Ladies and gentlemen: Ernest Kahn!
CLYW scored big when they picked up this guy….great tricks, helluva skater, and one of the most enthusiastic brand ambassadors a company could possibly hope for. Great work, Ernest!
Archives for February 27, 2013
FIRST LOOK: CLYW x One Drop – The Summit Artwork
CLYW x One Drop The Summit Artwork by Jason Week
Here it is…your first look at the box art for the new CLYW x One Drop collaboration yoyo, the Summit!
This yoyo has gone from concept to prototype in just days, and now we have box art from the always amazing Jason Week. This has got to be a land speed record for yoyo development…congrats to CLYW and One Drop on what is shaping up to be one of the most impressive yoyo drops in years!
YoYo Master BLACK at TED 2013
(via TED)
“When I was 14 years old, I had low self-esteem,” yo-yo champion BLACK begins his talk during session 4 of TED2013. “Then one day, I bought a yo-yo.” The first trick he tried — well, it didn’t work. But after a week of practice, he started to get somewhere. He remembers, “I thought, ‘The yo-yo is something for me to be good at. For the first time in my life, I found my passion.’”
But practicing for hours a day and winning the World Yo-Yo Contest four years later in 2001 didn’t take him on the path he hoped. “I thought I’d become a hero! I will get many sponsors. Money. Many interviews! I will be on the TV,” says Black. But fame and fortune never came. Instead, BLACK went back to school and became a systems engineer.
Eventually, though, he had to return to his passion. “I wanted to show how spectacular the yo-yo could be. I wanted to change the public image of the yo-yo,” says BLACK. “So I quit my company and started a career as a professional performer.” He won the World Yo-Yo Contest again in 2007, and even passed an audition for Cirque du Soleil.
On the TED stage, BLACK gives a performance set to dramatic music, a yo-yo spinning quickly and maseterfully around him like a ribbon around a rhythmic gymnast. Soon, he picked up a second yo-yo, spinning them wildly, as if juggling. Bending backwards to the floor, he keeps the yo-yos orbiting just millimeters from his face. The performance is both graceful and thrilling.