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When does the advanced Scout come out? And If I order two, would I get two CLYW symbol patches or just one?

Early January. One patch per return top. -Steve
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Liked by: Anthony

Are you guys making more yoyos in the Iceberg colorway? It was absolutely gorgeous on the Gnarwhal 2. How many were made?

Yeah, that turned out really nice! Not sure if we're going to do more on other models, but wouldn't rule it out. We only made 25 of the Iceberg Gnarwhal 2s in this run. -Steve
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Liked by: Anthony

Any idea if any of the team is going to PNWR? And if there is who?

Not sure yet...will post as soon as we have a roll call. -Steve

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Thoughts on AC2? Whats Steve's favourite colourway?

AC2 is fantastic, I really like it for counterweight.
Favorite colorway is grey or clear ano. I'm boring. -Steve

My breakaway doesn't have very much spin, should i do the yotricks way or the muscle way?

I have no idea what the "yotricks way" or the "muscle way" are, but in my experience it's just finding the most natural movement for you, and then tons of practice. -Steve

I could see honey badger being a color way rather than a yoyo it would be black and yellow fade

Thanks for the suggestion! -Steve

Wich of your return tops have the longest spin time? thanks!

Depends which one you throw the hardest, and what you do to it while it's spinning. -Steve

What makes silicone the best response for a return top while other substances don't even work or results in slippy binds.

It just has to do with the surface friction...silicone just works the best. There was a point in the early 2000s when there were a ton of pad options in a variety of materials...rubber, linen, carbon fiber, all kinds of stuff...but smooth silicone just works the best. -Steve

I still say I didn't like the ctx when I got my puffin 2 because it was more responsive than normal but after it broke in I can see why you say they are the best. they are so crazy smooth when you get there. just takes a little patience

chrismehaffey’s Profile PhotoChristopher Lloyd Mehaffey
And you know what? CTX bearings are not for everyone. They just aren't. But neither are our return tops, and we tried to make everyone happy with a bearing when really we should have just kept the focus on making sure that we were putting out the experience that we wanted people to have with the best quality possible.
Bearings can always be swapped out, but our responsibility is to ship the return tops with with the configuration that we feel is "optimum" for our designs. -Steve
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Liked by: Dean Horneck

Really stupid question here I would say I'm a pretty good player. I can do almost all the Cabin tutorials But I really need to get smooth with yoyoing in general. Like my style if that makes sense. Is there anything I could work on to help with that? I practice about 4 hours a day

Not a stupid question at all...and smoothing out your style is one of the absolute hardest things to do as a return top player.
A few things that helped me out personally....your mileage may vary.
1. Learn the tricks, not the equipment. For the first few years I played, I switched return tops constantly and tried to always jump to something that was as different as possible from what I was just using.
2. Play responsive. I know it's not that useful of a skill set to have anymore, but one thing that responsive play still gives you is an economy of movement that is really hard to learn playing unresponsive.
3. Trim the fat. Beat all your tricks down to their essence, and THEN add flourishes upward and outward from there. A lot of players now will start with extraneous movements and build tricks around them, and you end up with tricks that have too much filler. Work on the killer, then add the filler. Or skip the filler entirely and be the Hemingway of trick construction.
4. Work on other styles. There's a lot to be said for forcing yourself out of your comfort zone, and nothing makes my 5A feel better than failing at 2A for a few hours ha ha.
Mostly just try to be really aware of what you're doing, and why and always ask yourself "Do I need that?" It's a good philosophy in trick construction, home decorating, and life in general. -Steve

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Liked by: Andy Riley Jonathan Sitanggang Ian Jones McNelly

I have tuned my Puffin 2 to be dead smooth. Whenever I unscrew it now and put it back together, the smoothness goes away. I have to re-tune it each time and the axle needs to be in a specific place for it to be dead smooth. Is it bad or unusual for the smoothness to go away every time I unscrew it?

I would say it's unusual for a return top to require the axle to be in such a very specific spot every time in order for it to be smooth, but it's not out of the question for that to be the case, and it's clearly the case with yours. I have no idea if that's a result of a weight imbalance or a bent axle or an axle well that's deeper on one side than the other or what, but it's clearly a manufacturing oddity of some kind. Did you buy this brand new, or used from someone? If new, I would recommend you contact the store you bought it from. If used, you got a Puffin 2 with a weird personality and I'm at least just glad you've figured out how to manage it. Sorry about the weirdness, though, that's not how it *should* be. -Steve

I love glory hole donuts. I go there all the time. Such amazing and weird flavours

That place in incredible. My wife and I took a mini-vacation in Toronto and found it quite by accident, and ended up chatting with the owner, Ashley for a little while. She's an absolute dear, and makes a wonderful product and runs a fantastic shop. Love love love that place! -Steve
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Liked by: aaron bendich

Agree with you Steve. The stock flat bearings that come with the CLYW throws aren't too good. The vibe almost always goes away if you swap it out. Any plans on bringing back the bearings of old?

I'm going to use this as a teaching moment for fledgling companies. All you new manufacturers, listen up!
It's very, very important to listen to your customers, but it's also very important to know when your customers don't actually know what they want. Sometimes people say "I want this" and they have absolutely no concept of what that actually means.
What happened to us is we let a small minority of very loud people on Facebook change the bearings that we put in our return tops, and it wasn't a good change. It wasn't good for us, it wasn't good for our team, it wasn't good for our customers, and it wasn't good for our return tops. It was a bad decision, but it was made honestly out of a desire to try and make our fans happy. But in this case, what our fans wanted wasn't actually the best equipment...it was what they *thought* was the best equipment. People complained because CTX bearings had a longer break-in time, and are slightly response when they are new. People got mad about this, and demanded something else without realizing that these really and truly are the best bearings for our return tops...they are what our return tops are designed around.
We're looking in to some other grooved and centering bearings to see if there is a better "halfway" bearing than just going back to CTX but right now we have every intention of shipping our return tops with CTX (or an equivalent playing bearing) as soon as possible.
No matter what we do, there will be people who will argue to the death that we are wrong wrong wrong, but ultimately that is their opinion based on their own preferences...and while we very much value the opinions and preferences of our fans, ultimately we have to trust OUR vision for CLYW and what we know is best for our products. It's a really tough balancing act, and I'm sure we'll have more moments like this in the future of CLYW, but for all you start-up manufacturers out there: don't be afraid to trust your judgement, even when some of your customers or potential customers don't. -Steve

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Liked by: Andy Riley Dean Horneck McNelly aaron bendich Christopher Lloyd Mehaffey Ian Jones

I have $95 what throws should I get

It's a great time to be a return top player....nearly everything on the market plays pretty good. Pick something with specs that appeal to you, from a company that you respect. -Steve

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