Duncan Toys has announced the upcoming release of several limited edition ProYo yoyos featuring The Avengers, Batman, Superman, and Spiderman! These will be available in limited quantities at Walgreens in December. Retail should be around $6.
IBS – Basement Session #1
Ibrahim Rahman, better known as IBS, gives us Basement Session #1. Stellar!
Play YoYo Everyday
Great new video from Duncan Crew Singapore’s Fajar Siddiq.
Yomega Glide
Yomega‘s got a new aluminum contest-grade yoyo called the Glide, and it’s available now. Early reviews have been favorable, and the plaid (!?) colorway they released sold out immediately. They only seem to be available direct from Yomega’s website, so head over and check it out. Price is $90 – $100, depending on the finish.
Specifications
Weight: 70 grams
Diameter: 55.56 mm (2 3/16″)
Width: 41.28 mm (1 10/16″)
Bearing: C-Size, Dif-e-Yo KonKave
Days of Our Lives – Alec Campbell
Stellar video from CLYW player Alec Campbell…this is how it’s done! This video also marks Alec’s one-year anniversary on the CLYW team. Congratulations, Alec!
Ann Connolly on Channel Ten Australia
YoYoFactory demonstrator Ann Connolly had a great appearance on Australian television..well worth a look!
YoYoFactory Champions Collection Wave 2
YoYoFactory presents the 2nd wave of Champions Collection signature model yoyos. They’ve put together a great range of Yo-Yos, from the bright pink Paul Han ONEstar to the silky matte black Miguel Correa Genesis+. They have new, original models like the machined plastic Severe for Tyler Severance, Harold Owen III’s H.O.T.or the game changing Shu Takada Loop1080. They’ve even brought on a new twist on a classic with the Victor Gravitsky Protostar, as well as a new yo-yo with an old friend, the Proton with Kentaro Kimura.
Check out YoYoFactory’s individual posts of each model for the full story on each model, plus specs and detailed photos. Expect the YoYoFactory Champions Collection to hit YoYoExpert around the 1st week of December!
Duncan Toys Barracuda x 44 Clash
Duncan Toys partnered up with 44 Clash to release this absolutely gorgeous special edition of Rafael Matsunaga’s signature model, the Barracuda. More Duncan players have won titles with this yoyo that any Duncan yoyo ever produced.
2013 IJA Juggling Festival (7.15 – 7.21)
The International Juggler’s Association has announced the dates and opened registration info for their 2013 festival. To be held in Bowling Green, Ohio, the 2013 festival will be July 15th – 21st on the campus of Bowling Green State University. Festival packages start at $119/person for under 18, and $169/person for 18 and older, and there are also special workshops available with Steven Ragatz (Cirque du Soleil) and Jay Gilligan (University of Dance & Circus, Stockholm) for an additional fee.
Bowling Green, Ohio is located 80 miles south of Detroit and 120 miles west of Cleveland. Low-cost dorm housing is available, starting at $30/day for a shared room.
The IJA Festival is a full week of workshop, shows, special guest performances, informal teaching sessions, games, and hundreds of people throwing stuff at and around each other. If you’ve never been, it’s a fantastic trip for anyone interested in any kind of skill toys or object manipulation.
Visit the IJA festival page for more details.
Jake Wiens – Out With The Old Clips
A fantastic edit by Jake Wiens (The Kengarden) from his collection of kendama footage. He kept filming and filming and filming and never got around to putting it all together…and when he did, the result was 5+ minutes of fantastic tricks from a singularly impressive kendama player.