Congratulations Vincent DeZutti!!  GREAT repeater trick!!

Ignominy from ittuzed on Vimeo.

I had a really hard time trying to pick my favourite video.  Lucky for us Sebastian was on top of this.  Sorry it took a while to pick a winner and thank you so much everyone for being so patient.  I think you can imagine the course load that Sebby must have at College.  I will be in touch with you Vincent and will get your brand new Bassalope shipped to you ASAP. 

Thank you Sebby and thank you to everyone who participated in our little contest!!!  The totaly number of entries was 184!!!  WOW!!  Next contest I think we’ll give more of a theme to follow.

  Read the rest of this entry »

For me Sector-Y has a big place in my heart.  When I got back into yoyoing in 2004 and had finally mastered double or nothing, I found my self at Sector-Y … DAILY.  I printed out Kamikaze, Spirit Bomb, Cold Fusion, Superman … and would spend nights trying to master those tricks.  I’d spend countless hours watching and re-watching clip videos.  Amazingness!!  In short, Sector-Y changed my life and now it is coming back!!

Gabriel Lozano of Sector-Y just put together an amazing video that you should definitely check out.

Decade (Advance 2010) from Gabriel Lozano on Vimeo.

Here’s what he has to say about it:

The original Sector Y website launched October 15th, 1999. It’s been a full decade since then. Over the past 10 years, yoyoing has evolved farther than anyone could have imagined. Contained inside every modern combo or trick are traces of the tricks from yesteryear. We have come a long way in the past decade. It’s time to sit back and reflect over the past 10 years, and think about what the next 10 years holds for us.

This video is dedicated to all players who have helped advance this hobby in one way or another.

I’m really excited for what’s next and it all starts with each of you!!

Beautifully Perfect Artwork by Sid Seed

In the next month there is going to be a plethora of contests in Europe!!

Italian Nationals - November 7-8th

Czech Nationals - November 14th

2nd Paris Contest - November 27th

UK SRC in Gloucester - December 5th

The exciting part is that at every contest there is going to be someone from Team CLYW there!!!  Jensen will be attending each contest except for SRC; he’ll be competing at Czech Nats and will either be doing demos or participating as a judge for the rest.  Krisztian will be at Czech Nationals, Paris Contest and SRC.  Hadrien will be at Czech Nationals, Paris contest (of course) and SRC.  Thanks to the IYYA, CYA, and FYYA for helping to make this a possibility.

National Lampoon’s European Vacation is probably one of my favourite movies.  So it is quite hard for me to not be able to go for a tour around Europe and get into trouble like Chevy Chase, while cheering everyone on.  I guess I will just have to live vicariously through the team!!  I am so excited for you guys!! 

I’ll be sure to post updates on the blog as info / photos / videos come in.

Pip pip.

At MWR this year Zammy caught some of Alex’s Moebius tricks on film.  Check’em out!!

It’s that time of year again … CLYW will be at the Royal Bison Craft and Art Fair November 28-29 in Edmonton, Alberta.  So come out and say hi and maybe pick up a new yoyo, plus there will be plenty of other great vendors to check out as well.  Get a jump start on your Christmas shopping for cousin Larry!!

The very first anodized Bear vs Man I sent to Boyd in 2007 had artwork on it that I drew similar to this with a sharpie.  With this last run of BvMs we decided to do a small run of 12 pink yoyos and duplicate these little Bear and Man figures with laser engraving.

These are up for sale now, and only available at our store!!

Right before US Nationals Sebastian was featured in a news article at his college, the College of William and Mary.  It’s a really great bio and goes into how Sebastian got into return tops, his local celebrity status and the beginnings of the Bassalope.  There is a short clip video and some really great photos as well.

Here it is: William and Mary News Article

Also if you haven’t seen Sebastian’s US Nationals 3rd place freestyle. You’ve GOT to check it out!!!! Soooooo GOOD!!!

To celebrate where the Bassalope came from we decided to do a run of Bassalopes with the original artwork that Justin Weber did that inspired the name Bassalope, for Mr. Sebastian “Sea-Bass” Brock.

Photos by Natasha Paterson

These yoyos will be available at YoYoExpert and our store for $90each, but only the ice blue ones will be available at YoYoExpert.  The first launch will be at our store starting tonight at 11pm mountain standard time.

Unfortuantely there is a small issue with the Bassalopes we received with this run.  Some of you may have noticed that there was a bit of a price drop.  It’s due to a small tiny dent that was created by the machining process.  It does not affect play and you really have to look hard to find them.  We figured that this definitely deserves a price break though.  See circled area in the photo below.   The mark is in the same place on each half, with only one per half.

There are a couple collectors out there who have incredible collections of CLYW yoyos.  Here are some that are really impressive.  Thank you so much for your support!!!  You guys are amazing!!  CLYW would not be where it is today without fans like you!!

Photo by Ben Baker - Who has the largest CLYW collection in the world

Photo By Ben Baker - Custom made CLYW case.  WOW!!!!

Photo by Pat Cuartero - RAN’s Amazing Custom Painted Collection.

 Photo by Brett Grimes

Photo by Brett Grimes - First person to have the complete 28 Stories Collection

Photo by Daniel - 6 of my all time favourite colourways!!

Hadrien’s Crazy Collection!! - Custom Levi Painted tree theme on the top

Photo by Ryosuke - Part of his beautiful collection.  Great Photo!!

Photo by Trevor Crawford - OG vs New

If you have a collection that you’d like to share with us please email it to us through our “contact us” form and I’ll update it to our post.

They’re here and WOW do they look amazing!!  Robin and Jared sure did an amazing job with these.  Thank you sooooo much!!!

We decided to reduce the price on these Wooly Marmots from $150 to $135 each.  So pick one up while they are still available at our store.

Photos by Natasha Paterson

Tomorrow on Yanko Design you are going to have the opportunity to win your very own 28 Stories Wooly Marmot.   CLYW will be featured on their site and they will be putting on a fun little contest that will run over the weekend.  So keep your eyes peeled to their online magazine!!  The contest will be on the main page of their site for the whole weekend!!

Here’s a little bit about Yanko Design that was pulled directly off of their site:

“Yanko Design is a web magazine dedicated to introducing the best modern international design, covering from industrial design, concepts, technology, interior design, architecture, exhibition and fashion. It’s about the cutting edge and the classic, the new and the rediscovered. It’s all about the best.”