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Author Topic: Buying my first metal....kinda  (Read 681 times)
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« on: November 14, 2010, 04:38:27 PM »

 Well I'm 24, I used to throw an x-brain or something in middle school but never really got into it. I seen a mosquito at walmart and and my buddy, Josey McCormick, showed me to breakaway and bind and I've been mainlining yoyo since. Bought a metal drifter and learned everything on the tut section here with it. I got a protostar about 2 months ago and I'm so so so so happy with it's performance. So i'm about 6 months in and i'm drooling over some of the metals out.  Ok Ok enough about me let me spit out some specs.
1. weight  68-65
2. dia. 50 (idk it seems small) i'm thinking like 52-54 a little smaller than my proto maybe. but 50 seems kinda small.
3. I like wide...nothing under 40, but not like severance wide...
4. H-shape is the one i have most experience with. but i'm open to everything.
5. NOTHING splash or acid wash I hate those colors and i've found yoyos i like that I can't find without it.
6. MUST be able to accept flowable silicone. I'm broke and buying stickers sucks for me a tube of silicone lasts forever.....
7. no hubstacks.....no weird gimmicky stuff....I just want a beast mode 1A yoyo that can grind
Ok....here is what's i've been looking at lately.   YYF Augie Fash's Boss.
OneDrop MarkMontNext (seems heavy..) OneDrop Y-Factor. YYF MVP, CLYW Sasquatch (if i can find in stock anywhere) SPYY Punchline, SPYY Addiction. and been looking at the 3yo3 models lately too....I really like superstar and skyline but i HATE the whole hubstack thing.

My style isn't very fast although I like to make certain parts of my freestyles fast and others slow. So something that can be pushed fast would be nice. Was thinking something super stable with a little hang time. Something that holds a good loop for suicides etc. I've also had a little problem with tilt while in tricks (probually my technique) so something that is easy to correct tilt on is good. I do alot of kwijibo type hop tricks and alot of spirit bomb mount type tricks. I haven't learned to grind really yet. My proto seems to hate grinding and my drifter is dinged to heck and back Wink sorry it's like a page long, I typed faster than my brain will work.
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« Reply #1 on: November 14, 2010, 05:04:49 PM »

Out of the ones you mentioned I've only played the BOSS but I can say it matches your criteria almost completely.  It does take a bit of practice with it to harness the tilting I noticed.  I'm not a great player and it only took me a day or two of using it and I was okay.
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« Reply #2 on: November 14, 2010, 08:16:12 PM »

why would the markmont seem heavy? Don't let other people make you believe what they say, I'm lovin my markmont. Onedrop is awesome.
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« Reply #3 on: November 14, 2010, 09:53:59 PM »

 no hubstacks.....no weird gimmicky stuff....I just want a beast mode 1A yoyo that can grind

 This is so going as my quote.

But just to give my opinion I have heard very good things about the BOSS. And any of those yo-yos would be a great choice.
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« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2010, 12:40:55 AM »

The boss would be great, the genesis is also in the same price range as the boss. The Genesis is great for grinds, H shaped, and it has a lot of rim weight for a long sleeper.
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Diameter:    56 mm / 2.20 inches
Width:    43mm / 1.69 inches
Response System:    YoYoFactory K-Pad (Slim Pad)
Weight:    65.7 grams
Bearing Size:    [Large] - Size C (SPEC Bearing)
[Small] - Size A (SPEC Bearing)
Kpads will accept flowable.
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« Reply #5 on: November 15, 2010, 01:25:05 AM »

Think about a Yuuksta maybe  Wink
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« Reply #6 on: November 15, 2010, 10:24:00 PM »

The yyf boss would be perfect
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