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The Ups and Downs of Competition

nytimes.com — The recent World Yo-Yo Contest drew 196 competitors from 20 countries to compete using yesterday’s forgotten up-and-down string toy.

Who dugg this? Made popular Aug 20, 2008

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  • JerichoSam, on 08/19/2008, -0/+5Pretty cool!
  • skidknee, on 08/20/2008, -0/+3PAUUUUUULLLLLLL HAAAAAAAANNNNNNN

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmVCUPzoEQI&fmt=18
  • Gonasadude, on 08/20/2008, -0/+2Emo-yo?
  • xmod3, on 08/20/2008, -0/+1The Japanese dominate this sport.
  • blinky04, on 08/20/2008, -0/+1Dugg for title.
  • Kinneas12, on 08/20/2008, -0/+1Isn't this one of the few times you use "Yesteryear" to describe it?
  • robinthehood, on 08/20/2008, -0/+1I love my yo-yo's. I have around 10 or so. It's an addiction. I started yo-yoing when I quit smoking and haven't stopped.

    As an aside, there's no greater feeling than yo-yoing down the street and seeing someone else with one, there's that acknowledgement that you're helping to keep the game alive.

    No one plays with yo-yo's anymore. So sad :(
  • dougrhy, on 08/20/2008, -1/+2I'd like to see the original yo-yo the way it was used by the aborigines of Australia to hunt for game. I heard that Duncan originally discovered it in Australia....
  • tm13lke, on 08/20/2008, -0/+1I would have been a world class yo-yoer, but some jackass had to get hit in the face in 4th grade. End of my yo-yo days :[
  • abdo, on 08/20/2008, -2/+2I thought yo-yos became extinct...
  • jarjarbinx, on 08/20/2008, -1/+1check your sources. Yoyo started in the Philippines. It literally means "yours yours" for the fact that it comes back to you. Duncan just bought a Filipino-owned company that makes the toy and made it famous.
  • GBowski, on 08/20/2008, -0/+0"If that is not enough to demonstrate just how much things have changed for the yo-yo, consider that a title contender from Singapore dislocated his knee during a preliminary round and was taken away in an ambulance."

    I would pay money to see that yo-yo trick attempted
  • inactive, on 08/20/2008, -2/+1Wanna see my magic trick?
  • thekquinn, on 08/19/2008, -7/+2There's always a "What will he do next?" in Yo-Yoing.

    http://secretmoneysolution.com/

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