Steve Brown: It's ok to scratch yoyos.

Steve Brown decided his yoyos were too... well... unscratched. So here is what he did...

It's OK To Scratch Your Yo-Yos from Steve Brown on Vimeo.

Caibou Lodge Yoyo Works changes name

Due to trademark problems (YoYo is a registered trademark in Canada), Caribou Lodge Yoyo Works is going to change its name into CLYW Inc. Also, their website (www.cariboulodgeyoyo.com) will be down. The official source for CLYW yoyo will be the www.cariboublog.com for now.

So, Goodbye CLYW, heil CLYW Inc.!

Rollout+Roo-yo=Calabrone aka Hornet

The long waiting is coming to an end! Finally we can enjoy the photos of the first prototype of the new Rollout and Roo-yo prototype: the Calabrone, that means 'Hornet' in Italian (hence the double name).

This is the result of a collaboration between Rollout and their international member Xela (Alex Val). It's completely made in delrin and makes use of the Roo-Yo centering system (hence the collaboration with Roo-yo).Those who were at the B!ST contest last weekend were lucky enough to give it a try. As Ralfgun from Rollout told them, this prototype is quite heavy (the final version will be lighter) but, despite this, it plays very well. At the moment we don't have any spec.

New SPYY Team member!

With all the confusion that arose tonight about YYF and stuff, this news could pass unnoticed. But we at Yoyobits care also about 'minor' news ;-)

Anyway, the news is that Zannix (Kin Kwan Wong)is the new member of SPYY Team. He recently won CNYC in the 1A cathegory playing with, guess what, a Punchnline.

You can read the complete story here.

2WEI. A new I Love Yoyo prototype

That's it. The new I Love Yoyo Prototype (called 2WEI - get the pun?).

It's a supersized E1NS actually. Let's see the specs from the ILYY website:

Diameter: 56.15mm
Width: 46.30mm
Weight: 68.80g
Response: Hot Red SILYYcone
Bearing: ILYY KMK 6×13×5mm
Coating: ILYY Candodize Silver (Pre-Pro)
Material: 6082 AlMgSi1 Aluminum
Limitation: 10 (pre-pro)

California States 2010 Results

Here are the results of the Cal States 2010

Open Division :

1 - Patrick Mitchell (2a) (Champion and California State Champion Title)
2 - Bryan Figueroa (4a)
3 - Miguel Correa (5a)
4 - Tyler Severance (5a)
5 - Joseph Harris (2a)
6 - Paul Yath (3a)
7 - Augie Fash (5a)
8 - Zac Rubino (4a)
9 - Juan Renteria (5a)
10 - Yusuke Moriki (2a)
11 - Anthony Rojas (5a)
12 - Joey Vitalari (2a)
13 - Tyler Hsiesh (4a)
14 - Dylan Benharris (5a)
15 - Tom Wu (4a)

1a Division:

1 - Jensen Kimmitt (Winner Championship Contest - Winner of Championship Grand Prize)
2 - Paul Han (California Resident - California State Division Champion)
3 - Augie Fash
4 - Gentry Stein
5 - Anthony Rojas
6 - Joeseph Harris
7 - Yusuke Moriki
8 - Paul Yath
9 - John Chow
10 - Evan Nagao
11 - Miguel Correa
12 - Vincent Dezutti
13 - Alex Kim (Eli Cash)
14 - Guy Wright
15 - Ian Baily

Plus, a guy named Michael won a raffle and brought home a B!ST Stradivari. Lucky guy.

In the end, Yoyofactory team brought home 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in the 1a division.

I hope to see the videos soon!

SpyyGuy Comics Presents: Punch Line! The Final Issue

Here is the last video of the punchline series, featuring Guy Wright and the Punchline.

http://vimeo.com/9933024

In my humble opinion this Guy guy and the video are amazing!

Cominq soon, downloadable mp4.

Cal States Hattriks - Limited run

These will be sold, along with some b-grades only at the Cal States. Lucky guys...

New ILYY collectible

It's an E1NS (a copy actually) lasered inside a solid state body (plastic?)

More infos at http://iloveyoyo.de/2010/yccc-ilyys-latest-collectible

Yoyofactory Dragonbomb?

Another wood yoyo from Yoyofactory.
Actually it seems identical to the "Help Haiti" yoyo.
Dragonbomb may not be the actual name but... who knows?

New Genesis colors

Just one word: amazing!

BIST sponsored hungarian yoyo players

Another B!ST video hits the web!

These guys are János Karancz and Ákos Linzenbold.

Sorry, embedding is disabled, so here is the link.

http://www.vimeo.com/9806997

ILLY has a new Italian retailer

ILLY now sells yoyo in Italy in real (not only internet) stores. The retailer name is Agile Italia, and I'm lucky enough to have one of their three shop in my town :-)

Yoyofactory at work

Today Yoyofactory twitted this:

today we: pack mighty flea, laser PRIMO, get california from anodize,machine hectic and a new shape plus pack MVP. big day!

It seems they're doing hard work to come out with their new releases :-)