YoYo Related News From Around The World
Rick from MadHouse YoYos just sent us this group shot of all three colorways of their new RAD yoyo, shipping to stores this week. This is your first look at all three colorways of their new RAD yoyos…and viewing all three together like this might actually be enough to blind you.
Specs:
Diameter: 2.00 inches
Width: 1.53 inches
Gap Width: 0.17 inches
Weight: 67 grams
Bearing Size C (.250 x .500 x .187)
Response: Flowable Silicone
There are few things I miss about Malaysia that don’t involve street meat on a stick, dipped in sauce from a rusty desk drawer (ask Dimi about that one), but one thing I really do miss is just how over-the-top the yoyo players are about pretty much everything. Even something as simple as a t-shirt gets a full 1.5 minute video….hilariously, they featured the t-shirt will full on-screen specs and neglected to tell us who the player is. But this video from 28spin.com is well worth the watch if for no other reason than just to say “Why yes, I have seen the most awesomely enthusiastic yoyo t-shirt commercial, ever.”
Hats off to 28spin.com for being awesome!
Our friends at Hong Kong-based C3 YoYoDesign have released BTH, the 220-gram yoyo used to set the 2012 World Records for Longest Sleeping YoYo. C3’s own Simpson Wong used the BTH at the 2012 World YoYo Contest to set a new record of just over 30 minutes.
Thirty. Minutes.
This is definitely not for everyone. In fact, I’m going to say it’s not for most people. I’ll even go a step further and say that I would probably seriously hurt myself with this thing. Just thinking about throwing it makes my wrists hurt.
But hats off to C3 for the pure genius of this design, and for being just crazy enough to produce and release them. Wow.
YoYoExpert has posted a peek at their 2013 trading card series…and this year’s lineup is 65 cards, their biggest yet!
I’m incredibly proud to also tell you that a few players will have special 365yoyotricks.com cards in the series…I’m literally grinning from ear-to-ear right now just typing about it. This year’s series is shaping up to be fantastic, and I can’t wait to get my set.
More info at www.YoYoExpert.com.
Here’s a fun clip video from the 2012 Russian National YoYo Contest. The talent in Russia is solid, and I can’t wait to see them start taking world titles. I’m betting that with Prague angling to become the host of the largest and most prestigious yoyo contests in the world, we’ll see a heavy Russian contingent competing at the much discussed “Worlds13” in Prague this August.