# Kelsey Cook's Dad can yoyo
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/kelsey-cooks-dad-can-yoyo/404077
**Category:** General Yo-Yo
**Created:** [June 25, 2024, 9:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/kelsey-cooks-dad-can-yoyo/404077 "2024-06-25T21:01:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@yoyo\_cubicle](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyo_cubicle)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2024, 9:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/kelsey-cooks-dad-can-yoyo/404077/1 "2024-06-25T21:01:26Z")
It turns out Kelsey Cook (professional comedian) has a dad named Chris who used to be a yoyo demonstrator:
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7273956576355028267
BTW, I never saw the “Joint Custody Baby” before, and i love it!
Here’s a bio for Chris Cook:
> **[Trumpeter, poet, yo-yo master, foosball pro, GU professor: Chris Cook](https://www.gonzagabulletin.com/arts_and_entertainment/trumpeter-poet-yo-yo-master-foosball-pro-gu-professor-chris-cook/article_8c643e06-433e-11e8-bb39-afb1aa678a12.html)**
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> Chris Cook, professor of Applied Trumpet, Brass Methods and Music in the Humanities at Gonzaga, has managed a feat many seek to achieve themselves: living a life guided by his
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### Author:  [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2024, 1:05am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/kelsey-cooks-dad-can-yoyo/404077/2 "2024-06-26T01:05:41Z")
He’s pretty good. Sounds like he was on Team High Performance but he’s not listed on the member lists I’ve seen. Could be an over site.
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### Author:  [@GnarlyCharlie](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GnarlyCharlie)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2024, 1:10am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/kelsey-cooks-dad-can-yoyo/404077/3 "2024-06-26T01:10:56Z")
What years were THP? In my head I was thinking ex THP members would be like 40ish now days.
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### Author:  [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2024, 1:15am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/kelsey-cooks-dad-can-yoyo/404077/4 "2024-06-26T01:15:40Z")
It started in the 1990s. Some are older (~50s) Some of the older members include Dave Bazan, Cliff Coleman, Perry Prine, Jon Gates, Dave Schulte.
yoyowiki has more: [Team High Performance | YoYo Wiki | Fandom](https://yoyo.fandom.com/wiki/Team_High_Performance)
Here’s part 2 of the yoyo video
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7296324923918732586
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### Author:  [@GnarlyCharlie](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GnarlyCharlie)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2024, 1:19am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/kelsey-cooks-dad-can-yoyo/404077/5 "2024-06-26T01:19:34Z")
Ohh thanks for that info! I was really only aware of the kids that were crazy 2A players. Didn’t even know Gates was an OG THP member.
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### Author:  [@Simyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Simyo)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2024, 4:37am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/kelsey-cooks-dad-can-yoyo/404077/6 "2024-06-26T04:37:36Z")
I don’t think he was on thp, but he wrote a book on collecting yo-yos in the mid to late 90s