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  The story was written by Tony Sung:    Graviton is my first signature yoyo, I’m feeling really grateful that I could come up with a product that represents myself and yoyofriends. The story of Graviton took 14 months of dedication, the beginning of an irreplaceable model for my trick elements.   It was summer break in 2021. While I was getting ready for my grade 12, Philip sent a design of titanium rim bimetal yoyo to our group chat.      I felt very excited about this design, that our team is finally making a titanium rimmed yoyo. Our...

  Almost every year, us yoyofriends will release a mainstream flagship yoyo, the likes of Hummingbird, Peregrine, and the Vulture. For us, a flagship needs to have unprecedented performance, specialty that makes the yoyo unique, and pushing the possibility of manufacturing. We would like to introduce our newest flagship yoyo of 2022, the Tachyon.      The idea of a flagship is very daunting, we have to make a yoyo that not only stands up to our previous three, but also has stand out characteristics. The Tachyon was created with one thing in mind, speed. This is a huge obstacle as the hummingbird...

Koi is a mascot for good luck, health, and happiness. Koi is also regarded as a symbol of peace and friendship. It represents the enjoyment of beauty, auspiciousness, and prosperity. This is why we love and chose the name koi.   One of our main goals for yoyofriends in 2022 is to continue to explore, master the design and usage of different types of materials. Establishing a foundation for us for our future releases with more options on materials. After working with titanium, and magnesium, we decided to experiment with a full stainless steel design. The density of stainless steel is...

Hi guys! How are you?   As you know,Yoyofriends is part players, part manufacturer (FPM). We have in house CNC machines, anodization specialists and yoyo designers!We have the advantage of continuously experimenting with  material, anodization and all different kinds of techniques.   In April, 2021, after the release of Vulture, we want to produce and master a magnesium yoyo by 2022. This will be a new adventure for us in manufacturing, anodizing and designing, and this is what YOYOfriends is good at.We fully committed to this project and started to venture into unknown territory. But it is always a brand new project, and we did...

FPM has been making yo-yos for Damian for over 4 years. FPM and Damian have built a good relationship over the years. Meanwhile, Damian told us he likes Yoyofriends yo-yos, he bought a Tiss hummingbird and Koi. In July 2021, we had the thought on our minds about collaborating with Damian, we contacted him in Sep 2021 to collaborate on a titanium yoyo. We believe it will be a new experience for us! Damian even wrote the story for our collaboration yoyo. Alliance “The Alliance is a collaboration yoyo between Yoyofriends and Damian Puckett. The body is made from titanium...