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The Story of Cloudstrike
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...
The Story of Alliance
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...
Tiss hummingbird
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...
The Story of Baryon
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...
The Story of Vulture
The origin of the Vulture dates all the way back to 2018. We wanted to make an inner ring bimetal after the hummingbird. The design featured a V/H shape with a moderate amount of SS ring weight.It was tested at WYYC 2018 and by our players. However we could not manufacture the yoyo without vibe after numerous tries so we decided to put the design on the backburner. After the success of Peregrine, we want to make an inner ring bimetal with our new found understanding of yoyo and our manufacturing capabilities. We began the Vulture project using the original...