Duncan Metal Racer

So these are pictures of the Duncan Metal Racer that I was talking about previously, turns out they're from Taka's Facebook timeline. The shape reminds me of the old Yomega Hyper Warp Wing but wider of course. I kinda dig it.

Yoyorecreation Akitoshi Tokubuchi | SUMMER2014 in PRAGUE

Duncan Triumph

Something that Sebby shared on his Instagram. I also dig the Duncan Metal Racer, saw the photo some where on Facebook the other day but didn't grab it.

"Life is Like a Yoyo" Motivational Speech

Irony JPx

YoYoExpert Presents: Tempo - Tylor McCallumore

UTOPIA | Riccardo Fraolini | Backspin x CLYW

Takeshi Matsuura X Turning Point "Shake"

2014 Hamamatsu Yo-Yo Contest Freestyles

X-division freestyles are still being uploaded, there's also other divisions you can view at YoyoVideoArchive's YouTube channel, alternatively, you can check out their website now, which they had categorized the freestyles in separate playlist. I actually have no clue who is behind this, but whoever did this deserve a thumbs up, could it actually be Yama?

Zammy - Never Surrender

YoYoFactory Space Cowboy

YYF's Tyler Severance drops a beautiful promo for his signature model, the Space Cowboy. Being a big fan of two of Tyler's previous signature yoyos, the Supernova and the Severe, i expected the Space Cowboy to have a very similar feel. However, apart from it's profile, it is very different from its 'predecessors'. It's closer to the delrin Severe in shape but has a very solid and heavy feel on the string (especially for a 66g throw) It is also incredibly stable and can easily go through long combos with plenty of spin left. It feels abit too heavy for my tastes but thats just personal preference. The Space Cowboy is a fantastic yoyo thats well worth the price point, particularly when you take into consideration the fact that it is a bi-metal.

Turning Point Shake, Signature model of Takeshi Matsuura

Multiple time 5a World Champion and 2014 1a Worlds Runner-up Takeshi has a new Signature Model, the Shake by Turning Point. Priced at about 70-80 USD, it looks to be a much more affordable throw than the Palpitation. Courtesy of a friend, i managed to try one earlier today, it has a rounder, smaller profile when compared to the Palpitation and also has a much more solid feel on the string for those who were wondering.

You can get one at the TP store or at Spinworkx

elmnts. by Lazar

Lazar Medvedev. Incredible as always

Chase Brown 2014

Not a new video, but i thought i'd share this, Chase Brown is a really good player with some great technical tricks and ideas. Looking forward to seeing more from him in the future. Pay attention to the last trick especially, that GT is incredible.

Two Front Style Tricks by Tsukasa Takatsu

Frontstyles are generally less explored than sidestyle tricks, but Tsukasa from One Drop shows us why this shouldnt be the case

Fluid Print Dynamics - ACADIVS

Before the Acadius, there were also the Kayto 1 & 2s, here are the photos grabbed form Fluidprint Dynamic's Facebook page.

Check out their Facebook page for more pictures and informations!

REWIND: JEON JI HWAN Promo Video

Harrison's Recap of Worlds in 7 Minutes

Who has the best finger spin?

Nothing much today, was just watching the series of finger spin short clips of Paul Kerbel that YoYoFactory released over the past few days, and it reminded me how it got started, or rather, who I remembered seeing as the first person who expand the finger spin stuffs.

here's a series of Paul Kerbel's.

And then I thought, didn't Momo from C3YoyoDesign did one video on a really long finger spin?
that was really impressive, and that wasn't the only one either, but here's the one I'm talking about.



Of course, later there's a lot of other players who could do it really well, but those who got more recognition doing it are definitely players like Shu Takada, Takeshi Matsuura, Jeon Ji Hwan, Rei Iwakura & Han Sanprasert in 4A, and more that I might have left out.

But ultimately, who I remembered as the first to go into this finger stuff and expend it would be Kota Watanabe.



Finger spins starts at about 2:38 mark.

I don't have an answer to who has the best finger spin, but I often think more about what yoyoe they were using when they do it. This entry makes no sense, just thought I'll share what I am thinking at the moment, and share some videos that you may have missed, or forgotten.

YoYo - The True Beauty of YoYo-ing

Trent Casey everybody.

10 000 HOURS | World Yoyo Contest 2014

Reymark Zavalla 2014

Tom Kuhn SB4 with Nate Dailey

Silver Bullet, still one of the yoyo I've always wanted but have not gotten my hands on, has a new version of it now. SB4.

If anyone got this, can you let me try it?

Repeater(s) pt.3

Daydream by David Ung

World Yoyo Contest 2014 Clip - WYYC14

The Gradient - Graeme Steller

Graeme Steller with his signature yoyo, the Gradient by One Drop Yoyos.

Trip to the WYYC 2014 in Prague

WYYC 2014 Freestyles

More freestyles at the C3YoyoDesign YouTube channel!

Takeshi Matsuura X Turning Point Palpitation

#nottobereleased

Ilya has two Aero-Yo prototypes that unfortunately won't be released for some reasons. However he believes that it's necessary to introduce these yo-yos to the international yo-yo community.

Ryosuke Iwasawa WYYC2014 teaser

OXY5 - John Wolfe

Awaiting you in TOKYO2015

Yoyorecreation Takumi Yasumoto 2014 SUMMER

I remember watching Takumi's JN2014 freestyle and was impressed by him, it wasn't the cleanest freestyle but as of now, I would say that most of the 4A players are pretty much doing similar stuff but this kid really make it look so easy. You can disagree with me, or say that I can't do 4A so I shouldn't talk like I do, but those are my opinion, and I'll voice it out because I can.

Heart Attack | Grzegorz Wójcik

Grzegorz Wójcik aka PLAMEK, now a sponsored member of C3YoyoDesign, back with a new video trailer with his new signature yoyo, the Heart Beat.

Plamek was also one of the original Yoyo Acquaintance before it became a blog. 

Yoyorecreation SPUTNIK / Ahmad Kharisma

Iori Yamaki x Christopher Chia

LESSUR Double A (2A) Video " LESSUR IS FOR COLLECTION ONLY, NOT 2A"

Gentry Stein - JAPAN TRIP (Yo-Yo Store REWIND)

Kazuya Murata on TV Show

REWIND: JANOS KARANCZ Promo Video

Ngabuburit - Indonesia Yoyoing

Acquaintance: JIM with ADDICTION

Acquaintance Ho Swee Jim with the sOMEThING by YoYoAddict Addiction.

Acquaintance: YoYoSkeel Super Bright featuring Shakeel

I don't own a Super Bright but I've tried one, and my opinion is it's good, I personally feel that it feels different from the usual YoYoSkeel yoyos, it could be because of the step that's been removed, or the shape, or even the change of factory whatsoever, but I was really really telling Shakeel that he have got to let people try his new product, just so players who have previously tried the earlier products can feel the difference. I don't know about you, some of you may or may not tell me "it's the same", but I definitely think it's different. But it's after all just my opinion, enjoy the short video!

Cuts: Volume 2

SLUSNY - Two hands with NEST

C3yoyodesign Presents: Jason Cheow 2014 Part One

Finally a full video from Jason Cheow!
Expect another anytime soon!

Honeycomb Honeybee

Diameter: 58.1mm

Width: 41.5mm

Weight: 37.4g

Bearing: C size (JAM Larger Sutra)

Response: YYR ring

Materials / output method: Nylon / 3DDMM

This yoyo is produced using the 3D printer, I saw this hanging on Shunsuke Kawakami's bag and was wondering if it's a yo-yo, it was a looping version, and then after AP saw this surface on Facebook, so I've been interested in it since.

More info can be found at Hideki Touhou's blog.

FIST SALUD Presents: GentryStein x ShuTakada - SHU-TA

AP 2014 by Brian Low

First unofficial AP video?
looks good.

Acquaintance: SJ4000@AP2014

Nothing much from me this year, decided to attend the event pretty last minute, and decide to try out the new action camera I got, not a GoPro, just an pretty good alternative, so I was trying it out on some of the players. I didn't film a lot of players this year, mostly catching up with old friends and worrying about the battery life too.

Really got to hand it to Hans and crew, great event once again.
Emcee great as usual.
Love seeing Kentaro Mannen rocking his Bapes and showing off his tricks! Really would have wanted to film him but he was on Kendama most of the time so I didn't wanna cut him.
Friends from Taiwan are crazy as usual, even though we didn't talk much, was pretty impressed by Xiao-Wen by her finger spin trick during the battle.
Lunch with Chris, Hiroyuki, Kazuya & his dad Eiji was a fun experience, Kazuya is funny and cute at the same time.
It's a pity Sean Hung didn't hit his last trick but you'll see it in the video.
I didn't watch many of the freestyles this year, like I said, was mostly catching up with friends.
Congrats to Ahmad Kharisma for defending his title, making him the 2nd person to take the champion title in 1A more than 1 time in AP.
Hiroyuki, in my opinion, did a great freestyle, I was rather surprise to have hear his name being announced as 3rd, not complaining, just my thought.
Shinji Saito kind of made a comeback, great freestyle, crazy battle during Champion of Champions.
Jeon Ji Hwan is crazy, so so crazy, finally taking the crown home, look forward to him defending his title next AP.
Hajime Miura was C-R-A-Z-Y. SMOOTH. Don't know what to say man.
Christopher Chia's freestyle, even though wasn't flawless but I still enjoyed, the nostalgia feeling when the music hits. Hope to see him getting it back next AP.
There's so much to say but I can't put them in order and I honestly got school stuff to do, so I'll have to just go now, and hope y'all enjoy a wee bit watching this video while the Official AP2014 is still being edited, and also while the other unofficial AP2014 video is still being edited.

enjoy.

C3yoyodesign Presents: Neo Solar with Pornpinit Sanprasert

Perfect Equilibrium ft. Marcus Koh

YoYoNest Cup 2014

Iori Yamaki AP2014 teaser

C3yoyodesign Presents: Team C3 Japan - Shion Araya

Acquaintance x C3YoyoDesign: LUSTRE by WeiXuan

Wei Xuan is back with another video featuring the C3YoyoDesign's Speedaholic, Level 6, and Dymension.

Video shot entirely on a iPhone 5S with the 4in1 Olloclip fisheye lens.
WeiXuan will be competing in the upcoming Asia Pacific Yoyo Championship, do catch up with him.

Dedication - Zammy Ickler

FLAKE YO-YO SPINNER AKIRA

Shu Takada shared this, I watched it and thought I'll share it here too!

Pulsefire Yoyo

So I saw Tyler Hsieh posted some yoyos he made in the B/S/T yoyo group in Facebook, and was thinking of asking him more about it to see if I could post anything useful for those who may be interested in getting one. Here's the whole conversation we had.

• 2:04pm

  Jayson Lim

  hi

  did u made those yoyos yourself?

  i would like to know more to see if i can blog anything about it.
• 2:12pm

  Tyler Hsieh

  Yeah

  I'll tell you more when I get home
• 2:28pm

  Jayson Lim

  ok
• 2:31pm

  Tyler Hsieh

  hey im back

  so

  here is the story of the pulsefire

  when i first made the pulsefire, i was interested in making a yoyo that would feel neutral, and perfect for competing, where every input would respond correctly and put out the output that you want it

  so for that, i wanted it to be very stable, yet be able to change axis at will

  long spin, and light

  all the parts must be the best, so i chose a 10 ball kk bearing with groove, and IR pad

  and the pulsefire was born

  if you want pictures, pulsefire.tictail.com has those pictures.
• 2:33pm

  Jayson Lim

  i'm on that site now haha
• 2:33pm

  Tyler Hsieh

  i then wanted to push the boundaries even more, where regular unimetal yoyos couldn't do that

  so i added on the most reasonable yet aggressive rim weighting, which is the stainless steel pulsefire.

  the yoyo plays a bit heftier, but the ease of control is still there, with all the same concepts
• 2:35pm

  Jayson Lim

  that's pretty informative for a quick intro
• 2:36pm

  Tyler Hsieh

  haha

  but thats about it

  and right now the regular unimetal one

  is 55 dollars for anodized and 50 for raw
• Jayson Lim

  if you don't mind i'll probably copy and paste everything here to the blog.and the price hasn't been set for the stainless steel one

  Tyler Hsieh yeah no problem
• 2:37pm

  Jayson Lim

  so pulsefire is the name of the yoyo

  no company name yet?
• 2:37pm

  Tyler Hsieh

  yeah

  well it was kind of a crucial endorsed product

  and i made it with the approval of paul
• 2:38pm

  Tyler Hsieh

  and the metal version, since its still in prototype, its called pulsefire alpha

Also, here are some pictures of the Pulsefire.

For more info & to purchase one, visit the Pulsefire site, or hook up with Tyler Hsieh on Facebook.

C3yoyodesign Presents: Rising Force Japan - Ryuichi Nakamura

REWIND: Marcus Koh Promo Video

Ray Tambunan x Boris Chietra | Produced by Trivet Sembel

Crescent XTornado

First of all, pardon the dirty background of the photo, I don't have a proper box to take a nice picture of for a very long time, I haven't been receiving any testers since I became busy and inactive, I'm grateful to those who still send me and who still give me news. Lately if any of you still visits this blog, you'll see it's been updated a little bit more often than usual. That's because I've got some time on my hands for a short period of time, but it won't be for long though.

So this yoyo is from Taiwan, from the maker that produced the weight rings for the Adegle PSG，LORI, now they're making yoyos under a different name, Crescent. Click here to check out the weight rings they did, I posted about it when I was still blogging else where.

I received the yoyo along with extra pairs of response pads, one 1.00mm thickness, the other 1.15mm thickness, the one that came with it was 1.00mm.

 It also comes with a KK bearing, it's not from Dif-e-Yo though, but I was told it's gonna be replace with a different KK in their next release, a better one as they would put it.

Now, I'm not one who is good at sustaining a long spin while doing combos, but this yoyo can easily sustain very long in my playing. I'm not exactly a fan of the sharp edge but to my surprise it was still comfortable in the palm. Kai Cheng told me he knows the issue about having sharp edges but he insisted on it because this is his first yoyo and he wants it his way, but it'll be improved further in the next release, which I think would probably be under a different name, released as a different yoyo.

I won't lie, when I saw the sharp edge I was a little turned off, but when I put on a string and play it I'm surprised, it's not what I thought it would be. Stocked, it's really really smooth, very long spinning like I mentioned earlier, no wobble, no vibes, I really enjoyed playing it, finger spins are possible too. I still suck at horizontal, but I'm sure it can handle that pretty well too, I'm assuming that by looking at the shape okay, that's me.

I've yet to replace any pads, I'm not sure how the 1.15mm pads would feel on the yoyo, but 1.00mm gives pretty tight binds, I suppose the 1.15mm will give you even tighter or slightly snaggy feeling? maybe not if I just replace one side. I'll update if I eventually play long enough to change it, and if I actually remember and have time to update the blog again. I'm not sure if there'll be a promo video like how I used to do for other yoyos, time and players are limited, but I'll try to work something out. Share your opinion of this yoyo in the comment section if you've tried one before, try the yoyo if you want to when you see me. I'm already looking forward to see the next release.

DESABAFO - ONE DROP YOYOS - LUIS E CELIS

One Drop Players Spotlight Graeme Steller

Graeme and I used to talk a little bit on facebook when I was still blogging at SY.
He seems like a very nice person, all about fun and passion if my impression of him.
And then we kind of stop talking as much when I stop blogging at SY and him busy with his own stuff, but glad to see him back and active and having his own signature yoyo.

Acquaintance: Duncan Skyhawk - Lim Aik Hwee

After 3 years, Lim Aik Hwee has come back and release a video with Acquaintance!
Featuring the new Skyhawk from Duncan Toys!

Ho Swee Jim

If you've followed my blogging from Singapore Yoing, you probably know that Yoyo Acquaintance started out as a platform to promote a group of players from outside of Singapore that I wanted to promote, but it didn't work out, I left SY, and kinda decided to continue blogging in my free time under the Yoyo Acquaintance name. I've since kind of re-pick the players as rep to promo for Yoyo Acq, and they've always been local because there's not much I could do for the foreign players. But I was still looking around. Now there's an addition to the reps from outside of Singapore, not too far away.

Meet Ho Swee Jim.

I have no idea who took this photo so credits to whoever took it.

I've been watching Jim for a while and been wanting to ask him if he's interested to be part of the Acquaintance. And I finally did. I ain't sure what I can do for him but at least you guys can check out his freestyles for now and expect more from him.

Jim is in my opinion one of the best from Malaysia, I'm not gonna sugar-coat my words, his freestyles are in fact some times messy, but somehow I like his trick presentation and stuff. He may not have win any major contest yet but I feel that his time will come. You can also visit the reps page to see his past and future top 3 placing freestyles.

Loop Yin-Yang(3Dprinted yoyo) × GoPro3+ featuring Shunsuke Kawakami

FIST SALUD - Shu Takada 2014

YoYoSkeel Superbright by Chayanan Jeensomboonpanit

"YOYOSKEEL introduce to you our new products for year 2014, SUPERBRIGHT. Superbright is our new signature yo-yo designed by 4X Thailand National Champion, Chayanan Jeensomboonpanit aka Bright. Based the originals shape of our 1st and top selling products STALKER, SUPERBRIGHT makes a very different feels of play, and more solid performance compare to previous series. Its adjusted gap and less wide makes SUPERBRIGHT good for smooth string tricks play especially for horizontal trick play."

Yo-yo specs:
Shape : Wing Shape
Weight (g) : 67 grams
Width (mm) : 43
Diameter (mm) : 57.5
Gap Width (mm) : 39.50
Bearing Size : 250 x .500 x .187
Gap Type : Fixed
String : YYS String

Looking at the picture, I'm guessing this may be the yoyo I've been waiting for YoYoSkeel to produce. I personally would have like the Stalker 2 more if not for the step on the wall area, really enjoy playing with the Stalker 2 but the step really bugs me, even talked to Shakeel about it quite often. I look forward to trying out the Super Bright since it's based on the Stalker 2.

János Karancz 2014

YoYoFactory Presents: Welcome to the Team Eric Koloski

Japan Technology - Another Eagle, Ultimate Eagle Promo by Jeon Ji Hwan

Ain't a very close friend to Ji Hwan but I remember meeting for the first time in 2011.
First impression, weird kid.

Just a year later, meeting him again in 2012, in my opinion he have changed a lot and became so good.
Now he's just crazy in my own opinion. Watching him play live is a pretty nice experience.

Acquaintance: Christopher Chia - Come And Get It PV

Happy Birthday Chris, few more minutes to your birthday, I'll just post it first.
With some old existing footage on hand comes a video.
Not much, enjoy.

Duncan Torque Teaser - Bryan Jardin

Perfect Elements | The Movie

Aweome 45minutes + video.
2 months late on posting this but still posting because I can.

CLYW Presents - Bonfire

I'm one month late in posting this, but I'll still do it because I can.
and I really like this video.

WHIMSY Poker Face Yoyo

Jeon Ji Hwan x Shift Change Clip

REI IWAKURA Promo Video

Janos Karancz X RetYo.eu vol. 2

FIST SALUD Presents: YoYoFactory.jp

New from Duncan

photos from DCJ blog!

Adegleyoyos Sundial - Reinspect

Jordan Cooper 2014

Jordan Cooper is back.

FIST SALUD Presents: John Ando 2014

AP 2013 Official Clip Video

By Paul Tang.

yoyorecreation DAZZLER - Ahmad Kharisma

C3yoyodesign presents: Shion Araya Level.6 Test

ERIC TRAN-TON Promo Video

Equilibrium ft. Marcus Koh

Ryosuke Kawamura Presents : Ginji Miura

Fistsalud - Shu Takada

Addiction feat. YAMATO