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Archives for January 20, 2014

Monkeyfinger Custom Steampunk SPYY

January 20, 2014 By Steve Brown

Monkeyfinger Steampunk SPYY Radian Super Light

Monkeyfinger released pictures of a custom anodizing job they did on a SPYY Radian Super Light, and it’s pretty crazy. I spoke with Ray from Monkeyfinger, and he gave me some more insight into the process of creating a one-of-a-kind piece like this. In case you didn’t see it already, Monkeyfinger opened up a custom anodization service on their site. With work like this, if you dig their yoyos it might really be worth the bucks to get a crazy one-of-a-kind job like this done.

Once we established what customer wanted, the first step was to completely blast the surface to give the surface a used, vintage texture. On a regular bead blast, the surface tends to keeps a bit of its shine but with this one we decided it hit it a bit harder to make sure it was nice and worn.

As you look at the yoyo, you’ll see multiple colours with multiple masking.  We laid out nine separate masks to capture different colours and effects. If you really look at the pictures you’ll see that each gear, cog, and piece of tin all have effects inside them. By carefully masking the yoyo and using a number of different visual effects on different layers, we were able to give each individual cog and element some real depth.  Then we finished off the whole piece with a micro splash yellow.

After the yoyo was finished, both Todd and myself didn’t think that it looked right and we opted to redo the background to make the part show more of a worn copper patina.  To pull it off we actually created a new technique from scratch that we’ve never previously heard of or tried.

In total, it was approximately 16 manufacturing steps to create this unique finish.

Monkeyfinger Steampunk SPYY Radian Super Light
Monkeyfinger Steampunk SPYY Radian Super Light
Monkeyfinger Steampunk SPYY Radian Super Light

Monkeyfinger Steampunk SPYY Radian Super Light
Monkeyfinger Steampunk SPYY Radian Super Light
Monkeyfinger Steampunk SPYY Radian Super Light

Monkeyfinger Steampunk SPYY Radian Super Light
Monkeyfinger Steampunk SPYY Radian Super Light
Monkeyfinger Steampunk SPYY Radian Super Light

Monkeyfinger Steampunk SPYY Radian Super Light
Monkeyfinger Steampunk SPYY Radian Super Light

Filed Under: Manufacturer Tagged With: anodizing, custom, monkeyfinger, radian super light, spyy, steampunk

28Spin Presents: Speedaholic Challenge

January 20, 2014 By Steve Brown

Malaysian retailer 28Spin hosted a mini-contest to promote the C3YoYoDesign Speedaholic, one of the best plastic releases of 2013. Local players showed up to prove that you can do pretty much anything on a $15 plastic yoyo if it’s a killer $15 plastic yoyo made by a company like C3YoYoDesign.

1st Place – Woody

2nd Place – Ian Kay

3rd Place – Tee Ee Gee

 

Filed Under: Players, Video Tagged With: 28spin, c3yoyodesign, malaysia, speedaholic, video

Harrison Lee x Barenaked Ladies

January 20, 2014 By Steve Brown

CLYW superstar Harrison Lee never fails to amaze us with the places he turns up! In the past year he filmed a cameo in an upcoming Seth Rogan film, won the Canadian National Championships, had paintings of himself auctioned off for charity, and last week he grabbed a Puffin 2 and hopped up on-stage with the Barenaked Ladies for the SECOND time. (Click here for video of the first appearance, three years ago.)

Harrison Lee, you’re our hero!

Barenaked Ladies Fun Fact: Ed Robertson, the lead singer, was the president of his high school’s yoyo club!

Filed Under: Players, Video Tagged With: bareknaked ladies, clyw, ed robertson, Harrison Lee, puffin 2, seth rogan, video

Ryosuke Kawamura Presents Shinnosuke Saito & Kenta Kushiro

January 20, 2014 By Steve Brown

OneDrop’s Ryosuke Kawamura brings us video of two more up-and-coming players from Japan, Shinnosuke Saito and Kenta Kushiro. This video series has been great so far…it’s great to see players embracing and featuring the new generation.

Ryosuke Kawamura Presents: Shinnosuke Saito

Ryosuke Kawamura Presents: Kenta Kushiro

Filed Under: Players, Video Tagged With: kenta kushiro, onedrop, ryosuke kawamura, shinnosuke saito, video

Jason Lee – Tajikistan

January 20, 2014 By Gabriel Lozano

Jason Lee continues his adventures around the world! This short stop has Jason traveling through Tajikistan.

To explore past journeys with Jason, also check out his previous videos here:

4. Kyrgyzstan

3. China

2. Bangladesh

1. Cambodia with Ann Connolly

 

To keep up with Jason, follow him on Instagram and YoYoNews.

http://instagram.com/jasonleecifer
http://www.yoyonews.com/

Jason is throwing with Kitty String and is sponsored by YoYoFactory.

http://www.kittystring.com/
http://www.yoyofactory.com/

The song is Do You Remember by Ane Brun.

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: featured, jason lee, Tajikistan, yoyofactory, YYF

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