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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...

Hi there！ At the end of 2021, when we were thinking detailed business planning next year, we were thinking deeply which old model yoyos should be back in 2022 and we should bring which new model yoyos. Our team highly recommend tiss hummingbird back. Jacky is afraid of starting tiss hummingbird again because it was a difficult and challenging project. However, after the high customer demand of the yoyo, we are happy to announce the return of the tiss hummingbird.   About tiss hummingbird, In 2018 right before the world yoyo championship, we wanted to create a yoyo that fully pushes our manufacturing capabilities, using the most...

It is Yoyofriends' 6th anniversary, and we want to create a special yoyo to thank all the support from our fans! We name it “Baryon”. The concept of the Baryon is for us to figure out a perfect design that represents yoyofriends while adding something new to our lineup. First we want a yoyo that is low in price while still being a high quality yoyofriends' bimetal. Second, we want to make an everyday carry that is compact in size but with no performance drawback.     We decided to start with an inner ring design because it has the bimetal feel...