# YoYoExpert Presents: "Why We Throw" **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [May 19, 2014, 5:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyoexpert-presents-why-we-throw/66338 "2014-05-19T17:05:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![YoYoExpert](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyoexpert/32/71258_2.png) [@YoYoExpert](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoYoExpert)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 5:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyoexpert-presents-why-we-throw/66338/1 "2014-05-19T17:05:30Z")
Wanted to make sure I shared this here too!  Very proud of what we do.  🙂 [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/f/3/9/f397999b9dbe781edda49a2ae36f1a3b1725f40c.jpeg "Why We Throw - YoYoExpert Experience - 2014 Cal States") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J81dSkLOWY) > [@](#): > > We are Yo-Yo Players and we throw for different reasons. > > We throw because it brings us happiness and flow to our lives. Our meditation. We throw for the experience. For the friends and people we meet. We throw for the personal satisfaction of hitting a trick on and off the stage. The accomplishment and drive to always learn. We throw with meaning and cause. This is our art and our passion and an expression of who we are. > > This. Is. Why We Throw. > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J81dSkLOWY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J81dSkLOWY) > > YoYoExpert was a proud sponsor of the 2014 California State Yo-Yo Contest and we teamed up again with the amazing Dennis Barahona to bring part of the contest experience to you. > > Get a feel of what it is like to be at a contest and why we throw. What it means to the players. What it feels like to watch history in the making. Whether you are there to observe, learn, or just be part of what is pushing our sport into the future. We thank all of you who attend these events and urge more to keep an eye out for a contest near you. > > Thank you and enjoy. > > - AndrĂ© Boulay ---
**Author:** ![ginny](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ginny/32/1536_2.png) [@ginny](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ginny)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 6:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyoexpert-presents-why-we-throw/66338/2 "2014-05-19T18:02:11Z")
As a native Californian, thank you for sponsoring of the 2014 California State Yo-Yo Contest. You rock and that video rocks as well. Thanks for posting. ginny - that’s why we throw
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**Author:** ![CaliBuddha](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/calibuddha/32/156_2.png) [@CaliBuddha](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/CaliBuddha)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyoexpert-presents-why-we-throw/66338/3 "2014-05-19T18:37:02Z")
Great video ---
**Author:** ![vegabomb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/vegabomb/32/199_2.png) [@vegabomb](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/vegabomb)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 6:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyoexpert-presents-why-we-throw/66338/4 "2014-05-19T18:39:59Z")
> [@MiamiBuddha](#): > > Great video Agreed. ---
**Author:** ![kulazndoode](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/kulazndoode/32/1251_2.png) [@kulazndoode](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kulazndoode)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 6:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyoexpert-presents-why-we-throw/66338/5 "2014-05-19T18:43:15Z")
Amazing video. Makes me want to go out to a contest even more! ---
**Author:** ![yoyo\_yizzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/9de053/32.png) [@yoyo\_yizzo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyo_yizzo)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 6:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyoexpert-presents-why-we-throw/66338/6 "2014-05-19T18:51:44Z")
That vid is nice. I wish I can make it
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**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 6:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyoexpert-presents-why-we-throw/66338/7 "2014-05-19T18:54:12Z")
Very cool video, I actually wish it had more voice-overs of the players talking about “why they throw”. Just watching the tricks makes me depressed at my own skill level :wink: ---
**Author:** ![Adam\_Brewster](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/adam_brewster/32/644_2.png) [@Adam\_Brewster](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Adam_Brewster)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 7:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyoexpert-presents-why-we-throw/66338/8 "2014-05-19T19:02:41Z")
Great stuff André! Grateful for all that you do for the community! ---
**Author:** ![yoyofool](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyofool/32/398_2.png) [@yoyofool](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyofool)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 7:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyoexpert-presents-why-we-throw/66338/9 "2014-05-19T19:55:58Z")
Awesome video Andre. Thanks. On a side note, does anyone know what yoyo Guy was using? ---
**Author:** ![basepi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/basepi/32/620611_2.png) [@basepi](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/basepi)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 8:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyoexpert-presents-why-we-throw/66338/10 "2014-05-19T20:01:59Z")
Really great video, I think it captures a lot of the passion. – basepi ---
**Author:** ![kulazndoode](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/kulazndoode/32/1251_2.png) [@kulazndoode](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kulazndoode)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 9:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyoexpert-presents-why-we-throw/66338/11 "2014-05-19T21:54:25Z")
> [@yoyofool](#): > > Awesome video Andre. Thanks. > > On a side note, does anyone know what yoyo Guy was using? Spyy Amplifier ---
**Author:** ![mrciurleo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@mrciurleo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mrciurleo)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 12:59am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyoexpert-presents-why-we-throw/66338/12 "2014-05-20T00:59:51Z")
That was a great video, very inspirational. ---
**Author:** ![zVF9214](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/96bed5/32.png) [@zVF9214](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zVF9214)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 1:09am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyoexpert-presents-why-we-throw/66338/13 "2014-05-20T01:09:13Z")
This video is awesome. I think the fact that it has 134 likes and no dislikes on youtube goes to show how great the yoyoing community is. ---
**Author:** ![Mrjackthepoodle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mrjackthepoodle](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mrjackthepoodle)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 1:44am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyoexpert-presents-why-we-throw/66338/14 "2014-05-20T01:44:19Z")
Very cool. Looks like you guys had a blast. ---
**Author:** ![yuki\_onitsura](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yuki_onitsura/32/1162_2.png) [@yuki\_onitsura](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yuki_onitsura)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 4:21am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyoexpert-presents-why-we-throw/66338/15 "2014-05-20T04:21:47Z")
Great video =) Yuki ---
**Author:** ![shen703](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shen703/32/924_2.png) [@shen703](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/shen703)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 3:21pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyoexpert-presents-why-we-throw/66338/16 "2014-05-20T15:21:56Z")
Thank you for all you do, Andre. Everyone here appreciates it. Heck, without you, I wouldn’t be typing this comment! :wink: ---
**Author:** ![Erik\_kerber](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/erik_kerber/32/7939_2.png) [@Erik\_kerber](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Erik_kerber)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 6:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyoexpert-presents-why-we-throw/66338/17 "2014-05-20T18:16:16Z")
Great video. As said earlier though. It is kinda depressing relizing how bad at yoyoing I am compared to most of these people. But still great vid. and it has inspired me to get better at yoyoing. ---
**Author:** ![stuarttw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@stuarttw](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/stuarttw)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 7:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyoexpert-presents-why-we-throw/66338/18 "2014-05-21T19:45:18Z")
what everyone said ---
**Author:** ![yoyofool](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyofool/32/398_2.png) [@yoyofool](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyofool)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 7:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyoexpert-presents-why-we-throw/66338/19 "2014-05-21T19:46:39Z")
> [@Erik\_kerber](#): > > Great video. > > As said earlier though. It is kinda depressing relizing how bad at yoyoing I am compared to most of these people. > > But still great vid. and it has inspired me to get better at yoyoing. Everyone has been in the same boat as you :). Everyone was a beginner once. I had to use this mindset, it is a hard one though: Just focus on relaxing and enjoying yoyo’ing. The skill will come with time. Do you know how many times it took me to hit Spirit Bomb the first time? ---
**Author:** ![Erik\_kerber](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/erik_kerber/32/7939_2.png) [@Erik\_kerber](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Erik_kerber)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 7:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyoexpert-presents-why-we-throw/66338/20 "2014-05-21T19:53:02Z")
> [@yoyofool](#): > > Everyone has been in the same boat as you :). Everyone was a beginner once. > > I had to use this mindset, it is a hard one though: Just focus on relaxing and enjoying yoyo’ing. The skill will come with time. Do you know how many times it took me to hit Spirit Bomb the first time? Yea I know. I don’t feel like I’m a beginner (I’ve been throwing for 3 years) I just see how much I need to improve. 😃 [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyoexpert-presents-why-we-throw/66338.md?page=2)