# What made you want to be a good yoyoer?
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-made-you-want-to-be-a-good-yoyoer/57896
**Category:** General Yo-Yo
**Created:** [August 14, 2013, 3:51am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-made-you-want-to-be-a-good-yoyoer/57896 "2013-08-14T03:51:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Foofy69](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Foofy69)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2013, 3:51am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-made-you-want-to-be-a-good-yoyoer/57896/1 "2013-08-14T03:51:36Z")
What was the reason(s) why you have wanted to become a yoyoer? For me, at first I wanted to start yoyoing to be the only kid in school to yoyo and for the school talent show (and see how the ladies react to yoyoers :D) and just wanted to amaze people when I yoyo on the streets because you very rarely see a yoyoer anywhere. But then as I have started practicing, I have realized that yoyoing is WWWAAAYYY more than trying to impress everybody with what you can do. You meet new people (I’m looking at you, yoyoexpert forums) and just become entertained with something that you can usually carry around in your pocket. It is also way more than just a piece of plastic or aluminum on a string as well. Tell me your story for me and everybody else, can’t wait to hear it ;D
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### Author:  [@Casey888](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Casey888)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2013, 3:54am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-made-you-want-to-be-a-good-yoyoer/57896/2 "2013-08-14T03:54:32Z")
I started when Dave Schulte came to my school. I started taking lessons from him. I got decent over the summer and started competing in '08. I try to be the best I can be at anything I do, so that leaves me where I am today.
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### Author:  [@Raptor\_T](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Raptor_T)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2013, 3:58am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-made-you-want-to-be-a-good-yoyoer/57896/3 "2013-08-14T03:58:23Z")
Well, I see videos of pure awesomeness, and my competitive spirit gets the best of me. I try to be the best I can be. And man watching Harrison Lee sucks, he is too good. :wink:
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### Author:  [@Foofy69](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Foofy69)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2013, 4:02am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-made-you-want-to-be-a-good-yoyoer/57896/4 "2013-08-14T04:02:39Z")
> [@Raptor\_T](#):
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> Well, I see videos of pure awesomeness, and my competitive spirit gets the best of me. I try to be the best I can be.
Yeah this kind of happened with me as well. Once I saw some pro yoyoers do it, I knew that I just HAD to for the sake of my competitive nature.
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### Author:  [@yoyo143](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyo143)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2013, 4:07am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-made-you-want-to-be-a-good-yoyoer/57896/5 "2013-08-14T04:07:50Z")
I kinda just started so I could impress family and friends :). I had a couple of motivational factors (yoyo club, etc.) but that didn’t really push me forward. I just “did” it… Haha;)
And, to me, im learning really slowly. But when I tell yoyoers (friends) I’ve been yo-yoing for 5 (or 6 it something) months, they say “wow, your really good” probably cuz when a kid asks me hey, can you do blah balh balh (more advanced) I usually know how.
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### Author:  [@FNG](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/FNG)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2013, 4:15am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-made-you-want-to-be-a-good-yoyoer/57896/7 "2013-08-14T04:15:34Z")
Originally, to keep up with my friends.
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### Author:  [@Foofy69](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Foofy69)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2013, 4:19am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-made-you-want-to-be-a-good-yoyoer/57896/8 "2013-08-14T04:19:40Z")
All of you guys have amazing stories so far! How I started off was. One day when I was like 10, my mom randomly got me a 2a Duncan imperial cheap butt one from walgreens. Did not like it nor did I understand it at all 1 bit. Now for my 14th birthday which was aug3, my mom got the same one. I still could not do anything more than a gravity pull with it. So I did a little research, found put that there were responsive AND unresponsive yoyos, got my first “real” yoyo which was the new velocity like 2 days after my bday because I wanted to try out a “real” yoyo so that came in 2 days, now here I am, getting a new DM2 tomorrow and talking and goofing around with cool yoyo people on forums. Taking yoyo 1 step at a time.
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### Author:  [@MYNAMEISZen](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MYNAMEISZen)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2013, 4:28am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-made-you-want-to-be-a-good-yoyoer/57896/9 "2013-08-14T04:28:02Z")
I’ve never set out to be a good yoyoer. Yoyos originally were just helping me through a tough time (and are still are) it just turned out to be much more than that.
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### Author:  [@AzrinRain](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AzrinRain)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2013, 4:30am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-made-you-want-to-be-a-good-yoyoer/57896/10 "2013-08-14T04:30:35Z")
Back then in Malaysia, yoyoing wasn’t something that was picked up by anyone.
At least, until some dude by the name of Hans Van Dan Elzen showed up in the late 90s and his commercials are everywhere, and the Proyos that followed even made it to almost every 7-Eleven and gas stations and nearly every kid had one at some point. And of course, we all wanted to do tricks like Hans did, to impress our peers!
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### Author:  [@CaliBuddha](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/CaliBuddha)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2013, 4:34am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-made-you-want-to-be-a-good-yoyoer/57896/11 "2013-08-14T04:34:48Z")
To get them yoyo royalties.
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### Author:  [@Foofy69](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Foofy69)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2013, 4:38am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-made-you-want-to-be-a-good-yoyoer/57896/12 "2013-08-14T04:38:49Z")
> [@MiamiBuddha](#):
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> To get them yoyo royalties.
Haha, belly laugh time.
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### Author:  [@Big\_cat](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Big_cat)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2013, 4:39am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-made-you-want-to-be-a-good-yoyoer/57896/13 "2013-08-14T04:39:33Z")
> [@MiamiBuddha](#):
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> To get them yoyo royalties.
To get that money kid.
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### Author:  [@nardcopter](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/nardcopter)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2013, 4:40am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-made-you-want-to-be-a-good-yoyoer/57896/14 "2013-08-14T04:40:20Z")
My main goal in yoyoing other than just enjoying it is to have my own model with a company. I don’t need a sponsorship, I just have to get noticed somehow, and have my own yoyo. Even just a colorway for me or something.
I want my name on a yoyo.
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### Author:  [@Foofy69](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Foofy69)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2013, 4:41am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-made-you-want-to-be-a-good-yoyoer/57896/15 "2013-08-14T04:41:55Z")
> [@nardcopter](#):
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> My main goal in yoyoing other than just enjoying it is to have my own model with a company. I don’t need a sponsorship, I just have to get noticed somehow, and have my own yoyo. Even just a colorway for me or something.
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> I want my name on a yoyo.
When your famous, can you please mention me? I’ll promote your yoyos if I can have them for free ;D
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### Author:  [@zigzag97](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zigzag97)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2013, 4:42am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-made-you-want-to-be-a-good-yoyoer/57896/16 "2013-08-14T04:42:57Z")
Not seeing people attempt different styles, which is why I do 1A, 2A, 3A, 4A, 5A, double dragon, doubles, 1AD, the real 3a, and a little bit of möbius
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### Author:  [@zigzag97](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zigzag97)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2013, 4:45am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-made-you-want-to-be-a-good-yoyoer/57896/17 "2013-08-14T04:45:43Z")
> [@nardcopter](#):
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> I want my name on a yoyo.
[Redirecting...](https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=690824197601022&id=100000203436895&set=a.189348257748621.56059.100000203436895&__user=100000203436895) success 😃 I love my sponsor
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### Author:  [@nardcopter](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/nardcopter)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2013, 4:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-made-you-want-to-be-a-good-yoyoer/57896/18 "2013-08-14T04:46:55Z")
> [@Foofy69](#):
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> When your famous, can you please mention me? I’ll promote your yoyos if I can have them for free ;D
Haha. Maybe…
I think I would give one to some yoyoers I know motivated me.
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### Author:  [@JoeBadass](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JoeBadass)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2013, 4:55am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-made-you-want-to-be-a-good-yoyoer/57896/19 "2013-08-14T04:55:32Z")
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This video (though I was just a year into yoyoing then)
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### Author:  [@WretchedRapture](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/WretchedRapture)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2013, 5:03am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-made-you-want-to-be-a-good-yoyoer/57896/20 "2013-08-14T05:03:24Z")
Long story short…
Jensen Kimmitt.
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### Author:  [@stookie](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/stookie)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2013, 5:18am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-made-you-want-to-be-a-good-yoyoer/57896/21 "2013-08-14T05:18:36Z")
I don’t think I ever wanted to be a “good” yoyoer. I just wanted to yoyo one day, and then I wanted to yoyo again the next.
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