No Yo-yoers on myLot?

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I know what you are thinking, the old-school up-and-down yo-yos of your Grandparents' era. Well, that IS old-school. Yo-yoing has made a huge comeback, thanks entirely to a new breed of metal, ball-bearing axle yo-yos that allow players to perform long and complex string tricks. Hard to picture, so let me put one in your head: http://youtube.com/watch?v=_k7O0Z0WApo Modern tricks include: -Whipping slack string around the yo, forming complex patterns. -Grinding the Yo-yo along ones arms, fingers, etc -Long, complex layers of string transitions and movements The yo-yos used in this style run anywhere from $20 plastic yo-yos to $100+, Machined, aircraft-grade aluminum yo-yos polished so smooth they can sit in your palm spinning in place. There is also a style knows as 2a (Versus the above style, which is known as 1a), which is the more traditional (on paper.. not in practice) style of yoyoing, involving 2 lightweight yo-yos and complex looping patterns, as evidenced here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=snqF_FEizWs Again, the world champion in his respective 'field.' There are also the 4a, or Offstring (Yo-yo not connected to string), 5a, or Freehand (String connected to a counterweight instead of one's hand), and 3a (2 yo-yos, doing the style of tricks from 1a) styles. The yo-yoing community has grown quite large, with many forums such as yoyonation.com dedicated to Yoers and their craft. People can post trick videos (Just like a skateboarding trick video), pictures of yo-yo modifications (Drill press recessed yo-yos, yo-yos with molden silicone responses systems, etc), and set up trades or meets. Every year this all culminates in the World Yo-yo contest, held in Orlando Florida, which attracts thousands of yo-yos from around the world. All in all its really a great hobby, stress-reliever, stupid-human-trick, whatever you want to call it. Anyway... anyone Yo-yo here on myLot?