Duncan Crew Presents:

The final chapter of the Heritage Tour blog postings. It squeaks in as the greatest video of 2010.  Throw Duncan.

Today is the bitterest of bittersweet days. Today marks my last batch of shows and demos on this tour. There couldn’t be a nicer place to wrap up than at Disney World but, it just stings to know that it has to end for me.

The Heritage Tour has been nothing but, the best times in the best places with the best people. Before we even got out here, I considered Drew Tetz, Hank Freeman, and Takeshi Kamisato among my family. But, I like to think that getting out there and doing shows, demonstrating, blogging and throwing contests has let the rest of the world in on how special the bond within Duncan Crew is. There really is nothing like our crew anywhere and I appreciate it more now than I ever have.

We rocked our shows like we rocked every single stop on this tour. We showed the Disney audiences how much joy and love we have for our craft, them and each other. We went the extra mile to throw some special moments into our last shows. And we put the finishing touches on a tour we will be proud of for a long time to come.

A huge thank you goes out to all of the yo-yo legends, retailers, players and nonplayers that allowed us in your places and hearts, or came out to the demos and made this all very special. You are a part of the legacy we are building and you will be remembered.

Duncan Equals Love. Never forget that.

Duncan Crew in one of our favorite cities in the entire world! Austin, Texas forever!!!

Some people make ripples, Duncan Crew makes waves. We had another great day of meet and greet demos as well as stage shows. We can feel the momentum building here in Orlando and it’s hard to ignore. Not only are we seeing people come by daily to check out our shows, we are getting real feedback and it is fantastic.

Today during our informal afternoon demo, we were visited by the general manager from T-Rex cafe. The staff and diners were so impressed by our miniature demo that he invited us back to the restaurant tonight. Making those kinds of connections is nothing short of miraculous. Sure, getting cool invites to awesome places is flattering but, knowing that someone really appreciates our work as yo-yo demonstrators is better than anything I ever could have hoped for. Of course, futuristic stage shows and massive fancy chocolate cake desserts are pretty great too.

I think I will accept that the life of a Duncan Yo-Yo Professional is filled with both.

That’s right! You thought it was over but, Duncan Crew cannot be stopped! We continued on with more demos at Walt Disney World and they just kept on getting better! Not only did we have the crew from the tour out with us but, we got the best backup anyone could ever ask for! Brandon Jackson came to Florida to help us represent and represent we did!

We took the power boost and made things more powerful than anyone could have dreamed. Each demo out here is more and more and more of what they need to be. More people getting excited about playing. More people digging what we do. More people getting involved and picking up yo-yos. And more fun!!

Like always, our demos don’t stop at our formal demos. We stopped into T-Rex cafe and blew the roof off the place today. We came in and had a fantastic dinner and before we knew it, people were asking if we were really Duncan Crew. We never disappoint and threw down for the people there and made believers out of staff and spectator alike. It’s the coolest life ever.

Who has the best job in the world?! Duncan Crew has the best job in the world! We are now hanging out at Walt Disney World and having the best time any had ever!

We have been having some great times doing informal demonstrations during the day here. Everyone here is so fantastic and fun. People come here with the sole purpose of being in the happiest place on earth and they succeed. We’ve met people from all over the world and flexed our skills, only to have them give us an amazing amount of love and gratitude. It is an amazing experience and it is hard to top.

What makes it even better is that just when we thought it couldn’t be topped, Disney World tops itself! After we wrap up our informal daytime demos here, we’ve been given the opportunity to rock the, brand new, waterside stage in Downtown Disney for three shows every night we’re here. Our stage setting looks awesome. The sound system is unbeatable. The Crew helping us out is unbelievable and we of course are putting our best foot forward and rocking the entire world at every single turn. How could we do anything but, absolutely love this?

This is the coolest gig on the planet. It can be so surreal to realize that we are living a life that nearly every child and most adults dream about. We have great times with our friends. We throw the best shows in the best places with the best support anywhere and it is our daily routine. This life is simply the limit. I can’t wait to keep on living it.

We had a good long hike yesterday and today we are in Tallahassee, Florida. It’s been weeks but, I am now on something that qualifies as home turf. It’s cool how it can feel comfortable and foreign at the same time. Being out on tour is like that, I suppose. The most comfortable part of the moment is that we had Hank Freeman return to the tour today. He went to Japan and made us proud and now, he’s back to rock America all over again.

We had a really great demo today. We did our thing at the new home of Lofty Pursuits. The shop has been a staple of Tallahassee local businesses for well over a decade now and has been a force in the yo-yo scene the entire time. The best part is that the new location has breathed new life into an already strong scene. The players that came out of this place have been so influential that they invented things as important to yo-yo as the Triple A style(Duncan Crew’s MArk Mcbride) and Freehand! If that isn’t a legacy that defines modern yo-yo play, I don’t know what is. The best part is that Duncan has always been a centerpiece to it. It’s hard not to love this place and what has come out of it.

We had the chance to meet up and share our knowledge with some future generations of yo-yo geniuses and trade licks with some of the players nipping at our heals. It’s inspiring and mind warping to see how far people can come in such a short time, when they have a place to learn the techniques required to excel at skill toys. Some players at the demo had only been playing a few months and were learning boingy boingy and playing offstring.

In addition to the great players, great selection of Duncan Yo-Yos & toys, and fantastic atmosphere, Lofty Pursuits also happens to have a fully functional old school ice cream and soda shop on premesis. So, you can buy a FHZero and then turn around and have a Dublin Dr. Pepper ice cream float and then have the guy who made your ice cream teach you to play diabolo. Does an experience ever get more complete than that!? I just don’t know if it can.

For serious, you have to come to Florida and check it out. This is what eternally building a scene looks like.