# Im Back... **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [February 24, 2015, 9:40pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/im-back/72928 "2015-02-24T21:40:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RyanB\_MK6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@RyanB\_MK6](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/RyanB_MK6)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 9:40pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/im-back/72928/1 "2015-02-24T21:40:36Z")
Hey! So I decided to yoyo again. I’ve been gone from this hobby for quite a while. Feel like I missed a lot! So I started yoyoing when I was 10, im 21 now. Stopped throwing probably 3 years ago. Yoyos I have, 2008 YYF 888, General Yo 5 Star V2, OneDrop Project 2, and a couple of M1s. So what have I missed in the last couple years? What companies are putting out good product these days? What string are you guys using? What silicone are you guys using/ are you even using silicone? WHAT HAVE I MISSED??? I’m really excited to start throwing again. ---
**Author:** ![mrciurleo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@mrciurleo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mrciurleo)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 10:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/im-back/72928/2 "2015-02-24T22:26:43Z")
Hey there, a lot has happened in a few years. Some people still like silicone, but response pads are more prevalent now. A lot of companies have opened. Basically, Japanese yoyos have been really popular, mainly the bi-metals, which are aluminum with either steel or titanium rings. Welcome back! ---
**Author:** ![DKiminator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DKiminator](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/DKiminator)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 11:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/im-back/72928/3 "2015-02-24T23:22:35Z")
This is what you missed 2014 contest wise: Worlds 2014 - Gentry Stein won 1a Las Vegas Open - Ky Zizan won 1a with some pretty crazy slacks U.S. Nationals - Zach Gormley won 1a (and his music choice was really cool too) Anthony Rojas swept California winning 1a in Cal states, BAC, and West Coast Yoyo Championships This is just stuff from the top of my head. Also it seems that companies are taking a BIMETAL fad. CLYW released the Wooly Marmot 2, the Bonfire, and the Puffin 2 (there’s lots more than that from them but those are my three faves from this year.) Yoyofactory made tons of awesome budget metals One Drop is continuing their awesomeness Yoyojam has been awfully quiet And today’s rising players include Mark Wendt, Zach Gustafon, Greg Angel, Adrian Velez, and Daniel Kim (bwaha that’s me) Also there’s a bunch of startup companies like Radical Seas, Yoyoworkshop, and Tropic Spins to name a few. Yeah, that’s just a bit of what has been happening in 2014. But now it’s 2015; prepare for more Zach Gormley awesomeness! ---
**Author:** ![CaliBuddha](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/calibuddha/32/156_2.png) [@CaliBuddha](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/CaliBuddha)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 11:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/im-back/72928/4 "2015-02-24T23:30:33Z")
Draupnir. 'nuff said. ---
**Author:** ![RyanB\_MK6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@RyanB\_MK6](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/RyanB_MK6)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 11:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/im-back/72928/5 "2015-02-24T23:48:03Z")
one drop seems like they are on point. I loved onedrop, i asume their quality is still up to par. When i left they just had the project and M1 haha. They got alot of yoyos now! might have to grab one of these $60 one drops. look awesome! ---
**Author:** ![berto](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/berto/32/1506_2.png) [@berto](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/berto)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 3:50am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/im-back/72928/6 "2015-02-25T03:50:23Z")
CLYW… Enough said… _ **flame suit on** _ ---
**Author:** ![\_RTD\_alecto](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/_rtd_alecto/32/1336_2.png) [@\_RTD\_alecto](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/_RTD_alecto)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 3:55am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/im-back/72928/7 "2015-02-25T03:55:35Z")
yyf has made budget more budget friendly clyw fanboys are out in droves onedrop is awesome yoyojam as has been already said has dropped seemingly out of existence that should keep you for a bit ---
**Author:** ![YOYOJAMizm](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyojamizm/32/774_2.png) [@YOYOJAMizm](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YOYOJAMizm)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 3:59am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/im-back/72928/8 "2015-02-25T03:59:01Z")
C3 needs to be given some credit . Krown Zerker ss Level 6 These 3 in particular took the community by storm ---
**Author:** ![GregP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gregp/32/1192_2.png) [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 4:09am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/im-back/72928/9 "2015-02-25T04:09:50Z")
YoyoJam Revival isn’t old. Admittedly it’s just a new version of an old yoyo, but the JV Phenom just dropped like 2 days ago. Alexis is putting out a new series of tutorials and YYJ does marketing for them every Tuesday. They’re not prolific at making yoyos right now, but they’re hardly dead. ---
**Author:** ![yoyojohn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyojohn/32/7911_2.png) [@yoyojohn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyojohn)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 5:13am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/im-back/72928/10 "2015-02-25T05:13:36Z")
Hspin and Spyy both stopped making yoyos, sadly. ---
**Author:** ![mrciurleo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@mrciurleo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mrciurleo)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 11:31am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/im-back/72928/11 "2015-02-25T11:31:20Z")
> [@J△NW△LF W△LF](#): > > Hspin and Spyy both stopped making yoyos, sadly. Don’t forget Anti-Yo and VsNYYC ---
**Author:** ![mr.nightshadow95](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mr.nightshadow95/32/1093_2.png) [@mr.nightshadow95](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mr.nightshadow95)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 3:00am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/im-back/72928/12 "2015-02-26T03:00:37Z")
yoyos came out. Contest were won. Companies came and companies went. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2015, 5:15am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/im-back/72928/13 "2015-02-26T05:15:04Z")
Fixed axle is back… ---
**Author:** ![Yo-YoPro](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yo-yopro/32/7952_2.png) [@Yo-YoPro](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yo-YoPro)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 5:32am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/im-back/72928/14 "2015-02-26T05:32:39Z")
I don’t think you took as much of a break from Yo-Yo’ing as I did, so you shouldn’t have much of an issue getting readjusted. BUT, a lot has happened. And what is all this talk about YoYoJam falling off, this very site is pretty much an “extension” of YoYoJam, if not that VERY entity it’s self. YoYoJam has the #1 endorsement of the Top Yo-Yo Site in the whole world shadow backing it, they’re very much moving at full locomotion.