User:Wilfred/Sandbox

This wiki offers 'how to' guides, yo-yo reviews, famous yo-yoer biographies, and anyone can add to it! We currently have 1,136 articles, why don't you join us in creating the best yo-yo resource on the web?

• Third podcast released!

Read more

• We're back up and running on our new host! Thanks to Harper Reed for helping us to get it back up and running.

Read more

Wanna contribute? Here's a few places to get started:

• The to-do list
• Expand a stub
• Create a wanted page
• Take a yo-yo photo and upload it
• Expand a short page
• Give your input on a category proposal

From The History Of The Yo-yo:

The origin of the yo-yo is uncertain, but it was most likely developed in China. However, others would argue it was first used in Greece and still others would argue it was not used in China or Greece.

A popular yo-yo myth is the claim that is it an old Philipino weapon. The story describes a hunter with a large rock acting as a heavy yo-yo waiting for something to pass below. At the correct time the yo-yo would be thrown at the creature being hunted. If the hunter missed he/she would get another opportunity. Physics of the yo-yo make the story highly unlikely, because a lot of the energy of a throw is lost... read more