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YoYo Player is a monthly show about the modern history of yoyoing from two of the guys who helped make it.  Before the global yoyo boom of the late 90s, two guys in Florida sat in the back of a kite store and dreamed up what would eventually become significant foundational advancements to the art, sport, and promotion of yoyo play. Almost 30 years later they're looking back on where it all started, poking holes in each other recollections, and laughing their asses off about the whole thing. Mark McBride is the creator of 3A yoyoing, and an early innovator of yoyo video and promotion.    Steve Brown is the creator of 5A yoyoing, an early innovator of yoyo tricks and promotion, and currently an organizer of the World YoYo Contest.

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    • Nov 11, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 53m AVG DURATION
    • 12 EPISODES


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    Fiend Magazine

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2024 51:33


    Mark & Steve dive into the history of Fiend Magazine, the first full-color magazine dedicated to yoyoing. It only lasted 4 issues (kinda) and died a glorious death. This is the final episode of Season One! We'll be back in 2025 with Season Two. This episode brought to you by YoYoExpert.com.

    How To Be A Player 1 & 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2024 52:53


    Mark & Steve talk through the making of the "How To Be A Player Vol. 1 & 2" videos during their time with Duncan. Originally released in 2001, these VHS tapes were commercially released and quickly became cult classics yoyo players and fans of VHS kitsch.This episode brought to you by YoYoExpert.com.

    Behold: The Yonomicon!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2024 61:24


    Steve and Mark talk through the history of The Yonomicon, the most feared, inspiring, and confusing book in the history of yoyoing. Original released almost 20 years ago, a newly revised edition is now available at Yonomicon.com!This episode brought to you by YoYoExpert.com.Theme music is "Runaway" by Reconciler.

    Oral History of 3A

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2024 63:39


    Steve and Mark talk through the history of 3A style, which started as a joke used for publicity photos in the 50s and became a full-blown style once Mark got his hands around it. This episode brought to you by YoYoExpert.com.Theme music is "Runaway" by Reconciler.

    Team Losi

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2024 47:03


    Steve and Mark talk about Team Losi, the R/C car company that gave Steve his first big break as a demonstrator. Brought to you by YoYoExpert, the best place to do expert things with expert yoyos, especially if you want to do those things expertly.

    Oral History of 5A

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2024 73:02


    Steve and Mark sit down and talk through the beginning of 5A - how it started, what inspired it, and discuss the full starting history of this unique style of yoyo play.

    Bill Liebowitz Classic

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2023 86:25


    Mark & Steve discuss the Bill Liebowitz Classic, known as the BLC, a former regional yoyo contest held in Los Angeles, California. They talk about contest culture in general, an old beef from when the two of them didn't agree on something for like 10 years, and where they think contests should be heading. Apologies for the audio quality. We know a lot about yoyos but we have no idea wtf we are doing with this podcast.

    Triple D

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2023 44:38


    Mark & Steve discuss the Triple D Classic, a one-off yoyo contest they ran in Los Angeles in the early 2000s. It was in a punk rock dive bar, had three bands playing between divisions, no scoring system whatsoever, and all the parents started drinking at noon. It might have been the best contest ever.

    Adventures in Manila

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2023 71:03


    Mark and Steve settle in to talk about the filming of the Duncan 2004 Philippine National YoYo Contest DVD. It was a whirlwind trip to Manila filled with yoyo players, toy historians, strippers, balut, and more good times than you can shake a stick at.

    Mark's Origin Story

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2023 43:33


    Our second episode story is dedicated to Mark McBride's origin story. Find out how a film student in Tallahassee wandered into a comic book store in Los Angeles and ended up becoming a professional yoyo player who would eventually go on to create 3A-style yoyoing, one of the five divisions of play at every yoyo contest in the world.

    Steve's Origin Story

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2023 47:44


    Our first episode story is dedicated to Steve Brown's origin story. Find out how he went from homeless in Tallahassee to becoming a professional yoyo player who would eventually go on to create 5A (counterweight) style yoyoing, one of the five divisions of play at every yoyo contest in the world. It's a hell of a story.

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    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2023 0:58


    YoYo Player is a podcast about the modern history of yoyoing from two of the guys who helped make it. Before the global yoyo boom of the late 90s, two guys in Florida sat in the back of a kite store and dreamed up what would eventually become significant foundational advancements to the art, sport, and promotion of yoyo play. Almost 30 years later they're looking back on where it all started, poking holes in each other recollections, and laughing their asses off about the whole thing. Hosted by Mark McBride and Steve Brown.

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