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[venta]

I have just been watching a little bit of the world yo-yo championships on youtube (which is very impressive, by the way, you should check it out).

However, it led to a conversation with colleagues about the 1980s yo-yo craze. A colleague of mine insists it was around 1987-1988, which I dispute since I'm fairly sure it was well over by the time I went to secondary school ('87). We considerd that the craze may have hit different areas of the country at different times, but in general I'd expect the North (where I was) to be behind the South (where he was).

Suggestions that the North was so far behind that it only managed to catch up with the previous craze in the 80's are regarded as rude :)

Wikipedia unhelpfully notes the "1960s resurgence" and the "1990s technological renaissance", but is bizarrely quiet on the topic of the 80s. Maybe the 80s plague of yo-yi was limited to the UK?

Anyone have any data points to offer?

I had a bright yellow Duncan Rainbow, if you're curious. I still have :) (And I can still do around 0.75 of a trick with it.)

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[huskyteer.livejournal.com]

I remember doing a newsletter for my friends (my dad had an Atari ST and I was obsessed with creating little publications) about yo-yos. I'd have been in the 4th or 5th form, so some time between 1987 and '89 is the best I can do. This was in Dorset. I had a boring standard yo-yo but a lot of my classmates had the trick kind with either Coca-Cola or Fido Dido logos.

Oh, and some sort of yo-yo maestro came to our school and did a presentation!