# How did you get into yoyoing? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [August 12, 2021, 11:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-did-you-get-into-yoyoing/343194 "2021-08-12T11:52:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 18
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> [@When did you become hooked on yoyoing?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-did-you-become-hooked-on-yoyoing/292030/17): > > I got hooked a few times. I was hooked in middle school first. My dad bought me one of the early Yomega Brains from his hometown of Fall River, MA. A kid at school liked it and I couldn’t do anything with it, so I traded him for a Duncan Midnight Special (just a black Imperial lol) which I loved because I could make it come back. I learned Rock the Baby on it but broke it. Every time I saw one in toy stores after that though I’d buy one and have it in my pocket for a few weeks. In college, the… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-did-you-get-into-yoyoing/343194)._