# Yoyo Boom(s) **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [January 8, 2019, 9:40pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boom-s/297164 "2019-01-08T21:40:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JWaugh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jwaugh/32/42366_2.png) [@JWaugh](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JWaugh)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2019, 9:40pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boom-s/297164/1 "2019-01-08T21:40:03Z")
So I was reading the book “Every Trick In The Book” by Charlie Dancey and in his section about yoyos, he said this: “A Yo-Yo as you know perfectly well, is a toy that seems to create an unstoppable craze every few years and then vanishes back into near obscurity only to re-emerge at a later time in history.” I know that the first yoyo boom happened in about 1931-1932? because the first WYYC was in 1932, and the second one was in the 60s, the third was in the 90s, but was there an actual one in the 2000s? or does anyone have a guess as to when the next one will be? Tom’s video on it is here: [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/b/8/e/b8e995a843e85118b984ede6e1a0a974d852aa46.jpeg "What Killed the Yoyo Boom?") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNe-0AvJc80) ---
**Author:** ![andy569](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/andy569/32/1256_2.png) [@andy569](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/andy569)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2019, 9:47pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boom-s/297164/2 "2019-01-08T21:47:35Z")
Looks like we’re due to have one in the 2020s! ---
**Author:** ![zslane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zslane/32/19816_2.png) [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2019, 9:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boom-s/297164/3 "2019-01-08T21:55:42Z")
A boom is an explosion of interest that comes and goes pretty quickly. What was the cultural impetus for each prior boom? What precipitated/caused each of them? Are those same forces aligned (or aligning) again now? Or is there something completely new/different that we expect to be the precipitating force this time around? ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_the\_yoyo\_boy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/evan_the_yoyo_boy/32/65657_2.png) [@Evan\_the\_yoyo\_boy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Evan_the_yoyo_boy)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2019, 10:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boom-s/297164/4 "2019-01-08T22:08:12Z")
I wish more people would yoyo. ---
**Author:** ![anon19434144](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ccd318/32.png) [@anon19434144](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon19434144)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2019, 10:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boom-s/297164/5 "2019-01-08T22:11:58Z")
I’d like to know! I think the people into it hardcore keep being into it but 98% of the people really into it move onto something else in a year or less. I think a lot of factors come into play for a boom to happen. Availability in regular stores is one thing but of course the Imperial and Butterfly (Walmart) and Butterfly XT (at Target) will always be around. There’s so many other toys vying for attention though. A few celebrities yoyoing could make a lot of people become interested because they’d make yoyos seem cool. ---
**Author:** ![Marm](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/marm/32/46204_2.png) [@Marm](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Marm)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2019, 10:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boom-s/297164/6 "2019-01-08T22:14:56Z")
Yeah me too my friend ---
**Author:** ![zslane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zslane/32/19816_2.png) [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2019, 10:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boom-s/297164/7 "2019-01-08T22:20:50Z")
> [@anon19434144](#): > > Availability in regular stores is one thing but of course the Imperial and Butterfly (Walmart) and Butterfly XT (at Target) will always be around. Indeed. The fact that those Duncan mainstays are perpetually in stores does not in and of itself precipitate a boom, though it may help fuel one by seeing to it that interested buyers have an easy way to satisfy their curiosity. But I’m interested in figuring out what will ignite the explosion rather than what will merely fuel it to keep it burning. Celebrity involvement might be it, but it would have to be a pretty popular celebrity and it would have to be in a context beyond something as simple (and inconsequential) as a social media blip that disappears in less than a day. ---
**Author:** ![anon19434144](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ccd318/32.png) [@anon19434144](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon19434144)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2019, 10:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boom-s/297164/8 "2019-01-08T22:23:08Z")
Kanye West or Snoop Dog doing a Double or Nothing would cause a 10 day boom! ---
**Author:** ![zslane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zslane/32/19816_2.png) [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2019, 10:27pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boom-s/297164/9 "2019-01-08T22:27:48Z")
I think it would have to be in a music video getting constant rotation…somewhere (who shows music videos anymore, and does anyone watch them?) ---
**Author:** ![shatterFX](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shatterfx/32/66476_2.png) [@shatterFX](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/shatterFX)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2019, 10:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boom-s/297164/10 "2019-01-08T22:53:11Z")
In a similar topic, this was posted, and i think it sums up perfectly the current state of yoyo and the effects of “booms” > [@The current era of Yoyoing](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-current-era-of-yoyoing/296540/10): > > The hobby itself is doing great, the industry is kind of in the crapper. The rise in access to machine shops means everyone who has ever wanted to make a yoyo is now currently making a yoyo or about to make a yoyo. I wouldn’t necessarily call these “companies” since most of them aren’t much more than hobbyist level, but supply has well outstripped demand and since most of them are selling most or all of their stock direct, it has caused a tremendous imbalance. They are large enough to make a cou… ---
**Author:** ![Z\_Car](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/z_car/32/72879_2.png) [@Z\_Car](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Z_Car)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2019, 11:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boom-s/297164/11 "2019-01-08T23:01:35Z")
YouTube is pretty big on music videos. They are still pretty popular. ---
**Author:** ![anon19434144](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ccd318/32.png) [@anon19434144](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon19434144)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2019, 11:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boom-s/297164/12 "2019-01-08T23:41:08Z")
Maybe a “boom” should be filed in a “Who Cares?” bin. I think we are all curious because we wonder when our pretty oddball hobby will become cool to the masses and when we’ll see yoyos at mall kiosks (do many actual toy stores exist anymore?) and to try out the mass market yoyos that will probably be cheap knock offs of quality models but…I lost my train of thought. My Walmart sold all of the Pro Zs and moves Imperials and Butterflys so people are buying yoyos but it’s hard to tell to whom because most people I see standing or walking around are looking at their phones. Smartphones and mini tablets are to kids and young adults what yoyos were to kids and young adults during yoyo booms. That’s my opinion anyway. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2019, 1:26am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boom-s/297164/13 "2019-01-09T01:26:04Z")
Well, I sent yo-yos a few months ago to my contact at Epic Games, and asked him to lobby internally for a yo-yo emote in Fortnite. I’m optimistic it will happen, they added a juggling emote a while ago too! ---
**Author:** ![knowledgeablepixels](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/knowledgeablepixels/32/38636_2.png) [@knowledgeablepixels](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/knowledgeablepixels)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 3:08am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boom-s/297164/14 "2019-01-09T03:08:03Z")
now that the internet is a key part of the entire yoyoing community and how it spreads i think there will be another boom in the next decades, maybe years. ---
**Author:** ![anon19434144](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ccd318/32.png) [@anon19434144](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon19434144)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 3:48am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boom-s/297164/15 "2019-01-09T03:48:35Z")
I think yoyo booms will now be every 50-75 years. I’ll be dead by the next boom. ---
**Author:** ![kevinm](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/kevinm/32/697_2.png) [@kevinm](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kevinm)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2019, 3:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boom-s/297164/17 "2019-05-05T15:46:12Z")
Booms are really just describing fads. The state of yo is amazingly strong right now if you consider the availability of great throws and the on line communities sharing tricks and stuff like that. There will never be a ‘boom’ with $100 yo-yos, but this is a golden age of yoing, all things considered, and that’s better than a boom that pushes out warehouses full of cheap yoyos destined for the junk drawer. ---
**Author:** ![RABid](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rabid/32/71864_2.png) [@RABid](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/RABid)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2019, 6:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boom-s/297164/18 "2019-05-05T18:32:02Z")
I think quality of a cheap product will also affect a possible boom. 5 years ago I bought a dozen cheap Duncan yoyo’s to give to kids in our program. They were horrible and did nothing to get the kids interested. If I had known to pay a bit more for something like a YYF One it would have been a different story. ---
**Author:** ![AngryGumball](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/angrygumball/32/683872_2.png) [@AngryGumball](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AngryGumball)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 1:48am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boom-s/297164/19 "2019-05-06T01:48:56Z")
Not sure if another boom will happen for a while, even if yoyoing has changed over the past several years. I remember the days when you could walk into Walmart or Target and there would be a small section of yoyos, being Duncan, and Yomega. They seemed to hold their place in stores until shortly after the Fast 201 went mainstream (was the first time I ever heard of Yoyofactory). In this day and age too, fads come and go quick. We all saw how fast Fidget Spinners became the rage and suddenly out of nowhere, were no longer “cool.” ---
**Author:** ![eternalmetal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/eternalmetal/32/44877_2.png) [@eternalmetal](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/eternalmetal)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 2:58am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boom-s/297164/20 "2019-05-06T02:58:44Z")
> [@AngryGumball](#): > > In this day and age too, fads come and go quick. We all saw how fast Fidget Spinners became the rage and suddenly out of nowhere, were no longer “cool.” This is another issue when it comes to “the next yoyo boom”. With the rise of the internet, trends have become more and more ephemeral rather than lasting, and realistically a yoyo boom in current times would probably fizzle out just as fast as fidget spinners. Most hobbies that are worth anything remain fringe, and booms of any kind are usually associated with tragic falling outs. A yoyo boom now could possibly wound the current yoyo community to the point of being endangered upon the fallout. In my personal experience ive shared my hobby with a few millenials who remember the 90s yoyo boom, and few if any have any interest. It was a fad, and remains in the past. The current community isn’t entirely on life support, which is good, but expect it to be a fringe community for the long term (atm at least). Im actually a little surprised that the invent of unresponsive yoyos has yet to trigger a yoyo boom, but the fact that it didn’t speaks for itself; yoyo isn’t ready to become a trend when digital technology is seeing its huge boom. Once kids become tired of tech it may have a chance, but realistically this is a long time off. As a millennial, unresponsive yoyos being ignored is still a shocker to me. Throwing long sleepers used to be a huge thing to us, but I guess the majority of us have grown up and would rather sample microbrews. ---
**Author:** ![SpyseaRice](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/spysearice/32/82121_2.png) [@SpyseaRice](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SpyseaRice)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 3:17am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boom-s/297164/21 "2019-05-06T03:17:04Z")
> [@eternalmetal](#): > > Im actually a little surprised that the invent of unresponsive yoyos has yet to trigger a yoyo boom huh I never noticed that… In my opinion, yoyos are cool. It’s only a matter of time until the rest of the world realizes that. I’ve been seeing Gentry Stein on some “mainstream” sites, spreading the word about yoyoing. I recently saw he did a thing with WIRED > **[Watch the Mesmerizing Routine of a World Champion Yo-Yoer](https://www.wired.com/story/gentry-stein-yoyo-champion/)** > > Gentry Stein travels the world slinging his yo-yo in a hypnotizing flow of mounts, slacks, and hops. [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/f/2/c/f2cb3130f3196b26ad4610823c993e7d4b6265c7.jpeg "How This Guy Became a World Yo-Yo Champion | WIRED") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wiNh4LLQzg) He also posted this video [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/d/9/0/d90968b03526b9bd52c25405c950d55e36ef48bb.jpeg "WHY YOU SHOULD YOYO") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErPqtY3L4_M) which I think would also play a part in inciting a yoyo boom, once it reaches a large enough audience. > [@eternalmetal](#): > > A yoyo boom now could possibly wound the current yoyo community to the point of being endangered upon the fallout. Yoyoing in itself is a niche thing, making it mainstream would give it a completely different feel. Or maybe it wouldn’t, depending on the people it attracts and how they interact with the existing community. yeahh I’m not a fortune teller. At this point I’m just gonna wait and see what happens. [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boom-s/297164.md?page=2)