No actually I got into it when my dad gave me a wooden yoyo when I was only 5. But I only used it one or two times, because it was a bit hard. Then 4 years later this thing came to my school which was called the Ned show it was about never giving up etc. The person was using a yoyo and I thought it was cool. They were selling them and I got mine for really cheap, and that is how I got into yoyoing.