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Archives for April 24, 2014

Throwback Thursday – Tony Tebbutt

April 24, 2014 By Steve Brown

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Here’s an awesome submission we got from the 1960 Hong Kong yoyo champion, Tony Tebbutt. It’s always great to get first-hand accounts of yoyo contests from the “golden age”. Check out what Tony has to say about the contest below. (Thanks to Korda at YoYoStore.cz for sending us this one!)

That’s me in the center of the photograph, the 1960 yo-yo champion of Hong Kong and Macau. I won what was then an enormous prize of $7,500 HKD (editor’s note: that’s about $15,790 USD today!) sponsored by Coca Cola and Russell yo-yo’s. I think this was the first such contest in Asia and the skill level and engineering development of the yo-yo today is light years ahead of what we had in the 1960’s. Nevertheless the competition was as fierce as it is today and the experience was one of the highlights of my life. My ability with the yo-yo never left me and throughout my career I would find occasions to use my yo-yo to bring some fun and levity to speeches to some very large audiences. This Hong Kong boy, born of Eurasian heritage, went on to University in California and senior management positions in Canada and England before becoming the President of a $2 billion US company. Keep practicing, you never know where your yo-yo might take you! Today I am 66, retired, wrote a book on my teenage years in Hong Kong (including the yo-yo contest) and on occasion I still give yo-yo demonstrations.

As a former yo-yo prodigy, it is so exciting to read about the re-emergence of yo-yo contests around the world and then be able to watch some of the performances via YouTube. Technology and Talent have brought the modern-day yo-yo contest to a vastly different skill level vs. the way it was in Hong Kong in the year 1960. In those days, the contest format was very different but the pressure to perform was as grueling as it is for today’s contestants. If you would like to know more about a major yo-yo championship held back in the “old days,” the excitement, the drama and the prizes; I devote an entire chapter in my book A Rising Son In The Land Of Nine Dragons.

Filed Under: Throwback Thursday Tagged With: anthony tebbutt, hong kong, throwback thursday, tony tebbutt, yoyo contest

Bryan Jardin – Duncan Torque Teaser

April 24, 2014 By Steve Brown

Bryan Jardin from Duncan Crew Philippines USA gives us a little teaser of the new Torque yoyo from Duncan Toys. They haven’t set a firm release date for this yet, but I’m told they are en route from the factory and Duncan is hoping for a Summer release.

We first showed the Torque back in February during our Toy Fair Preview…looks like these will be on shelves fairly soon!

Filed Under: Manufacturer, Players, Video Tagged With: bryan jardin, duncan toys, torque, video

Throwback Thursday – Hyper YoYo Jelly Drink

April 24, 2014 By Steve Brown

During the Hyper YoYo boom in Japan in the 90’s, all kinds of awesome accessories were branded with the Hyper YoYo logo and released to capitalize on the craze; various holsters and cases, wallets, socks, sports wear, and even…jelly drinks. I’m not even totally sure what a jelly drink is, but I remember Jennifer Baybrook telling me she was straight-up addicted to them, and drank like a half-dozen a day while she was touring in Japan with THP.

(via YoYoNews.jp)

Filed Under: Throwback Thursday, Video Tagged With: hyper yoyo, jelly drink, throwback thursday, video

Clint Armstrong & Cory Hendon – Are You Up There?

April 24, 2014 By Steve Brown

Enjoy a little hey hey from Clint Armstrong and Cory Hendon in this new video featuring yoyo, kendama, and ball + cup. All the skill toys, you guys, just put all of them in.

Filed Under: Kendama, Skill Toys, Video Tagged With: ball and cup, Clint Armstrong, cory hendon, kendama, video, yoyo

Christopher Chia Promo Video

April 24, 2014 By Steve Brown

Three-time Singapore National Champion Christopher Chia’s latest promo video for sOMEThING is absolutely solid. Chia is one of the top 1A players in the world, and it’s great to see him work.

Yoyo used is the Anglam ver. CC by sOMEThING.

Filmed by Hironori Mii and edited by Shinya Kido. (via YoYoNews.jp)

Filed Under: Players, Video Tagged With: anglam, Christopher Chia, featured, sOMEThING, video

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