Worlds goodies
Aug 19th, 2008 by $eth
Sorry I’ve been gone from yoyo2 for a few weeks. Dave and I were on a super long road trip and since I’ve been back home there has been so much to catch up with that the blog took a back seat.
Until now. At Worlds there were a ton of new products. I’ll try my best to talk about a few of them:
First the Turning Point. Kentaro has been working on the design of this yo-yo for a while and it shows. A super wide yo-yo that is very stable and smooth. Weight distribution is also impressive. A lot of mass at the rim with such a wide shape usually turns into a wobble. But Kentaro has tuned this yo-yo to perfection.
The Turning Point will be in production soon so keep your eye out for it.
Yo-Yo Jam released there new yo-yo, The Synergy, in its prototype phase at Worlds. Their answer to the hubstack is a yo-yo with spinning rims. While this isn’t a new idea (See Dave Poyzer’s mod from 2005 here and here) it is the first produced bearing rim yo-yo. The inherent flaws with the Synergy are the large mass of the bearings. To counteract this Yo-Yo Jam has placed brass weight rings in the hub part of the yo-yo. This increases the mass of the stationary part of the yo-yo. All the added weight makes this yo-yo extremely heavy and awkward to play with. It also decreases sleep times immensely so not much can be done while engaging the bearing rims.
From Yo-Yo Factory, we have their 10th revolution. A Plastic Hubstacked yo-yo. The Grind Machine
Thanks to hitmann for the picture
Wide regular sized plastic yo-yo with hubstacks and a big bearing. A deep groove to fill with silicone or thin pads. Stable and smooth. It’s really nice to see a new hit the market thats 1/2 the pice of most metal. Yet is has the playability of a champ. The weight is adjustable with the use of small rubber o rings under the plastic thumb grind lip.
