So this weekend I had some family/ in-laws visiting from Canada (brave, right?!) to introduce their infant to my MiL while she is still with us. We had a great time, visiting other local family as well. Yesterday we had them over with some friends they have not seen in just as long a time, and they brought their two daughters with them.
Their mom couldn’t help but notice my YoYo collection on the wall, and was really excited when I opened the cabinet and started explaining the different designs and brands and stuff, so I encouraged her to grab one so I could show her how to bind.
I showed off a few tricks and blew everyone’s mind, they would not accept my humble-ness lol. So, I give her some pointers and she gets it in 5-10 min, and she was SO STOKED when it came back to her hand and she caught it! I decided to let her keep the YoYo she was using, the TopYo Colossus IV I had won in a giveaway from @Yoyomikie and gave her some string and told her all about YYE and Skills Addict. One of her daughters also seemed really interested, so I quickly evaluated my collection of which would be next to let go, and I handed her the mustard Pleak that @SidequestMarlon had so graciously included with my BrExia. I will miss both of these yo-yos, but I saw the YoYo spark in their eyes and knew what I had to do. They both played with them for the next several hours, asking questions, I explained response systems and how the string layers interact with the pads to make it return, etc, they were all about it just nerding out. We all went for a walk with the kids and we were throwing the whole times like a traveling circus, it was awesome.
It felt so nice to open people up to a new hobby and just see the joy of try> fail> try> fail> try> SUCCESS!!!
These are the 3rd and 4th YoYos I have given to friends or family, and the first time I really saw it click! I basically started my own YoYo club inadvertently lol.
Good times.