Hey folks, just got the full second run from the machinist today. They are perfect. The slight vibe that was present in the pre-production run is gone. We smoothed out the inner rim a little bit to keep it from biting at your thumb nail when performing thumb grinds and have switched over from hand injected silicone to square o-rings. The o-rings (from my personal testing) have a much longer lifespan and are a far more consistent response than the silicone. I’ll add updated pictures when I have a spare moment.

Additionally we’ve decided to keep the raw BassBoosts at $50.00. We feel this will help out a lot more people who are looking to try their first metal yo-yo but aren’t quite ready to whip out 100 bucks. We will continue to improve the yo-yo as we grow and we will be making many other yo-yo’s for other styles of play, keep an eye out!

(See http://dtiyoyo.com/products to buy your own BassBoost!)

Hey folks, just wanted to fill you in on what the final scores were for the DTI yo-yo video contest. I want to congratulate and thank all of you who submitted videos for all your hard work. I hope to see you guys give it another shot next time!

1st – Michael Laban - 120.25

2nd – Roberto Casale - 112

3rd – Madison Gee - 110.25

4th – Carlos Braun - 108.5

5th – Ian Bailey - 99

6th – Casey Bauchle - 93

7th – Jacob Jensen - 92.75

8th – Riccardo Fraolini - 81.25

9th – Tyler Goldenberg - 80

10th – Owen Atkins - 77.75

11th – Antonio Altieri - 77

12th – Vincent DeZutti - 73.5

13th – Marco Lasam - 72.75

14th – Arif Kristiawan - 69.75

15th – Joey O’Brien - 66.75

16th – Rizki Hadiaturrasyid - 58.75

17th – Jacob Lindgren - 57

18th – Andrew M.- 48.75

19th – Justis Evans - 39

20th – James Murray - 28

Hey Folks just wanted to let you know that I drove over to La Grande, Oregon to judge a yo-yo contest earlier today and brought a few BassBoosts with me. We have a couple left so I decided to put them in the store for $50.00 instead of $75.00. If you’re interested in trying out the new design without having to commit to the $75.00 this would be your chance to do so .

Have a great evening!

Mike

Well folks, 1220 votes came in over the last 15 days, and voting is officially closed. 25% of the votes each video got will be added to the final score. We are going over the judges scores at the moment and will be posting results on Monday the 19th. See you then, have a great weekend!

Hey folks! Just a heads up, we’ve started adding tutorials to our site in an effort to help educate future yo-yoers in a structured format. At the moment we’ve got the Basics of Yo-Yoing and the Beginner 1A (String Tricks) Tutorials up. We’ll be adding more tutorials daily. For now check out the beginners tutorials which you can find here: http://dtiyoyo.com/tutorials/1a-string-tricks/beginner/ or if you’ve never touched a yo-yo before check out the basics here: http://dtiyoyo.com/tutorials/yo-yoing-basics/. If you notice anything wrong (spelling errors or mistakes in the trick descriptions) please let us know through our forum in the feedback area: http://dtiyoyo.com/forum/feedback/ where we can address those matters appropriately. Thank you!