# 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:** 370
**Author:** ![Hanker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hanker/32/628221_2.png) [@Hanker](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Hanker)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 10:31am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/introduce-yourself/51/7474 "2022-05-19T10:31:38Z")
Awesome! Glad to know that haha. Also, you might want to look at the Grasshopper GTX, the GTR or the Bimetal if you like rounded yoyos. > **[GTR](https://shop.yoyoexpert.com/collections/bimetal-yo-yos/products/gtr-yoyo-by-duncan?variant=41128925724862)** > > Say hello to Duncan's newest bimetal design, the GTR!Working on the GTR BETA, Duncan took strong design notes from the Grasshopper GTX, but certainly weren’t afraid to stray from that path. The goal wasn’t to make a replacement for the well-received... > **[YoYoFactory](https://shop.yoyoexpert.com/collections/yoyofactory?variant=37643866767550)** > > YoYoFactory was born in 2004 with a focus on functional technology to improve the playing experience. This has been a goal of the company which relies on the experience gathered from over 30 years of demonstrating yoyos around the planet. The end... ---
**Author:** ![suspense](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/suspense/32/178499_2.png) [@suspense](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/suspense)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2022, 11:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/introduce-yourself/51/7475 "2022-05-20T23:30:49Z")
+1 for the GTR as an N11 fanboy. ---
**Author:** ![GrimParadigm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c89c15/32.png) [@GrimParadigm](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GrimParadigm)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 3:32am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/introduce-yourself/51/7476 "2022-05-21T03:32:08Z")
Hi, I’m Jeremy and I am 30. I have been in and out of yoyos since 2008 or so. I’m not particularly good as I never really spent a lot of time learning tricks during my previous in periods. This time it is hopefully going to stick with me for a while. I got back in when I bought a used Onedrop Terrarian because I really like the game and wanted to get the yoyo. Since then my collection has grown to about 20 throws. Long term collection goal is to have one of each Terraria collaboration yoyo in the original colorway. ---
**Author:** ![ChrisFrancz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/chrisfrancz/32/48992_2.png) [@ChrisFrancz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ChrisFrancz)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 12:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/introduce-yourself/51/7477 "2022-05-21T12:34:19Z")
Welcome back to yoyo! ---
**Author:** ![Jae](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jae/32/168815_2.png) [@Jae](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Jae)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 12:45am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/introduce-yourself/51/7478 "2022-05-22T00:45:51Z")
Hi! I’m Jae. I am returning to yoyoing after throwing responsive and auto-return yomegas in the late 90s through my after school program. I found my old Hyper Raider awhile back and decided to see what had changed in the world of yoyo since. Originally just wanted to grab some new string for it or something… and down the rabbit hole I went. Right now I enjoy throwing a YYF Arrow Elite and some wood fixed axles. Right now I am enjoying lots of Lindy Loops, Mach 5, and some stalls. Glad to be here! ---
**Author:** ![ChrisFrancz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/chrisfrancz/32/48992_2.png) [@ChrisFrancz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ChrisFrancz)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 12:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/introduce-yourself/51/7479 "2022-05-22T00:46:57Z")
Welcome to the Forums! ---
**Author:** ![RC\_yo-yo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rc_yo-yo/32/168781_2.png) [@RC\_yo-yo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/RC_yo-yo)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 2:38am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/introduce-yourself/51/7480 "2022-05-22T02:38:14Z")
Welcome! Did you already know about unresponsive? And all the styles of play? It was definitely a big surprise to me to see the advances that have been made especially in the last 20 years. ---
**Author:** ![Jae](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jae/32/168815_2.png) [@Jae](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Jae)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 4:42am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/introduce-yourself/51/7481 "2022-05-22T04:42:58Z")
Nope! Never saw a bind, counterweight, off-string yoyo or any of that until a few months ago! I knew the fun stuff that was on my “Bandai Official Spinner Trick Cards” as found on the Yoyo Museum site (exhibit 2799), in random other trickbooks (rocket yoyo? duncan?), and whatever demonstrators and other throwers at our local competitions (parking lot of a surf shop or the bagel shop) were doing… so I wouldn’t say I was sheltered… I just got out of the yoyo game right when a lot of new unresponsive stuff was developing I think. My peers and I did lots of loops, UFOs, the occasional brain twisters or trapeze with really strong sleepers and a lot of luck. ![bandai_spinner_cards](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/8/1/9/819b7305c44a81342a579d646b4e40decfadab5e.jpeg) I think I’d seen some of the demonstrators do two handed looping but the idea of a kid having two identical yoyos to loop seemed pretty out of reach, even with contest prizes. All but a few of us were throwing brains or other auto-return stuff primarily… but nothing felt limited because it was all a huge step up from dribbling. Notice the 2 handed loops (do 5 loops) are the final trick on the final trick card, the red “pro spinner level”! Imagine the shock on my face when I went from throwing my 1998 hyper raider, which was the pinnacle of long sleeping at the time in my little yoyo world to throwing a modern unres metal yoyo and literally having to set a timer to keep track since it just kept spinning. Brain melted. ---
**Author:** ![Domsurfs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b77776/32.png) [@Domsurfs](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Domsurfs)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 11:22am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/introduce-yourself/51/7482 "2022-05-23T11:22:44Z")
Hey guys Domsurfs trom Aus. Loving my new magic stealth. Working on first speed combe and Buddah revenge ---
**Author:** ![ChrisFrancz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/chrisfrancz/32/48992_2.png) [@ChrisFrancz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ChrisFrancz)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 11:27am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/introduce-yourself/51/7483 "2022-05-23T11:27:44Z")
Welcome to the Forums. The Stealth is a great yoyo! ---
**Author:** ![Hanker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hanker/32/628221_2.png) [@Hanker](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Hanker)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 12:44am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/introduce-yourself/51/7484 "2022-05-24T00:44:57Z")
@Jae @GrimParadigm @Domsurfs Welcome to the forums! ---
**Author:** ![GirlThatYoyos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/girlthatyoyos/32/167877_2.png) [@GirlThatYoyos](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GirlThatYoyos)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 11:39am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/introduce-yourself/51/7485 "2022-05-24T11:39:01Z")
Update: just got myself a Shutter Wide Angle and I’m loving it. Still mess with the n11 tho. ---
**Author:** ![ChrisFrancz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/chrisfrancz/32/48992_2.png) [@ChrisFrancz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ChrisFrancz)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 1:03pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/introduce-yourself/51/7486 "2022-05-24T13:03:10Z")
It’s nice to have a variety of yoyos. I get sick of my favorites after awhile and it’s nice to switch things up which usually makes me find a new appreciation of yoyos I sometimes have not picked up in awhile for whatever reason. ---
**Author:** ![Yoyoium](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyoium/32/157626_2.png) [@Yoyoium](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyoium)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 3:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/introduce-yourself/51/7487 "2022-05-24T15:24:37Z")
Sweet! You can never go wrong with a shutter ---
**Author:** ![GirlThatYoyos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/girlthatyoyos/32/167877_2.png) [@GirlThatYoyos](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GirlThatYoyos)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 2:47pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/introduce-yourself/51/7488 "2022-05-26T14:47:17Z")
Very true, it plays like a beauty. I was kinda worried about how tech would be, given how wide it is, but it’s the best tech yoyo I have. I really don’t know how they did it but YYF made a yoyo thay can do both small and techy tricks and big hop and body tricks. Perfect yoyo imo. ---
**Author:** ![Snaggle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@Snaggle](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Snaggle)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 12:07am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/introduce-yourself/51/7489 "2022-06-01T00:07:28Z")
Hey guys, I used to be a regular on [Theyo.com](http://Theyo.com) forums, wayyyyy back in the day probably before some of you were around. I was packing up my stuff the other day, as I’m separating from the military after a pretty long stint and ran across my YYJ Hitman. I wondered if any forums were still active so I found this one, recognized a couple names (jhb8426 to be specific) and decided to create an account to reminisce a bit. Hopefully I’ll be able to pop in a bit here and there! ---
**Author:** ![Isaac](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/isaac/32/597931_2.png) [@Isaac](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Isaac)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 12:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/introduce-yourself/51/7490 "2022-06-01T00:29:40Z")
Welcome! @Kxnnros also recently joined as a former TheYo member, and I spent a lot of time on there from 2006-2011 🙂 > [@Returning to yo-yoing](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/returning-to-yo-yoing/357923): > > Hey, guys. It‘s been about 12 year since I stopped yo-yoing. I used to post on theyo forum. My username was noyo. The only name I recognize on this forum is jhb. I’m looking to pickup a yo-yo, but I am not knowledgeable about these new models. I remember Hspin Pyro, Anti-Yo Bapezilla, the Peak, Werrd XXXLL, Oxygene, 888s, G5s. Unfortunately, all of these yo-yos are sold out on the different stores. Anyways, if anyone is looking to sell any of these models, please feel free to message me. Glad t… ---
**Author:** ![Domsurfs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b77776/32.png) [@Domsurfs](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Domsurfs)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 12:33am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/introduce-yourself/51/7491 "2022-06-01T00:33:00Z")
Thanks for the welcome. Do you guys when you practice focus on newest trick/skill only or practice everything with a bit more focus on new stuff? ---
**Author:** ![Domsurfs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b77776/32.png) [@Domsurfs](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Domsurfs)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 12:44am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/introduce-yourself/51/7492 "2022-06-01T00:44:49Z")
Thanks mate. Yeah love the stealth. I had a magic z02 focus and let my grandson use it. Damaged pretty bad so got the stealth. Both r eally nice ---
**Author:** ![NitroBobby916](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nitrobobby916/32/76321_2.png) [@NitroBobby916](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/NitroBobby916)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2022, 10:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/introduce-yourself/51/7493 "2022-06-02T22:46:02Z")
Welcome, fellow veteran. I was in the Navy for 9 years, got out a while ago. You have stumbled upon a great place here. Many good people will provide great info for you. Enjoy the throw kgb [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/introduce-yourself/51.md?page=369) [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/introduce-yourself/51.md?page=371)