June 30th, 2009
Earlier this month, a few of our Spinworkx crew members made their way down to the American Club to attend their Stars & Stripes Youth Camp, dazzling the kids with their yo-yo skills and teaching them a thing or two about yo-yoing!
Hans showing kids the art of two-handed looping
This isn’t the first time the Spinworkx crew has been to the American Club to perform. Just a few months back, 3 brave men headed down to teach a bunch of the most enthusiastic kids they’ve ever met, and went home with this!
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June 27th, 2009
When One Drop Yo Yos first released the M1, it sparked a rave among the yo-yo community. Finally, a high performance metal yo-yo at the 2/3 to even 1/2 the price of your average high-performance metal.
Not long after, however, YoyoFactory figured they too could play the same game, and released three budget busters, the DV888, a collaboration project between YoyoFactory and Dave Bazaan from Buzzon Yo-Yos, the Hectic, another metal yo-yo that sports a rather unique design, and lastly, the Frantic, which takes the shape of the Catch 22.
YoyoFactory Hectic and One Drop Yo-Yo's M1
Today, we take a look at the large bearing YYF Hectic and the One Drop Flow Groove M1 to see what both yo-yo companies have brought to the table in terms of high performance budget metals.
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June 23rd, 2009
It’s been five years since YoyoFactory released their first yo-yo, the FAST 201. Thanks to an innovatve marketing campaign (FAST Challenge), this yo-yo has sold over millions world-wide.
FAST 201, YoyoFactory's first fully adjustable starburst yo-yo
Today, we take a closer look at this yo-yo which features an ingenius innovation that changed the way look at smart yo-yo designs of the 21st century.
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June 20th, 2009
It was only during the earlier part of 2009 did local player Darrell start making quite a name for himself in the local scene. With a new look and style of play, Darrell has managed to wow the crowd since the 2009 West Coast Classics held earlier this year in February.
Darrell Mitchell, Spinworkx's latest crew member!
We caught up with Darrell for a short chat to know more about the up and coming player who is also Spinworkx’s latest crew member!
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June 16th, 2009
The new SGD$48.00 PGM(left) and the older SGD$70.00 PGM(right)...so what's the difference?
So we’ve got a few people asking us about the difference between the old and new Plastic Grind Machines, questions which include, “Why the price drop?”, or “Does it play better?”, or “Is it a new design?” etc.
We decided to take both father and son out for a spin to find out more…
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June 13th, 2009
During the Singapore Yo-Yo Championships, the Spinworkx Crew, along with Yo-Yo masters Taka and Dimi, headed down to Bugis to perform with the Singapore Customs, entertaining the crowd as well as showing their support against contrabands at the same time.
- Cheng getting the kids up on stage for a little performance participation!
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June 12th, 2009
You’ve seen pictures of its prototype floating around in cyberspace. There have been many variations and finally they have settled on a final product. It’s HERE!!! The YoyoJam New Breeds are now in stock at the Spinworkx store! Read On!!!
***Sorry for the price announcement, the prices have been revised to the actual pricing.***
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June 10th, 2009
For those who haven’t seen it yet, there’s a really short news segment on SYYC posted on MSN Singapore.
The video that’s less than half a minute can be viewed by click this LINK.
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June 10th, 2009
Limited Edition Hspin Sky Blue and Vyolence Cuts are in! We have a limited supply so get them quick before their gone!
To place an order online, drop us an email through HERE and we will hook you up should we have any stock.
READ MORE by clicking the link on the right to view more photos.
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June 9th, 2009
For those of you who are unaware yet, Spinworkx has recently opened up a Facebook account.
In there, you can receive news of updates if you don’t have the time to read our blog posts. We’re also gonna start uploading tonnes of photos of new events so as to keep you informed about what’s going on with the local yo-yo scene.
So quick!!! Search us up on Facebook now! We can’t wait to have you join us!
Speaking of which…SYYC photos are up!!!!!!!!
Click the picture aboe to view the public folder!
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