@BluetreefrogM to Ask LemmyEnglish • 1 year agoWhat hobby seems boring to most people but is actually fascinating if you dive into it?message-square154arrow-up1253arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1251arrow-down1message-squareWhat hobby seems boring to most people but is actually fascinating if you dive into it?@BluetreefrogM to Ask LemmyEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square154file-text
minus-squareBlinkerFluidlinkfedilinkEnglish27•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 Squidlink4•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-square@Num10cklinkEnglish6•1 year agothey say its the second oldest toy in history, after the doll.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•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-square@smortlinkEnglish3•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)