Extreme Yo-Yoing

Roland Piquepaille writes "Unless you're a dedicated yo-yo fan and a serious competitor, I doubt that you'll hand over $400 for a yo-yo. Even if it's a state-of-the-art hogh-tech yoyo made with a forged-magnesium-alloy and coming with the latest in axle technology. With this one, you can use the freehand style, meaning that your hand is not connected to the yo-yo, but is replaced by a small counterweight. In 'Reinventing the Yo-Yo,' Science News Online says 'its balance is ensured with precision tooling to micrometer tolerances by a computer-controlled lathe.' This long article doesn't solely focus on this luxury item. Instead, it looks at the history and the physics of the yo-yo, and includes many references. A good read for a weekend! This overview contains other details and extra references about the Freehand yo-yo."

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[octalc0de]

"The original Freehand yo-yo was the only yo-yo in the world that didn't need to be tied to your hand. With its patented counter-weight system, you can let go of the yo-yo in mid-trick, making the impossible look easy"

No wonder it costs $400! It's got an amazing antigravity device that allows the yo-yo to remain suspended in air after you drop it.

Cause Yo-Yo-ing is just sooo cool.

[DarkHelmet]

Wow...

An activity OTHER than browsing slashdot that will guarantee I'll never get laid again.

Re:Cause Yo-Yo-ing is just sooo cool.

[boredMDer]

Again?

Lucky bastard.

Evolution is a Cyclical Process

[osewa77]

Modern technology has brought us to the point where, finally, we have better yo-yos .. again!

No one appreciates true geekness anymore

[Graftweed]

Well that's just great! You spend the whole damn year learning elvish and then some annoying kid comes along with a $400 yo-yo and steals the show.

Extreme yo-yo-ing, Mr Bond

[AtariAmarok]

"Extreme yo-yoing"? Am I the only one who remembers the guy with the buzz-saw yoyo in the James Bond "Octopussy" movie?

Yoyo Baggins

[AtariAmarok]

Yoyo Baggins, is that you?

A word from the NYYA

[AtariAmarok]

"Then again, it's not the yo-yo that hurts the teacher, it's the student. I got it! Let's ban students from school!"

Remember what the NYYA says: "If yo-yo's are outlawed, only outlaws will have yo-yos".

We must protect the right to bear arms, and the right to arm bears.

Re:Ahead of the trend.

[iminplaya]

...to beat off your attackers .......

Uh, you may want to re-phrase that.