# How Far Have You Come? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [September 22, 2009, 6:25am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-far-have-you-come/6779 "2009-09-22T06:25:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![drumma\_yoyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/drumma_yoyo/32/298_2.png) [@drumma\_yoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/drumma_yoyo)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 8:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-far-have-you-come/6779/21 "2009-09-23T20:49:39Z")
When i started i t was about 6 years ago when the yoyo craze hit my school. I got a fast 201 and the best trick i could do was trapeze. Then i broke all of the strings that came with it. I stopped, got into drumming and golfing. It was over the summer when i was watching a kid in boy scout camp with an exodius 2 doing amazing counterweight string tricks. This kid was in my campsite si a asked him to show me a thing or 2 (he brought a lancer also) by the time i got done i got about 10 knots in his string and learned mach 5. Now i have a wooly marmot and am on to expert and master tricks. ---
**Author:** ![AeroSlaYa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AeroSlaYa](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AeroSlaYa)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 7:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-far-have-you-come/6779/22 "2009-09-24T19:57:18Z")
> [@Emptysea](#): > > I “restarted” yoyoing after I had seen a Mosquito in walmart and had pretty much nothing because all my stuff was stuck in a storage shed because of a flood. I picked up a blue mosquito and went back to the hotel to see what little tricks they had online, vastly wrong in my case because they had many yoyo tricks and many different styles. They also had new yoyos. This was all a shock to me. But On my first day I finished off most of intermediate. I didn’t want to press my luck so i stuck with that. Day was August 1st. > By August 6th I believe I had not only popped my only string, I was wearing away the friction sticks. This was the end of yoyoing for me. But then my credit card company told me I was able to get a 100 dollar gift card because I spent so much. I picked up quite a bit of stuff with that 100 dollars, one of which was a DM. It arrived September 5 I believe, and now I’m up to advance part 2. I’m currently working on Dr. Strange and Cold Fusion. In a couple days I figure I’ll continue on learning the rest of Advance part 2. > But since my first day of yoyoing I’ve been on this site. And it’s really helped me progress. Sadly enough I’m already teach people how to yoyo. My roommate thinks I’m the craziest person because I learn everything at an incredible rate. He’s still in intermediate, but he’ll learn once he gets pass the “I’m not going to be that good” kind of talk. Person I guess I don’t really belong here because it hasn’t really been that long for me. > I’ve also never thought I couldn’t do any of the tricks. My biggest thing was “I can’t wait until I learn that trick.” Learning is what I do best! august 1st was my b-day!!! ---
**Author:** ![josephadams183](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@josephadams183](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/josephadams183)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2015, 3:28am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-far-have-you-come/6779/23 "2015-01-17T03:28:56Z")
I remember sitting at dinner talking about the yoyo I had 4 years ago and I went out and bought a Duncan metal drifter the next day. 2 weeks later I mastered intermediate and was starting advanced then bought a shutter. Now 7 months later my main throws a valor and I’m starting to make my own cool stuff. I’m really happy with how far I’ve come ---
**Author:** ![mgodinez](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mgodinez/32/585_2.png) [@mgodinez](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mgodinez)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2015, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-far-have-you-come/6779/24 "2015-01-17T16:39:58Z")
been almost 10 years for me now…still can’t boingy-boingy :-[ mgodinez cloudy… ---
**Author:** ![Sergio](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/sergio/32/70931_2.png) [@Sergio](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Sergio)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2015, 3:54am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-far-have-you-come/6779/25 "2015-01-18T03:54:53Z")
> [@mgodinez](#): > > been almost 10 years for me now…still can’t boingy-boingy :-[ > > mgodinez > > cloudy… Don’t worry I’ve been yoyoing on and off for about 5 years and I can barely do any of the advance part 2 tricks. ---
**Author:** ![888victini](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/888victini/32/1435_2.png) [@888victini](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/888victini)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2015, 2:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-far-have-you-come/6779/26 "2015-01-18T14:45:38Z")
I remember when I thought I would never make it to finals in any competition whatsoever… a year later in 2014 I got the state title and was seeded to finals at MWR :o I also (at the time of me starting) thought that only $15 was WAAAAAY too much on a yoyo now I have probably over ~$500 in yoyo related items 😛 😛 😛 😛 😛 ---
**Author:** ![yoyoben18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e68b1a/32.png) [@yoyoben18](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyoben18)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 1:38am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-far-have-you-come/6779/27 "2015-01-20T01:38:20Z")
> [@Sergio](#): > > Don’t worry I’ve been yoyoing on and off for about 5 years and I can barely do any of the advance part 2 tricks. I can’t do eiffel tower of boingy boingy but I can yoyo sideways ---
**Author:** ![Mazdarx7FD](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mazdarx7fd/32/43086_2.png) [@Mazdarx7FD](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mazdarx7FD)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 3:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-far-have-you-come/6779/28 "2015-01-20T15:17:28Z")
I started about 2 years ago, and here is the video of my progression from 3 years ago to 8 months ago. 😃 [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/a/3/8/a38290d797aff6473c12a961c28d2d134ccdaf36.jpeg "The end of the First Chapter.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi2CIbOiNj8) ---
**Author:** ![Eduardo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Eduardo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Eduardo)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 7:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-far-have-you-come/6779/29 "2015-01-25T19:38:12Z")
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**Author:** ![TGreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@TGreen](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TGreen)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 3:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-far-have-you-come/6779/30 "2026-07-12T15:34:11Z")
That is awesome. I only started a few weeks ago. I started with a Spintek R1 Pro. It is a good beginner pack. It came with the Yoyo, 10 strings and responsive and unresponsive axels and bearings. I printed the Trick list from the Learn section of the site. I blocked the first four off and practice them. I will stay on them until I have them down. Trying to just keep it fun. One thing I have learned is that these little guys hurt when they return and contact your shoulder or head. LOL Stay rad. [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-far-have-you-come/6779.md?page=1)