The Monsoon is a big throw. The largest diameter in my collection, as a matter of fact. Upon unboxing it, I was a bit intimidated, wondering how it would feel in my hand. After stringing it up and giving it a throw, my fears were gone. An organic shape with a diameter of 63.0mm and…
The Monsoon is a big throw. The largest diameter in my collection, as a matter of fact. Upon unboxing it, I was a bit intimidated, wondering how it would feel in my hand. After stringing it up and giving it a throw, my fears were gone. An organic shape with a diameter of 63.0mm and…
I knew going in that the RippleDrop was going to be light. I did not fully appreciate what that meant until I threw it hard and it sailed off the end of the string and hit me in the side of the head. Lesson learned. A softer touch, and this thing is wonderful. There’s a…
The plastic category is absolutely packed, stuffed, and filled with yoyos that do what every company claims they do: be just as good as metal yoyos. 9 times out of 10, this tends to be somewhat true, but with the caveat that it’s one of the geriatric gentleman’s yoyos meant for a cool, calm, and…
Dressel Designs dropped the Musubi and Musubi SS at the same time, and I’ll be honest, my first instinct was to wonder if one was just a novelty version of the other. A simultaneous dual release of the same shape in two different materials can feel like a cash grab. Spending time with both quickly…
A new review? Hell yeah. No, this thread isn’t dead. A quick update in general: Good morning gang, it’s been a few months since I’ve posted anything regarding yoyo, and that’s mostly because I’ve been busy with school, training for an out-of-state job that I’m very excited for, and properly getting into cars. You oldheads…
While I’ve certainly played my fair share of MK1 yo-yos, this is the first time I’ve played a Yoyofriends release. This collaboration is a tri-material beast, comprised of 7075 aluminum, stainless steel, and polycarbonate. The Heron features a V/H hybrid shape with a “lock-in” finger spin dimple, and is designed to be a “play all”…
Instagram What got you into throwing, how did you find the hobby? I first got started during 90s yo-yo boom like most millennial throwers I know. I have no idea what got me into it at the time, but I have a ton of memories of yo-yoing in elementary school — performing at a talent…
What got you into throwing, how did you find the hobby? I had a yoyo or two in the 90s, but it was really just a toy for me back then. Around 2003 I found the skill toy Astrojax through their commercial and got into that. Through Astrojax I discovered that there were more advanced…
What got you into throwing, how did you find the hobby? My dad! I grew up a 90s kid and this was a bond we shared since I was a child. I stopped and picked it back up around 2005 when I saw a video of Hiroyuki Suzuki and continued to play until about 2010…
Whether you are a seasoned competitor throwing 1A string tricks or a beginner looking to land your first “Walk the Dog,” you probably know that not all yo-yos are created equal. Aside from material, two crucial elements define a yo-yo’s performance: its response system and its shape. Before we dive into the geometry of yo-yos,…
Big Red Strings is a family-run, handmade yo-yo string manufacturer based in Chico, California, founded in 2025 by a thrower with the surname Herringer. What started as a personal hobby making string for a slower, flowing play style became a small business offering a growing lineup of nylon, polyester, and blend strings made by throwers,…
24K Whips is a Las Vegas, Nevada boutique yo-yo string brand founded by Daniel Kessler. Specializing in custom hand-spun strings made to order, the brand built a following through its signature “faded” strings — two-toned polyester blends where two colors fade seamlessly across the strand’s length. Custom orders are available in any material, length, thickness,…
Only Pink Yoyos (OPYOYOS) is a UK-based boutique yo-yo brand founded in 2019 by Jordan Blofeld of Brighton, England, as the spiritual successor to his previous company Smashing YoYos. The brand produces high-performance, limited-run monometal and bimetal yo-yos machined from 7068 aluminum — all exclusively in pink colorways. OPYOYOS releases are made in small numbered…
BU2R (Budweiser Urban Projects) is a cultural patronage platform of Budějovický Budvar, the Czech state-owned Budweiser Budvar brewery, established in 2007 to support original Czech urban culture. Projects have spanned hip-hop, documentary film, skateboarding history, and music. In 2014, BU2R partnered with Turning Point and Preciosa to produce a limited-edition crystal-studded yo-yo released exclusively at…
KenTech is a micro yo-yo brand founded in 2015 by Ken Luo, a mechanical engineering student from Washington state and the 2015 PNWR (Pacific NorthWest Regional) 3A division champion. The brand launched with a single product — the Euler, a compact bimetal with stainless steel rims — that made an outsized impression for its technical…
RiHara is a Chinese premium yo-yo design brand founded circa 2015 by designer Zhang Wenlin, operating under the tagline “Touch the Simplicity.” The brand began under the name 7yoyodesign before rebranding to RiHara after the first arc units shipped — a deliberate repositioning as a premium design house. RiHara operated two lines: the RiHara Major…
This is a project that I’ve been working on for a few years now, but with protos now in the wild and getting shared around at a few clubs, I figured it was time to actually talk about it. The Cerasus started as a simple vision, simply wanting a large diameter yoyo that actually had…
As memtioned above, I purchased the ‘Merica Edition. I also opted for the “Delivery In Person”. “The author will take a paperback copy of the book to the gun range, shoot a hole in, then take it to a burger joint where he will eat the largest burger on the menu with fries and get…
Later in the thread he references this article, which is an excellent read, followed up by this amazing video. Overall, some amazing yo-yo history here!
Popular online yo-yo reviewer, Gingie, has released a video documentary about the CLYW Chief. “Super proud to finally be able to say this The Chief Documentary is done, at long last! After nearly two years of work, it’s my magnum opus and the single longest video on my channel. This video explores the lead up…
