There are basic movements and safety tips to learn, but beginners should be able to crack a whip overhead or "circus style" (in a vertical plane alongside the body) within minutes.

Angela Johnstad-Beyer, of Milwaukee, is another member of the whip association. She and her husband, Daryck Beyer, also started learning to crack whips during the height of the pandemic.

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A whip cracker to be exact. Sixteen-year-old Alesha Hannemann, from Cleve on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula, entered her story about learning to crack whips with her brother.