Welcome back! and welcome to YoYoExpert guys!
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Why hello!
Nameās Eric, Iām from California and Iām somewhat new to yo-yoing. I was into it for a little bit, then I dropped it after a little bit. Iām back now, starting fresh and trying things out again. I joined the forum so I could get a new recommendation so I can move on from my YYF One.
Cheers!
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all good pops, us dads gotta stick together!
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Iām Melissa, 32 years old. I am a beginner. My older brother tried to teach me back in the 90s when everyone had a yoyoā¦I was 7 and couldnāt get the hang of his unresponsive yoyo so I never really got into it like he did. I loved watching him do all the tricks that made me afraid of getting hit in the face lol.
I have found myself back into learning when a family member gave my 3&6 yr old sons one as a gift. However; itās a blazing team vortex one (with a fox on it) and none of us know how to work it, lol. My husband can make it come back but not sleep, I can make it sleep but not come back, and my sons cant do either but the love the noise it makes.
I was lead here when I tried to research this yoyo to teach them but I cant find videos on this particular yoyo. And the written reviews I managed to find have conflicting info saying it is responsive where as others saying it isntā¦then some reviews saying this yoyo brand they were given isnt good anywayā¦I find myself trying to play with it a lot so want to buy us all some beginner friendly yoyos that would still grow with us. I just have to research what yoyo would be the best fit for us, I think this would be a great place for me to do that.
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Welcome!
Thereās lots of great beginner yoyos. The best yoyos for beginners are the ones that come responsive but have an additional bearing that you can swap out when youāre ready. Some examples are the Recess First Base, the SF PLSTC, and the YYF Arrow Starter Kit.
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Welcome to the forums!! 
If youāre just wanting to dabble around with this hobby and get your sons a couple of cheap yo-yos to toss around and maybe learn the basicsā¦you can head to a nearby Target and pick some Duncan Butterfly XTs upā¦theyāre actually pretty decent responsive yo-yos and theyāll only cost your $5 each!
Youāll want to get the ones with the yellow butterfly logo on the packaging though, and not the ones with the metallic looking butterfly.
The ones with the yellow butterfly have just been updated and released by Duncan recently and are quite a bit better than the old ones with the metallic logo.
Get these ones:
Not these ones:
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Thank you, Iāll look into those.
Our nearest target (and any store that isnt a walmart or dollar store) is 2hrs away in any direction so ordering online isnt a deal breaker. Iāll definitely look into each of those suggested yoyos!
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Ah, I only suggested the Butterflies because they can be picked up in storesā¦but if youāre looking into making a purchase onlineā¦hereās another one to consider.
The YoYoFactory Whip. Itās a tiny bit smaller than the Butterfly XT, is responsive and more than enough to learn the basics with, is cheap, and is darn near indestructible! lol
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Online is definitely going to give you the best options for the best prices in this hobby. The big box stores donāt really carry yoyos that are worth buying. Depending how serious you are looking to get, I personally recommend the Recess First Base for a great beginner yoyo. It is plastic, comes responsive out of box, has an extra bearing to make the yoyo unresponsive, and is only ~$20. This a great yoyo to grow with because as your skills advance, you can then change the yoyo to unresponsive and keep going.
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@Mygoldendoe Also look at clyw.ca fools gold yeti if they still have them itās a $5 plastic throw that is going to be 99.5% as good as the normal yeti. It is full unresponsive, but for $5 and the quality itās at, itās a ridiculous bargin (itās how I got a friend a little into throwing).
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Shoot I havenāt been active here that much. So I guess Iāll introduce myself now. Anyway, one of my friends was doing these cool tricks with his yoyos and I wanted to learn too. I have been throwing for a little over 5 months, starting unresponsive on the OD sugar glider. Almost instantly, I received a warm welcome from the community (I did not expect this at all) and have been learning ever since! Since my beginning, Iāve gotten an SK from a friend (he bought a teal one from yye, but got a teal/brown halfswap foe some reason, and messaged OD and they sent him a full teal one and let him keep the halfswap, which he gave to me) a kuntosh 5000qv, a rally, a windrunner 7068, (the rally and windrunner were given to me by @Astralis for doing a trick challenge from him) a cognition, a wedge, (not-so-secret-santa from @FrankieJR , thanks!) a PLSTC, (given to me by @sfyoyos because I was starting a club at school, which never got created because the teacher hosting it never replied to my emails even after reminding him at school multiple times. Now I teach people at school using it) and my favorite yoyo, a diffraction v2. Iām getting an MK1 Umbra and DANG 2 for christmas tomorrow. (Thanks @MarkD for adding the DANG 2 for no reason) I also won a 44graviti vulcan- thanks @44morgan ! I post tricks somewhat often on instagram and at the throwers discord. The hardest trick Iāve done so far (only hit it twice) is the reverse brent stole to rejection ninja vanish, but Iām trying to work on 1.5 and 2.0 hooks and other competition tricks because Iām planning on competing at VA states and Scales v3 online. Iām going to try to be more active around here, so expect to see more from me! (Even if it is just really bad trick circles)
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Welcome @Legs09 
By the way guys I chat with Legs daily and he is one cool kid that is a great asset to the community
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@Legs09 just might be the biggest MK1 fan out there. Every day heās repping the green Diffraction 2. Really excited to see you here on YYE, buddy!
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Hello Yoyo Fam,
My name is Brandon. I got into throwing 'round about fall 2017 as a form of physical therapy for recovering from a Traumatic Brain Injury. At the time, I remembered how I enjoyed throwing as a kid in the 90s. It was unintrusive to those around me, and my hand-eye coordination felt better because of it back then. So, I took to the internet and looked up the state of throwing on Youtube.
As I picked my slackjaw off my keyboard after watching amazing videos for nearly three hours, i immediately began shopping for an inexpensive throw to get into unresponsive play. Settled on getting a Replay Pro. After nearly a month of just not getting how to bind, it finally clicked for me.
Then I saw videos of fingerspinning and fell in love with that aspect of horizontal play. I still suck at horizontal, but I do enjoy grinds and am getting better at them.
Steadily, I began collecting yoyos that looked fun and comfortable to throw for my clumsy hands. I started responding to folks in r/throwers and on youtube. Lo and behold, the people of this community are wonderful and make it ridiculously marvelous to be a part of.
TL;DR - Rediscovered throwing while trying to improve myself. Met friends worthy of being lifelong. Yāall are awesome and I am a better human for having known you.
PS - I met someone at WYYC2019, but lost the note I wrote with his YoYoExpert Forum handle. Hope I bump into you again, fellow yoyobro.
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Welcome @Flynx
Your story was inspirational!
I hope you have been recovering well
Merry Christmas 
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Hi, Iām a lurker and thought I should at least post here to say hi since Iāve become addicted to yoyoās and this thread popped up.
I threw back in the 90ās, when people played DDR music for their performances. Looping was all the rage, and we had stamp cards that restricted us from learning āadvancedā tricks. My career ended at the first card, the store eventually shut down, and the 90ās came to a close with it. I became interested again around 2010 when a car company had yoyo meets at their shop and uploaded a video of it to their blog. It peaked my interest, but I never did much except browsing, reading, and watching performances on youtube over the years because I had so many other expensive, time consuming hobbies. This year I had some life changes that gave me spare time and I had the desire to learn. This last October I finally made the plunge and started learning.
I wake up every morning throwing a break away into a kwijibo or cold fusion just to get my āfix.ā Iāve found so much meditation and love for yoyoāing, Iām always thinking about what I want to try next. I always had that interest and respect for it, I just never gave it enough time and effort in practicing as a kid after the store shut down. Iām still really new to all of this, but since Iāve been reading up on it through out the years here and there Iām relatively well read. I just have to start putting my knowledge in motion.
I just picked up some throws for black friday and have to say. I donāt know if I have the funds in my life to afford this new drug. I seriously have so many hobbies and interests that adding this will make me go nuts. Iāve discovered that this rabbit hole of collecting yoyoās comes down to their personality and characteristics. They will always land any trick you throw at them, but every throw has a different personality, and youāre always looking for one that fits your own personality ājust right.ā I can see where this rabbit hole takes me, and Iām really not sure how Iām going to acquire old yoyoās iām in love with without a nice budget to bankroll my new drug addiction.
In any case, Iām sure Iāll be responding and replying to threads now and then since Iām in this for the long haul. I can already see myself throwing a sick combo to impress the kids when Iām 90. This community is something I hope to contribute to and help grow.
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Hey man, welcome to the conversation
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Thanks! Glad to be here!
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Hi @suspense, welcome to your new most amazing addiction. Buying secondhand can make the hobby much more affordable. Make sure and check out the Facebook YoYo BST and r/Throwers in addition to the Buy / Sell / Trade on this forum.
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