![]() the wild success of the boutique market between 2005-2007 (bare bones, radian, peak, pyro.) really accelerated this phenomenon, but as of 2005, it was still tough to find a yo-yo for which you would need a bind right off the bat. ![]() guys like johnnie were changing everything through unresponsive play in the early 2000's, but it took time (years) for yo-yo's to start coming unresponsive out of the box. ![]() I'm not sure newer players understand the degree to which the yo-yo landscape has changed from year to year. however, i had yet to cave and buy one of the yo-yo's (mainly consisting of yoyojams, buzz-ons, and the prohibitively unattainable dif-e-yo's/oxys/hspins) which were clearly designed with low response in mind. i knew how to bind ok (actually i had first learned that on my thp raider years before), and i understood that playing a yo-yo that didn't snag offered some significant knuckle-saving benefits. i had played plenty of yo-yo, but i had never been "good", and the only unresponsive yo-yoing i was doing was the result of my stickers wearing out or bearings breaking in. a few weeks ago though, i was aching for the inimitable feeling of my first "intentionally unresponsive" yo-yo, the yoyojam mini-motu.īy early 2005, i was really still beginning. on others, i just have to channel the west coast sector_y revolution and nail yellow airplanes or pure 143 on my royal blue renegade. some days, i want more than anything to throw the purple fireball i used as a camp counselor trying desperately to relate to my boom-era charges. The longer i play yo-yo, the more frequently i find i am assailed by fits of nostalgia. my friend (and now, teammate - whoa!) jacob jensen gave me this yo-yo as a gift. the tricks are rad and the toys are (often) shiny, but the people are the best. it's pretty remarkable and, i think, one of the aspects of this hobby which has kept me hanging on for all these years. Many of the most generous people i've had the pleasure to meet have been yo-yo players.
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