YoYo Related News From Around The World
Congratulations to Brandon Jackson on making FailArmy’s “Best Fails of the Year” reel with his unforgettable yoyo to the face. Brandon pops up at 10:13 in the video, but the whole thing is worth watching if you like watching people get spectacularly hurt.
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Photo by Rafael Matsunaga
Late last night, YoYoNews learned that Brandon Jackson is no longer employed by Duncan Toys.
Brandon joined Duncan Toys in the role of National Sales & Marketing Coordinator in September 2009, and quickly began working to help the brand recover from the three-year gap when that position was empty. He took the reigns of the “Duncan Crew” team of sponsored players, and traveled the world working to promote the Duncan brand and product line at contests, retailers, and trade events. In December of 2013, Brandon moved from Duncan’s offices in Ohio to Orlando, Florida to manage Duncan’s retail kiosk at Downtown Disney and help manage their Alliance Partnership with Disney. With that move, Brandon’s job title changed to Regional Sales Manager, and National YoYo Champion Augie Fash was hired to move to Ohio and fill the role of National Sales & Marketing Coordinator at the Duncan office.
Brandon did not give any reasons for the parting, and Duncan Toys could not be reached for comment, but you can read Brandon’s official statement below. YoYoNews wishes Brandon all our best in his future endeavors!
Well, after five fun filled years…I am no longer employed by Duncan Toys (Flambeau Inc). I am sad, but I had a lot of fun working for and growing the brand that I have loved since I was a child. I wouldn’t trade the past five years for anything. I know that I was able to help the company accomplish many things and I am very grateful for the experiences and knowledge I gained along the way. My separation from the company was purely financial and I can keep my chin up knowing that I haven’t done anything wrong, they just couldn’t afford to keep me around.
Whats next for Bojack? Not sure yet. But I’m looking forward to it!
Here’s Cleveland Sessions 6, a new video of Cleveland Yo-Yo Club members Colin Beckford, Brandon Jackson, Tahj Harrell, Darnell Hairston, and Mike Durdak showing off their latest and greatest tricks.
Change your strings and get ready for another week’s worth of stuff you should probably learn!
Here’s a trick with sudden movements that should probably end with a fly-away dismount except that I don’t have any half-spec bearings right now.
Spencer Berry gives us a really nice, stripped down trick that gets right to the point.
Spencer made me think about triangles, so….
Ed Haponik comes out of nowhere with the hardest fixed axle trick we’ve ever seen. Damn, Ed!
An extension of last week’s “Curls” trick.
Brandon Jackson pops in for a guest spot with a trick inspired by old Sector Y videos.
And Rafael Matsunaga throws down one of his all-time favorite counterweight tricks!
See you next week!
This video is 6 minutes long and it’s worth. every. second.
Brandon Jackson of Duncan Toys is the High King of #YoYoDamage. And as a bonus, here’s a video from 2001 where he hit himself in exactly the same place.
Time for the 365yoyotricks.com Weekly Roundup! I swear, I’m going to get better about posting these. Honest. Be sure to check out the newly redesigned website for 365yoyotricks.com, and follow along on Twitter and Facebook for daily uploads.
Brandon Jackson from Duncan Toys gives us a guest trick inspired by his love of theme parks.
Rafael Matsunaga gives us a rejection repeater that is ridiculously awesome.
Jake Bullock shows off one of the burliest 5A wraps imaginable.
Spencer Berry smiles real big and teaches us another repeater inspired by Yuuki Spencer.
This is what happens when I watch videos of Nate Sutter and start playing with Seasicks.
Blake Freeman from Square Wheels makes Rock The Baby new again with this neat variation on an old trick.
Ernest Kahn reminds us that there are still MORE ways to bind an unresponsive yoyo.
And last, I give up a simple variation on 360, with 62% more Wes Anderson-ness.
Innovation Movement co-founder Isaac Sams just dropped this new video, filmed yesterday after a Cleveland YoYo Club meeting by Duncan Toys‘ Brandon Jackson. Any chance we could cram any more links to awesomeness in one sentence? Not likely.
As one of the young leaders of trick innovation in modern yoyoing, Isaac Sams is constantly pushing the boundaries of play. But not just forwards…the real strength of what Isaac and his Innovation Movement co-founder Zach Gormley are doing is the reaching back for elements and ideas that just aren’t finished developing yet and bringing them up to speed with new equipment, ideas, and concepts.
YoYoNews is incredibly excited to be working with Innovation Movement, and you can expect to see some amazing collaborations coming soon.
I will be on YoYoRadio tonight along with Ed Haponik (SPYY / 365) and Brandon Jackson (Duncan Toys).
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– André
Tonight on YoYoRadio, we’ll talk to Ed Haponik about Fixed Friday, Brandon Jackson…:
Tonight on YoYoRadio, we’ll talk to Ed Haponik about Fixed Friday, Brandon Jackson about his role in assisting Perry Prine in the capture of the dastardly thieves who allegedly ripped off the Cleveland Yo-Yo Club plus the one and only André Boulay about his mustache and the emergence of the new yo-yo news website YoYoNews. Tonight, starting at 9:30 pm (EST) at YoYoRadio.net