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First Look: CLYW Wildfire

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CLYW has officially announced the specs and release date for their new competition-oriented flagship model, the Wildfire! Available Thursday, April 25th at 10 PM EST, check out full specs, details, and photos below.

The CLYW Wildfire is the best pure competition return top we’ve ever made. That feels super weird to say, since we’ve never really considered ourselves a “competition” kinda company, but here we are. Life moves fast.

If you like speed combos, if you do all that wild horizontal stuff, if you need something ultra fast and light that can rip through all the tricks, well…we made you a thing.

We started with the body profile of the Bonfire, one of our all-time favorite return tops. We carved out a ton of body weight, tried our very best to optimize the rim weight while keeping that “Caribou feel”, and then sent our first prototypes to the 2018 World YoYo Contest in Shanghai. The first Wildfire protos helped Andrew Maider get all the way to 1A Finals from the wild card round, which we were awfully proud of. We collected feedback from our team and from lots of other players at the contest, and then we spent months tweaking and obsessing over the design until we landed on this final version.

Our team loves it. All the players we’ve handed it to seem to love it. We really hope that you love it too.

OFFICIAL RETAIL RELEASE DATE:

N. AMERICA – THURS, APRIL 25th / 10 PM EST
JAPAN – FRIDAY, APRIL 26th, 11 AM JST
EUROPE – FRIDAY, APRIL 26th, 4 AM CEST

CLYW Wildfire Specs:

Diameter: 56.4 mm
Width: 44.4 mm
Weight: 63.8 grams
Response: Snow Tires
Bearing: Center Trac™
Artwork: Mike Lundy
Suggested Retail: $125 – $135

In Hyeok Choi – 2019

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Korean player In Hyeok Choi has a new video and it’s dense! Tons of great stuff in here, but that’s what we’ve come to expect from UNPRLD players.

Yoyos used are the UNPRLD Ignition and Reduction.

Kohei Nishimura – Mirage

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Japan Technology team member Kohei Nishimura shows us their newest monometal release, the Mirage. Designed specifically with 3A and 5A in mind, their translated announcement copy reads “Please feel the design skills of JAPAN TECHNOLOGY” which is pretty baller and we like it.

Yoyo used is the Japan Technology Mirage.

Eric Tran-Ton – The Last Dance (NSFW)

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Few players exude such inimitable style as Eric Tran-Ton, and fewer still could make their departure from a team so graceful. Eric leaves UNPRLD with an incredible animated video and a little help from Unknown.

Music is NSFW.

One Drop Virtuoso; New Signature Model for Ethan Cheung

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One Drop YoYos has announced the Virtuoso, a new signature model for Ethan Cheung!

Ethan is one of our very favorite players, and it’s super gratifying to see a new signature model for him. His creative talents are truly staggering, and watching his US Nationals freestyle to music he composed and performed was a high point of the event.

Ethan’s new signature model, the Virtuoso, is designed and produced by One Drop YoYos. Here’s what they have to say about it:

It’s always intriguing to make a signature yo-yo.  We always invite the player to contribute as much as possible to the design so that this important moment for them is the best it can be.  A good measure of success is if the yo-yo is a reflection of the person. Ethan Cheung is a player on our team who is focused on competitive yo-yoing, but he doesn’t sacrifice any artistry in this pursuit.  This rare combination makes Ethan stand out.

If you watch Ethan Cheung’s performance at Worlds 2018 in Shanghai you will notice precision, artistry, clarity, mastery.   If you look at his signature yo-yo, the Virtuoso, you will notice the same characteristics. The 7075 aluminum alloy design is very focused towards function as a hard core competitive yo-yo with all the performance you would expect.  If you look closely, you’ll also see the artistry with the clean flowing lines, the minimalist cup, the light bead blast, and the beautiful “projection profile” on the face of the rim giving a small nod to our first yo-yo, the Project.

Ethan explains his thought process on designing his signature yo-yo:

“At a glance, the design is reminiscent of the Format:C: which was the yoyo that allowed me to push my own boundaries and place 10th at Worlds in Iceland. But if you look more closely, you’ll notice the grooves on the rim – a tribute to the original Project and the roots of One Drop. For this signature model, I wanted a yoyo that would allow me to explore more styles of movement, that complements any style of play thrown at it. It is this balance of comfort and performance, of minimalism and detail, that makes us proud to present: the Virtuoso.”

The Virtuoso will be available this month at YoYoExpert.com.

One Drop YoYos Virtuoso Specs:

Weight: 64.7 grams
Width: 45.30 mm
Diameter: 56.60 mm
Response: One Drop Flow Groove
Bearing Size: Large (C) stainless steel (One Drop 10 Ball Bearing)
Alloy: 7075 Aluminum

Jensen Kimmitt – Did I Ever

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We got another video from one of the most singular and creative voices in the history of yoyoing, Jensen Kimmitt. It is unique and lovely, with tricks that are alternately smooth and startling…much like Jensen, really. Incredible work, as always.

Charles Haycock – I Miss It

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Great tricks, smooth delivery, unique pacing, luxurious hair.

Charles Haycock, everyone.

John Higby’s “Everybody Yo-Yos” Book on Kickstarter

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Is it fair to say that John Higby is everyone’s favorite yoyo artist and performer and human being? We think so.

Everyone’s favorite yoyo artist and performer and human being, John Higby, is making a children’s book called “Everybody Yo-Yos” and he’s funding it with a Kickstarter campaign. The campaign is already fully funded, but if you definitely want one of these for that special child in your life (lol jk we know you’re buying it for yourself, all good so are we) then backing the project on Kickstarter is the best way to guarantee you’ll get one!

There are still 17 days to go in the campaign and some pretty sweet extras including painted yoyos, limited editions fro YoYoFactory, and original canvas paintings of the artwork used in the book. We highly recommend you scoop up one of those paintings…they really are a joy to look at and you’ll thank us later.

John Higby’s “Everybody Yo-Yos” Children’s Book on Kickstarter

Tetsuto Kato Joins UNPRLD

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Congratulations to Tetsuto Kato on getting sponsored by UNPRLD, and congrats to UNPRLD on such an excellent addition to their already gifted team. Looks like we’ll have yet another player to watch out for in the run-up to Worlds.

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