Don’t be surprised if you see people rock the baby, flip, hop the fence, walk the dog or jade whip on June 6 in public places. “That’s the tradition for National Yo-Yo Day,” said Noel Kunz, a ...

The contest features various styles of yo-yo play, with each contestant doing a performance set to music. Yo-yo like a pro: Inside the World Yo-Yo Contest in Cleveland It may not be an Olympic sport ...

CHANDLER, Ariz. - It's an art of perfection. "Just little mistakes can make all the difference," Hunter Feuerstein said. Tricks strung together. "Every little movement requires so much precision," ...

Yo-yo tricks have come a long way since "walk the dog." Spend a few minutes with Ben Conde and you'll see what we mean. Conde is a professional competitor in offstring yo-yo and has been practicing yo ...

Playing with a yo-yo no longer means watching a piece of plastic spin up and down a string. For one Hawaii man, it's his ticket to show off some mad skills. Hawaii's own Evan Nagao, 21, will represent ...

FARGO - With a flick of his wrist, John Narum can amaze a crowd. But the 19-year-old North Dakota State University sophomore said it's easier to show than tell what he can do. "If you tell someone, 'I ...

SALISBURY — Watching 13-year-old Adam Reeder sling, flip and whip a yo-yo through the air and across his fingers is a hypnotic experience. The West Rowan Middle School student does tricks with such ...

At the European Yo-Yo Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia, last March, Evan Nagao set his routine to Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Free Bird.” It was an odd choice considering what his fellow competitors ...

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SUMMERVILLE — As a reward for making it through a doctor’s appointment, Grayson Rhea’s mom said he could pick any prize he wanted at the store. He chose a yo-yo. Little did Ashley Glinka know that ...