# A little bit of history **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [June 26, 2014, 12:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-little-bit-of-history/67338 "2014-06-26T12:42:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 12:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-little-bit-of-history/67338/1 "2014-06-26T12:42:13Z")
ok so I’ve been thinking about this for a while, and it’s the right time. Almost exactly 6 years ago we closed the [Skilltoys.net](http://Skilltoys.net) forums forever, removing over 7 years of historical conversations, trick information, product releases, arguments and other stuff that happens in a yo-yo forum. I’ve held on to the archive of those forums since that day, and today I’m putting it back up as part of the Museum. It’s read only so no-one can post, but I hope you find it an enjoyable look back through time. [Skilltoys.net Board](http://yoyomuseum.com/board) You may recognize some names in there - for example, MasterMagic would be the one and only André Boulay. barneyakers is Steve Brown, dif-e-yo is actually Frank and I believe somewhere buried in there is the original announcement of the Konkave bearing. ---
**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 1:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-little-bit-of-history/67338/2 "2014-06-26T13:20:58Z")
Hard to believe it’s been that long. ---
**Author:** ![Totalartist](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/totalartist/32/1054_2.png) [@Totalartist](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Totalartist)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 1:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-little-bit-of-history/67338/3 "2014-06-26T13:25:24Z")
I can’t wait to read through it. Thanks Chimera. I love reading about yo-yo history. MasterMagic wished me a happy birthday yesterday. ;D That was so cool! ---
**Author:** ![andy569](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/andy569/32/1256_2.png) [@andy569](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/andy569)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 1:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-little-bit-of-history/67338/4 "2014-06-26T13:28:54Z")
This deserves a sticky… ---
**Author:** ![CaliBuddha](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/calibuddha/32/156_2.png) [@CaliBuddha](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/CaliBuddha)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 1:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-little-bit-of-history/67338/5 "2014-06-26T13:46:59Z")
Awesome! Thanks for this! ---
**Author:** ![Adam\_Brewster](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/adam_brewster/32/644_2.png) [@Adam\_Brewster](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Adam_Brewster)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 3:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-little-bit-of-history/67338/6 "2014-06-26T15:15:54Z")
wow! I was totally the most annoying kid ever! I haven’t cringed this much in a long time! interesting look back in time. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 3:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-little-bit-of-history/67338/7 "2014-06-26T15:20:10Z")
> [@Adam\_Brewster](#): > > wow! I was totally the most annoying kid ever! I wonder how many other users will feel the same, looking back at their younger selves 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 4:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-little-bit-of-history/67338/8 "2014-06-26T16:26:26Z")
Yeah, there were some historic flame wars going on at times. I think a lot of us are a bit guilty there. ---
**Author:** ![edhaponik](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/edhaponik/32/150896_2.png) [@edhaponik](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/edhaponik)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 4:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-little-bit-of-history/67338/9 "2014-06-26T16:34:53Z")
Wow. I missed that place. ---
**Author:** ![unklesteve](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/unklesteve/32/106934_2.png) [@unklesteve](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/unklesteve)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 6:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-little-bit-of-history/67338/10 "2014-06-26T18:35:24Z")
![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/1/0/6/1068c34a670a74854dc8b05e393f546c3c93195f.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Yoyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/41988e/32.png) [@Yoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyo)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-little-bit-of-history/67338/11 "2014-06-26T19:22:23Z")
> [@Adam\_Brewster](#): > > wow! I was totally the most annoying kid ever! > > I haven’t cringed this much in a long time! > > interesting look back in time. I feel that way looking at my old account, and I’ll probably feel that way about this account eventually. What was your username? ---
**Author:** ![kyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/df705f/32.png) [@kyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kyo)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 4:00am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-little-bit-of-history/67338/12 "2014-06-27T04:00:32Z")
oh wow, this will be fun… thanks for this ---
**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 4:48am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-little-bit-of-history/67338/13 "2014-06-27T04:48:44Z")
> [@kyo](#): > > oh wow, this will be fun… thanks for this Don’t dig too deep… :wink: ---
**Author:** ![yoyospirit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyospirit/32/219875_2.png) [@yoyospirit](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyospirit)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 5:10am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-little-bit-of-history/67338/14 "2014-06-27T05:10:04Z")
Heh, that place closed down shortly after I got into yoyoing, wish I got a chance to join the forums there, oh well, reading through some of those posts seems pretty satisfying too! ---
**Author:** ![kyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/df705f/32.png) [@kyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kyo)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 5:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-little-bit-of-history/67338/15 "2014-06-27T05:52:09Z")
> [@jhb8426](#): > > Don’t dig too deep… :wink: oh I already have… most of my really obnoxious posts predate that database though 🙂 (most) ---
**Author:** ![yoyospirit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyospirit/32/219875_2.png) [@yoyospirit](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyospirit)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 6:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-little-bit-of-history/67338/16 "2014-06-27T06:29:23Z")
Kinda wish most of the pics of the mods done were still there… ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 10:00am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-little-bit-of-history/67338/17 "2014-06-27T10:00:58Z")
> [@yoyospirit](#): > > Kinda wish most of the pics of the mods done were still there… There may be some in the photo gallery which I have, but didn’t restore due to disk space. I’ll see what I can do. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 10:04am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-little-bit-of-history/67338/18 "2014-06-27T10:04:09Z")
> [@kyo](#): > > oh I already have… most of my really obnoxious posts predate that database though 🙂 (most) Ooh, now that is a forum I wish I still had - the original “Dave’s wonderful world of yo-yos” board. Unfortunately that got corrupted before I had any concept of backups. ---
**Author:** ![edhaponik](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/edhaponik/32/150896_2.png) [@edhaponik](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/edhaponik)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 12:12pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-little-bit-of-history/67338/19 "2014-06-27T12:12:40Z")
So much fun to read back through that stuff. It’s pretty crazy how many friends I have now whom I first knew as screen names on Dave’s board. Now if Rich/Tommy and GReg could somehow reload the ES and [yoyoing.com/news](http://yoyoing.com/news) boards, I’d have a 10.0 nostalgia-quake. Edit: [memmmmmmorrrrrieeees](http://www.yoyomuseum.com/board/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=daves&Number=118118&Forum=,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,All_Forums,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,&Words=&Searchpage=5&Limit=25&Main=118086&Search=true&where=&Name=1833&daterange=&newerval=&newertype=&olderval=&oldertype=&bodyprev=#Post118118) ---
**Author:** ![mrciurleo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@mrciurleo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mrciurleo)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 12:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-little-bit-of-history/67338/20 "2014-06-27T12:28:47Z")
It’s so weird not seeing anything about CLYW and general yo. [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-little-bit-of-history/67338.md?page=2)