I got one of those weird yo-yo kendamas that Meh had a while back and while I’ve been able to catch the ball in its cups, I’ve never been able to make it do yo-yo things.
In the late 90’s , there was a yo-yo boom and out of curiosity I stopped at a kiosk in the mall to play with their wares. Not only could I still walk-the-dog, rock-the-cradle and do plenty of string tricks like the Eiffel tower and star, but due to the advancement of ball-bearing axle yo-yos (which I had never seen before), I could do some tricks that I previously had never really mastered like trapeze, brain-twister, and rock-the-baby on the trapeze. The kid running the kiosk offered me a job. The level of tricks have now elevated to such a crazy level, that while still being able to do the aforementioned tricks, I would have to classify myself as an advanced novice or lower-intermediate yo-er.
tl;dr In my late 30’s, some 18 year-old kid in the mall wanted to know if I wanted to quit my job and come work at his yo-yo kiosk.
@DrWorm Right there with you - I was prime age for that late 90s yoyo boom. I got good at cradle and eiffel tower but couldn’t do the trapeze which was frustrating
@DrWorm I could barely do the trapeze thing sometimes, years ago, with a wooden axle. Played with one of the modern bearing ones and could never make it come back.
If this means you’re going to sell those yo-yo kendamas tonight I would rather you sell anything else you have laying around the warehouse.
/giphy warehouse trash
I am the son of a yo-yo champion, so it was in my blood.
(It was some small regional competition - he was no phenom, but he was very good.)
Yo-ing is apparently like riding a bike, because I only pick up one of my yo-yos once in a very great while, but I can still do all the tricks.
Sleep, walk the dog, around the world, rock the cradle, etc.
My personal favorite is one I don’t know or remember the name of - it’s sort of a 1/4 around the world - you fling it out horizontally and sleep it for a bit so that it appears to momentarily hover before snapping back into the palm.
My dad’s signature trick was a show-stopper…
(I’m pretty sure he learned/performed this trick when he was in the Navy, and not in the competition he won as a kid.)
He’d drop his pants, chuck the yo-yo between his legs and it would snag on and dangle from the leg of his boxers.
I don’t remember if he had a name for the trick, but as I think about it, maybe there was one but it was too dirty to share with a kid.
Wrong poll? Do we get yoyos tomorrow?
I would purchase a bluetooth yoyo if offered.
I have the ingredients for a yo-yo mamma joke, but I don’t know how to put them together:
/image yo mamma
/image yo yo ma
/image yo-yo
A perfect reflection of my life, lots of ups and downs. Got keep the spin going to get back up again.
/youtube simpsons yo-yo episode
Mmmm… er… plenty of NSFW jokes here, but Imma go ahead and leave them on the shelf.
Anybody else remember NED yo-yos?
I could make it go down, then pop up and hit my face.
Would a yoyo still yoyo if a Meh pop socket were attached to each face, so to speak?
I’m an expert at those places with all the self serve machines and dozens of toppings.
Oh wait, that’s fro-yo.
/youtube you can’t play with my yo-yo
I got one of those weird yo-yo kendamas that Meh had a while back and while I’ve been able to catch the ball in its cups, I’ve never been able to make it do yo-yo things.
In the late 90’s , there was a yo-yo boom and out of curiosity I stopped at a kiosk in the mall to play with their wares. Not only could I still walk-the-dog, rock-the-cradle and do plenty of string tricks like the Eiffel tower and star, but due to the advancement of ball-bearing axle yo-yos (which I had never seen before), I could do some tricks that I previously had never really mastered like trapeze, brain-twister, and rock-the-baby on the trapeze. The kid running the kiosk offered me a job. The level of tricks have now elevated to such a crazy level, that while still being able to do the aforementioned tricks, I would have to classify myself as an advanced novice or lower-intermediate yo-er.
tl;dr In my late 30’s, some 18 year-old kid in the mall wanted to know if I wanted to quit my job and come work at his yo-yo kiosk.
@DrWorm Right there with you - I was prime age for that late 90s yoyo boom. I got good at cradle and eiffel tower but couldn’t do the trapeze which was frustrating
@DrWorm I could barely do the trapeze thing sometimes, years ago, with a wooden axle. Played with one of the modern bearing ones and could never make it come back.
If this means you’re going to sell those yo-yo kendamas tonight I would rather you sell anything else you have laying around the warehouse.
/giphy warehouse trash
I am the son of a yo-yo champion, so it was in my blood.
(It was some small regional competition - he was no phenom, but he was very good.)
Yo-ing is apparently like riding a bike, because I only pick up one of my yo-yos once in a very great while, but I can still do all the tricks.
Sleep, walk the dog, around the world, rock the cradle, etc.
My personal favorite is one I don’t know or remember the name of - it’s sort of a 1/4 around the world - you fling it out horizontally and sleep it for a bit so that it appears to momentarily hover before snapping back into the palm.
My dad’s signature trick was a show-stopper…
(I’m pretty sure he learned/performed this trick when he was in the Navy, and not in the competition he won as a kid.)
He’d drop his pants, chuck the yo-yo between his legs and it would snag on and dangle from the leg of his boxers.
I don’t remember if he had a name for the trick, but as I think about it, maybe there was one but it was too dirty to share with a kid.