Ive had this “what is a sport?” debate in the past, and one thing among many that we came to a consensus on is that a sport must have defense. It is surely up for debate, but I stick by the stance that yoyo is not a “sport”. Neither is figure skating or gymnastics. Not like I feel like calling these competitions sports or not invalidates them in any way, I just don’t classify them as being sports.
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That would be like me deciding that “yoyoing” is only “yoyoing” if you’re wearing gloves. Works fine in conversations with myself, I guess, but it won’t get me very far with the rest of the community (or the world).
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Well yeah that’s just wrong!
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Here’s an unpopular opinion around here:
- Abundant stability and spin time is not the enemy of fun.
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Honestly, no it isnt. The “what constitutes a sport?” debate is quite an old one tbh.
Oh, I don’t dispute that the debate is quite old (and silly, to be quite honest).
But where does the above “we”–and its so-called consensus–obtain authority? Answer: nowhere.
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Pretty sure I said that. I was just saying I had the debate before, and imo having or not having defense solved a lot of those close-calls. Do a quick google search and realize that I am in the minority of people who don’t call gymnastics a sport. This is an unpopular opinion thread after all.
In most advanced slacks, pinching is the most noticeable difference. Other than that, gloves are nice.
(Ps: idk if i spelled “noticeable” right)
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The YYF velocity is a yoyo that’s been plagues with reliability issues from my experience. The Sage starter pack & Recess first base are much more competent options for beginners.
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Not a fan of the trend to lighter throws. Like a bit of weight on my throws.
Many bimetals feel boring to me vs monometals.
Don’t understand the hype around the 2018 Banshee (haven’t tried the OG). Much prefer the Reaper to it.
Not a fan of most splashes and fades. Solids and acid wash ftw.
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Yoyos are a subtle form of Gross Pollution.
Way too carbon intensive.
Way too many yoyos, not enough hands to play them.
Which makes all of you…Gross Polluters.
IMO
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These is the opinions I will always say no matter how much heat I get over it:
-Moebius is its own style.
-For the love of the yoyo gods, Fixed axle deserves to be its own division!!
-The current meta/trick trends is nothing but optimization, NOT innovation.
-There will never be a better freehand except the very 1st one.
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What are these trends? I confess I don’t know what this refers to.
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Brent stole → reverse Brent stole → rejection ninja vanish, right @EOS44? 
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Many tricks and styles at the advanced level, in competition and even in trick circles, today are optimized to click well. This definitely isn’t the case for everything for trick circles but a lot of them generally are built in a way that would click well, intentional or not, because of the advanced meta.
@damb gave a good example, laceration combos are optimized and you see them a lot in competition, especially at the state and regional level, because they’re an easy way to get points.
Just speaking generally, tricks with “big” elements and direction are optimized.
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But… Those are my favorite tricks!
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I never really liked Yoyo bloops or holsters, I just keep mine in my pocket when I’m about. I don’t like how they bump against my leg every time I take a step, & I’m also sort of self conscious of people seeing it (´・ω・)
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God don’t get me started on those. There is a directly proportional relationship between the number of Swarovski crystals on a No Jive and my desire to throw it off a bridge. Into fire. I have a few Eric Wolff-modded No Jives with sanded gaps and 4 rhinestones (a la Diamond Special), but anything beyond that is NOPENOPENOPE.
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