Don Watsonedit
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Donald W. Watson(Captain Yo) is an inventor and author in the yo-yo community and holds several yo-yo patents. Watson is a retired mechanical and electrical engineer who has endeavored to improve the yo-yo. He is also an engineering consultant to some of the world's top yoyo companies. He has published 5 Vol. of Yo-Yo Physics through, Pencil Point Press. These pamphlets deal with the Science and technologies of yo-yos, from string friction and wobble too the “yo-yo constant” that links yo-yo spin speeds to there rotational property known as the radius of gyration.
In 1999 Watson won the The National Achievement Award is at the US National Yo-Yo Museum during the US National Yo-Yo Contest for his efforts to improve and positively influences the sport and the industry of yo-yoing. Watson again won a major award in 2004 when he won the the Harvey Lowe Lifetime Achievement Award at the World Yo-Yo Contest in Orlando, Florida, for his contributions to the pursuit and enjoyment of yo-yoing throughout his lifetime.
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[edit] Achievements
[edit] 1999
- US National Yo-Yo Museum; The National Achievement Award
[edit] 2004
- World Yo-Yo Contest; The Harvey Lowe Lifetime Achievement Award
