Excellent work! I also learn the piano and stopped at grade 5, never bothered to continue taking the exams but I still practise.
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Hi all,
I am a new member here, but just a basic yoyo player.
My involvement in the yoyo community started when
I was employed in a small yoyo shop called Yomega
yoyos in Fall River, Ma.
I worked in shipping, could see the demand worldwide.
Yomega introduced their Metallic Missle aluminum
yoyo after 3 years developement and it was nice, but fragile.
It was very unforgiving of an overlong string and a cement
floor. Chris Ciosek totaled one in the shipping area that way.
Anyway, it got me thinking that I could make a better metal
yoyo. Using round aluminum stock and my stepfatherās
South Bend lathe I developed and discarded several prototypes
till I had a very good one. This took me about 3 months in the early
90s.
People I showed them to, begged me to sell them one.
Anyway, I had 100 made by CNC from my prototypes as a first run,
intending to make any needed tweaks before full production.
I had a financial backer/partner who made some decisions
that I wouldnāt have. For instance, the colored O ring edge protectors.
My aim was to make these yoyos durable,fast and affordable.
I said āUse easily replaced black rubber O rings, available cheap everywhere.ā (Thatās what I have on my personal ones.)
Anyway, the project ran out of money, at the point of packaging.
At that point, I said, āPut them in a plastic bag with cardboard.ā
Vetoed.
They said āIt has to go in something nice.ā
I said, āPeople aināt buying the packaging, but the yoyo.ā
Personally, if I wanted one, I would buy it in a paper sack, but
a gold trimmed velvet sack wouldnāt induce me to buy the turd
therein ."
A velvet bag was kicked around for a while , but the funding
dried up, and the end result was I was left with 100 custom
designed aluminum, roller bearing yoyos, 10,000 high
quality combed cotton Mexican strings and $10,000.00 gone from
my meager Life savings.
I am currently moving cross country and everything is packed,
but will post many more photos when I am settled in my new home.
Thanks for listening all, when I get settled, I will have good
quality yoyo string for sale, possibly some Joyos,lol.
God bless.
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Welcome! Thatās a truly fascinating story you have. Those yoyos look great!
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Welcome to the forums. Yoyo looks interesting. Got any profile pics of it?
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Thank you for your kind words.
Right now I am preparing to move 2,000 miles from where I live
in one week from now.
Sadly, all my really cool designs are already packed.
I had those pictures on hand.
Once settled, I would be glad to show design points, features,
styles, and sizes. They actually weigh less than a Yomega Raider.
You can literally run over this yoyo and it will still work, lol.
Regards,
Joe
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Welcome,
I am a beginner too and glad to have another female here.
And I am all for buying and trying.
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Hi, my name is Charles from Toronto, slightly new to throwing (less than a year), been following this forum for a while but just decided to post now. Very interested in learning where our Toronto buddies get cheap throws locally and would love to learn from everyone. 
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Welcome to the Forums!
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Hi my nameās kiel i am 15, i currently have a Throw Rev Zephyr, a Myy Node and a J1 from yoyoformula. outside yoyoing i usually do gaming, i like to play cs a lot sometimes i also do play valorant and quake and i am from the phillippines
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Awesome! Welcome to the forums! Looks like youāre all kitted out for 1A play.
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yup, i can go for 2a 720s but i just want 1a for now
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Awesome! Be sure to have fun!
Hey All,
My name is DT Mirizzi. I am coming back to throwing after 13 years.
I started throwing when I was in middle school. Now that I am out of college I found my old Spyy yoyo in my parents closet and started throwing again.
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Welcome! Let the good times roll.
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Welcome! Did it need a little tune up or did it feel as fresh as the last time you used it?
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Welcome! SPYY yoyos are awesome! Itās great that you have some.
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Yeah, I live near the water so the last bearing rusted, so i replaced it. Not sure if bearing tech improved over these last few years but dang it plays better than it used to. Even with the light corrosion.
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Hi there - my name is Jason, and I started yo-yo with my son after last christmas. We are really enjoying it and are steadily working through the tricks on the YoTricks level up app. We are both high fifties level after 6 months. We have also become collectors as I am sure most do with this hobby. We even built a custom box for fun to house our yoyos. Anyway, I am currently really enjoying my Throwback Winter Solstice, and working on the trick, āSuperchargerā.
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Welcome from Pennsylvania. Iām glad you joined us! Please post a photo of what you built!
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Welcome to the forums!
I agree with @ChrisFrancz , Iād love to see yalls build.
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