Peak

[888victini]

@edhaponik

it’s a really nice yo-yo. and when it came out, every other yo-yo on the market was NOT a really nice yo-yo, as is pretty much the case now. i remember the first time i threw one (david w’s pink painted one at club) - it was a game changer. at a time when yo-yoing was ruled by bigger companies making much bigger production runs, it pushed the yo-yo community in a “boutique” direction that we still feel today. it doesn’t have to keep up with today’s standards to feel special to people. the people who remember the first few runs of the peak felt like they were part of something special. and the people who started throwing later could appreciate its place in the story of one of the most beloved companies.

oh yeah, AND it’s still really fun to play.

amen.

i tried the peak, i neither liked it nor disliked it, it is a good yoyo from a great company.

nuff sed

[nightshadow]

@yoyodoc

Everyone does not want a Draupnir. And everyone does not want a Dazzler. Everyone does not want a Ti Dream. Everyone did not want an Evora. Everyone does not want a Citizen. Everyone does not want a Leviathan 6. Everyone does not want an Anglam 2 or a Tiss or a Zero.

That being said; if everyone ‘did’ want a certain yoyo. Everyone would want any of the yoyos in the aforementioned list before ‘Everyone’ would want a Peak.

So… What’s the reality?

Everyone does not want a Peak.

The Peak is a very nice/fun/comfortable throw. It is/was a good value at the original selling prices.

Almost every model CLYW has come out with since the Peak, plays better than the Peak. Puffin2, Sasquatch, Avalanche, Marmot, Orca, Bonfire, etc. They All play better than a Peak.

That does not mean the Peak is not a yoyo to have or to not try and ‘get’. No matter how advanced yoyos get, the Peak will be a fun yoyo to throw.

But unless you have to have one for your collection. Or you have to have one just so you can tell people you have A Peak. For the prices you have to pay for even one with damage to it; it is not a good value.

It’s actual ‘worth’ is how valuable it might be to you.

But ‘everyone’ does not want a Peak.

Do you ever make posts that aren’t a paragraph long?

[Eastfield]

@mrciurleo

The first run painted peaks are aesthetically some of the most beautiful yoyos out there.

Lol, are you serious?

Anyways, it’s a collectors item, more or less because of the performance gap it offered from any other competing models at the time. Today, performance wise, you’re better of with a Shutter, a Czechpoint, a Hatchet 2 or something in that price range.

I’m thinking that, if the Chief were to only be made in one run, it would soon have a similar status to the Peak…

[mrciurleo]

@Eastfield

Lol, are you serious?

Anyways, it’s a collectors item, more or less because of the performance gap it offered from any other competing models at the time. Today, performance wise, you’re better of with a Shutter, a Czechpoint, a Hatchet 2 or something in that price range.

I’m thinking that, if the Chief were to only be made in one run, it would soon have a similar status to the Peak…

I get that tone is hard to convey online, but yeah, I’m serious. You’re telling me this isn’t an awesome looking yoyo?

[yoyodoc]

@nightshadow

Do you ever make posts that aren’t a paragraph long?

Yes.

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I do occasionally.

If reading gives you congestive brain failure; I would suggest to avoid reading anything I post up.

[Eastfield]

@mrciurleo

I get that tone is hard to convey online, but yeah, I’m serious. You’re telling me this isn’t an awesome looking yoyo?

Yes. The design nor the color scheme really appeals to me… The anodized Peaks looks much better IMO

[mrciurleo]

That’s your opinion, I respect that. There were some nice anodized colors, such as frozen mammoth.

Related to an earlier post, I too was 6 when the peaks were released. However, I was browsing YYN when I was 7-8 years old, so I grew up around them. I only started collecting however when I got a job.

[Rosenberg (Bring back factory vibe)]

Oh man, that SL…

[JohnnyJ]

@KiLbUcK

I think this has more to do with the fact that you were only 6 years old when it came out

Even though i may have only been about that age also, I can completely appreciate a Peak.

[sparhawk]

@S3TH

It may not play as well as the current throws available today but it was one of the best of the best when it came out almost 9 years ago. The only metals the peak had to contend with back then was the 888, radians and Anti-yos.(I’m sure there were a few more but those were the most popular at the time.) The OG peaks sold on yyn for 75 bucks when they released if I’m not mistaken. I’m also pretty sure Sebby won U.S Nats 2010 with a peak.

Pretty sure they were 90 new. Forgot to mention the oxy 4.

[Mikers]

89.99

[KiLbUcK]

@sparhawk

Pretty sure they were 90 new. Forgot to mention the oxy 4.

I’ve owned 11 peaks. The OG’s I bought from YYN were $79

[Dr_Sleepy_MD]

I’ll toss in here since I have owned 4 but now I’m down to 2.

It’s mostly the feel for me, objectively it isn’t as good as some of the ones out today. It doesn’t hold your hand, can tilt relatively easily, and doesn’t have an insanely high spin time. But it’s incredibly fun to play. The float and ease it moves around with is still unique(ish) to the Peak. You can do anything you want on it, but it wont make it easier. But it will make it fun!

After throwing many modern yo-yos, I still often go back to them to play for a while. They are really fun to play, and that’s about it.

Also I think they look pwetty.

[AaronW (aaron warren)]

@Dr_Sleepy_MD

It’s mostly the feel for me, objectively it isn’t as good as some of the ones out today. It doesn’t hold your hand, can tilt relatively easily, and doesn’t have an insanely high spin time. But it’s incredibly fun to play. The float and ease it moves around with is still unique(ish) to the Peak. You can do anything you want on it, but it wont make it easier. But it will make it fun!

So what you’re saying is you have to learn to throw straighter, have more control and be a smoother player to use the Peak. Sounds like too much work, the kids today will never like this yoyo :

[mrciurleo]

@AaronW

So what you’re saying is you have to learn to throw straighter, have more control and be a smoother player to use the Peak. Sounds like too much work, the kids today will never like this yoyo :

I do. I try to learn tricks on throws like this, I find it makes doing tricks on modern throws much easier.

I equate learning tricks on a peak to a baseball player swinging with a donut. It is more difficult, no doubt, but it makes swinging the unweighted bat much easier.

[Buggot]

I’ve never tried the peak (really want to!) but I think it does looks amazing aesthetically. Would lvoe that kind of design but in green

[yoyoboy224 (major_seventh)]

@AaronW

So what you’re saying is you have to learn to throw straighter, have more control and be a smoother player to use the Peak. Sounds like too much work, the kids today will never like this yoyo :

Sounds like the yoyo for me! Fixed axles are better though

[nightshadow]

@yoyodoc

Yes.

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I do occasionally.

If reading gives you congestive brain failure; I would suggest to avoid reading anything I post up.

Reading gives me no discomfort. But overly long posts sometimes do.

[yoyodoc]

@nightshadow

Reading gives me no discomfort. But overly long posts sometimes do.

Then sadly you have a personal problem you have to deal with.

I cannot solve or cure your inability or refusal to deal with groups of connected words beyond your attention span functionality.

Slow reading skills…

Attention disorder…

No patience…

Refusal to acknowledge potentially pertinent information…

Disavowing the ‘knowledge is power’ axiom…

Frustration causing a written communication disorder…

…Reach out and seek help.

Don’t tell me

[Nemyo (Owen)]

because carbiou’s marketing is the stuff of legend