Why so little Enthusiam for YoYo Videos?

[ArchersAxe (Chad A)]

@SketchMan3

I haven’t checked out many of the videos here, but do people put as much effort into making them as interesting as, say, a skateboard or longboarding video? From the very few that I’ve seen it seems pretty static. One location, one camera angle, some fancy tricks, but there are so many people doing fancy tricks already. Where is the style, the drama, the personality? (this is just based on like 1 or 2 videos that I looked at here).

Yo-yoing seems a bit different than other similar things. It doesn’t seem like the kind of thing that flourishes in front of the camera. I’e seen a similar phenomenon on “learn to play [genre of music]” sites, where the “Original Compositions” section is full of uncommented threads. I’ve just learned to accept it and chalk it up to “hmmm… maybe I should try harder”

This is my take on it. I personally find no enjoyment in videos that focus entirely on yoyoing. It may sound silly, but I enjoy the scenery almost as much as the yoyoing sometimes, and that is key to it. I want a bit of a story or something to mix it up.

Aaron Davis has a wonderful Basement Sessions series on his YouTube. Scenery is bland (it is a basement after all), but the video features multiple people with different styles with typically both kendamas and yoyos.