Comments on: A Brief History Of Yo

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 02 May 2012 19:14:08 +0000

Holy Crap! I can’t believe he did walk the dog on the asphalt with a Fluchs!

By: Andrew jones

Andrew jones — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 07:35:31 +0000

That’s crazy. I haven’t seen yo-yos like that since I was a kid. Loooove San Francisco

By: Daemon

Daemon — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:15:36 +0000

Ahh, the good ol’ days…the Paranoids are gonna hafta dust off our infamous yo-yo love song Feb 13 at Kimo’s in tribute. Bring yr favorite yo-yo.

By: Kiya

Kiya — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:35:26 +0000

Oh god that was so long ago.. that video will forever haunt me, so awkward.

By: olu

olu — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:33:38 +0000

Ok, I get it, sheesh! your yo-yo mob rolls deeper than philatelists! good for y’all.

incidentally, i saw dr.popular open(?) for Sean Hayes at the make out room a few years ago. sean hayes is awesome.

By: doctor popular

doctor popular — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:53:23 +0000

It’d be hard to talk about yo-yoing in the Mission without fully giving props to Kiya. Kiya owns a yo-yo company called Anti-Yo with his friend Sonny. They used to assemble their yo-yos in Kiya’s Mission Apartment. He also used to organize frequent yo-yo meet-ups at Zeitgeist Bar, but they actually don’t allow yo-yos anymore (not sure why, I don’t think we hurt any bikers or anything). The Mission is a small dot in the yo-yo world, but many World and National champions are from the Bay Area. Some of them were even on Anti-Yo’s team.

If it wasn’t for Kiya, I would never have moved to this incredible city. About 4 years ago, when I was living in Minneapolis, I was asked to come to SF to perform at the Monsters of Yo show at the Odeon Bar. While I was in town, Kiya lent me use of his apartment on 22nd and Valencia St. I loved the neighborhood, but it was Kiya’s constant prodding to stay for “just another week longer” that eventually led to my relocating. I actually now live right next to the apartment Kiya lent me during my first visit to SF.