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Extreme Yo-Yoing

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the more-power dept.

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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  1. That's the cheapest $400 yo-yo I've ever seen... by TWooster · · Score: 0, Insightful

    Odd... must be due to exchange rates:

    The $400.. wait, $16 yo-yo.

    Right...

  2. The Strings the Thing by stuffduff · · Score: 5, Insightful
    While having a quality yo-yo is very important, I can't even count the times that I've seen even the best yo-yo with a totally shot string. The damn things have been used so much that it is no longer possible to loosten the string enought to get the yo-yo to sleepat all.

    Like ancient guitar strings on collectors guitars people tend to wait until the string breaks. So check out someplace like the yoyostore and by yourself some strings, especially if you've never purchased any strings since getting your yo-yo. You'll be glad you did!

    --
    "Can there be a Klein bottle that is an efficient and effective beer pitcher?"
  3. Re:Ahead of the trend. by DumbWhiteGuy777 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Funny and true. Yo-yo's were major weapons in the Earthbound Series.

    And if it's in Earthbound, it must be true.

  4. Re:Hmm... by splerdu · · Score: 2, Insightful

    and spending $400 on the newest video card isn't?