Yo-yo thread and other skilled toys
 

I was always into yoyo's like most other kids, but never had the patience ot try and learn any of the complicated tricks. So a few years down the road, my friend who's heavy into yoyoing is what helped get my back into it, along with being on forums like yoyonation.com and what not.

Figured this thread would be for anyone else into skilled toys, such as yoyo's, tops and what not.

Personally, my current lineup that I use often would be:

YoyoFactory Fast 201
http://www.yoyofactory.com/products/...18-09_2008.jpg

YoyoFactory Plastic Grind Machine 2
http://www.yoyofactory.com/products/...12_22_2009.jpg

YoyoFactory Severe
http://www.euro-yo.com/acatalog/yoyo...h_side_200.jpg

YoyoFactory Severe 2010
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4007/...68b0232d5f.jpg

YoyoFactory Genesis Stacked Miguel Correa Editon.
http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-4659286579361_2120_62454

i havent herd about yoyo's in years! i had the yomega brain in the 90's i was the coolest kid in school! i might jsut need to pick one up again for old time sake :)
http://img814.imageshack.us/img814/7904/brainu.jpg

Yeah, the play style has changed immensely. Even the technology has changed that has been going into them.

I'm still working on getting up to this level, but here is an old video of my friend. He is currently playing for YoyoFactory.

I had a Yomega Powerspin and Proyo II back in the day. I remember the baller kids at school had Bumble Bees and such, those were pretty sweet.

haha brings back good memories :)

Good times, some of the pro yoyo guys came down to my elementary once to hold a tournament. My little brother got 2nd with his Fireball. Btw Zar! that video is awsome. Cool dude and cool tricks.

WoW!!! I never thought yoyos could be so awesome!!!!

Yup I rocked the Yomego for like 2 years in middle school. It was fun, I could still do the columpio and walking the dog haha

i like cuponk! google it lol

I put this in the catagory: Other Skilled Toys

My Bradley Kimura II
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x...6/DSC02710.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTyF41hhLZY


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That's prety sick. Is that you in the video? That zen rollover would probably result in me loosing fingers/toes. hahaha.

For all you guys...
Ann Connolly. Just recently signed with YYF.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4099/...bebc3c245a.jpg

OMG zar that vid was AMAZING! damn i need to get a yoyo again and get on datt

i work for after school programs in my city, last year, there was a presenter at the school "Ned-yo", all the kids went out and bought crappy yo-yo's for like 15 bucks.....i was like "nah nah nah, F**K that. went home, dug up my yomega, came to school the next day and did work...

http://www.bookofjoe.com/images/2007.../bhipojhij.jpg

kids were like "AHHHH WHAAAA!!!! that thing must cost a jabillion dollars!"

That chicks hott!!!^^^^^hahaha

yeah, i used to have a yomega also. that shit would burn through strings so fast tho. loved it. maybe tomorrow on my day off ill pick up another yo yo and start trickin again. i used to be semi decent.

omg zar that vid gave me wood.

I used to have a yomega X brain, and I saved up all my allowance to get a Bumble Bee, I was so happy lol.

HAHA, i was never as good as the posted videos! Wow, those kids rock...

I had a Brain, then i upgraded to a Yomega Metalic Missle. I think i still have my missle somewhere...i should try to find it!

Jesus i remember everyone thought i was nuts paying so much for that stupid yo yo haha

nice vid i just picked up a balisong myself, only got the basic twirl down

That chick is hot!!!! I remember my yomega, I couldn't afford them when they first came out, so I was jus rocking a duncan. :squintd: You know what I used to hate? When you snap the yoyo, and it would fly off the string, and just take off!!! Brings back memories!! I'd never get back into it though, not unless more hot chicks, like Ann are involved. :D

Dang dude!! I didn't realize how serious yo-yo'ing was... Those two are pretty ridiculous. I always had light up yo-yo's groing up, (from the dollar store ofcourse), haha.

Now that I think about it, I believe I did have an x brain before, and a few Duncans. The x brain was sick!!

You mentioned tops!! Man that brings back memories. I used to buy those things off the ice-cream truck for like 2 bucks like crazy... I bought SOOO MANY of them, lol.

I kinda want to get a yo-yo now, but I'm afraid to look up the price on a good one... Probably more than I want to spend!!

ahh yo yos i remember if you didnt have one in the 90s you were the outcast

this was cool, but i couldn't stop watching the dog in the back haha

Never was good with yo-yos but i owned a few of these back in the hay days

http://www.withflyingcolours.co.uk/i...mega-brain.jpg

yo-yos are legit, i took a look again and found a couple duncans i had lost (butterfly, and midnight special)..then i started to remember the good ol' days....my first yo-yo was a yomega "all star" got stolen from my back back in like 5th grade...then a duncan neo, finally upgraded to the yomega fireball then my current x brain...

but lately ave been looking into one of these
http://www.gamedaze.com/images/produ...zero%20med.jpg

kinda wanna give free hand a try, but maybe i'll start with something cheaper
http://www.owlshollow.com/images/pro...Monkey%20F.jpg

The counterweight style is called 5a. You can do it with any yoyo for the most part. You just need to get a counterweight. Most drill a hole in a dice or whatever suits them. Though Duncan sells like a pack of three counterweights for fairly cheap.

I suggest using a plastic yoyo for starters, since it won't hurt your wallet, nor the yoyo as much if it hits the ground.

The YoyoFactory Plastic Grind Machine 2 (PGM) plays well, and has hub stacks; so you can grab the yoyo from the side and it will keep spinning.
It retails for about $30
http://www.yoyonation.com/skin1/imag...t_16830_01.jpg

The YoyoFactory Protostar plays very well, also. It retails for like $35 I think. The play style feels a lot like a metal yoyo.
http://www.yoyonation.com/skin1/imag...ls/t_16921.jpg

Also, congrats to Jensen Kemmitt of YYF for becoming 1a world champion.

^^^^amazing

i remember having a yomega xbrain and raider haha. those videos are crazy. FUUUUuuuuu

i remember when this came out.. it was the dopest shit in the world....

at my elementary school they banned yo-yo's for some reason. so at lunch and break time we would go behind the portables or the furthest part of the play ground, and just throw down where no one could see us. lol

Speaking of balisong... I was thinking about picking this up as a trainer.
Spyderco BaliYo Pen

I won my middle schools yoyo championship back when I was... what, 12-13? But damn, I'm not skilled like the above videos...