# Yoyo Boomers Club **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Contests, Clubs, and Events\ **Created:** [July 31, 2023, 4:13am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boomers-club/381535 "2023-07-31T04:13:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![cowmamba](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/cowmamba/32/270859_2.png) [@cowmamba](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/cowmamba)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2023, 4:07am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boomers-club/381535/201 "2023-08-11T04:07:57Z")
Ah geezers I’m a yoyo geezer LOL! Guess I’ll put my hand in too. Been throwing since the beginning of 95. Been online in the community just as long as it’s been a thing. (who remembers the yomania board? 🤣) ---
**Author:** ![Billipo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/billipo/32/162446_2.png) [@Billipo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Billipo)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2023, 7:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boomers-club/381535/202 "2023-08-11T19:37:05Z")
I am still struggling in my mind to define a Boomer, but right or wrong I still see it as … **A “Boomer” is someone who played as a youth. Recently came back into Yo-Yo to enjoy modern interpretation of what is familiar to them.** The return to Yo-Yo it isn’t so much to follow a recent fad or impress friends as much as for personal satisfaction. ---
**Author:** ![JSERR](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jserr/32/186876_2.png) [@JSERR](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JSERR)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2023, 5:00am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boomers-club/381535/203 "2023-08-12T05:00:03Z")
Huh. I kinda feel that. I played with a yo-yo when I was little. My grandfather was the only person I ever saw with one and he let me use it. I only understood that it went up and down (I was dense as a board as a child). Then almost 20 years later I realized there was a lot more to it. When I started collecting, my grandfather gave me his yo-yo and it’s been a ride ever since. ---
**Author:** ![redzaku](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/redzaku/32/231660_2.png) [@redzaku](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/redzaku)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 2:10am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boomers-club/381535/204 "2023-08-14T02:10:40Z")
Having a boomer moment, doing regen with a responsive and hitting my knee. ---
**Author:** ![Joe77](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/joe77/32/232665_2.png) [@Joe77](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Joe77)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 2:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boomers-club/381535/205 "2023-08-14T14:49:21Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/9/9/e/99efb95dc85ea69cbd0f2a09fa64cd7e2762098a.jpeg) Anybody remember the gravity games? (2000?) Downtown Providence they had skateboarding, Motocross and….Yo-yoing! 🕶 ---
**Author:** ![Billipo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/billipo/32/162446_2.png) [@Billipo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Billipo)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 3:04pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boomers-club/381535/206 "2023-08-14T15:04:25Z")
2002 Cleveland Gravity Games, **Filter** played but don’t recall yo-yo. Great time. ---
**Author:** ![Joe77](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/joe77/32/232665_2.png) [@Joe77](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Joe77)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 3:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boomers-club/381535/207 "2023-08-14T15:15:59Z")
Awesome! Yea, it was a pretty rad time. One year (2000 or 2001?) there was a Yomega competition that took place in Providence. They had the final freestyle routines on the main stage at the Gravity Games. 💥 ---
**Author:** ![Slestak75](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/slestak75/32/212315_2.png) [@Slestak75](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Slestak75)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 3:21pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boomers-club/381535/208 "2023-08-14T15:21:45Z")
After the Postal Service decided my new Grind Machine needed some culture and sent it on a round trip to Alaska, it’s finally out for delivery…🤠:+1: ---
**Author:** ![Captrogers](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/captrogers/32/647012_2.png) [@Captrogers](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Captrogers)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 5:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boomers-club/381535/209 "2023-08-14T17:17:09Z")
Not to be rude but I wouldn’t call Alaska a place of high culture. Happy the yoyo is finally headed in its correct path. ---
**Author:** ![Pun1sh3R](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pun1sh3r/32/193125_2.png) [@Pun1sh3R](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Pun1sh3R)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 9:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boomers-club/381535/210 "2023-08-14T21:36:46Z")
Curious… Can you expand on this? ---
**Author:** ![Slestak75](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/slestak75/32/212315_2.png) [@Slestak75](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Slestak75)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 10:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boomers-club/381535/211 "2023-08-14T22:54:51Z")
Ok. So the Turbo Grind Machine is amazing. Thanks to all for the recommendation. It IS what I wanted. I also got a Freehand One AL today. Such a Boomer mail day!!! ---
**Author:** ![Captrogers](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/captrogers/32/647012_2.png) [@Captrogers](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Captrogers)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 11:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boomers-club/381535/212 "2023-08-14T23:13:39Z")
A true boomer would be coping those old dead stock bumblebee from yyf but yeah turbo grind machine is awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Billipo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/billipo/32/162446_2.png) [@Billipo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Billipo)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 1:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boomers-club/381535/213 "2023-08-15T13:48:10Z")
**A modern Boomer YoYo screams - RESPONSIVE!** I realized for the club both a responsive and an unresponsive version are being developed. :thinking: Kinda seems to me an unresponsive is more **Gen Y** or beyond, chronologically speaking. Que sera sera. I guess **Gen Y** has been conditioned for inclusion. Should the Unresponsive Boomer YoYo version be called **“The Participation Trophy”**? ---
**Author:** ![Captrogers](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/captrogers/32/647012_2.png) [@Captrogers](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Captrogers)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 2:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boomers-club/381535/214 "2023-08-15T14:00:55Z")
> [@Billipo](#): > > guess **Gen Y** has been conditioned for inclusion. Should the Unresponsive Boomer YoYo version be called **“The Participation Trophy”**? Seeing as boomers and gen x came up with and gave gen y the participation trophies I guess that would be fitting… a boomer yoyo they give to the youth… ---
**Author:** ![Yodaddyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yodaddyo/32/602050_2.png) [@Yodaddyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yodaddyo)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 2:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boomers-club/381535/215 "2023-08-15T14:01:24Z")
> [@Billipo](#): > > I guess **Gen Y** has been conditioned for inclusion. Should the Unresponsive Boomer YoYo version be called **“The Participation Trophy”**? Us millennials are conditioned this way too. I really like that name for the unresponsive. For clarification’s sake, Yoyo boomer≠boomer ---
**Author:** ![TryCatchThrow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/trycatchthrow/32/171307_2.png) [@TryCatchThrow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TryCatchThrow)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 4:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boomers-club/381535/216 "2023-08-15T16:57:53Z")
> [@Yodaddyo](#): > > Yoyo boomer≠ **baby** boomer To Gen Z, “boomer” is just a pejorative that means “old.” ---
**Author:** ![Captrogers](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/captrogers/32/647012_2.png) [@Captrogers](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Captrogers)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 5:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boomers-club/381535/217 "2023-08-15T17:02:25Z")
I’ve been told I act like a boomer and called a boomer so does that make me old? I don’t know how I feel about being “old” ---
**Author:** ![TryCatchThrow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/trycatchthrow/32/171307_2.png) [@TryCatchThrow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TryCatchThrow)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 5:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boomers-club/381535/218 "2023-08-15T17:41:55Z")
I don’t know. I would always consider the source… ---
**Author:** ![digitalcharlie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/digitalcharlie/32/234575_2.png) [@digitalcharlie](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/digitalcharlie)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 6:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boomers-club/381535/219 "2023-08-15T18:30:33Z")
Big fan of calling it the participation trophy. Also: maybe it’s just me, but I’d wager a bunch of the people who played in the 90s came back to unresponsive and got rehooked by it. So. Yeah both makes sense to me. ---
**Author:** ![Yodaddyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yodaddyo/32/602050_2.png) [@Yodaddyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yodaddyo)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 11:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-boomers-club/381535/220 "2023-08-15T23:36:03Z")
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