>> Scratching
Everybody seems to want to scratch. It is quite tricky however and you must have a few things first. Remember you don't want the needle to jump, or you can lose the mix, or lose the sound of the scratch. Good slipmatts are essential. They must be slippy enough to allow a 12 inch record slide over them easily, but have enough grip to stop it slipping upon startup of the record platter. Adjust the anti-skate force accordingly. Cranking it up to the max (3) is good, but it wears the record out pretty quickly. This should stop the needle jumping all over the record. A steady hand is also quite good, otherwise the needle shakes and starts to skip.

>> Backflips and Slidestops
You can only do backflips if you have good slipmatts. When you are about to finish the mix, pull the record backwards to make it flip back. As you do this, turn the fader down, otherwise it drowns out the music and sounds awful. You will lose a mix doing this, so keep it until the end of a mix only. Apparently if you have Technics, you can adjust the braking mechanism to make it spin backwards when you hit the start/stop button. Anyone can do a slidestop. Just hit the stop button at the end beat of a mix and listen to the record slide to a stop. For best effect, try to get the record stopping on a constant tone, which should give a smooth falling pitch. Note you cannot do this on Technics which have the brake adjusted for backflips. These records must be slide stopped with your hand, which must be precise.