# Introduce Yourself! **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [October 16, 2008, 1:59am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/introduce-yourself/51 "2008-10-16T01:59:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 107
**Author:** ![rjman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/47e85d/32.png) [@rjman](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rjman)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 12:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/introduce-yourself/51/2125 "2011-02-08T12:17:40Z")
hi everyone my name is ryan.i started yoyoing since last year(2010) i’m still quite bad at it but hope to inprove. my fav player is tyler severance and Jensen Kimmit. thx for reading! ;D ---
**Author:** ![XBane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/xbane/32/797_2.png) [@XBane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/XBane)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 5:45am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/introduce-yourself/51/2126 "2011-02-09T05:45:25Z")
Heya. Decided to get into yoyo’s for when I dont have time for Starcraft 2. Used to own a fireball a few years back and am capable of all the beginner stuff. Just ordered a dark magic II so I can really get into. Cant wait for it to come in the mail. ---
**Author:** ![pickle24](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pickle24/32/483_2.png) [@pickle24](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/pickle24)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 8:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/introduce-yourself/51/2127 "2011-02-09T20:45:25Z")
> [@hawkeye2188](#): > > > [@M²](#): > > > > Hey hawkeye (do i sense a connection from M.A.S.H.?), it can be pretty hard to get a butterfly to sleep, especially if your a beggenier. You might want to try upgrading to a YYJ Journey or Kickside. Or if you don’t want to buy online Toys R Us usually has some nice yoyo’s like a Freehand 0 or Metal Drifter. > > Nope its for the Iowa Hawkeyes/Marvel Comic Book hero(although I do watch MASH occasionally), The only ones at ToysRUs were the Butterfly, Imperial, some auto return one and Yomega Pulse, at least where I was looking. I looked around the store but didnt find any others. Any specific place they usually have them at? The ones I found were on a rack right at the begining of the store. Hmm, some stores must not have them, or mabey they were just out of stock. Walmart will probably have some duncan mosquito’s but those won’t be a huge improvemant. ---
**Author:** ![Butu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@Butu](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Butu)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 3:56am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/introduce-yourself/51/2128 "2011-02-11T03:56:51Z")
Hey my name is Christian and I’m a girl yo-yo player. I’m learning from my friend Odile who is also a girl yo-yo player. She start teaching me yo-yo during Christmas of 2010 and told me to buy my yo-yo’s from this website. I live in Ohio and I’m 15 and since I just started I’m not that great. I hope to get better though with more practice and start a yo-yo club at school with Odile. And with more practice she wants to go to competitions together. I’m still not sure which yo-yo’s are “good” to buy and other things like that so I still need help. Other than that it’s a pleasure to meet you all! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![hawkeye2188](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@hawkeye2188](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hawkeye2188)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 5:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/introduce-yourself/51/2129 "2011-02-11T17:25:54Z")
> [@M²](#): > > > [@hawkeye2188](#): > > > > > [@M²](#): > > > > > > Hey hawkeye (do i sense a connection from M.A.S.H.?), it can be pretty hard to get a butterfly to sleep, especially if your a beggenier. You might want to try upgrading to a YYJ Journey or Kickside. Or if you don’t want to buy online Toys R Us usually has some nice yoyo’s like a Freehand 0 or Metal Drifter. > > > > Nope its for the Iowa Hawkeyes/Marvel Comic Book hero(although I do watch MASH occasionally), The only ones at ToysRUs were the Butterfly, Imperial, some auto return one and Yomega Pulse, at least where I was looking. I looked around the store but didnt find any others. Any specific place they usually have them at? The ones I found were on a rack right at the begining of the store. > > Hmm, some stores must not have them, or mabey they were just out of stock. Walmart will probably have some duncan mosquito’s but those won’t be a huge improvemant. I ordered a Lyn Fury last night and should be here early next week. ---
**Author:** ![Slade\_Riggs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Slade\_Riggs](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Slade_Riggs)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 10:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/introduce-yourself/51/2130 "2011-02-11T22:32:55Z")
Hello my name is Slade Riggs and I am 17. I decided to get a yoyo at Walmart and that was a duncan mosquito. Soon I was looking up tricks online and I found this site and I think you can guess the rest. My favorite yoyos so far are the yyj axiom, the spyy speed freak and yoyorecrecreation dreadnought G. I am currently waiting on a Primo from yyf and I hope it lives up to the hype. My favorite tricks would have to be the suicides, all the variations, and I am still trying to learn them all. ---
**Author:** ![BuzzOnBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b19c9b/32.png) [@BuzzOnBob](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/BuzzOnBob)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 8:33am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/introduce-yourself/51/2131 "2011-02-14T08:33:16Z")
Hey I’m Bobby My old username on the boards was CapMorgan. I used to work with Dave Bazan at Buzz-On industries store in Bedford. Been throwing since 2005 and still have some Old School sick throws. My gold ano bead blasted Oxy IV being the gem of my collection. Hope to get back in the scene and maybe hit up some contests near Texas, and hopefully worlds later this year! ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 5:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/introduce-yourself/51/2132 "2011-02-14T17:24:44Z")
Hi! I’m a Hungarian man! Watch my video(s): [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/9/2/e/92e4016a89872a3a67cd050d05d9a2a77f0d887f.jpeg "Throw-YoYo.co.uk Video Contest-KRIYO") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hv1KjdyyykU) ---
**Author:** ![Morgoroth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/morgoroth/32/795_2.png) [@Morgoroth](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Morgoroth)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 7:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/introduce-yourself/51/2133 "2011-02-16T19:32:22Z")
So my favorite yoyo is my journey I just got in the mail two days ago. I waited to post here till I had something better than the duncan butterfly I got in middle school. My favorite trick is “stop and go.” Its also the most recent one I have learned going through the tutorials here. Awesome tutorials by the way. ---
**Author:** ![jpetey97](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@jpetey97](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jpetey97)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 11:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/introduce-yourself/51/2134 "2011-02-16T23:26:56Z")
Name:Jordan Birthday:December 27, 1997 Country:United States Nationality:American Started playing yoyo:December 27, 2010 Skill Level:1 Current Yoyo:Popstar (purple) Protostar (john ando style blue) Northstar (white) Favorite Yoyo:Northstar Favorite Player:Jensen Kimmitt and Andre Boulay Playing Style: 1A What motivate/keeps me yoyoing: I wanna enter some competitions and get better at yoyoing. My friends and family cannot beat me so I’m pretty sure I’m good. Hindrance in yoyoing: MONEY!!! \>:( Factors that drove me deeper in yoyoing: being a WORLD CHAMPION. Motto: “”. ---
**Author:** ![Rantz\_and\_Raves](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rantz_and_raves/32/791_2.png) [@Rantz\_and\_Raves](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Rantz_and_Raves)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 12:10am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/introduce-yourself/51/2135 "2011-02-17T00:10:16Z")
Hey I am Rantz. That is where my username comes from. I am 23. I’ve been on the site for a few weeks, but am finally introducing myself. I learned to throw many years ago during the yomega boom. I got bored with it and left it dormant for a while. I came back to it during high school and then again in college (each time getting better and better), but always felt held back by the technology. Now I have recently discovered the new technology and it feels exciting again like it did when I was a kid. Based on the current scaffolding of tricks, I am a high advanced player. I am organizing my students to start a yoyo club at school. I sort’ve use it as an incentive sometimes with students. ---
**Author:** ![mugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@mugger](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mugger)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2011, 11:40am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/introduce-yourself/51/2136 "2011-02-19T11:40:37Z")
Hello. My name is Matt. I’m from Poland 🙂 My favorite yoyo is Dark Magic 2. I am 17. I’ve been playing yoyo a three months. ---
**Author:** ![tomshiba](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/tomshiba/32/806_2.png) [@tomshiba](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/tomshiba)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2011, 1:10pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/introduce-yourself/51/2137 "2011-02-19T13:10:56Z")
Hello everyone. My name is Tom. I just recently took on perfecting my yo yo technique with more than passing interest. I have no favorite yo yo yet, but do own several Yomegas and a Duncan Profly. I am in training mode and hope to move up to a longer sleeping yo yo as soon as my confidence improves. This forum along with the myriad of videos and posts of advice provides more than enough help for anyone yearning to become a yo yo expert. Thanks for your assistance. ---
**Author:** ![hiltonking](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hiltonking/32/807_2.png) [@hiltonking](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hiltonking)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2011, 5:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/introduce-yourself/51/2138 "2011-02-19T17:20:51Z")
Hi, My internet name’s Hilton King. I’ve been yo yo ing for years. One of my favorite tricks is Shockwave. These days I can be seen playing with a Hit Man Professional or a YYF Rockstar. I don’t know where I found out about this site. I’ve been coming here for tricks for a long time. I would like to exchange tips on tricks. Any questions, ask 'em. HK ---
**Author:** ![izcheesyyoyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/izcheesyyoyo/32/809_2.png) [@izcheesyyoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/izcheesyyoyo)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2011, 11:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/introduce-yourself/51/2139 "2011-02-19T23:29:31Z")
Hey, my name iz Ben. I started yo-ing when I got a Yomega Power Brain for christmas. I loved it so much that I went on to buy a Dark Magic 2, which helped me learn lots of new tricks. I also got a Grind Machine just a month ago. I am currently waiting for Pocket Change and a Protostar to arrive in the mail. Plz help out with tricks an’ be welcoming an’ stuff. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cavekid](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/cavekid/32/76957_2.png) [@cavekid](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/cavekid)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 12:09am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/introduce-yourself/51/2140 "2011-02-20T00:09:43Z")
cavekid this is your girlfriend snooping yuh ■■■■, i would kill you ay? Wait till your butt gets home. \>:( ---
**Author:** ![pogoslogos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/22d042/32.png) [@pogoslogos](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/pogoslogos)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 4:10am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/introduce-yourself/51/2141 "2011-02-20T04:10:36Z")
Hello, everyone, my name is Colin. I’m 25 and yoyoing for the first time in about eight years. The last yo-yos I sported were a Cherry Bomb, Da Bomb, and a Bumblebee. God knows where those are now. I haven’t spun them in years. I learned to juggle and spin a top (lousily) when I first started playing, and while I’ve kept up the juggling, I hadn’t used a yoyo until I bought another Bumblebee last month. Either the manufacturing quality has diminished in the last decade, or I have been fooled by my nostalgia, but this yo-yo is falling far short of what I’d like. Maybe I just suck. That’s it. Anyway, I thought I’d join the forums to help figure out what I’m really looking for in a new yo-yo. I’m shopping around right now for a Dark Magic II, but I’m still researching for a better looping yo-yo, because I still suck at that. ---
**Author:** ![scarecrow1298](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/scarecrow1298/32/760_2.png) [@scarecrow1298](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/scarecrow1298)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 10:59am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/introduce-yourself/51/2142 "2011-02-21T10:59:43Z")
hey names Alex. Well this is my yo-yo story thus far, I first got into yo-yoing in the 6th grade when I got a yomega fireball…I never was that good with it and only learned walk the dog, and a lame forward pass…I had just learned around the world when the string broke which pretty much ended my yo-yo fun…about a month and a half ago (8ish years later) I saw a yomega fireball for sale at one of those mall stores that are in the middle of the walkways for about 5 bucks and it came with 5 strings, I bought that and found that I still retained my knowledge of dog walking and world rounding but was curious on what else I could do so I looked up some tricks on youtube where I found Andres training vids (which are epic I must add…much Kudos to mr Boulay for investing the time and patience)…I started to get more tricks down till the fireball stopped sleeping (still dont know why) so I started to train myself on loops instead. I got pretty good with those till (you guessed it) the string broke and the yo-yo broke against the wall, so now I’m waiting for a dark magic 2 that I ordered here and will hopefully be learning some good string tricks pretty soon, and yes I invested in some polyester string (not taking my chances with cotton again lol) P.S. I rather enjoyed looping, a lot of the yo-yos I see here are butterfly shaped or built for string tricks…could anyone tell me which yo-yo is good for looping? thanks ---
**Author:** ![hiltonking](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hiltonking/32/807_2.png) [@hiltonking](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hiltonking)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 3:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/introduce-yourself/51/2143 "2011-02-21T15:14:37Z")
> [@scarecrow1298](#): > > P.S. I rather enjoyed looping, a lot of the yo-yos I see here are butterfly shaped or built for string tricks…could anyone tell me which yo-yo is good for looping? thanks I’m no expert on looping but I like the Duncan Speed Beetle. ---
**Author:** ![Seth12821](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Seth12821](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Seth12821)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 10:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/introduce-yourself/51/2144 "2011-02-21T22:53:42Z")
Hey everyone, my names Justin. I’m 14, I’ve been yo-yoing now for about 4 months, although I picked up my first yo yo when i was about 11. didn’t get serious about it until 4 months ago. My first yo-yo once I got serious was a yomega hotshot. Now I either use dark magic or north-star. It seems like I cant do much with slack tricks, but I love trapeze tricks. [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/introduce-yourself/51.md?page=106) [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/introduce-yourself/51.md?page=108)