# Skills Vs Product

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/skills-vs-product/54720>\
**Category:** General Yo-Yo\
**Created:** [June 7, 2013, 2:59am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/skills-vs-product/54720 "2013-06-07T02:59:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![SkyHighYo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/skyhighyo/32/234_2.png) [@SkyHighYo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SkyHighYo)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2013, 6:28am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/skills-vs-product/54720/61 "2013-06-08T06:28:52Z")

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Nicely done! Reminded me of this video of Cizrek playing 3a with Kicksides haha.

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**Author:** ![aznnboyaZ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/aznnboyaz/32/651830_2.png) [@aznnboyaZ](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/aznnboyaZ)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2013, 4:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/skills-vs-product/54720/62 "2013-06-08T16:17:22Z")

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> [@johnthejwolfe](#):
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> I hate to put myself in here, but…  
> [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzB7pBPZhmU](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzB7pBPZhmU)

You did one heck of a job with that!  
Love your hair color, and your bangs man.  
and your 3A, Out of this world

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**Author:** ![Yerret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/fbc32d/32.png) [@Yerret](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yerret)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2013, 9:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/skills-vs-product/54720/63 "2013-06-08T21:06:14Z")

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> [@SkyHighYo](#):
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> > [@Yerret](#):
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> > I agree with Studio42 in that, if you can afford it, then why not? Why drive a Pinto when you can afford a Ferrari – minus some ecentric millionaires. Although if you apply that analogy to yoyos, you could say that some Pintos can drive as well as Ferraris.
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> > To look at it another way, you put a kid behind the wheel of that Ferrari and they won’t go very far. But, the kid sure would love to look at it, sit behind the wheel and dream. And maybe even strive to become a better driver in the future just because of that car! In this analogy, I’m the kid. 🙂
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> I agree, people should play what they want to play.
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> A skilled driver behind the wheel of a performance oriented car could probably do some amazing things. (Watch Jeff Gordon’s Pepsi Commercial for some laughs). Which he probably couldn’t do behind the wheel of a Pinto.
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> However, the analogy doesn’t see eye to eye with yoyo’s. Because a skilled thrower could perform his combos on a “Pinto” OR a “Ferrari” (in a lot of cases). Which is the whole point of this thread :wink:

Yep, I did say that “you could say that some Pintos can drive as well as Ferraris”, so I couldn’t use all aspects of that analogy. Although I still like certain parts of it.

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**Author:** ![Jcpdx503](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@Jcpdx503](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Jcpdx503)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2013, 11:12pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/skills-vs-product/54720/64 "2013-06-08T23:12:43Z")

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> [@Yerret](#):
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> I agree with Studio42 in that, if you can afford it, then why not? Why drive a Pinto when you can afford a Ferrari – minus some ecentric millionaires. Although if you apply that analogy to yoyos, you could say that some Pintos can drive as well as Ferraris.
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> To look at it another way, you put a kid behind the wheel of that Ferrari and they won’t go very far. But, the kid sure would love to look at it, sit behind the wheel and dream. And maybe even strive to become a better driver in the future just because of that car! In this analogy, I’m the kid. 🙂

Love the analogy man!

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**Author:** ![aznnboyaZ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/aznnboyaz/32/651830_2.png) [@aznnboyaZ](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/aznnboyaZ)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/skills-vs-product/54720/65 "2013-06-12T20:50:15Z")

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