# When did you become hooked on yoyoing? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [August 22, 2018, 10:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-did-you-become-hooked-on-yoyoing/292030 "2018-08-22T22:58:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 22
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/codinghorror/32/8052_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2018, 11:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-did-you-become-hooked-on-yoyoing/292030/22 "2018-08-25T23:57:49Z")
More seriously, my origin story! > [@It is impossible to be sad while playing with a yo-yo (my origin story)](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/it-is-impossible-to-be-sad-while-playing-with-a-yo-yo-my-origin-story/290791): > > I did a tiny bit of yo-yo in the mid-80s when I was a kid, but I was never very good and never had any way to learn any new stuff – heck, how did we learn anything before the Internet, anyway? I rediscovered yo-yos in September 2017 when my 8 year old son came home with a Duncan Butterfly XT. I was like, wow! This is awesome, but very basic … I wonder what a nicer yo-yo would be like? I started with the cheap metals on Amazon (sadly this included a Sidekick Pro) and from there found “real” yoyo… Also check out @DocPop’s origin story > **[Seattle Yo-Yo Story - Doc Pop's Weblog](https://docpop.org/2015/02/seattle-yo-yo-story/)** > > I bought my first yo-yo on my 21st birthday in Seattle. It changed my life. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-did-you-become-hooked-on-yoyoing/292030)._