Hey guys - just wanted to know what everybody’s favorite throw was! I really like my One Drop Nitro.
My fav of all is Yoyojam Kickside.
Well, the story is a little long, but I think it’s worth sharing here.
When I was around 11~12 years old, I already had more or less 1 year that I knew this hobby/sport. I had two yoyos that were manufactured here in Brazil, and they cost around $5, and they were bearing butterfly too. It’s called Vulto Saga (in which it took me a long time to buy them, and I only bought the second one because the first one ruined the spacer, which was directly in the plastic, and mainly because I was still a kid at the time, I got one of them for a birthday, and another one at Christmas as a gift).
Just when the year of this time turned, which if I’m not mistaken was 2009, my father was always self-employed, and the area in which he works, dropped by 90% of the service he had, and it was like this around 2~ 3 years, until over time, it managed to restructure itself.
However, in the meantime of 3 years, we had several months when we didn’t have money to pay the water bills, electricity etc and we needed help from family, friends, etc. Soon, I found a way to try to help around the house: selling fixed-axis yo-yos during recess at my public school where I studied. I took some change from my father, and I promised him that I would return them as soon as I managed to resell the yoyos that I was going to buy with that money, and it was done.
In a week, I returned the money to him, and I was buying yoyos again with the profit, and reselling them for 1 year or more. The money left over after I bought back to sell more, I helped my parents, and the small amount left over (around $0.50 per week switching from my country’s currency to the dollar) I saved for a long time, until I managed to buy a Yoyojam Kickside, which has always wanted to have it because I thought it was wide, round and beautiful.
I went to the lan house, because there was internet there, and I finally bought it.
I remember every second of the moment when it came to me, me shaking like hell and scared of it falling to the ground, and admiring it for hours after school, and playing it.
And so, I managed to buy a Yoyojam Speedmaker and an X-convict yoyojam as well doing what I did to buy Kickside: reselling fixed axle yoyos 
Tough times, but that marked me in the best and most positive way possible.
Sorry for the mistakes, I’m still practicing English 
Photo of my biggest baby.
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Easy one for me ZGRT El Mijo.
I have been playing it daily, since I got it, 11 months ago.
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Just got it back out today and sang its praises in another thread—Yoyofactory iQ.
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It’s a tie for me between the Mantra and 5 Star.
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TiVayder
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GTR-JS for performance, Panorama for fun/chill vibes
And a list of my all time favorites
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Wow! Must be good.
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Yes, I hear good things about those.
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Nice!
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That GTR-JS looks quite sharp!
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Cool!
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Wow, impressive-looking…
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Cool, it’s hard finding a throw that you really like.
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Nice, sometimes I can’t decide either.
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My favorite wooden yoyo is an unresponsive made by Spinworthy out of purple heart wood.
My favorite metal is the General yo 5 star.
Between the two the wooden one is my favorite. I have come to find out I may be in the minority on wooden unresponsive yoyos. They have some vibe to them, but this one is minimal on vibe and not a bother.
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