The journal.
Longform pieces on the craft, the players, and the materials. A monthly essay since Vol. I.
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Archive number: 4414Article
Keep the History: Documenting the Yo-Yos We Collect
A yo-yo can survive for decades while the details of its life disappear. Photographs, packaging, and a few careful notes help keep those details attached to the object.
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Archive number: 605Article
Failure is Unknown Collectors’ List
This collector checklist documents Unknown editions designed by Bryan Figueroa in collaboration with yo-yo makers. Historical dates and quantities primarily follow the community collector lists; counts refer to…
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Archive number: 3840Article
From Tune-Ups to Throwback Labs: A History of Yo-Yo Modding
Before every wide-gap, silicone-padded, center-tracking throw came a simpler proposition: a player could make the yo-yo in hand do something its maker had not planned. Yo-yo modding is…
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Archive number: 3788Article
Beefcaking: The Double-Bearing Mod That Rewired Modern Yo-Yo Play
“Beefcaking” is the yo-yo scene’s term for stacking two bearings side by side on a single axle. It sounds like a minor bit of hardware trivia, but the…
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Archive number: 3768Article
We Are Throwers: The Documentary Yo-Yoing Made About Itself
A 2017 feature-length documentary, shot by yo-yo players across five countries, tried to answer what throwing means from the inside.
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Archive number: 3750Article
Spinworthy Yoyos: Keeping Fixed Axle Moving Forward
From handmade wooden fixies in Adelaide to the tiny MR85 bearing at the heart of the RBC, Harbinger and Flying Lemon, Spinworthy has spent nearly a decade exploring…
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Archive number: 3610Article
Two Yo-Yos, One String: The Rise of Hydr0A
Born from a late-2024 experiment by Australian maker Nic Conrick, Hydr0A transformed an obscure two-yo-yo concept into a teachable, evolving style built around fixed axles, responsive play, and…
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Archive number: 3495Article
A-RT, Provocation, and Controversy in Modern Yo-Yoing
One of modern yo-yoing’s most influential boutique brands built its identity on creativity, irreverence, and provocation. Eventually, the controversy surrounding A-RT became as difficult to ignore as the…
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Archive number: 597Article
Yo-yos Used by World Champions
This is a list of all the yo-yos used by World Champions in their world-winning routines for yo-yo styles 1A-5A, and some other categories. If you have additional…
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