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Archives for April 2017

First Look – Throw Revolution Zephyr II

April 28, 2017 By Steve Brown

Throw Revolution has announced the Zephyr II, a bi-metal version of their mono-metal budget yoyo released last year. They’ve kept the weight down to 64 grams to hold to the current trend towards lighter yoyos, but upped the ratio of how much of that weight is concentrated in the rims. Expect the Zephyr II to throw heavy, play light, and spin for a loooong time!

Expect to see the Zephyr II at YoYoExpert.com soon. Check out specs and more photos below!

Throw Revolution Zephyr II Specs:

Finish: Smooth Beadblast
Weight: 64 g
Diameter: 57 mm
Width: 43.6 mm
Bearing: 10 Ball Concave
Price: $120 USD

Filed Under: Manufacturer, YoYo Drop Tagged With: bi metal, Marcus Koh, throw revolution, yoyo drop, yoyo first look, yoyo release, zehpyr, zephyr 2, zephyr ii

CLYW Vlog Cabin – Episode 3

April 28, 2017 By Steve Brown

In this week’s Vlog Cabin from CLYW, Aaron Davis teaches you something about how to shoot really nice looking product photos with just a smartphone, white paper, and (no joke) a cookie sheet. It’s official: no one has any excuse for bad product photos now. Super useful tips for all you start-up yoyo companies out there!

Filed Under: Manufacturer, Video, YoYo Guides Tagged With: Aaron Davis, clyw, how to, photography, vlog cabin, yoyo photography, yoyo photos

Whimsy YoYos Returns With Bi-Metal Aloha Encore

April 27, 2017 By Steve Brown

After a two-year hiatus, Whimsy YoYos is back!

The company that brought us the Poker Face, Aloha, Roar, and OMG are back with a new bi-metal release, the Aloha Encore, and it’s their strongest design yet. Incorporating design elements from the Aloha, the most popular of their original releases, and upgrading it with new weight distribution and stainless steel weight rings, the Aloha Encore aims to be a new competition yoyo from the reborn Whimsy YoYos. We got a chance to play with one of these pre-release models and it’s definitely a great upgrade from the original Aloha…lots more power but still feels great in the hand.

A limited pre-release (plus some b-grades) will be available direct from the Whimsy website on April 28th, with a full retail release of the Aloha Encore following shortly after. Check out specs and more pics below!

Whimsy YoYos Aloha Encore Specs:

Diameter: 55 mm
Width: 43 mm
Weight: 65 grams
Pad Size: 19 mm
Bearing: Size C

Whimsy YoYos Aloha Encore
Whimsy YoYos Aloha Encore
Whimsy YoYos Aloha Encore

 

Filed Under: Manufacturer, Players, Video Tagged With: aloha, aloha encore, bi metal, whimsy, yoyo drop, yoyo manufacturer, yoyo release

CLYW Presents: Yuuki Spencer – Kayak

April 26, 2017 By Steve Brown

It’s hard to get much better than 2x World YoYo Champion Yuuki Spencer kicking around in Texas and throwing some tricks. We could watch 20 minutes of this, easily. His trick construction, his flow, his style…all of it is just too damn good! Check out this new video from CLYW, just in time for a Kayak restock tomorrow night at 10 pm EST.

Yoyo used is the CLYW Kayak.



Filed Under: Featured, Manufacturer, Players, Video, YoYo Drop Tagged With: clyw, kayak yoyo, world yoyo champion, yoyo drop, yoyo release, yoyo tricks, yoyo video, yuuki spencer

C3yoyodesign Presents: Peter Pong & Ryuichi Nakamura – Gamma Crash

April 26, 2017 By Steve Brown

C3yoyodesign does it again with another beautiful product video, this one featuring Peter Pong and Ryuichi Nakamura. The C3 folks consistently put out some of the absolute best promo videos in the industry, and their yoyos are pretty damn good, too!

Yoyo used is the C3yoyodesign Gamma Crash.

Filed Under: Featured, Manufacturer, Players, Video Tagged With: c3yoyodesign, gamma crash yoyo, peter pong, ryuichi nakamura, yoyo tricks, yoyo video

’97 Generation Players

April 26, 2017 By Steve Brown

An entire video dedicated to yoyo players born in 1997. And every one of them is a fantastic player. This is the kind of crazy, left-field brilliance that keeps me in yoyoing. I love everything about this.

Featuring Aoi Ogura, Akira Nanba, Atomu Nakajima, Azim Jameel, John Wolfe, Kohei Seto, Paolo Bueno, Ryoya Ochiai, Seiya Ototsuji, Shuji Kinoshita, Shun Watanabe, Takeshi Matsuura, Takumi Shirasaki, Yuki Takami, and Yoku Kato.

Filed Under: Players, Video Tagged With: 1997, Akira Nanba, aoi ogura, Atomu Nakajima, azim jameel, john wolfe, Kohei Seto, Paolo Bueno, Ryoya Ochiai, Seiya Ototsuji, Shuji Kinoshita, Shun Watanabe, takeshi matsuura, Takumi Shirasaki, yoku kato, yoyo tricks, yoyo video, Yuki Takami

First Look: Luftverk – Daytona Slimline

April 25, 2017 By Steve Brown

Jeffrey Pang, owner of Luftverk, dropped details for his next titanium yoyo release and for fans of responsive pocket yoyos, it’s just what you’ve been waiting for. Taking design cues from a bunch of mid-school designs, the Daytona is the latest masterpiece from a guy who has gotten really good at creating masterpieces. Specs and pics are below, and you can head over to the Luftverk site for Jeffrey’s full write-up of the project.

 

Luftverk Daytona (Slim-Line) Specs:

Price: 280USD
Material: Titanium (Grade 5)
Width: 33.5 mm
Diameter: 53.0 mm
Weight: 62.5 grams
Bearing: Size C flat/ Size C Half Spec (Includes both)
Response: 19mm LuftPAD
Non-Numbered



Filed Under: Featured, Manufacturer, YoYo Drop Tagged With: daytona, edc, jeffrey pang, slim line, titanium, yoyo, yoyo drop, yoyo release

CLYW Cabin Tutorial – I Like Tuh

April 24, 2017 By Steve Brown

Tessa Piccillo delivers this week’s CLYW Cabin Tutorial, with a great laceration/grind/bind combo that it’s a perfect end for any freestyle.

Yoyo used is the CLYW Blizzard.

Filed Under: Manufacturer, Players, Video Tagged With: blizzard, cabin tutorial, clyw, tessa piccillo, yoyo tricks, yoyo tutorial, yoyo video

Ben Conde Classics

April 24, 2017 By Steve Brown

Looks like our dude Ben Conde is getting into the tutorial game! Ben Conde Classics aims to give the 21,000+ subscribers to his YouTube channel a chance to learn how to yoyo from the very beginning. Pretty good way to promote his new responsive beginner yoyo from YoYoFactory, huh? Check them out below, and feel free to encourage your non-player friends to subscribe and start learning!

Yoyo used is the Ben Conde Around The World by YoYoFactory.

Filed Under: Players, Video Tagged With: around the world, Ben Conde, how to yoyo, learn to yoyo, yoyo tricks, yoyo tutorial, yoyo video, yoyofactory

James Gilroy – Triiiiiiicks

April 24, 2017 By Steve Brown

It’s short, but it’s pretty damn good. We like this guy’s style.

Yoyo used is the CLYW Dune.

Filed Under: Players, Video Tagged With: clyw, dune, james gilroy, yoyo player, yoyo tricks, yoyo video

Ann Connolly – Declutter My YoYo Collection

April 21, 2017 By Steve Brown

Ann Connolly is moving, and she has too much stuff for her tiny little apartment in Prague. Comment on YouTube for a chance to win something from her collection so she has less stuff to pack!

Filed Under: Featured, Players Tagged With: Ann Connolly, giveaway, vlog, youtube, yoyo collection

CLYW Vlog Cabin – Episode 2

April 21, 2017 By Steve Brown

In CLYW’s second episode of Vlog Cabin we find out the secret to getting sponsored, a few people win t-shirts, and someone else gets a chance to win a CLYW Kayak yoyo prototype.

Filed Under: Manufacturer, Players, Video Tagged With: clyw, vlog, vlog cabin, yoyo video, yoyo vlog

Ann Connolly – EYYC Finals

April 21, 2017 By Steve Brown

Ann Connolly gives us a great player-level view of the recent European YoYo Championship with another fun vlog entry from everyone’s favorite American emigrant to the Czech Republic who isn’t named “Hank”.

Filed Under: Contests, Players, Video Tagged With: 2017, Ann Connolly, eyyc, vlog, yoyo contest, yoyo tricks, yoyo video

One Drop YoYos x Static Co. – Parlay

April 21, 2017 By Steve Brown

One Drop YoYos and Static Co. have announced a new collaboration, the Parlay. Looks like another nice, organic shaped yoyo for those who dig that sort of thing. (Which is all of us, right?) Check out their full write-up and specs below, and expect to see these hitting retailers soon!

We have been so blessed to make yo-yos for the last ten years.  A big part of that blessing is the friends we have made and continue to make everyday.  The story of the Parlay started ten years ago at the US National Yo-Yo Contest when we stumbled upon a bunch of rad yo-yoers from Utah after a night of frolicking in the streets.  This was a different time when yo-yos were smaller, had more vibe, were just starting to be unresponsive out of the box,  and we (all of us in the community) were all in the process of creating the craft of modern yo-yo design, building and playing.  Much has been learned and the amazing yo-yos available today reflect this journey.

We met Aaron Day of Static Co. back then and have remained good friends.  Aaron was visiting us recently and the idea of doing a collaboration came up.   Of course it did because this is all about friends and yo-yoing.

There is a certain nostalgia that yo-yoers who played in the mid-2000s have for those “imperfect” yo-yos of the time.  The idea that Static brought to the table was to create a yo-yo that seems and feels like it was released in that era but to add the modern touches and luxuries.  The Parlay is smooth as you would expect these days.  It has Side Effects if you ever feel the urge to add some freshness to it.    It has everything we have learned about making yo-yos in it.  But you’ll feel like you just got it at the 2007 US National Yo-Yo Contest.

Here is how Static describes their journey as a yo-yo company that has led to this release.  Hopefully they will be able to parlay this collaboration into bringing more of their vision to our community.

“When we decided to make yoyos, we really didn’t know what we were doing. We mentally mashed some yoyo designs together during sessions in my garage, and sent the designs to a shop in China. They did their thing, and a few weeks later, we had a box full of yoyos.

We found that this method of manufacturing didn’t really suit us. The story of the SGNL, from the time that we signed off on the third prototype of it, to the moment that it was delivered, is a blank to us. This experience made us realize that we very much wanted to be involved in every step of the production of our yoyos going forward. We wanted a process that would allow for more input from us, more thought on our part, more effort. Something that required us to be present. In other words, we wanted to feel like we had actually given of ourselves in order to add to something that we care about.

We had planned to move production to One Drop for a few reasons: 1. They’re our homies. 2. They make the best yoyos in the world. 3. These dudes live and breathe yoyo culture. In this way, we’re on the level.

So, last summer when I visited them, I approached them about producing our next model. They countered with the proposal to collaborate on a design. We didn’t think twice about accepting.

Meet the Parlay.

Designed over a decade, executed in a day.

You might recognize some strategically placed elements from some legendary One Drop yoyos from the past (and maybe the present, for that matter) in its design. That’s probably not a mistake. The Parlay features the now signature One Drop response bump, though the area around the bump is sunken into the yoyo, effectively creating the Response Moat. This gives you the classic high wall feeling that will whip your ass into shape, but also gives you increased spin time by reducing string friction. Some players may balk at the weight of the Parlay, shipping at less than 62g with Flat Caps. Don’t go by the numbers though, man, go by the feeling. Despite its light weight, it spins for centuries, and is deceptively stable. It even has quite a bit of heft, thanks to the masterful touch of the most talented machinist in the industry.

The Parlay is a collaboration in the sincerest sense of that term. Much thought and much love, among other things, went into its design. We had such a great time teaming up with One Drop to create this yo-yo.  The result is unlike anything out right now and we truly hope you will enjoy it.”

One Drop x Static Co. Parlay Specs

Weight: 62 grams (with Flat Cap Side Effects)
Width: 40.3 mm
Diameter: 53.6 mm
Response: 19mm Slim Flow Groove
Gap Width: 4.32 mm
Bearing: One Drop 10 Ball Bearing

Filed Under: Manufacturer, YoYo Drop Tagged With: one drop yoyos, static co, yoyo collaboration, yoyo drop, yoyo release

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