FlipSpin March 13

Just hanging out with the yo-spin crew.
Location: Cash and Carry Mall, Makati

Cavite Christmas Yoyo Contest 09

Cavite Christmas Yoyo Contest 09 December 30, 2009 Imus Plaza Covered Courts Imus, Cavite

Cavite Christmas Yoyo Contest 2009

PNYYC 2009 - Day Two

Philippine National Yoyo Championships 2009
Finals
November 29, 2009
Cash and Carry Mall, Makati

PNYYC 2009 Results

1A
1. Jobert Flores
2. Marco Lasam
3. Joshua Davis

2A
1. Kyle Capiral
2. JK Mandawe
3. Raymond Lim

4A
1. Sean Perez
2. Paul Murillo
3. Joseph Longboy

5A
1. Bryan Jardin
2. Paolo Alto
3. Sean Perez

Looping Contest: Manuel Tolentino
Long Sleeper: Meejay Olaybar
Yoyo Assembly: Raymond Lim

PNYYC 2009 - Day One

Philippine National Yoyo Championships 2009
Preliminaries
November 28, 2009
Cash and Carry Mall, Makati

FlipSpin Cash and Carry

FlipSpin in Cash and Carry Mall, Makati.
On the Road to Nationals.

2009 Philippine Yoyo Championships

Start:	Nov 28, '09 09:00a
End:	Nov 29, '09
Location:	Cash and Carry Mall

Visit

John and Abie, my friends who are based in Japan, are here in the country for the summer break. They passed by our house after making the rounds of relatives here down south. They gave me pasalubong!



That's 1 Japanese tabletop figurine (snarling wolf, forgot the artist though), 1 classic Batman Hot Wheels (hehehehehe), 3 hyperyoyos and 2 yoyo traveling cases. :D

Happy gorilla.

I'm gonna need those yoyo cases for the upcoming Philippine Yoyo Nationals this December.

FlipSpin@GB5

June 27, 2009

Happy, just happy - JN09 Yoyo Mods Contest

Just wanna share coz I'm happy. :D

I entered this project - http://gorilla.multiply.com/journal/item/313 for the Japan Nationals 2009 Yoyo Mods Contest.

DCP Spin Killer Chris Makita, who's based in Japan, suggested that I join. And through him I did.

I got a special award. :D

I have Chris to thank for making this possible. Thanks buddy!

Link to translated page - http://tinyurl.com/JN09Mods
Link to original page - http://skonworld.blog105.fc2.com

Flipspin at Passionfest -Yoyo and Poi

Passionfest held summer workshops for kids of all ages last May 16, 17, May 23 and 24 at the Bonifacio High Street. FlipSpin, the extreme yoyoing club of the Philippines, was part of Hobbes and Landes' exhibit and demo of their skilltoys from the Active People product line.

Active People make the Dark Gem, Triple Action, Flexgap and G-Spin yoyos of the [YO]2 product line. They also have the yoyo-spitop hybrid called the [YO]2 Delta, an offshoot of DocPop's Project 213 from years back. These Active People yoyos are for different skill levels ranging from beginner to professional. Active People also make the Mikido and Kiwido, products from their poi line. The Mikido is the junior version of the Kiwido. They also make the Astrojax, a skilltoy consisting of three balls on a string with the center ball moving freely. The center ball makes for spinning, centrifugal and rotational tricks possible. The Astrojax come in solid bounce rubber or LED light-up variants.

I was supposed to just hang out and take pics, but in true skilltoy demonstrator fashion, fearless FlipSpin leader Edmund volunteered me for an Astrojax demo, which shifted to a Kiwido poi demo mid-program (thanks, Ed. O_o;;, buti na lang natuto ako ng "be prepared for anything and any eventuality" mula sa inyo, hehehe). Though surpised, I found the poi thing quite fun, I got to spin poi with Sir Monching of Planet ZIPS during the product demo.

After that it was hanging out in Bionifacio High Street, dinner at Market, Market, and coffee at Starbucks before heading home. Tiring but fun. Yeah, old man can still spin 'em skilltoys. ^_^

There was some coverage from some newspapers and TV (TV5 and GMA7, I think), dunno when they'll come out.

Yoyo and Poi

http://mailhobbesandlandes.multiply.com/calendar/item/10013

Yoyo and possibly poi demo tomorrow at Hobbes and Landes Boni High Street. I'll be there.

Sirius Blood Debt

It used to look like this a week ago, a PET laminated Yoyojam Sirius.

After adding steel-filled epoxy matador-style pointy nipples (henceforth called "mata-nips" or "perkies"), masking, freestyle acrylic spraying and a second layer of PET lamination, I now have a "Sirius Blood Debt".

Bigger pic.

Making the most of what's left of summer.

pimpin ms. lyn

I got bored.
Fooled around with my Lyn Furys.

Masked, freestyle spraying with acrylic, PET laminated.

Bigger pic

Still experimenting.

Yoyo PET plastic outer coat / shielding

Hello.
Been years since my last mod post.

Anyway, this stems from a talk with the Southern Revolution guys many years ago (2005? 2006?). Pres was deep in the throes of response systems. Ghe wanted to experiment with tin, aluminum or lead (tinga) moulding. I wanted to try out plastic melts. Never had the chance, until now.

One of my plans was to melt plastic to form yoyos (coat hangers, PET bottles). Well, after some research, the DIY process would be too toxic or impossible for residential areas. Maybe plastic mould injections would be next in my list.

So temporarily I settle for this, Yoyo PET plastic outer coat / shielding. Been toying with this idea but I saw that melting it with candles is hard given the uneven heat. Also the plastic darkens because of the soot. So I had to wait till I had moolah for a heat gun. (Note: I was surprised that this process was also used for making artificial limbs for landmine victims: http://www.instructables.com/id/Plastic_So...tle_Prosthesis/) Note that I think a similar process was used to coat / protect the paper graphics on some old FH2s.

USES for Yoyo PET plastic outer coat / shielding:
1. provides rigid support for broken / cracked plastic yoyos
2. serves as protection film for new metal or plastic yoyos

Materials:
1. Yoyo halves
2. 2 PET bottles (identical), for this I used two Cobra Energy Drink bottles (quite indicative of my nocturnal work habits of late)
3. Heat gun (or open flame, like stove top, might work but I haven't tried it)
4. X-acto / hobby knives (normal bookstore cutters won't do, they may break)

Simple Steps:
1. Cut funnel shape from top half of PET bottles. (Probably works with the cylinder side, but I liked the funnel shape since it means less work to mould it around the yoyo.Plus the bottle cap gave me a natural holder.)
2. Place yoyo half inside funnel.
3. Apply gradual heat using heat gun to slowly mold PET around yoyo half.
4. When PET plastic has already moulded to the shape of yoyo halves, trim and sand off excess PET Plastic.

CAUTIONARY NOTES AND OTHER STUFF:
1. PET in PET plastic, stands for polyethylene terephthalate. Plastic may give off toxic fumes when intense heat is applied to melt it. I had to work in my room but made sure it was well-ventilated. (Chem and materials science guys correct me, am not sure on this.)
2. Be careful with the Heat Gun. Not only is it very, very hot (I found out the hard way), it's also a fire hazzard.
3. The heated PET plastic may also bond with the yoyo plastic. I tried it on my very old Minimo and I think some of the parts have stuck to the old yoyojam plastic.
4. The heat-treated yoyo is also very hot! Be careful when handling!
5. The additional PET layer adds weight to the yoyo. I found Minimos light, but after the PET coat and a quick throw, I found out it was a slightly heavier play.
6. I was probably just lucky on my first try. But I would think that uneven heating would cause uneven moulding and would affect the stability of the old yoyo.
7. Over-burning / over-heating causes the PET plastic to burn, bubble, lose transparency and be brittle. So be careful with that one.
8. Wrong heating melts not only the PET but also the yoyo plastic.
9. The heated PET plastic is soft, it hardens after a while. And the resulting moulded plastic is harder and tougher to cut than when it was in the original form it was in.

Now... If I could have one of Preslie's Acrylic paint jobs / coats before I PET coat / shield... Hmmmm....

I'm currently trying to mould hubstacks, key grips, cellphone casings, etc. But am not holding my breath for those.

FlipSpin Greenbelt 5

Been a while. Visited the guys of FlipSpin, the extreme yoyoing community of the Philippines. They're the greatest guys ever to tinker around with spinning skilltoys (due to the enhanced / highly developed motor skills and speed). Got a new baby from (international) MadHouse-sponsored Ernest (aka Yoing Skater), a green plastic Grind Machine with hubstacks.

PNYYC 2008

Philippine National Yoyo Championships 2008
November 9, 2008
Edsa Shangri-la, Ortigas, MM.

MSYYC 2008

Metropoint Summer Yoyo Contest 2008. May 11, 2008. Metropoint Mall, Pasay City. Thanks to Clauds and Conrad for helping with the pics (not all by me, I was on video duty). Thanks to Ed for his uber-cool Sony vidcam (better than Canon).

Vids now up: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=8DCA652086336CDC

2007 PNYYC: White Guy Cam

2007 Philippine National Yoyo Championships from Yoing Sk8r's perspective using the White Guy Cam.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xahp5qxoPlw

Misc March 2008

Miscellaneous March Photos. Panasonic Lumix FZ10.