What hobby seems boring to most people but is actually fascinating if you dive into it? - eviltoast

Tell us why we should unexpectedly come to love your hobby.

  • BlinkerFluid@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    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.

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      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.

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      1 year ago

      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)