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Archives for January 2013

Throwback Thursday: Yo-Yo World Magazine

January 31, 2013 By Steve Brown

YoYo World Magazine

Yo-Yo World Magazine: Terrifically ugly, even for the 90’s.

 

1999 was probably the high point of the last global yoyo boom, that event horizon right before everything crashed and burned HARD. In retrospect, 1999 really was the year that it died and it was an ugly, ugly death.

And one of the ugliest parts was the arrival of Yo-Yo World Magazine, brought to us by H&S Media. Other fine publications from H&S Media included Mary Beth’s Beanie World Magazine, and WOW (World of Wrestling) Magazine. They were a publisher who just rushed in on a fad, threw together something hasty and ill-produced, and milked as much money out of it as they could before the fad crashed and burned.

 

Eat The Pizza YoYo Trick with AC Slater?

Eat The Pizza YoYo Trick with A.C. Slater?

 

The magazine had exactly the sort of content you expect from something like this…it was written badly, quadruple spaced when possible, and got pretty much everything wrong. But when they published this interview with Olympic sharpshooter and yoyo enthusiast Koby Holland, they gave us this incredible image…and for that we should be ever thankful.

 

Yoyos and guns

“Put down my yoyo case and back away slowly.”

 

But a personal favorite is always going back and seeing the companies that are now long gone. Like this vaguely racist-sounding company that was run by a perky trust-fund kid named Maria Carilao who managed to find a way to add the word “yo” to at least 4 words per sentence, regularly insulted other yoyo manufacturers at trade shows while standing right next to them, and used to drive around in a Volvo covered in glued-on yoyo halves. (I wish I was making this up.)

 

Yo-Bonic

Yo-Bonic, the worst name for a yoyo company ever.

 

There was a recent conversation on the YoYoExpert forums about someone wanting to start a new yoyo magazine. Gaze upon these pictures and despair, young man, and be careful of the path you tread.

Yo-Yo World Magazine lasted 4 issues before going the way of Yo-Bonic, Playmaxx, BC, Custom, Black Mamba, and nearly all of the other companies that bought ads in the magazine. RIP, Yo-Yo World.

And now, for your final moment of Zen:

 

In Yo-gue with Yomega

If you add “Yo-” to the beginning of anything, you are awful.

 

 

Filed Under: Throwback Thursday Tagged With: 90s, black mamba, featured, magazine, neon, nostalgia, playmaxx, throwback thursday, yobonic, yomega, yoyo world

Mimi Thian Joins C3YoYoDesign Team

January 31, 2013 By Steve Brown

The amazing Mimi Thian is now representing Malaysia on the C3YoYoDesign Team! Mimi is certainly one of the top players in Malaysia, and it’s exciting to see her partner up with such an active brand. This makes product video #8 for the year so far from C3YoYoDesign! Congratulations, Mimi!

Filed Under: Manufacturer, Players, Video Tagged With: c3 yoyo design, c3yoyodesign, malaysia, mimi thian, team, video

YoYoFactory Featured on Fab.com

January 30, 2013 By Steve Brown

YoYoFactory on Fab.com

YoYoFactory has a TON of amazing yoyos featured right now on design-centric shopping site, Fab.com.

With huge deals on plenty of metal yoyos, including Supernova, Genesis, Catalyst, 888, and SuperG, this is the deal of the century for YoYoFactory fans.

The sale only lasts for 6 more days, and there are limited quantities of each yoyo available at these prices. Get ’em while you can!

Filed Under: Manufacturer Tagged With: dv888, fab, genesis, one, protostar, sale, super g, supernova, velocity, yoyodrop, yoyofactory

Goldmine ft. Jensen Kimmitt & Charles Haycock

January 30, 2013 By Steve Brown

CLYW just dropped this new video featuring Charles Haycock and World Champion Jensen Kimmitt to promote the upcoming release of five colors (solid black, grey, blue, purple & orange) of Fool’s Gold Avalanches in the CLYW store.

Available this Friday, February 1st at Noon MST, “Fool’s Gold” is the term that CLYW uses for their factory seconds. It’s a great chance to scoop up an amazing yoyo at a much lower price than usual…don’t miss out!

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: avalanche, charle haycock, chuck, clyw, fools gold, jensen kimmitt, video, yoyodrop

Turning Point Basilisk ft. Shinji Saito & Kentaro Kimura

January 30, 2013 By Steve Brown

One minute and fourteen seconds of amazing style from two of the best players in the game, Kentaro Kimura and Shinji Saito, showing off the Turning Point Basilisk yoyo.

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: basilisk, kentaro kimura, shinji saito, turning point, video

First Look: Duncan Toys Yo-tility Holster

January 30, 2013 By Steve Brown

Duncan Toys Yo-Tility Holster

Duncan Toys Yo-Tility Holster

Just got a first look at this new product coming soon from Duncan Toys….the “Yo-tility Holster”.

I really can’t wait until companies can make yoyo accessories without adding the word “YO” to them, but regardless of that…this actually looks like a really good and dead useful product!

A combination sling holder, bearing removal tool, and string cutter? HELL YES! No word on price, but we’re guessing it will be around $5.00 or so.

Filed Under: Manufacturer, YoYo Drop Tagged With: bearing removal, duncan toys, first look, holster, new product, string cutter, yotility, yoyo tool, yoyodrop

Southern California YoYo Championship Results

January 29, 2013 By Steve Brown

YoYoFactory‘s 2013 West Coast Tour and Southern California YoYo Contest ended with a bang this weekend, with dozens of new yoyo players showing up to compete for the very first time, and established champs like Alex Hattori, Ernest Kahn, Clint Armstrong, and more competing for the top prizes. The YoYoFactory demonstration team spent two weeks in and around the Palm Springs area doing daily school and in-store demonstrations and teaching sessions, and judging by the contest turnout the tour definitely did its job! With an estimated attendance of more than 600 people and nearly 50 registered competitors, YoYoFactory is doing a great job bringing new players to the sport, and they got a ton of press for this event! Full results are below!

There was also an unfortunate mistake made during score tabulation that resulted in Alex Hattori’s score being incorrectly listed the day of the event at 7th Place, instead of his correct placing (shown below) of 2nd Place in the Open Division. Contest organizer Tyler Severance has issued this apology:

I would like to offer a huge apology to Alex and Linda Hattori. Alex did an incredible job with his 3A freestyle in the Open division, but unfortunately there was a mistake made while calculating scores and Alex’s 1A Prelim score was used instead of his much higher Open score. He didn’t recieve his earned 2nd place title and instead was calulated as 7th. Alex and his mother Linda very kindly asked to see his raw scores and remained persistent during a busy time of the contest, showing us a mistake that would otherwise have gone unnoticed. I would again like to apologize to Alex and his mother but also thank them for bringing this to our attention, and we certainly intend to improve our accuracy for the future.

 

1A Champion – Paolo Bueno

Open Champion – Patrick Borgerding

1A Prelim

54.23  Matt Loeun
54.23  Clint Armstrong
53.29  Wilson VanGundy
52.97  Tyler Goldenberg
52.90  James Reed
51.25  Joshua Ray
47.28  Michael Nakamura
46.54  Paolo Bueno
46.37  Ernest Kahn
45.57  Mitchell Ruskin
41.59  Francis Jude
39.84  Dylan Benharris
39.47  Elliot Ogawa
38.05  Leo Veo
36.51  Eric Ngu
35.51  Jonathan Gatsoff
34.80  Alex Hattori
34.66  Ryan Ayers
31.63  Nicholas Arrendondo
31.10  Tyler Hsieh
30.04  Dennis Barahona
29.49  Ty Goldman
27.59  Isaac Fouch
26.06  Hans Baker
25.99  Jory Natali
23.49  Ross Levine
21.86  Cody Rislund
19.35  Alec Cecena
19.19  Raymond Chin
18.40  Shannon Jackson
18.27  Jake Rimmer
18.05  Julian Granaver
17.84  Patrick Borgerding
17.80  Micheal Bedner
14.78  Austin Moriss
13.80  Keane Usman
12.07  Ben Alves
11.63  Zamora Diego
10.75  Cameron Risland
9.50  Evan Schnabel
7.19  Blaine Shelton
6.66  Sam Cooper
6.13  Hank Pace
4.62  Aaron Catarroja
-1.12  Adam Navarro
1A FINALS
1st – Paolo Bueno  87.2
2nd – Joshua Ray    69.7
3rd – Michael Nakamura   74.5
4th – Matt Leone     73.48
5th – Clint Armstrong   72.02
6th – Tyler Goldenberg   68.46
7th – Dylan Benharris   64.4
8th – Wilson Vangundy   63.31
9th – James Reed   59.65
10th – Ernest Khan   57.0
11th – Mitchell Ruskin   47.2
OPEN FINAL
1st – Patrick Borgerding   44.52
2nd – Alex Hattori   41.19
3rd – Elliot Ogawa   40.67
4th – Michael Nakamura   27.74
5th – Tyler Hsieh   24.95
6th – Eric Ngu        20.04
7th – Ryan Ayers  18.14
8th – Julian Granaver   9.63
9th – Francis Jude   7.99
10th – Cameron Risland 5.19
11th – Jory Natali   -5.56

 

 

 

 

 

Filed Under: Contests Tagged With: Ann Connolly, Paolo Bueno, Patrick Borgerding, seth peterson, socal yoyo championship, southern california yoyo contest, tyler severance, vashek kroutil, west coast tour, yoyofactory

C3YoYoDesign x YoYoAcquaintance – Next Generation

January 29, 2013 By Steve Brown

Jason Cheow from Team C3 Singapore shows off their Berserker, Trident, and Alpha Crash models in C3’s SIXTH video released so far this year. This amazing Hong Kong manufacturer just won’t let up on the new video front! And with their new releases doing well at retail and Milan Kurfirt breaking the Czech “long sleeper” record with a 23:54 spin on their BTH model, C3 is off to a roaring start for 2013!

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: c3 yoyo design, c3yoyodesign, jason cheow, video

IBS HOT YYF OMG

January 29, 2013 By Steve Brown

The new Harold Owens III signature yoyo, the H.O.T. from YoYoFactory, gets some love from Ibrahim Rahman in this great new video. Well worth the watch, it’s 1:43 of someone who makes yoyoing look really damn good.

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: harold owens III, hot, ibrahim rahman, ibs, video, yoyofactory

Spinworkx Spotlight Player – Kendrick Hu

January 29, 2013 By Steve Brown

Spinworkx posted up a new player profile, and Kendrick Hu knocks it out of the park with this great combo sequence utilizing a lot of familiar elements but with some really smooth and original transitions. Definitely another player to watch out for from the long-respected Singapore yoyo scene.

Filed Under: Players, Video

Shane Lubecker – 2013

January 29, 2013 By Steve Brown

Chicago player Shane Lubecker has his moment in the sun with this great new video by Ben Conde. Stellar!

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: 1A, Ben Conde, shane lubecker, video

2013 Kengarden Kendama Battle Results

January 29, 2013 By Steve Brown


The Kengarden hosted their first Kendama Battle of 2013 at Dolores Park in San Francisco, with attendees including Lex from Kendama Co, Thomas Holzer from swisskendama, and SacKendama. There was also a huge yoyo player attendance, including Duncan Crew’s Paul Escolar and Sonny Patrick from AntiYo!

The new champions:

Beginner Boss
– Paul School

Intermediate Champ
-Mary Tolosa

Advanced Grand Royal Champion Boss
-Chris Do

Best trick / Most steeze in the kneeze
-Sans Kadace

Sponsored by KEN LAB , Co Kendama , Kendama USA, and Kengarden.

Filed Under: Kendama, Skill Toys Tagged With: dolores park, jake wiens, kendama, kendama battle, kengarden, sackendama, san francisco, swisskendama

Jensen Kimmitt on YoYoRadio (2.1.13)

January 29, 2013 By Steve Brown

Just got news that former Trick Innovator of the Year and World YoYo Champion Jensen Kimmitt will be appearing on YoYoRadio this Friday.

Jensen has historically avoided giving interviews so this should be interesting.

Tune in online at YoYoRadio.net this Friday evening at 9:30 PM EST.

 

Filed Under: Players Tagged With: clyw, Interview, jensen kimmitt, yoyofactory, YoYoRadio

Sponsored – Turning Point Outsider at YoYoExpert

January 29, 2013 By YoYoNews

Turning Point has created a more powerful and perfectly engineered yoyo to add to their portfolio. The Outsider is perfect for Triple A and great for Single A, no matter your style you will appreciate the new design inspired by their other amazing yo-yo – the Maxbet.

The Outsider has an increased weight of 75g compared to the Maxbet with a 65g weight, this is due to the added weight on the rims. Turning Point also did an amazing job on the color choices while in anodization and the speckle splash is perfect in every way. Not only do the colors amaze but, the play is so insane that your town might banish you for being too fast and smooth.

The Outsider comes stock with a Central Bearing Co. Center-Trac Bearing which increases sleep time and overall balance of the yoyo. With a nice straight throw you will never want to use another yoyo.

The Turning Point Outsider is available NOW at YoYoExpert.com!

Filed Under: Sponsor News Tagged With: featured, japan, maxbet, outsider, sponsored, turning point, yoyoexpert

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