# What a disgrace... **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [October 11, 2011, 7:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-a-disgrace/30602 "2011-10-11T19:24:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![geckoguy05](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/geckoguy05/32/921_2.png) [@geckoguy05](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/geckoguy05)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 7:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-a-disgrace/30602/1 "2011-10-11T19:24:50Z")
look at this guy > **[Deadspin | Fake Yo-Yo Trickster Fools Every TV Station Everywhere](https://deadspin.com/fake-yo-yo-trickster-fools-every-tv-station-everywhere-5535220/)** > > Deadspin | Fake Yo-Yo Trickster Fools Every TV Station Everywhere watch all three videos ---
**Author:** ![PlasticWhip](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/plasticwhip/32/896_2.png) [@PlasticWhip](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PlasticWhip)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 7:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-a-disgrace/30602/2 "2011-10-11T19:39:40Z")
If you notice the yo’s weren’t even spinning… ---
**Author:** ![Gustyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c37758/32.png) [@Gustyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Gustyo)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 7:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-a-disgrace/30602/3 "2011-10-11T19:43:10Z")
k-strass was on the office last week! ---
**Author:** ![patrickcondon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/patrickcondon/32/619950_2.png) [@patrickcondon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/patrickcondon)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 7:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-a-disgrace/30602/4 "2011-10-11T19:59:01Z")
You’re a little late. ---
**Author:** ![yoyoavenger](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyoavenger/32/884_2.png) [@yoyoavenger](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyoavenger)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 8:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-a-disgrace/30602/5 "2011-10-11T20:00:35Z")
What a weirdo.I feel bad for the news stations though. Pro yoyoer huh. \>:( ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 8:03pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-a-disgrace/30602/6 "2011-10-11T20:03:24Z")
Yup. A bit late. That article was dated May 10, 2010, but I saw that later in May, perhaps on some other posting that I saw here. Journalists need to do a bit of research first or at the very least, QUALIFY the person as being legitimate at what they do. If not, then find out what the deal is and then be ACCURATE and factual. It’s nice to know I’m better than someone else out there, but I don’t pretend to be anything other than what I am. I will never be a champion because I don’t want to compete. I just need to be good enough for me to enjoy this hobby. But I do intend an educational program, so I will be doing SOME performing in public at some point in time, but I will never advertise myself as a master or expert or champion. Merely, a yoyo enthusiast at best. ---
**Author:** ![DanishSauce](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/danishsauce/32/906_2.png) [@DanishSauce](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/DanishSauce)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 8:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-a-disgrace/30602/7 "2011-10-11T20:30:35Z")
Thanks for posting, despite the rude post saying you’re late. I’m only about 3 months into yoyoing and this absolutely infuriates me. I can’t believe someone would go on numerous news shows and outright make fun of such a wonderful hobby. ---
**Author:** ![Jake\_Elliott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@Jake\_Elliott](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Jake_Elliott)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 8:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-a-disgrace/30602/8 "2011-10-11T20:54:40Z")
Sure, the guy’s an idiot and a jerk, but I really feel for the hosts on the show. ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 8:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-a-disgrace/30602/9 "2011-10-11T20:58:11Z")
> [@DanishSauce](#): > > Thanks for posting, despite the rude post saying you’re late. > I’m only about 3 months into yoyoing and this absolutely infuriates me. I can’t believe someone would go on numerous news shows and outright make fun of such a wonderful hobby. He’s attention seeking. Problems with his wife/life/family/job all at once, can’t focus, can’t concentrate and to top it off, can’t throw to save his life. He’s causing himself a world of legal problems too apparently. All his accomplishments can’t be validated or verified either, or at least from my calls to the school districts and schools he’s claimed to have visited, whatever he’s claiming he’s done has never happened. Wouldn’t surprise me one bit if the phone calls he was getting were his father saying “shut up and switch cameras, you’re making a fool of yourself”. If you also look at the date of the original article the original poster provided a link to, that article was dated May of 2010. There’s no disgrace in what the original posted provided for people to see. What’s disgraceful is anyone making a mockery of anything for the purposes of self-advancement. He’s riding this out on similar sounding name companies that are clearly intending to put as much distance between that guy and their company. Plus, his facebook page is 16+ months stagnant and his domains aren’t live. Again, if any of the journalists were responsible and reputable, he’d have never been allowed on the air. Even the morning news around me, they’ve stopped people AND prevented things from going on. You always book a little bit extra or have segments that can go long or maybe you have an ongoing news item from the night before that’s still dragging out. Weather is always one that can be dragged on for another 2 minutes before most people will notice anyways. ---
**Author:** ![rsaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@rsaj](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rsaj)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 9:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-a-disgrace/30602/10 "2011-10-11T21:48:04Z")
Wow, those videos were really hard to watch. He did make me laugh once (that is, before he started his ‘yo-yo fail’). I wonder what his real motive is. Is he just a guy who’s hired just to prank newscasters and put them in awkward situations? Though, I got one plus out of this. It reminded me that yo-yoing, in my opinion, should be about personal achievement. If you spend large amounts of time comparing yourself to a bunch of other yo-yoers who make videos and who seem way better than you are, eventually you might feel like (and excuse my slang, possibly inappropriate) the suckiest person on the planet, and for no good reason at that. Just something to keep in mind. ---
**Author:** ![herbsandspices](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/db5fbb/32.png) [@herbsandspices](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/herbsandspices)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 10:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-a-disgrace/30602/11 "2011-10-11T22:56:34Z")
Wow, you guys are taking this way too seriously. I laughed so hard that I was in tears. He’s an actor and a comedian named Mark Proksch - like someone said below, he’s been on several episodes of the office as “Nate the Handyman”. ---
**Author:** ![BrodiemanAXT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@BrodiemanAXT](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/BrodiemanAXT)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 11:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-a-disgrace/30602/12 "2011-10-11T23:13:11Z")
I think it’s hilarious! haha i saw it months ago and i couldnt stop laughing…he totally got me when i first saw it! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![patrickcondon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/patrickcondon/32/619950_2.png) [@patrickcondon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/patrickcondon)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 11:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-a-disgrace/30602/13 "2011-10-11T23:19:14Z")
> [@DanishSauce](#): > > Thanks for posting, despite the rude post saying you’re late. [http://www.yoyonation.com/talk/index.php/topic,76595.0.html](http://www.yoyonation.com/talk/index.php/topic,76595.0.html) [http://yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php/topic,15345.0.html](http://yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php/topic,15345.0.html) [http://yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php/topic,20942.0.html](http://yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php/topic,20942.0.html) > **[Kenny "K-Strass" Yo-Yo Con Artist \>w\<](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php/topic,15554.0.html)** > > Have you heard of K-Strass???  He self proclaim to be a yoyo champion by getting interview at tv stations.  Apparently a lot of tv stations just believed this guy without a background check which he made a fool of himself and the yoyo... > **[So you wanna be a yoyo master like K-Strass](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php/topic,16029.0.html)** > > This cracks me up. L2SearchForumGoDoItYes ---
**Author:** ![Gizzyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gizzyo/32/191_2.png) [@Gizzyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Gizzyo)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 11:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-a-disgrace/30602/14 "2011-10-11T23:38:52Z")
Hey doods, K-Strass is a boss. ---
**Author:** ![sushiboy96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@sushiboy96](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/sushiboy96)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 12:28am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-a-disgrace/30602/15 "2011-10-12T00:28:32Z")
I dont know if any of you guys could act like you are in a Blue Angel and bring it up into a Huey then go back down for a smooth landing… I know i cant ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 12:30am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-a-disgrace/30602/16 "2011-10-12T00:30:34Z")
> [@herbsandspices](#): > > Wow, you guys are taking this way too seriously. I laughed so hard that I was in tears. > > He’s an actor and a comedian named Mark Proksch - like someone said below, he’s been on several episodes of the office as “Nate the Handyman”. Just shows that “talent is not needed to be considered an entertainer these days”. Wow, all that wrong with Hollywood wrapped up in one luzer. He must be quite the role model! The way I see him, he’s a liar and a con. Granted, that is what an actor is, but still, to mislead journalists who are obviously not into doing their job properly, you get what you get. ---
**Author:** ![LongShot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/longshot/32/938_2.png) [@LongShot](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/LongShot)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 11:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-a-disgrace/30602/17 "2011-10-12T23:06:30Z")
Dont forget all the people who got in trouble due to being duped by Borat and Bruno. ---
**Author:** ![nobody](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nobody/32/845_2.png) [@nobody](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/nobody)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 12:16am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-a-disgrace/30602/18 "2011-10-13T00:16:14Z")
> [@Studio42](#): > > > [@herbsandspices](#): > > > > Wow, you guys are taking this way too seriously. I laughed so hard that I was in tears. > > > > He’s an actor and a comedian named Mark Proksch - like someone said below, he’s been on several episodes of the office as “Nate the Handyman”. > > Just shows that “talent is not needed to be considered an entertainer these days”. Wow, all that wrong with Hollywood wrapped up in one luzer. He must be quite the role model! > > The way I see him, he’s a liar and a con. Granted, that is what an actor is, but still, to mislead journalists who are obviously not into doing their job properly, you get what you get. They thought it was funny to(it was). But it was really funny when he was like “what should i do?” ---
**Author:** ![Rika-chan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rika-chan/32/767_2.png) [@Rika-chan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Rika-chan)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 12:40am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-a-disgrace/30602/19 "2011-10-13T00:40:37Z")
dude, this happened along time ago, dont bring up the past like this… thats like bringing up \*\*\*\*\*\* \*\*\*\*\*\* \*\*\*\* (and yes, i blanked that out myself) ---
**Author:** ![patrickcondon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/patrickcondon/32/619950_2.png) [@patrickcondon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/patrickcondon)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 1:25am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-a-disgrace/30602/20 "2011-10-13T01:25:17Z")
Little known fact: The search button IS your Delorean. It’s pretty intense. The future DOES have pink hoverboards. EDIT: Turns out they run out of juice really quick. Lasted me one whole measly chase scene and then it died. [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-a-disgrace/30602.md?page=2)