YoYoers that inspire you to keep learning and YoYoers that you look up to. Or just anyone you would like to give thanks to that have supported your yoyoing.
Heres my top 3 in no particular order.
Ed Haponik. Ed is a great guy and is incredibly generous. I find you can always go to Ed with a question and he will do the best he can to give you the answer you want and then a little more. Ed has majorly influenced my yoyoing in a great way. He is just an overall fantastic guy that you can always rely on. Dont mean to pressure you Ed!
Everyone here on the YoYoExpert Forums. This is by far the friendliest yoyo communities. You can ask any question and nearly everyone will pitch in to give you an answer. Everyone here is friendly and reliable (for the most part) person. Its just a great place to come hang out and talk about yoyos!
Probaly my mom. Yes, cheesy and corny I know. But she has bought me so much stuff that I wanted when I just didnt have the money. I cant tell you how many times she has covered the shipping when I was just that 5 bucks short. She takes me to all the compititions and without her credit cards I couldnt buy any yoyos online!
So id like to thank those 3 for influencing and helping me tremendously in my yoyoing. Thanks!
And special thanks to Ed for the Addiction! Im loving it more and more! Its my new favorite throw!
What Connor said.
This is the best forum in the world. If it werenāt for all you awesome people, I probably wouldnāt be yoyoing. I feel so lucky I found this site before YoYoNation.
Also what Connor said (sorry Iām copying your answers), but my dad also. They both bought me my first yoyos, a PGM and a KickSide. To this day, theyāre happy they did, and realized how fun a simple toy that goes up and down can be. They also still give me occasional yoyos, and some money to buy yoyos. They rock!
Awesome guy, he has helped spread yoyoing more than anyone I can think of in Japan.
Awesome performer, such an awesome personality, and revolutionary yoyoer with his soloham stuff. Really under-appreciated by many it seems.
Awesome yoyoer.
Shingo Terrada.
My inspiration for 5A.
Creator of e-fan and beesting, doesnāt get much cooler than that eh?
IT DOES.
Smoothest 5A player you will ever see freestyle, awesome style and flow.
Super cool yoyoer.
Ross Pascual.
My earliest yoyo inspiration.
He had a style and stage presence like nobody else, and every freestyle was awesome.
Amazing performer.
Tyler - Because we chat in Facebook :D, 2 Times, And he said heās preparing for upcoming Nats
(When I ask him if he compete both 1A and 5A, Answerā¦ āmmmmmhhhmmmā :D).
Ryosuke Iwasawa - He answer to my questions too, I ask one on what String does he use. (Because Iām wandering What string does he use for his āNo Wordsā Lacerations and Hooks.
But he just replied to me and He only saidā¦ YYN Highlights Nothing SpecialĀ :o Take a look!
Hiroyuki Suzuki - He was My inspiration :D, He was the first Player that Iāve seen playing 1A (In YouTube), Because I was searching of videos of Yo-yoing. (When Iām starting throwing :D)
Mark Montgomery - His tricks make him look like the master of the Universe. It doesnāt look like his hands are moving the yoyo around, he is asking the yoyo to move and it just does.
Well, thats toughā¦ first off Iād have to say my big brotherā¦
When I was little he was the one who gave me a yoyo and tought me tricks like walk the dog and rock the babyā¦ He thinks its crazy because he though he was a yoyo pro and now I can yo circles around himā¦
Then Iād have to say Mickey, heās not my favorite player but it was a Mickey video that made me go "Whoa, if yoyoās can do thatā¦ " and made me dig out my F.A.S.T. 201 and pick up the hobby again.
Then lastly, Iād have to say Augie, as Im getting more advanced in my play heās been the one to inspire me to keep practicingā¦ I just love his styleā¦ Mainly his whips and slacksā¦ (Check the Motion Sickness video and youāll see why)
Then the list goes on, yanno, you guys, and Andre and ect. ect. ect.
