Bluetreefrog@lemmy.worldM to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWhat hobby seems boring to most people but is actually fascinating if you dive into it?message-squaremessage-square145fedilinkarrow-up1251file-text
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minus-squareBlinkerFluidlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·edit-21 year agoyoyos. So competitions are just a guy with a yoyo? 1A, one yoyo, typically unresponsive for loose tricks 2A for two-handed, looping tricks with responsive yoyos 3A for two-handed unresponsive yoyos 4A for off string (yoyo not tethered) 5A for Freehand (string tethered to a counterweight) AP for artistic performances, regardless of the competitive style. bonus trivia: Steve Brown, the creator of 5A, was on an episode of Wifeswap.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoMy favorite thing about yoyos is that they were sort of used as a deadly weapon in the Philippines. I say sort of because they were heavily modified.
minus-squareNum10ck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agothey say its the second oldest toy in history, after the doll.
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoI have trouble believing yoyos are older than tops or balls.
minus-squareToday@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI accidentally hit my kid in the head with a yo-yo. He would say it could be a deadly weapon. Still gives me shit for it.
minus-squaresmort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoThere’s an episode of Netflix’s “We Are the Champions” on competitive yo-yo, if anyone wants a 30 min primer. (It’s also just good entertainment)
yoyos.
So competitions are just a guy with a yoyo?
1A, one yoyo, typically unresponsive for loose tricks
2A for two-handed, looping tricks with responsive yoyos
3A for two-handed unresponsive yoyos
4A for off string (yoyo not tethered)
5A for Freehand (string tethered to a counterweight)
AP for artistic performances, regardless of the competitive style.
bonus trivia: Steve Brown, the creator of 5A, was on an episode of Wifeswap.
My favorite thing about yoyos is that they were sort of used as a deadly weapon in the Philippines. I say sort of because they were heavily modified.
they say its the second oldest toy in history, after the doll.
I have trouble believing yoyos are older than tops or balls.
I accidentally hit my kid in the head with a yo-yo. He would say it could be a deadly weapon. Still gives me shit for it.
There’s an episode of Netflix’s “We Are the Champions” on competitive yo-yo, if anyone wants a 30 min primer. (It’s also just good entertainment)