Hey! my name is Curtis. I am 28 and live in Orlando. I have only been #slingingstring for about a little while now. I was first introduced when I met a buddy of mine that flew into town for “Worlds” here in Orlando. I never realized how a yoyo can be played until that one fateful afternoon at The Rosen. And since then it it has been all downhill. I never leave home without it! I yoyo everywhere. I was gifted a “YoYoJam Trigger” and a “Whip” to start off and recently was gifted a Werrd Hour. I am very grateful for your website here because if not for someone showing me the “learn” section i would be lost. lol. Keep on Keepin’ on.
I just started getting back into throwing about 2 weeks ago and have been having a blast learning new tricks and styles.
When I was a pre-teen back in 93 or so I enjoyed my yo yo quite a bit. Back then I had a standard Duncan butterfly and using the Duncan trick book I was able to teach myself pretty much everything that you see on the “Beginner” section of this site.
2 weeks ago I picked up a new Duncan Butterfly because I saw it for $3 at WalMart. My kids were in awe as I showed them walk the dog, around the world, and such so I set out to learn more. At that time I barely knew about string tricks and I wasn’t even aware of unresponsive play. 2 days after purchasing the butterfly I went to my local Toys R Us and was happy to see that they had a yyf Velocity, so I bought that. 2 days after buying the Velocity I had figured out how to bind and while I didn’t need an upgrade I wanted one. So I picked up a Dv888.
I have been playing with the Dv888 for the past week and am enjoying it very much. I am slowly working through mastering the intermediate section on this site, I can land most of the tricks, but not reliably.
I am happy that after 2 weeks of getting back into throwing I am able to pull of a few tricks that generally go over well, I usually start with 3 or 4 rotations of a mach 5, then drop into a brain twister and do 3 rotations of that and end with a bind.
I have a PSG, some new bearings (10 ball and concave), and string in the mail right now and look forward to trying out new things.
My wife isn’t sure why a 30 year old software engineer would spend close to $50 on a yoyo, but I am enjoying this “low tech” (as in non electronic) hobby and hope to keep learning more.
Well I just wanted to say hi and thank the community for this great resource
WELCOME! Trust me, the community here is eager to help and is very trustworthy. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me.
Hah! 39 year old software developer here. Spent close to $500 on various yoyo-related stuff in this past half a year. My wife never seems to question it, but my colleagues do. 
My 3.5-yo son is hilarious. Prior to finding out if I won an instant prize in a contest or not, he says, “Daddy, I hope you win so you can buy another yoyo.” 
Welcome sir… my story is very similar… except it was my kids asking for yoyo’s that made me pick it up. I never thought I’d be sitting here two months later with 5 different yoyo’s on my desk. ;D
Howdy Duty…haha - start on a laugh
Ok, my name is Paul and I like to Party…anyone seen Hotrod? Inside joke there, but if you haven’t seen it, I recommend it highly. I am 42, I work in tech and in photography. I throw the yoyo at work because it releases tension for me, that is how it all started. I bought a yoyo at lunch one day as a way to release stress and it has been a blessing. Anyone else find this to be true? Too many hobbies have found my life lately. I am into RC planes, trucks, watch collecting and horology, astronomy, and aquarium keeping. The yoyo hobby is only a few years old for me and I stopped for about a year until just recently. I started a new gig and brought the yoyo in after a couple weeks to throw while I am troubleshooting windows, Mac systems. Right now, I am on an encryption project for Stanford - just contracting for now. Hopefully I will find a fulltime desktop role soon.
I am just getting back into this and when I was throwing I wasn’t really doing any tricks. I have two Yomega Mavericks, a Spyy Addiction II and another Yomega Exodus II. I enjoy all of them except the Addiction which is a bummer because I want to enjoy that one the most. I am unable to throw it at all - I mean, I can throw it but since its a butterfly (I guess) it won’t return and that is why I am not enjoying it. I am here to learn and learn some more. I have several hobbies but this one is new and fun and i’m really having a good time. I have questions, I am here to answer through research - like why my additiciton II won’t return 90% of the time. When I received it as a gift from the wifey, I only had the two Yomega Mavericks and I assumed the Addiction would be the same and, well, obviously it isn’t. So, I came to find yoyoexpert in the search for why, and what I am doing wrong. Please, I know this is an intro post but if someone knows how to make this thing return like a standard yoyo, even if its not meant to, I would really appreciate the help.
So that’s it in a nutshell. I am glad I found the site and you guys to share it with. Thanks in advance for by replies.
Paul
Hey Paul, welcome to the forums!
Your Addiction is indeed the best yoyo you own, and if it returned to your hand, it would be a problem. Having it come back on a tug even 10% of the time worries me. It should NEVER come back on a tug!
Welcome to the world of “unresponsive” yoyoing. Most modern string tricks are done with this kind of yoyo because you don’t want it to return unintentionally in the middle of a trick (ruining the trick and smashing your knuckles!).
To enjoy the Addiction, you need to learn how to bind. There are zillions of tutorials on the internet for learning “how to bind”. There are hundreds of “trick binds”, too, but if you know a basic frontstyle bind, that’s a good place to get started.
A good place to start is the tutorial section of this site. The beginner and intermediate tricks can be done with a “responsive” yoyo (the kind that return to your hand on a tug). If you look at the “Learn” section in the menu of this site, you’ll see it all categorized nicely. The last tutorial in “Intermediate” is “Bind Return”. If that tutorial doesn’t help, just Google; lots of other people have taught it lots of different ways.
Once you learn to bind, your Addiction will be your best from your lineup for learning the Advanced tricks and beyond.
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Thanks GregP!!! I had learned that I needed to bind when I first got it…however, when I watched all the beginner and intermediate videos last night before I slept I saw what looked like the person in the video getting his to return without s bind, maybe it is something happening so fast I don’t see it??? In any case, it looked to me as though he can make his return without a bind move.
Thank you for the kind reply man! I really appreciate it. I did spend most of my night ignoring the kids and wife to watch the beginning and intermediate video “how to’s” before I had even seen your reply. Like I mentioned, I am here to learn and learn some more… I’m not one of those people that needs to be told, I will read on my own if I can find the correct resource.
Thank you again Sir! Great advice and I am grateful!
Paul
You’re welcome! You are also NOT going crazy: all of the videos in Beginner and throughout Intermediate (until the bind lesson) are demonstrated with a responsive yoyo. If your Maverick is still semi-responsive you could probably use that. Incidentally, Mavericks can be converted to unresponsive with 10 minutes of work, if and when you decide!
Your Exodus II will also fit the bill nicely. The Addiction will just have to wait until you’ve learned your bind.
thanks again for the reply Sir. This is appreciated much.
I don’t know that I enjoy the unresponsive stuff yet, though I think it is just because I can’t do any of it to completion yet 
I will test it -I hope. I want to learn it, so I guess it’s going to boil down to perseverance and patience. I will be much much happier when I can throw my addiction and bind correctly. I really want to be able to use it soon. So I will be practice all weekend. Is there a bind you recommend for a beginner to try other than the one in the videos?
Thanks
Paul
Heheh, fire up a thread in the main forum! Should be lots of answers there, and you’ll be right in the mix.
The basic bind I use is sometimes called the “fake bind” (though I never understood the word “fake”) – here’s an example at about 0:58 of this video:
or at around the same (1:00) of this one by the same guy:
http://yotricks.com/yoyo-tricks/easiest-bind-ever/2942/
Production qualities of this video aren’t top-tier, but it’s the single video that really helped me visualize what’s happening with a bind return. With that visualization, it unlocked every other kind of bind for me (some instructors say vague things like “toss the loop into the gap”… this never worked for me and really isn’t the way to bind unless you want snags).
Thank you for the video - I am trying to get this but having a hard time for sure still. I will continue to watch, try, practice and repeat until I do have it though. I really want to learn to bind my addiction before the weekend is up. I don’t know though, at this rate, if I will be able to accomplish this or not. Again, I see the video, hear his words and I am still unable to get it fully. Although, this did help, especially the macro shots because you can see what is going on down there on the axel and bearing. So, again, thanks for the link and the kindness man!!!
If you or anyone else has a good video for binding please share it with me as well.
Thanks again Sir!!!
Name: Vijay Das R
Age : 19
Country: India
I am doing my under graduation right now( and i am trying to do some jobs with my studies going on )
I am an young lad trying to be an expert on yoyo and tricks using this. I love this yoyoing
But now i am only having a simple cheap yoyo made of cheap plastic in our country or China I think. It’s a kinda use and throw. Even though i am trying hard to get my hands on a professional one. But i can’t afford one right now due to some financial problems now. Any way i love to be one among you. I started to use yoyo’s at my younger ages, but not known about this being professional at times. Only now i came to know this is a professional hobby. I am now trying to make a simple yoyo on my own, so that i won’t make my parents sad by demanding a yoyo from their income. Please don’t feel like I am a noob, help me with some tricks and tips Brothers. Love ya all.
Thanks for reading me patiently. LOL
yours loving bro
Greetings, I am Derek. I’ve been yoyoing on and off since I was young. I just recently picked it up again and I am starting to learn unresponsive play. Having a lot of fun showing my 4 and 6 year old all the rad tricks you can do with a yo yo.
hey im rob im pretty new to yoyoing i love it so much i dont have a huge budget but love it just the same
Welcome guys!
I have been throwing for around 50 years
(Dad taught me with an old wooden yo that came with the string fixed to the axel{would not sleep}! He would cut out the string and change it so it would sleep!)
I can do a few intermediate tricks but do not really care because I just love to throw and play!
My favorite player is my SPYY Green Addict!
I own several…
HSpin Pyro
Dif Wide Sport
Born Crucial Milk
Yo Yo Factory G5
Dark Magic
Duncan Freehand Zero
Ahoy,
In the real world my name is Jon, but everyone calls me Junior or some variant. I have been throwing since my grandfather first handed me an old imperial more than 25 years ago. Sadly, my last large collection of yoyos was given to the local church group when I moved out of my mothers.
I tend to a little slower style of play. I still keep older fixed axle throws for daily carry, with a fair portion of modern unresponsive 1A throws. I am not very good and I would rather have fun over competing, so I am slow to learn new tricks.
Hey guys,
I made the move from an old site to this one in search of a long lost love i used to have with getting online and discussing my favorite hobby. Some of you may remember me from the old site, others may not. But i am excited about this new site and am ready to rekindle that love.
I have been modern day yoyoing for 6 years off and on but have had a yoyo in my hand since i could walk.
I am 21, a junior in college and reside in good old Kentucky. I have many 1A yoyos ranging from as far back as a pyro to a wooly marmot, (yes i have been out of the loop for a bit). That being said i am glad to be back.
Michael
Welcome, Junior! Welcome back, Michael (meaning in the general sense; I haven’t met you before)! Chum, that’s a good long time to be playing.