This is a great @Augie quote and thank you for sharing. Sometimes its better to go with the heart, as its easy to overthink simplicity.
Have to agree, the added response and control makes up for it.
Still playing with the “Training Wheels” off, but I wouldn’t say I’m a Penny Farthing racer quite yet, even though I was able to pick up a couple trick clips. I also now understand the SF era bias for No Jives, today I’m throwing an SF era Filigree Mandala No Jive with some tarnished axle hubs. This one weights in at 50 grams, so 2 grams lighter than the BC era, and it also feels a little slimmer in the hand. This is a beautiful yoyo and it definitely has that Tom Kuhn “IT” factor.
Happy Friday everyone! Decided to go with a personal favorite today with the BC Apollo. At 57g its got quite some heft as far as most fixed go but man its got some power and it stalls like a dream. Im never sure how widely regarded the Apollo is across the community dont hear it mentioned a lot but its always impressed me. Not to mention love the color mixed with the natural grains
I do think I’ll have a handful - a couple need the engraving actually - I’ll make a post when we plan to put them online but expect a few weeks before that happens!
This week is my 150th consecutive Fixed Axle Friday Throws post. So why not play the Purple Duncan Pro Fly from the OP. Still a great player and I don’t understand why Duncan doesn’t have these in their current line up @bjardin? Either way these can be found NOS and Pro-Yo axles work inside. I also got a trick clip, I like to call these Bro Zines, as I discovered these trying to do @drewtetz Makin Da The Zines from a Frontside perspective, sometimes I like to do these all day, and is a fun stall repeater.
Somebody “Liked” this post over a year later. I wish I could remember what the tricks were! Maybe that “Lawn Mower” one, and one I haven’t recorded called “Levitaion”.
Yeah mate! There are four throws in my collection I will never relinquish. Someone will have to pry them from my cold dead giant hands. Two of them were pried from your warm Australian hands!
White Oak Ballsy
Survivalist
Wanker
Batsquatch
It was a sad day when you confirmed you’re not making yoyos for export any longer. Maybe one day I’ll sell one of my other two spinworthy throws for thousands of dollars as an exotic rarity…
@TheThrowingGnome Thanks, I did finally get this OG maple TMBR Baldwin tuned up and back to responding with a little more snap after replacing the axle. For only weighing in at 53 grams it definitely plays with a little punch. A beautiful piece from @colinleland
That was my intention, but very soon after I stopped, I had several people wanting me to make them yoyos and Ive been finding it hard to persistently say no. One of the requests was for a small batch of a potential signature plastic unresponsive yoyos for a well-known player. I’m still prototyping that one.