I think this is probably the case in most places. Too many “closet” throwers.
When I discovered the local TRU had ProZ’s in stock, and the next day, the local TRU was decimated(well, the yoyo rack was), clearly, people around me are in large numbers and reading YYE, but aren’t coming outdoors to socialize with others much.
I’m mostly dealing with a small core group of throwers and the occasional kendama cross-over at my meets. At the YoLex meets I go to, kendama came and went, but yoyo stayed strong.
I don’t know. Maybe some people are embarrassed or don’t want to be put down? I don’t know. Best way to get better is to meet up with others.
Ya tell me about it. I live in vegas and keep trying to find any competitions or anything at all out here. I think I might have to start my own club to teach people how to do it, because the only other yoyoers I’ve met were my friend’s two little brothers who got me into it.
Totally me I live in NY I have people kinda around me, like same island just a while away so I’m stuck here yoyo friendless beside my friend Ryan (mvppaintball11) but I haven’t seen him in years we still video chat though but I Want to arrange a club or contest desperately
Never met another single yoyoer in my life. Except for one who I met when I didn’t know anything abut yoyos. He was a neighbor. I don’t know where he lives, though. DARNIT
Hurray for those that yoyo alone! Seriously! If you yoyo alone you yoyo for your own reasons and you know it. Yes, it would be nice to have a group, a serious group to share with, but it’s possible to yo without, as many of us do!
To participate in an activity without a group sharing the same interests says something positive about us. Hold your heads high and show those skills to everyone. Things can always change, and often do.
I haven’t been in the same room as another yoyo player since 2007. Maybe 2008? Its been a while, either way.
And no more PNWR in Seattle, so it’ll probably be another five or six before I end up at a contest again,
I’m in south central kentucky and it’s like in the Mad Max of throwers or something. There is a club in Nashville, but they meet in Saturdays, which with my new work schedule I’ll never be able to make.
I get by though. I’ve got a couple friends that think yoyoing is cool, but none that will start throwing themselves. Haha. It’s ok, maybe they’ll start doing some mid-west contests again and I’ll be able to get to one.
I don’t know if it’s critical but I think it’s a huge motivator as well as a good way to acquire or reinforce skills. The 3 or 4 times I get to see other throwers in a year helps keep me motivated and interested. Online connections on Facebook for realtime conversations is also helpful for when I can’t see anyone in person.
I think with a bi-weekly meetup I’d be better than I am. I think sometimes people get good despite isolation (how many yoyoers did Alexis JV have when he was coming up? I’ll have to ask him sometime!) but I think (without actually having the statistics onhand) that the overwhelming majority of competitive yoyoers are people who are parts of clubs or a local scene.
Still alone, but it doesn’t really feel like it. Thankfully there are a plethora of tutorials and videos to learn/get inspired from and forums to converse. Alone in the modern world of connectivity vs alone 100 years ago couldn’t be further apart when it comes to learning yoyo. Certainly it is not the same, but I’m grateful nonetheless.
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