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Scales Podcast – Episode 2 & 3

January 31, 2017 By Steve Brown

Scales Podcast

The Scales Podcast is quickly shaping up to be a great resource for yoyo players to dig deeper into the intricacies of this glorious little subculture we’ve created for ourselves. Check out two new episodes!

In episode 2 of the Scales Podcast, team members Andrew Bergen and Mark Mangarin interview one of the industry’s most intelligent minds in the realm of social media, team management, and design; Chris Mikulin! Some topics that are mentioned in this feature are future plans for Caribou Lodge, sub-brands of CLYW such as Heaven Sent and Pool Party, Basecamp, and more!

For new players, sponsorship can be seen as one of the most daunting and confusing aspects of yo-yo. Scales team members Andrew Bergen and Mark Mangarin reflect upon their experiences as sponsored players, talk about what they feel as though the true definition of being sponsored is, as well as even give prime examples of great representatives of this generation. Give Episode 3 of the podcast a listen in order to enhance your perspective of what being sponsored really means! Thank you to our sponsors: YoYoExpert, Caribou Lodge, and Recess International!

Filed Under: Featured, General News, Interview, Players Tagged With: andrew bergen, basecamp, chris mikulin, clyw, heaven sent, mark mangarin, pool party, scales podcast, yoyo interview, yoyo podcast, yoyo sponsorship

CLYW Cabin Tutorials – Gopher Regen

January 2, 2017 By Steve Brown

CLYW’s Fearless Leader dropped a new tutorial for his trick “Gopher Regen”, a fun little regeneration move that should be pretty easy to pick up. Yay for easily explained tricks!

Yoyo used is the CLYW Bonfire.

Filed Under: Manufacturer, Players, Video Tagged With: bonfire, cabin tutorial, chris mikulin, clyw, yoyo tricks, yoyo tutorial, yoyo video

Around The World – Canadian Rockies

August 26, 2016 By Steve Brown

Ben Conde documented the first Basecamp trip and lemme just say right now: I am now really, really jealous and wish I could have been there. Absolutely amazing!!

Featuring Ben Conde, Ben McPhee, Chris Mikulin, Alec Campbell, a bear, and more nature than you can shake a stick it.

Yoyo used/abused is the YoYoFactory Flight.

Filed Under: Featured, Manufacturer, Players, Video Tagged With: alec campbell, basecamp, Ben Conde, Ben McPhee, chris mikulin, clyw, yoyo tricks, yoyo video, yoyofactory

Cabin Tutorial – Brent Stole

May 24, 2016 By Steve Brown

CLYW brings us another Cabin Tutorial, this one for the modern classic trick “Brent Stole”. Created by Alex Berenguel and then stolen by Brent Dellinger (hence the name), this trick has become a go-to for modern yoyo players and a foundational move for a lot of crazy stuff. It’s also one of Chris Mikulin’s favorites, so he filmed a tutorial for it to help new players get a grip on this building block.

Yoyo used is the CLYW Scout.

Filed Under: Manufacturer, Players, Video Tagged With: brent stole, cabin tutorial, chris mikulin, clyw, scout, yoyo tricks, yoyo tutorial, yoyo video

Cabin Tutorials – Chip Pip Repeater

May 14, 2016 By Steve Brown

The latest CLYW Cabin Tutorial features CLYW owner Chris Mikulin and a repeater.

Re-read that sentence. Isn’t that pretty much just the best group of things ever? CLYW. Chris Mikulin. Repeater.

Pure gold.

Yoyo used is the CLYW Scout.

Filed Under: Manufacturer, Players, Video Tagged With: cabin tutorials, chris mikulin, clyw, repeater, scout, yoyo tricks, yoyo tutorial, yoyo video

Cabin Tutorial – Twizzler Repeater

October 21, 2015 By Steve Brown

There are few things in this world as satisfying as a solid repeating yoyo tricks. A good repeater is pretty much the closest thing I’ll ever find to meditation, and they’re always a great thing to add to your repertoire. Check out this tutorial for a really nice repeater, featuring CLYW owner Chris Mikulin.

Yoyo used is the CLYW Scout.

Filed Under: Manufacturer, Players, Video Tagged With: cabin tutorial, chris mikulin, clyw, scout, yoyo tricks, yoyo tutorial, yoyo video

Cabin Tutorial – Goat Beard

May 14, 2015 By Steve Brown

CLYW owner Chris Mikulin has a new Cabin Tutorial up, this one for his trick “Goat Beard”. Sweet!

Yoyo used is the Scout by CLYW.

Filed Under: Manufacturer, Players, Video Tagged With: cabin tutorials, chris mikulin, clyw, scout, yoyo tricks, yoyo video

Cabin Tutorial – Tadaalicious

May 7, 2015 By Steve Brown

CLYW owner Chris Mikulin has some sweet old-school tricks, and this new Cabin Tutorial features one of my favorites!

Yoyo used is the Scout by CLYW.

Filed Under: Manufacturer, Players, Video Tagged With: cabin tutorial, chris mikulin, clyw, scout, yoyo tricks, yoyo tutorial, yoyo video

Cabin Tutorials – Country Lasso

April 15, 2015 By Steve Brown

This new batch of Cabin Tutorials feature CLYW owner, Chris Mikulin! “Country Lasso” is one of Chris’ signature tricks, and it’s a really nice flourish to learn and throw in to your sidestyle combos.

Yoyo used is the Scout by CLYW.

Filed Under: Manufacturer, Players, Video Tagged With: cabin tutorials, chris mikulin, clyw, yoyo tricks, yoyo video

Cabin Tutorials – Canadian Goose

April 7, 2015 By Steve Brown

CLYW owner Chris Mikulin gets silly with this new Cabin Tutorial video for his trick “Canadian Goose”. We need more funny tricks. So, learn this and then make up some more and send us your videos.

Yoyo used is the Scout by CLYW.

Filed Under: Manufacturer, Players, Video Tagged With: cabin tutorials, chris mikulin, clyw, scout, yoyo tricks, yoyo video

CLYW Announcement

February 6, 2014 By Steve Brown

CLYW

Chris is quitting! Charles is getting married! Jensen is back! Abe is pregnant! Dogs and cats, sleeping together! Mass hysteria!

Ok, so it’s nothing that major. CLYW will continue on its merry way, producing some of the finest high-end yoyos in existence, only with some shuffling around on the back end of things and a return to wholesale instead of direct sales. Check out the full announcement from Chris below, and congratulations to him on his new gig!

Hey Everyone!

I have some pretty important news about some upcoming changes that I need to share with all of you.

In 1.5 weeks I will be returning back to work and will no longer be focusing on CLYW full-time. With this change I will only be involved in the background helping out with design, production scheduling and picking colourways. Charles will be taking over my duties with the blog as well as our Facebook, Instagram and Twitter accounts. Plus he will also be continuing with his role as Team Manager.

At the end of this weekend we’re going to be shutting down the CLYW Store and will be switching back to wholesale again. So keep an eye on our blog for updates on new releases.

This definitely doesn’t mean that I will be disappearing. I love CLYW and this community and I can’t imagine a life without yoyos. 2013 was a pretty rough year for me and I’ve realized that it’s time for a change. I’ve landed a really exciting position that will allow me to help other companies find their voice online by utilizing a lot of the skills that I’ve developed through running CLYW. You can follow me on my new adventure here.

We’re still committed to the Lodge and I am confident that Charles is going to bring CLYW to the next level … plus he’s super fun and who doesn’t love Chuck?

If you have any questions or comments about any of these changes please feel free to contact us through our contact page.

All the best!

Chris

 

Filed Under: Manufacturer Tagged With: chris mikulin, clyw

CLYW Announces New Business Model

October 30, 2013 By Steve Brown

CLYW

CLYW today announced some interesting news; beginning soon they will be handling sales of their upcoming models themselves, while only shipping “legacy models” to retailers. This means if you want the new Arctic Circle 2: Second Expedition you’ll need to buy it direct from CLYW, but you’ll be able to continue purchasing older models like the Cliff from stores like YoYoExpert.

Personally, I think it’s a great idea and it allows Chris the opportunity to do what he does best: custom-build an amazing brand experience for his collectors. Here’s his full letter…feel free to sound off in the comments section below with your opinions on this new move for CLYW.

Hello all,

Over the next month we’re going to be making some changes with how we are selling our return tops.  Currently we offer most of our throws to a select group of stores that are listed on our stocklist.  These stores have been instrumental with growing CLYW around the world.  For that I am truly thankful!! 

Last year we did really well considering the amount of CLYW return tops that got into hands of yoyoers around the world, but after all the dust settled, we really didn’t have much to show for it financially.  We have a large team, employees, artwork contractors, rental space, relatively high production costs, plus we funded a very expensive plastic project … the costs all add up … and something just isn’t quite working with how we’re doing things, so we need to step back and make some changes.  

One of these changes is switching to more of a direct sales approach. In November/December we’re going to be releasing 4 brand new models: the Gnarwhal 2, Arctic Circle 2, Bonfire and Puffin 2.  Initially the first few runs will be sold direct in order to help get CLYW pointed in the right direction.  We’re also going to be selling the first run of coloured Yetis direct too.  Stores on our stocklist will still be offered runs of our legacy throws (BvM2’s, Sasquatch, Avalanche, Chiefs, Black Yetis), and then we’ll see how things go from there.

I know this comes as a bit of a shock to most of you as it doesn’t quite follow the current formula we are all used to in this industry, but I hope that you understand where we’re coming from with this.  It is not my goal to make CLYW into a massive company that sells ‘products’ to every single toy store / retailer in the world.  I just want to have fun.  Take care of my family and team.  AND make some cool stuff along the way.  At the end of the day CLYW is still just a small business run by people who love yoyoing and love this community.

The CLYW store will have free shipping to the US and Canada for orders above $100 and free shipping to the UK and Japan for orders above $150.

Thank you for your continued support and if you have any questions/comments please feel free to contact us.

Regards,

Chris
CLYW

Filed Under: Manufacturer Tagged With: chris mikulin, clyw, featured

Thanks, Chris!

October 13, 2013 By Steve Brown

Chris Mikulin is going to cry when he sees this.

Filed Under: Players, Video Tagged With: abe ziaimier, Adam Brewster, alec campbell, Alex Berenguel, Andrew Maider, charles haycock, chris mikulin, clyw, David Kreibich, Elliot Jackson, ernest kahn, featured, JohnBot, mark mangarin, michael kurti, nuu gatowsky, palli, pekka, Petr Kavka, video, Zach Gormley

CLYW – The Jasper Five

October 13, 2013 By Steve Brown

This stunning new video from CLYW might well be one of the best things to happen to yoyoing this year. Absolutely beautiful work from everyone involved.

Featuring Chris Mikulin, Ann Connolly, Charles Haycock, Alex Smith, and Kristin Olinyk.

Filed Under: Manufacturer, Video Tagged With: Alex Smith, Ann Connolly, charles haycock, chris mikulin, clyw, featured, Kristin Olinyk, video, yeti

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