The SF Yo-Yo Club is a monthly meetup in the Mission District of San Francisco. We hang out in the back of 826 Valencia from 2-5pm and share yo-yo tricks with each other. It’s open to anyone, but donations for 826 (the non-profit space hosting us) are always appreciated. I hope to see you there!
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Yo-yos and pixel art, two of my favorite things, come together in Hermippe’s “Dormant Spin” show at Center Edo in Tokyo. I wish I could see it in person. Hermippe’s work is fantastic.
The SF Yo-Yo Club is a monthly meetup in the Mission District of San Francisco. We hang out in the back of 826 Valencia from 2-5pm and share yo-yo tricks with each other. It’s open to anyone, but donations for 826 (the non-profit space hosting us) are always appreciated. I hope to see you there!
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Howdy y’all, the SF Yo-Yo Club will start having regular meetings once a month at 826 Valencia. This is a non-profit space with a cool back room for us to hang out in.
Our next meeting is on Feb 7th, 2026 from 2-5pm. After that, we’ll switch to meeting on the second Saturday of each month (March 14th, April 11th, etc).
This is a few blocks away from a couple of BART stations, but there are also a few big parking garages close to the venue. This is being held at a non-profit creative writing space that also happens to be pirate themed. Any donations go directly to the space.
Hey y’all, I’m putting together another SF Yo-Yo Club at 826 Valencia on Saturday, October 11th from 2-5pm. If you are in the Bay Area, I hope you can swing by. We had a great time last month and I want to keep that energy going.
This is a few blocks away from a couple of BART stations, but there are also a few big parking garages close to the venue. This is being held at a non-profit creative writing space that also happens to be pirate themed. Any donations go directly to the space.
Our next San Francisco Yo-Yo Club will be on September 13th, 2025, at 826 Valencia from 2-5pm. This is open to anyone, but donations are appreciated (these go to the venue, not me). Bring your own yo-yo.
There are a bunch of other meetups in the area this month, so here’s a list:
9/7: Bay Area Yo-Yo Meetup (Alameda) https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bay-area-yoyo-meetup-2-washington-park-september-7/432212
9/13: SF YoYo Club (San Francisco) https://doctorpopular.com/san-francisco-yo-yo-club-sep-13th-2025/
9/21: East Bay Yo-Yo Club (Berkeley) https://www.instagram.com/p/DOJkrNFgVZs/
Spindoctors will probably meetup in Alameda near the end of the month, but no date listed yet. https://www.instagram.com/spindoxyoyo/
By popular request, here’s my tutorial for an original yo-yo trick called “The Robot”. I even wrote a new song for it too!
This trick first appeared in The Glasslab’s Experiment 004 video and has been highly requested ever since.
PopCast is a crowdsponsored yo-yo show. Huge thanks to John Anderson, Taka From Spingear, Doc Lucky, and the rest of my sponsors on https://www.patreon.com/docpop In this episode, I get to talk about two of my favorite topics: yo-yos and comic books. I talk about some comics I made, show some of my favorite yo-yo-themed comics, and interview Carl Angel about the artwork he did for “Pedro’s Yo-Yos”.
Music by Doc Pop
Editing by Clifton B.
Dale Tubat is a member of Unparalleled and a yo-yo designer here in the Bay Area. Lately, Dale has been making some really unique 3D printed yo-yos like the Capsule and Superwide. I chatted with Dale about his new yo-yos, the state of 3D printed yo-yos, and more. Watch it here:
These two new yo-yos will be available exclusively on Dale’s site this Saturday, November 16th at 11am pst/2pm est https://www.daletubat.com/
If you are a member of my Patreon, check out this post for an exclusive update about Dale’s upcoming drop.
Over on Patreon.com/docpop, I asked my followers to share their favorite responsive yo-yo videos. There were lots of gems in there, so I decided to put them all in an easy-to-find list. Here are the suggested videos (in no particular order):
 | James on San Francisco Yo-Yo Club: Feb… |
| James on San Francisco Yo-Yo Club: Octo… |
 | DAIKI HIMURO on The Robot Yo-Yo Trick Tutorial |
 | Markus Wissar on 3D Printed Yo-Yos: An Intervie… |
