My name is Corey and one of my hobbies (other than playing Starcraft all the time, streaming, and making videos.) is Yo-Yoing. Now I don't know if anyone knows this but yo-yoing is actually an incredible hobby with a vast array of tricks and styles. I thought I would make a general thread here because I was really hoping there were some other yo-yo enthusiasts out there.
I'm not the best out there but I think I'm fairly skilled. I used to yo-yo when I was a young kid doing all the simple tricks like rock the baby, around the world, and walk the dog. You know, the classics. Now about 2 years ago my friend and I found www.yoyoexpert.com bought ourselves a $15 plastic yo-yo with a ball bearing called The Journey and started learning some more advanced tricks. Now I know a collection of tricks (mostly learned from the tutorials on yoyoexpert.com , have performed at multiple talent shows (placing 2nd place in both ;D) and have 5 yo-yos (my most expensive being $100 The YoYoFactory - 888).
This thread is for a discussion for anybody looking to get into yo-yoing or is already a yo-yoer. I would love to see the sport/hobby grow because it really is quite fun and interesting. Additionally I want to see it become more than just a nostalgic toy because the new technology like ball bearings and new styles developing are fantastically more advanced than those simple tricks you learned in grade school.
On December 16 2010 11:04 HardCorey wrote: ...Now I know a collection of tricks (mostly learned from the tutorials on yoyoexpert.com , have performed at multiple talent shows (placing 2nd place in both ;D) and have 5 yo-yos (my most expensive being $100 The YoYoFactory - 888)...
Wait, the 888 is only $100 now? It was $30 more when I got mine! Also, I think I remember seeing you at yoyoexpert. Were you the corey with the mass of numbers at the end?
At least once a year I try to learn how to yo-yo so that I can walk around and just yo-yo like it's nobody's business and just be known as "that dude who's awesome with a yo-yo."
My name is Corey and one of my hobbies (other than playing Starcraft all the time, streaming, and making videos.) is Yo-Yoing. Now I don't know if anyone knows this but yo-yoing is actually an incredible hobby with a vast array of tricks and styles. I thought I would make a general thread here because I was really hoping there were some other yo-yo enthusiasts out there.
I'm not the best out there but I think I'm fairly skilled. I used to yo-yo when I was a young kid doing all the simple tricks like rock the baby, around the world, and walk the dog. You know, the classics. Now about 2 years ago my friend and I found www.yoyoexpert.com bought ourselves a $15 plastic yo-yo with a ball bearing called The Journey and started learning some more advanced tricks. Now I know a collection of tricks (mostly learned from the tutorials on yoyoexpert.com , have performed at multiple talent shows (placing 2nd place in both ;D) and have 5 yo-yos (my most expensive being $100 The YoYoFactory - 888).
This thread is for a discussion for anybody looking to get into yo-yoing or is already a yo-yoer. I would love to see the sport/hobby grow because it really is quite fun and interesting. Additionally I want to see it become more than just a nostalgic toy because the new technology like ball bearings and new styles developing are fantastically more advanced than those simple tricks you learned in grade school.
These guys are awesome, I'm pretty sure I'm not appreciating some of the moves (since I don't know anything about Yoyoing), but cool to watch anyway. Yours was good too!
I used to actually be really into yo-yoing a few years back. I dont know if your familiar with Infinite Illusions (a pretty big yoyoing retailer i believe), but they had they're store front where i live in Tallahassee (Lofty Pursuits). Me and my friends used to always hang out there, and have little competitions . At on point i actually competed in the world yo-yoing competition in Orlando, FL. I dont really yo-yo anymore bu i had a blast doing it, and on occasion i still pick up some of my old yoyo's and mess around .
In fact, i need to sell those things, i have literally 100's of dollars worth of yo-yo stuff in my closet lol.
Interesting Fact: The Yo-Yo can be used as a deadly weapon.
Not the cheap, light, aerodynamically designed Yo-Yo's (FOR SCIENCE!), but old, heavy, traditional Yo-Yo's.
I used to have this glass one with counter weights in it, I think it was used for competitions. Heavier than any Yo-Yo I used.... My grandpa took it and showed me some crazy stuff that I later realized could be used as self defense or attack.
After a few hours of practice, I was one deadly 10 year old.
On December 16 2010 11:22 Crackensan wrote: Interesting Fact: The Yo-Yo can be used as a deadly weapon.
Not the cheap, light, aerodynamically designed Yo-Yo's (FOR SCIENCE!), but old, heavy, traditional Yo-Yo's.
I used to have this glass one with counter weights in it, I think it was used for competitions. Heavier than any Yo-Yo I used.... My grandpa took it and showed me some crazy stuff that I later realized could be used as self defense or attack.
After a few hours of practice, I was one deadly 10 year old.
Actually this is untrue. However, there was a pretty awesome diet mountain dew commercial about it.
i never did get to learn yoyo, but i've played chinese yoyo (diabolo/che ling/kong zhu) for many years. diabolo.ca/forum is an incredible resource for that, and people have been doing crossovers for years - chinese yoyo slack tricks are almost directly taken from yoyo.
I mean the original yo-yo was a just a rock tied to string used as a weapon. That way you could throw the rock at someone, hit them, pull back the rock, and throw again. =D
On December 16 2010 11:19 MassHysteria wrote: nice vid man, I specially like it when you stop and look at the girl who's wondering wtf is going on
edit: that asian guy in the video above me has mad skills
Lol yeah that was my favorite part too. I've tried yoyoing but usually I quit pretty quickly because I didn't know there were sites and tutorials for this.... Guess I should google
i'm a pretty avid fan and player of yoyos actually! just some little info, yoyos have drastically changed over the past few years. the standard yoyos back then were called responsive imperial shaped yoyos that had two inner faces parallel to each other. but today, most standard yoyos are unresponsive with wider response gaps and with a shape of a butterfly.
the pros of the new yoyos today is that you can have very long sleep times allowing you to do tricks that you would otherwise be unable to do on the responsive yoyos. they are also much smoother and gives you much greater ease in executing tricks.
the cons however is that unlike the older yoyos, you can't bring the yoyo back up just by jerking your hand in the upward motion but rather, you need to do something called a bind. such a technique requires quite a bit of practice and hence such a yoyo isn't friendly to people who are just new to yoyoing.
some of the popular brands today are yoyo factory and yoyojam. they make pretty good yoyos and are also quite affordable. the more customized(and more expensive) brands are ones like Onedrop yoyos and stuff.
i personally own a yoyofactory boss that's a signature yoyo of a well-known player called augie fash.
there are contests held every year, namely the world yoyo contest and the asia pacific contest(ap) happen yearly. the ap this year was held in singapore. this year's yoyo contest just concluded a few months ago and you should really check it out.
@JMave: Yah the Boss is a great yo-yo, one of my friends has one actually. Explaining how to do a bind and even how to wind up a unresponsive yo-yo to new users can be quite difficult, its kinda funny. I think that yo-yoing is back on the rise as of now though, its sort of one of those fad/hobbies that never fades out entirely and makes a comeback every 10 years or so.
@GreEny K I would really reccomend www.yoyoexpert.com mentioned in the original post. Its pretty much where I learned all my tricks. All the videos are pretty damn good and are slowly paced enough that most people should be able to figure it out.
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