# Coping with pinpricks **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [November 10, 2013, 4:49am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/coping-with-pinpricks/61069 "2013-11-10T04:49:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Raigo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/raigo/32/1446_2.png) [@Raigo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Raigo)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 6:33am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/coping-with-pinpricks/61069/42 "2013-11-11T06:33:44Z")
> [@Shadowmcr](#): > > I remember doing a triple laceration with my freshly mirror polished genesis…my knot wasn’t tight enough, so as I was doing it, the knot came off my finger. I just stood there watching as it pretended to be a race car burning rubber on asphalt… Silly yoyo… Lol happened to me on the opposite side, the loop holding te bearing I was doing a trapeze, and broke off before hitting the string Luckily , it was going straight up so I had time to catch it 🙂 If only it was like this all the time ;( ---
**Author:** ![mr.nightshadow95](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mr.nightshadow95/32/1093_2.png) [@mr.nightshadow95](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mr.nightshadow95)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 5:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/coping-with-pinpricks/61069/43 "2013-11-11T17:31:16Z")
> [@YoyoGeezer](#): > > How the heck did damage like that happen?!? > > Did you use the yoyo halves as replacement wheels for a landing 747? … I am astounded. Lol I’m pretty sure that would be the most accurate guess for what happened to it. We have to file yoyo abuse haha ---
**Author:** ![Jake\_Elliott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@Jake\_Elliott](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Jake_Elliott)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 6:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/coping-with-pinpricks/61069/44 "2013-11-11T18:09:12Z")
> [@mr.nightshadow95](#): > > Lol I’m pretty sure that would be the most accurate guess for what happened to it. We have to file yoyo abuse haha “File yoyo abuse” The two way pun made me laugh harder than I would like to admit. ---
**Author:** ![Dreamer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dreamer/32/217610_2.png) [@Dreamer](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Dreamer)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 9:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/coping-with-pinpricks/61069/45 "2013-11-11T21:51:40Z")
After having my token a couple of days I tripped walking out the car while yoyoing. I was sad, but I stopped worrying about keeping it in perfect condition. ---
**Author:** ![Erik\_kerber](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/erik_kerber/32/7939_2.png) [@Erik\_kerber](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Erik_kerber)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 10:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/coping-with-pinpricks/61069/46 "2013-11-11T22:38:47Z")
> [@Shadowmcr](#): > > I remember doing a triple laceration with my freshly mirror polished genesis…my knot wasn’t tight enough, so as I was doing it, the knot came off my finger. I just stood there watching as it pretended to be a race car burning rubber on asphalt… Silly yoyo… That must of been awful! Once I was yoyoing over a granit floor in a musium and the same thing happend to me (only I wasnt doing a triple laceration) So there goes my Dv888 bouncing across the floor(good thing It was only a DV888) The dings on that yoyo were so bad I cut my hand when I tried binding it one day so I took an aluminum file and some sand paper and set too work Heres what it looks like now ---
**Author:** ![Erik\_kerber](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/erik_kerber/32/7939_2.png) [@Erik\_kerber](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Erik_kerber)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 10:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/coping-with-pinpricks/61069/47 "2013-11-11T22:41:28Z")
I know lightings kinda crapy but whatever ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/a/8/d/a8da5ea695e2360a87e5351e2f694a546a22945e.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Erik\_kerber](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/erik_kerber/32/7939_2.png) [@Erik\_kerber](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Erik_kerber)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 10:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/coping-with-pinpricks/61069/48 "2013-11-11T22:42:34Z")
herers another pic ---
**Author:** ![yoyoavenger](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyoavenger/32/884_2.png) [@yoyoavenger](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyoavenger)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 10:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/coping-with-pinpricks/61069/49 "2013-11-11T22:43:34Z")
I deal with pinpricks with tubs of rocky road ice cream and movies. ---
**Author:** ![Erik\_kerber](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/erik_kerber/32/7939_2.png) [@Erik\_kerber](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Erik_kerber)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 10:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/coping-with-pinpricks/61069/50 "2013-11-11T22:53:02Z")
> [@yoyoavenger](#): > > I deal with pinpricks with tubs of rocky road ice cream and movies. hahahaha Nice! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rixtify](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rixtify/32/16_2.png) [@Rixtify](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Rixtify)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 12:07am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/coping-with-pinpricks/61069/51 "2013-11-12T00:07:11Z")
Me, I stopped caring about dings and scratches. My first ever not dollar store actually playable yoyo was a DV888, Yes I started on an unresponsive metal cuz all I saw on the forumsa was dv888 vs dm2 vs protostar, and being a beginner at the time, thought metal was superior to plastic in every way haha. after 2 weeks, my dv888 is full of dings, I use it to walk the dog, I make peoples day (theres this one girl who whenever she sees me is like “Walk the dog!” I walk the dog, she screams saying I make her day woot then walks away haha), I don’t really care about dings as long as its still playable and can handle most of my combos (part of me not caring is I play 3a, yoyos get scratched everyday). also 1 of the reasons I don’t have a $60+ yoyo, wont really spend that unless I REALLY want it. Yoyoing isn’t all about having the rarest yoyo in the world in the best colorway or something, theyre gonna get scratched or dinged somehow someday, Yoyoing is about creating your own stuff, sharing tricks, concepts, mounts, etc., learning, innovating new tricks and combos maybe just at home, or at the next big yoyo contest, but in the end, Its all just about having fun yo-yoing through all of that. ---
**Author:** ![Raigo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/raigo/32/1446_2.png) [@Raigo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Raigo)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 2:28am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/coping-with-pinpricks/61069/52 "2013-11-12T02:28:14Z")
Lol, whenever I do walk the dog it dosent seem to impress xD ---
**Author:** ![mr.nightshadow95](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mr.nightshadow95/32/1093_2.png) [@mr.nightshadow95](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mr.nightshadow95)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 4:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/coping-with-pinpricks/61069/53 "2013-11-12T04:29:32Z")
> [@Jake Elliott](#): > > “File yoyo abuse” > > The two way pun made me laugh harder than I would like to admit. lol totally unintentional ---
**Author:** ![TamOcello](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/tamocello/32/1277_2.png) [@TamOcello](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TamOcello)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 5:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/coping-with-pinpricks/61069/54 "2013-11-12T17:08:40Z")
On this end, its rather satisfying to feel a small dent or ding buff itself out through sheer air friction. Sand down burrs and let throwing do the rest. Anyone else feel like that? ---
**Author:** ![Proboscis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/proboscis/32/135627_2.png) [@Proboscis](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Proboscis)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 5:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/coping-with-pinpricks/61069/55 "2013-11-12T17:26:39Z")
Much Love, Cascade. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2013, 5:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/coping-with-pinpricks/61069/56 "2013-11-12T17:48:15Z")
> [@saintrobyn](#): > > [http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3208/2422646915\_317fc41d21\_o\_d.jpg](http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3208/2422646915_317fc41d21_o_d.jpg) > > [http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3219/2423461626\_a75942b219\_o\_d.jpg](http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3219/2423461626_a75942b219_o_d.jpg) > > [http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3052/2422646849\_d63bcde7af\_o\_d.jpg](http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3052/2422646849_d63bcde7af_o_d.jpg) [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/9/8/8/9884421fdb0d2946328c247d97acb6a2424bbddc.jpeg "I Can Fix It") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5cneCgNA9U) ---
**Author:** ![Erik\_kerber](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/erik_kerber/32/7939_2.png) [@Erik\_kerber](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Erik_kerber)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 6:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/coping-with-pinpricks/61069/57 "2013-11-12T18:38:10Z")
Yoyoing isn’t all about having the rarest yoyo in the world in the best colorway or something, theyre gonna get scratched or dinged somehow someday, Yoyoing is about creating your own stuff, sharing tricks, concepts, mounts, etc., learning, innovating new tricks and combos maybe just at home, or at the next big yoyo contest, but in the end, Its all just about having fun yo-yoing through all of that. [/quote] I agree yoyo143 (although having a yoyo with an awesome paint job can be kinda fun) ---
**Author:** ![Coronett](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/coronett/32/1393_2.png) [@Coronett](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Coronett)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 4:16am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/coping-with-pinpricks/61069/58 "2013-11-14T04:16:25Z")
I get disappointed at the first ding, but after that I just could care less. Sorta like memories you know? ---
**Author:** ![saintrobyn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/saintrobyn/32/54_2.png) [@saintrobyn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/saintrobyn)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 5:05am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/coping-with-pinpricks/61069/59 "2013-11-14T05:05:26Z")
> [@Steve Brown](#): > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5cneCgNA9U](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5cneCgNA9U) You definitely get bonus points for your clever Spicoli usage.  :wink: ---
**Author:** ![SuperBearJew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@SuperBearJew](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SuperBearJew)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 8:08am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/coping-with-pinpricks/61069/60 "2013-11-14T08:08:54Z")
Just remember: pinpricks are nothing compared to a Di Base 2 with a chunk out of it that you can fit a fingernail in… ---
**Author:** ![Dreamer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dreamer/32/217610_2.png) [@Dreamer](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Dreamer)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2013, 4:06am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/coping-with-pinpricks/61069/61 "2013-11-16T04:06:43Z")
> [@SuperBearJew](#): > > Just remember: pinpricks are nothing compared to a Di Base 2 with a chunk out of it that you can fit a fingernail in… I gotta ask. How? [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/coping-with-pinpricks/61069.md?page=2) [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/coping-with-pinpricks/61069.md?page=4)