Posted in General on Dec 28th, 2006
The Yo-Yo Factory G5 has dropped at your favorite yo-yo stores. Over at Yo-Yo Nation they gave a free Flymaster with every purchase. To bad they sold out FAST! But don’t worry, there will be a 2nd release soon enough.
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Posted in General on Dec 25th, 2006
In the sea of aluminum yo-yos we’ve been swimming in this year HICOO has dropped this hot little piece of metal, the West Uranium. Now, it’s a pretty basic set up, hspin sized bearing and flush pads. What I really dig is the shape, its professional packaging and its well laid out laser engraving.
I am […]
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Posted in General on Dec 25th, 2006
Pictures of the newest version of the Throwdown Luchidor dropped at the Extreme Spin Forum. Looks interesting! I’m excited to throw it. Nate of Throwdown said they plan on doing 100 and see if there is more demand.
Here are also pictures of the shape and horn
The thing i really respect about Nate’s design is it’s […]
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Posted in General on Dec 23rd, 2006
Duncan Toys first whirlwind tour of asia is over. Jack, Bride and Red are home from the Asia Pacific Challenge
Check out the freestyle videos from AP 06 here
and read the travel logs of the intrepid adventurers here
I’m looking forward to the 2nd phase of the Samurai is to release 3 minute webisodes of the tour.
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Posted in General on Dec 21st, 2006
I was fortunate enough to throw the prototype of the Anti-Yo Busine$$ at the US Nationals in october. I also had the great experience of driving the 2 hours from the bay to Chico with Sonny (haft of Anti-Yo) and got to hear what there vision behind the Business was. Basically, Kiya and Sonny wanted […]
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Posted in General on Dec 20th, 2006
I’ve been very impressed with the aluminum yo-yos out of Italy, so far. The Oxy series and the Plug-in were amazing quality and, in my views, the pinnacle of small run aluminum yo-yos. And the Roo-yo was no exception. The first 2 versions of the Roo-yo (regular sized and the SV, a smaller one) both […]
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Posted in General on Dec 19th, 2006
The first yo-yo we’ve seen come out of Germany for a while. The “Chili” by Hot-Yo. Maybe Harry Baier will catch on and make a butterfly Mondial? We can only hope…
More pictures can be found here
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Posted in General on Dec 19th, 2006
Something some of us have been waiting 3 years for… an o-ring Patriot from Yo-Yo Jam! Hells. Yes.
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Posted in General on Dec 19th, 2006
Apart from the awkward name, Yo-Yo Jam dropped this new variation of their SpinfaKtor HG series. Available at most online stores.
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Posted in General on Dec 19th, 2006
Anti-Yo has dropped its first in a series of skateboard decks, and t-shirts, with art done buy yo-yo players that have revolutionized a facet of yo-yoing. This deck has some sick artwork by Paul Escolar
50 will be for sale at Yo-Yo Nation
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