We started today with a demo at the Framingham Massachusetts Toys R Us. When we arrived we were greeted by a few local yo-yo players. Which always makes the demo tons of fun. Getting to exchange tricks, stories, and try out new yo-yos always brings joy to a yo-yo players day. But before we knew it, it was time to head to our next stop. Canton Massachusetts, here we come!

Today was our Times Square Toys R Us Demo!
The Times Square Toys R Us is INSANE! It has animatronic dinosaurs, a ferris wheel, and today, it had Duncan Yo-Yo Professionals!
Nate, Seth, and myself were on hand today in Time Square to show Toys R Us customers what yo-yoing is all about. Huge shoutout to Andrew, Chinam, Adam, John, Tim, Bergy for coming out! We also had a special visit by George Malko the author of one of the best yo-yo history books there has ever been titled “The One And Only Yo-Yo Book”.

During our lunch break we decided to go outside and take some photos of ourselves in action, and we even drew an awesome New York City audience in the middle of Time Square!

And if you missed us today, we’ll be back on the day after Thanksgiving (Friday).
Click through the gallery below to see some of the awesome shots!

After eating a late breakfast at a Philadelphia Diner Mark, Seth and I headed to our demo at Toys R Us. Where Danny Severance, and Kyle Dixon came to hang out with us. Kyle also brought one of Landon Balk’s custom 1970’s Duncan Butterfly’s with him. These things are super awesome as they feature a ball bearing modification to make it play like some of the newer Duncan gear. After the demo we had hit the road fast. See you soon New York City!

Today’s Toys R Us demo in Baileys Crossroads, VA had some special guests! Tom Connolly, and Dick Stohr came out and had some fun with us.

Not only did Tom bring his yo-yos, he also brought his tops with him and showed off some fancy moves.

Power up! We are big stars and now the entire greater Houston, TX area knows it. We started out our first full day there on the biggest morning show around there. Being on Great Day Houston! is an experience! KHOU knows how to throw a party.

It is often said that you can be judged by the company that you keep. If this is true, we are the cream of the crop. The episode of Great Day Houston that we were on started out with R&B singer, Eric Benet. For those that don’t know, he’s a huge deal and one of the biggest R&B/soul singers on the scene these days. After him, they led into a sequence with Tori Halbert, who was a finalist on the TV show Design Star. There were a few more pieces and then they led into us. Nothing proves that we are the baddest(bad meaning good) tour on the road like being the icing on that cake. Debbie Duncan(that’s right, just like the yoyo) was a gracious host and she conducted the interview like a champ. I can’t thank her enough although, we did our best by managing to provide the entire studio audience with yoyos. I know, I know, I know….you wish you were there. We wish you were too.

We had another super interesting and unexpected surprise right after our morning spot on KHOU, We got a phone call that looked like it was coming from the Czech Republic. Amazingly, it was coming from right there in Houston! As it turns out, Marie Kordovsky, sister of Duncan Crew Member Jan “korda” Kordovsky, just happened to be in Houston as a part of her foreign exchange program. Do the surprises ever stop? We got together with her and had lunch. It was cool to talk to her and find out a little about what was going down in the czech yoyo scene and how the family abroad is doing. We just couldn’t let her dine and dash so, we took her along to our demo at Toys R Us.

And what a great demo it turned out to be. We had a heap of old school(late 90’s) players come out as well as some great new young players. On the old school front, we had John and Patty McCann out there. The world hadn’t seen a glimpse of them playing yoyo in a good 5-7 years but, man oh man it was way too cool to see them getting their sea legs back and killing it with style. They reminded us of why it was that the late ’90s provided the world with such a passion for yoyos. They play was cool and their tricks are among the best. Too fancy for words. John’s wife, Jessica, also got in on it for the first time. She learned 5 tricks and all was right with the world.

From the old to the new, we then met some really cool new blood. Alvin Simon! that kid has it going on. He claims to be Hank Freeman’s biggest fan. I didn’t have the heart to tell him that I am in fact Hank’s biggest fan but, I did teach him some new tricks and he sucked them up like a sponge. I love it when that happens.


Jameson Larkins also came out and proved once and for all that all it takes is a spark to start a fire. We traded tricks with all the kids and started talking about what it takes to build a scene. The unthinkable happened next.

Houston is well on its way to getting a new yoyo club! Jameson, Alvin, John and Patty are hype on the idea and they decided that it’s time to make big moves. At our demo they even made some. They’ll be getting together soon and everyone in the Houston area absolutely must be a part of it. Keep an eye on DuncanCrew.org and the club locater to see when it’s going down. You’ll want to be there to build the scene and to be one of the pioneers looking back.

And it bears repeating, Korda’s sister was there for it all!