It’s Recess again! This time we visited the store at the Weston/Southpark Central mall (Strongville, OH) and they call it Strongsville for a reason. The place is ten kinds of fancy and twenty kinds of fun and because of that, the demo went very well.

We had some experienced players from Strongsville come out as well as some players representing the Cleveland Yo-Yo Club. It is always nice to meet people and instantly connect over yo-yos and to see other people do the same. Any chance to perpetuate that is a good thing. We even had a little help with our friend, Isaac Sams. If you haven’t checked out his video on the Duncan Toys youtube channel, you should do yourself a favor and see it.

The staff at the store was the best. Danny Fink came into work knowing only how to barely get the yo-yo back to his hand, he left work able to throw a double or nothing with good success. Megan Harpster came in knowing only that she didn’t know how to yoyo, she threw so much that she worked her elbow sore. Last but definitely not least, Bill “Schmo” loves Duncan so much that he came into work on his Birthday of all days! We appreciated Bill so much that we had to sing happy birthday to him twice.

We were having such a successful demo that we extended it a few hours and made the most of it. We had at least three people landing brain twister on their first day. We spent some of that time coming up with tricks that will blow minds. Some of the stuff we came up with even involved two and three players. and and and and and……..POV trick videos. You are not ready.

We had plenty of excitement to fill our day. We got a chance to see the first of the Schwinn bikes that we will be giving away. We stopped in to see the guy assembling it and it looks so very cool. It is awesome to see the history of Duncan yo-yo contests charge back to life through a bicycle and some demos.

We then moved on to today’s demo. Recess at the Midway Mall (Elyria, OH) is yet another toy paradise in the greater Cleveland area. It started out as a comic book store years ago and has since grown into a fine place for a yo-yo demo. We arrived to find people already playing yo-yo inside and a well-stocked display.

Some of the players were brand new and were plenty hungry to learn everything they could. Others were intermediate and advanced players that we could just hang out and trade tips with. Jerrett and Richard came out from the LoCo Yo-Yo club in Lorain County. Just another example of a father and son getting into yo-yo together and bonding over it. If you get out this way, definitely put some time aside to come out to their club and show some love. They are way cool and all around good people.

We also had a suprise visit from the guys at the Chronicle-Telegram Newspaper. Adam Wright and his photographer took an interview and we can’t wait to see the article.

As a bonus note, Hank put in effort for the first time ever at freehand play. You will lose your mind over this.