Worst injury/accident when throwing

Hey guys I had a incident recently there I had a bad bind and then threw down hard- the yo-yo swung around and smacked my head shattering my sun glasses that were on my head. I was pretty bummed until I remembered my brother in law.

My brother in law was trying to get a string out of a Coca-Cola yoyo as a kid with a pen knife- long story short he managed to stab his eye and after years of surgery etc lost the eye.

Made me want to ask out there for any yo-yo horror stories…

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This is by far the worst yoyo injury I’ve ever heard!!! Does he still yoyo?

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No he was just around for the old yo-yo craze- I didn’t realise I might be triggering some trauma for him until my wife pointed it out. He has assured me he is ok.

He was pulling the string towards him when the blade slipped out… crazy!

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Okay I liked this before I got to the lost his eye part. That sucks.

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Wow that’s so gnarly… Can’t believe that

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WOW!!:flushed:
If this were a championship of horrible stories with yoyo, the terrible story of your brother-in-law and the loss of the eye would win.
What a bad luck:(

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For more of this: Your worst yoyo injuries

And even more: worst yoyo injuries

Seems to be a pretty regular thread. Maybe combine into one big one so we have a centralized location to gasp at the misfortune/badassery of others?

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Dooood, the whole eye thing made me insta-cringe into a ball.
That is a most savage and unprecidented injury.
I knew those Coke yo-yos on auction sites were trouble :joy::joy:
Most I’ve had is smashing my nose so hard I tasted blood-no scars or permanent damage.
Repeatedly graze a nad when yoyo in boxers. I never learn :dizzy_face:

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