Today I learnt the hard way that it is indeed possible to overlube a bearing.
So I got a throw in mail yesterday and it’s screeching, thus I applied some lube. I was used to lubing the bearing with the shield on but this one had an shieldless bearing, so yeah…
More lube got in and now I have a sore hand from an unexpected return.
Every lesson is a learning experience. Good or bad. You will be able to help someone one day.
Throwing my new Rain City Skills, The Gamer, I learned my throws needed more rpm and straightness in order to put it through my front combos. It’s metal and I have the large C in it but the modified imperial shape really requires precision. That’s good since it’s pushing me to be a better thrower in general.
YouTube was originally a dating website. Bet you didn’t know that 
I did not know that. I heard that’s what Facebook was originally for. Now, FB just exists to make people angry at each other and for groups of people to gang up on each other. Oh, wait, that’s Twitter. Same thing.
What I learned: I started using shorter strings. I ignored the advice for a long time but 2” shorter makes my front style smoother. I know how to artificially shorten the string by getting it wrapped around my finger a few times but the actual shorter string gets me into mounts quicker and just makes things more fun. It’s like driving at night with my high beams on.
This is why high wall organics are good to assess how clean your style is. Most competition yoyos are super forgiving so you can lose sight of how clean your executions are.
Like, doing tricks is challenging enough; doing tricks on a high wall organic is double challenging. But in a good way. It makes things more interesting!
Would you consider the Overture to be a high-wall organic?
I see! Thanks for the visuals 
Er what? No it wasn’t. It was always a general purpose video sharing site from day one.
There is some truth to the statement, but it’s over simplified.
Hmm so for five days it was, but nobody uploaded a single video during those five days, eh?
That yoyo looks great with the orange string. What model is that?
The Parlay’s high walls are mitigated a bit by the response step, are they not? Just like with the Markmont Classic.
It’s the Decoy 
Ah, so that’s what the red/orange splash finish looks like in motion. Pretty! Makes me wish they just made a solid copper-colored version. Still, very cool!
How do you like the Decoy?
They are in the traditional sense, but technically the Parlay is still a high-walled yoyo, with a modern response bump.
The walls stay parallel for quite a way before they start to bend outward
Not the highest walls, but still high walled by modern standards. The walls still stay parallel quite a way after the response bumps too, instead of bending outward immediately
Using loops for string tricks is a great challenge and really cleans them up 
