YoYoNews

YoYo Related News From Around The World

  • Home
    • All Posts
  • Learn To YoYo
  • Video
  • Interviews
  • Clubs & Events
  • YoYo Spotlight
  • YoYo Guides
  • Contact
    • About Us
    • Advertising

Archives for October 25, 2013

Results from C3yoyodesign Contest Vol.1!

October 25, 2013 By Rafael Matsunaga

Poland has a long tradition of producing great players, and one of the country’s all-time best, 2012 European Champion Grzegorz “Plamek” Wójcik, writes to let us know about the first edition of the C3yoyodesign Contest, held in Łódź on October 12th!

Plamek recently started the C3yoyodesign Poland project and the contest was its first event.

With players preparing for Polish Nationals in December, this was a great preview of what to expect!

Check the results and videos below!

1A

  1. Patryk Nawolski
  2. Borys Radziszewski
  3. Piotrek Śmietana
  4. Michał Przybysz
  5. Julek Rosa
  6. Marcel Rokicki
  7. Jakub Wawrzyniak
  8. Filip Nowak
  9. Mihai Suster
  10. Ryszard Różański

 

Filed Under: Contests Tagged With: 2013, c3yoyodesign, lodz, plamek, poland

Fixed Friday: DIY or Die

October 25, 2013 By Drew Tetz

Hey fixomaniacs! We got a special treat for you this week, as we set the tricks on the backburner and make our own fixed axle yo-yos at home.

A huge chunk of the current Fixed Axle renaissance can be credited to the woodworking geniuses keeping the idea of pure & simple yo-yoing alive: TMBR led the charge, of course, but Hildy Bros, and Once Upon a Tree are all doing amazing things. When you throw their spinning works of art, it’s hard not to catch the bug and dream of making your own fixie. Unfortunately, not all of us have access to a lathe, but necessity is the mother of invention, and one unconventional (but extremely fun) way around this problem is silicone molding. Sonny Patrick of Anti-Yo fame was the first person that I know to do this with yo-yos, he made some super cool bootleg Freehand Zeros in 2006.

Now, before we get going, I’m going to throw out some spoilers: I’m making a bootleg Butterfly. As dear as the Butterfly is to my heart, I can look at it objectively and recognize that it’s not as high-class a performer as a Barracuda. To complicate matters further, these butterflies are going to be poured from wax, and let’s just say that there’s a reason there aren’t any crayon yo-yos on the market. Honestly, though, if you’re throwing fixed axle you’re probably already familiar with the fun of working within constraints, and a little extra “surface noise” on a trick shouldn’t bother you too much; to be perfectly frank, I kind of like a yo-yo that doesn’t listen to a thing I tell it.

There are a ton of way better tutorials on how to make molds on the internet, so I don’t want to get too caught up in specifics, but here’s the basic process:

  1. Prepare the yo-yo for molding; for the butterfly, this involved wrapping a piece of Sculpey clay around the axle post and then smooshing the cap into it to make the yo-yo airtight. Put it in a small airtight box. (I took the opportunity to make an extra spiky art yo-yo, and I highly recommend taking the chance to make your yo-yo unique… but it’s also worth noting that the normal Butterfly worked better.)
  2. Mix together the silicone compounds. I used Oomoo 30 from Inventables. Pour it all over the yo-yo.
  3. After waiting for the mold to cure, pop the yo-yo out and clean up any nasty bits of unnecessary silicone or chocolate chips stuck in the mold or whatever.
  4. Melt some wax. I recommend following the instructions on that link and being very very safe, but will confess to melting wax in a soda bottle sitting in a bowl of boiling water from time to time. You’ll get better results by going to Goodwill and buying a cheap pot, though.
  5. Pour the wax into the mold! This is very exciting, but try to do it slow and avoid bubbles.
  6. Wait 20-30 minutes for the wax to cool entirely, pop it out, do it again, and bam! You got some yo-yo halves. I used a Duncan Butterfly axle, but found that it worked much much better if I put a little bit of hot glue on the axle before sliding it into the halves.

And that’s it! You got yourself a yo-yo you made all by yourself. You should probably be noticing by now that wax does not really play like any other yo-yo material; if you used crayons like we did, your string should change colors within four or five throws, and get noticeably stiffer as well. After 20 throws, it may be tough to make it sleep, let alone do a braintwister.

And that’s GREAT! It may not be the same feeling as designing a perfectly smooth machined bearing contest monster, but there’s definitely going to be some smiles the first time you hit a Kickflip on it. If the novelty wears off, you might enjoy casting one out of resin; Death Ray Kendama has made some really awesome resin stuff, if you want some inspiration.

I threw some funky bonus tricks with the yo-yo at the end so you can see it in action. Not gonna do as much tutorial writing this week, but just to highlight three new things:

  • At 1:00, we got a weird chopsticks flipback carrying on from where the trick at the end of “Imperialism” left off. The inital dump truck transition is the main conceptual meat of the trick, but the end is also noteworthy for relying on the return of the yo-yo to switch the orientation of the string.
  • At 1:33, we have a follow-up to that Mach-5 Kickflip Suicide that people seemed to like in the Flip Tricks vid. I’ve found that it’s actually a little bit easier to whip it than to take the rotating slack loop approach, so give it a shot! It’s also worth noting that an unexpected bonus(?) of wax yo-yos is that it makes the string super stiff, which either makes flip suicides a dream or a nightmare.
  • I wanted to close out the clip with a recent horizontal favorite. This is probably one of the simplest fixed axle ‘zontals I’ve found, but it’s still pretty flashy & fun, so give it a shot! From a trapeze stall (ideally caught with a very small loop), use your thumb to tilt the yo-yo up on its side before throwing it out into a UFO. With a little practice, you can intercept it on the return and catch it in a trapeze stall. Bam!

Alright, suckers, that’s all for this week! Now, go try it at home.

Filed Under: Fixed Friday, Trick Theory, Video Tagged With: bootleg, diy, drew tetz, duncan butterfly, fixed friday, homemade, silicone molding

Patrick Canny—Click.

October 25, 2013 By Drew Tetz

Patrick Canny hits us with another minute & a half dose of his awesome 1A. He’s made a name for himself out of the incredibly talented rising class of American 1A competitors with his blend of technically sound combo composition and crazy “wait, you can do that?” banger tricks. Solid trick construction at every level and well worth the look.

There seems to be a recent trend of young butt-kickers who only want to use music from “Yeezus” and throw the Shutter—and if the tricks are as good as these, you won’t see us complaining.

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: Patrick Canny

YoYoExpert Presents: Yomega Prodigy ft. Daniel Dietz

October 25, 2013 By Steve Brown

YoYoExpert has stepped up and presented a new video featuring Daniel Dietz to promote his new signature model yoyo, the Prodigy. Designed by Spin Dynamics, machined by OneDrop, and released by Yomega, it looks like the Prodigy is intended to be a “token” high-end competition 1A yoyo that will have limited distribution and be largely part of the line for the benefit of their team.

I got a chance to throw the Prodigy for a few minutes at Nationals, and it’s a really nice yoyo. Nothing groundbreaking, just a really solid aluminum that plays well, spins smooth, and with OneDrop’s machining should be of consistent quality. Only gripe: the godawful logo makes it look like it’s called “Pro Digy”. I don’t know how to Digy, but I’m open to learning if someone wants to teach me how to Digy.

The Prodigy is available now at YoYoExpert and other specialty yoyo retailers for $115.

 

Filed Under: Manufacturer, Video Tagged With: daniel dietz, prodigy, yomega, yoyoexpert

Haley Bishoff – KROM Girl Kendama Competition

October 25, 2013 By Steve Brown

Haley Bishoff is killing it with her entry to the KROM Girl Competition that’s running right now. Haley has quickly become a favorite of ours…great tricks and personality to spare!

Filed Under: Kendama Tagged With: Haley Bishoff, krom kendama, video

YoYoAddict Previews New Looping YoYo

October 25, 2013 By Steve Brown

YoYoAddict.com has dropped pics and more info on their forthcoming looping yoyo. Interesting to see smaller companies offering loopers, especially considering the small size of the 2A player base these days. Maybe this influx of new models will increase the general interest in the division?

Pics and awkwardly translated info below!

LP Something yoyo
LP Something yoyo
LP Something yoyo

The most up-to-date version of the prototype of the looping yo-yo “LP” which sOMEThING by YoYoAddict came to publish the often test video. To a senior class of contestants from looping beginner, LP yo that target a wide range of players. Rather than the shape of a simple “child”, to create a convex part also accelerator around spacer POM Material completed repeated trial many times, was to reduce the loss of sleep and float the bearing. The bearings are exposed sufficiently in a state where the spacer is set.

Thought to be unnecessary gap adjustment significant in looping yo-yo, and the only possible gap adjustment of the minimum required some
made ​​up into.
There is no need to tighten Dari force, the simplicity that can be state only the best replacement of the string and oil also basically appealing.
Body shape is straight general, response and Star burst. The simple design of world standard.

Will This is the final version almost, through the adjustment of color and design, will be released.

Filed Under: Manufacturer, YoYo Drop Tagged With: hiroyuki suzuki, Looping, LP, sOMEThING, yoyo, yoyo addict

Follow Us

Recent Posts

  • Scales Open Vol. 3 Results & Video
  • Goodbye Collin
  • Duncan Toys Presents: Javier Augusto X Sebastian Lavin
  • First Look – CLYW BOY
  • SFTUTS: Keiran Cooper “Derek Jeter Was An eBoy”

Archives

Recent Posts

  • Scales Open Vol. 3 Results & Video February 19, 2020
  • Goodbye Collin January 25, 2020
  • Duncan Toys Presents: Javier Augusto X Sebastian Lavin January 8, 2020
  • First Look – CLYW BOY December 16, 2019
  • SFTUTS: Keiran Cooper “Derek Jeter Was An eBoy” December 3, 2019
  • Colin Beckford – Biennium December 3, 2019
  • Polo Garbkamol – Trick Dump November 1, 2019
  • Bryan Jardin – What’s Your Setup? October 21, 2019

Follow Us

Posts By Date

October 2013
M T W T F S S
« Sep   Nov »
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031  

Tags

1A 4a 5A 5a may 2013 2014 c3yoyodesign cabin tutorial charles haycock clyw contest counterweight Czech Republic drew tetz duncan toys eyyc featured freehand gentry stein Harrison Lee japan kendama offstring one drop recess results Russia tyler severance video Werrd world yoyo champion world yoyo contest yoyo yoyo contest yoyo contest results yoyodrop yoyo drop yoyoexpert yoyofactory yoyofficer YoYoJam yoyorecreation yoyo tricks yoyo tutorial yoyo video

Search YoYoNews.com

All content copyright YoYoNews.com, 2016. All rights reserved.