Hello everyone I have a school project where I have to talk for 25 min lol. I was wondering if anyone had a yoyoer who they consider to be one of the greatest but also a moment or routine or release that changed the course of yo-yoing.
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one example: jon gates changed the world of 4a by developing the first off string bind in the mid 90s.. and binding in 1a came very quickly after that going from responsive and semi responsive yoyos to fully unresponsive yoyos. this was a major change in yoyo play.
the history of binds:
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That is perfect thank you
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I discovered 0a shortly after Ed Haponik committed to strictly fixed axle play for a year. Wild how all of this stuff could have been done back when I first got into yoyo in the 90s but wasn’t til near the mid 2010s that this style emerged. The Bandalores project on Instagram further grew this style of play I believe around 2018 with Ed, Drew Tetz, DocPop, and Kyle Nations.
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This had a lot of impact.
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The pioneer of modern bi-metal yoyo (after yyj ended) starts here
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If you’re looking for some game changing moments, †his video I made a few years back might be what ¥oure looking før!
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I remember seeing this 2 days into yoyoing brings back memories
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I think you have to touch on the tutu somewhere in your 25 minutes.
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Many years ago at the Bay Area classic yo-yo contest, Steve Brown did a 5A freestyle blindfolded
Pretty damn good job too if I do say so myself.
I remember back at worlds 1999 in Honolulu Hawaii at the convention center. Steve Brown was pacing around waiting for Greg Cohen to give him permission to go up on stage and give a. 5A demonstration. Steve couldn’t wait to let the world know there was a new way to play with a yo-yo.
For whatever reason, it was decided that Steve would not be allowed to make his moves in front of a pretty large captive audience?
I always thought that because Steve Brown almost always infused his excellent sense of humor into his skill, toy adventures, that a good number of people never really locked in to the fact that he would be no doubt, considered a great ambassador for generating interest in yo-yos.
That being said, there is certainly no shortage of people that would make a Greats of young list.
Look at Brian Roberts… A.k.a. Dr. popular.
He’s come up with so many moves over the years, I think he’d have trouble writing them all down before the pen ran out of ink. A rapper once said it ain’t bragging if you can back it up.
I’ve never seen Brian brag about anything. But if somebody ever accused him of suggesting how good he actually is, there is no doubt I put good money down that he could prove it. Brian is so far outside the box. I think he’s got his own area code.
Just about every original member of the Spin Doctors can be considered for great status.
Anyways, I’m done for the moment. I don’t want to turn this into one of my long-winded laboratories.
But when I read the title to the project, I immediately started running through all the people I’ve seen and met over the years. That’ll just knock you out of your shoes when you see what stuff they came up with..
And don’t forget Houdini. His videos/all blacked out but his hands and the YoYo, was cutting edge stuff.
And JD’s Grind Slave(and other) videos were ahead of their time. Also Grant Johnson’s videos/Iron Man/all 5 styles at the time.
And Josh Yee, another Iron Man…20 years ago, lol. Some of his instructional videos show an amazing grasp of complexity in YoYo movement.
Zammy (Daniel Ickler,) pioneered trick powers that proved things can be a lot more incredible than you even imagined.
Etc….
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HOUDINI LIVES. I never met Ryan but he’s the reason I learned to bind (and bought my first Dif-e-Yo).
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