exact same concept as circular
breathing (if you play the digeridoo or trumpet). Just open your jaw
while exhaling really slow (to keep a constant flow of thick smoke to
you mouth) then close your jaw with your mouth open. That should make
the smoke flow out slowly and smoothly (it will look really smooth
instead of broken up like it does when exhaled forcefully) then all you
have to do is breath in your nose... EASY!

Smoke rings are a little harder. I have found 5 ways to make them.
1. Fill your mouth with smoke, make an "o" with your mouth then flick
your cheek. It makes little ones. If you do it really fast you can make
it look like a ring machine-gun.
2. Make the little "hu" sound while keeping your mouth in a ring shape. It makes o.k. rings but not the best.
3. Use the back of your tounge and throat to push the smoke out your mouth while  keeping smoke in it.
4. Use the same motion as I mentioned with the french inhale, just
faster. Fast enough to get the smoke to come out as a nice ring.
5. This is the hardest and the one I usually use... I don't know
exactly how I do it but its some kinda combination of opening the mouth
from the "o" shape while pushing up with the back of the tounge (first
put your mouth in the o shape then open your jaw while opening your
lips).

I found that combinations of all of these are the best to use for
tricks because each method blows diffrent speeds of rings and diffrent
sizes. If you combine them you can blow rings through rings through
rings... looks sick.

One more tip on makeing a slow ring... if right after you blow a thick
one inhale a little bit (evenly with your mouth in a semi-o) and it
will slow down then make a tight o and blow a fast one through the
center.

The only other trick I know is the snap inhale... get a mouthful of
smoke and then lift up your tounge and slap it down and inhale really
fast afterwards. Looks cool. You can also use the tounge snap to blow
rings (I guess I know 6 ways to make rings).

Good luck! All it takes is practice.

Oh one more thing... I've *heard* that if you blow a slow ring and put
your finger in the center of it and *slowly slowly slowly* draw a
circle in the center of it that you can make the ring expand to the
size of your head.

[Kofod]

This thread really got my starting on all those tricks.
I came up with this little combo - the smoke ring/french inhale.
Really gets the attention of your guesst when you blow a slow going ring and then catches it back with your nose.
Keep it slow and close at the beginning, in time the challenge will be getting it as big and far away and still catch it.
Now I can do a well formed ring go slowly 10 inche's from home (so everybody sees it ) and then call it back and disapear up the nosestraw

[Mathazar]

If you tend to pack your bowl,  after poking holes in the top of
the foil,  also poke holes thru the bottom of the bowl.  This
will allow airflow thru the bowl and the heat will be more evenly
distributed.  Once I started doing this technique,  I never
got a tight draw EVER again 

[Mathazar]

Hey Jamie,  which person are you in the picture?

I hope your samples get thru Customs,  because the guy at the
postal shop led me to believe that there's a strong possibility that it
may not be allowed past Customs.

Let me know when and if your package arrives,  and let me know how you like the flavors.

Back on topic 

[jamie_lib]

WHY ARE YOU SPAMMING MY THREAD MATHAZAR !!! 
 
Only joking.....
yeh, i recieved the package today, thanks alot. the picture isn't of me, it is an english band called bloc party.
back to the subject ppl. nice 1 Kofod, will have to try it. anybody know any more tricks ???

[MR Bubble]

Oh gee thanks alot Alen! Now they think I'm half-baked. Oh yes, the nose-hits. Gives the smoke a whole new flavor. I've found that when MRS Bubble wants to hoard the machine, the first chance I get is to pull off a nose-hit and review it for her. Works like a charm every time. But seriously, you would be amazed at the smoke thickness you let out while nose-hitting. Really surprising. And the whole new dimension is mind blowing. Give it a shot.
MR Bubble

[alen]

dont worry im pretty sure they know that im the baked one  - just tried a nosehit of  the hazelnut mathazar sent me - so now im totally nutty