Category: Interview

Interviews with yo-yoers and designers

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3D Printed Yo-Yos: An Interview With Dale Tubat

A thumbnail image showing two men holding homemade yo-yos. The man on the left, Doc Pop, is holding a laser etched wooden yo-yo. The man on the right, Dale Tubat, is holding two 3D printed yo-yos. Below both of them are photos of other 3D printed yo-yos that Dale made. Some of these yo-yos look like little plastic capsules you'd get little toys in at an arcade

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.

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“Milk Check”, an interview with Spencer Berry

A man with red hair and a blue plaid shirt standing on the sidewalk in front of a beautiful mural. He is posing with a copper plated yo-yo near his chest and he is smiling at the camera.

I was so sad to miss the Faye Webster Yo-Yo Invitational last weekend, especially because I knew so many rad yo-yoers were in town for it. Luckily, I happened to bump into Spencer Berry while he was in town and we shot this short interview about Spencer’s history in SF, his tricks “Rancid Milk” and “Breath”, and his love of copper yo-yos.

And here’s a great video by Josh Yee about Faye Webster’s Yo-Yo Invitational:

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PopCast Yo-Yo Vlog: An interview with André Boulay from YoYoExpert

This episode of PopCast is an in depth conversation with André Boulay from YoYoExpert.com. I asked André about how he got into yo-yoing, how the pandemic has affected the hobby, what it’s like switching from being a yo-yo pro to being a yo-yo store, and if we’ll ever see another Dark Magic.

PopCast is a crowd sponsored yo-yo show. Huge thanks to Taka, John Anderson, and the rest of my sponsors on Patreon.com/docpop Just a note, André is one of the sponsors of this show, but he had no say in any of the questions I asked or how it was edited. I just thought he’s a cool person with a rad yo-yo story.

I’m giving away The Dark Magic bootleg yo-yo that we show during the episode. This has been a coveted part of my collection for a while, but it seems like the perfect giveaway. Find out how to win it on my https://www.patreon.com/posts/54347772

Bootleg Dark Magic
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PopCast Yo-Yo Vlog #45: Rick, Mark, and Coffin

This 45th episode of the PopCast Yo-Yo Vlog is a special one. It’s a chat with three yo-yo legends: Rick Wyatt, Mark Montgomery, and Coffin Nachtmahr. So sit back for a special hour long conversation with these influential yo-yoers. We talk about how they got into yo-yoing, their predictions for the future, the state of diversity in yo-yoing, and much more.

About the guests:

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An Interview With Jeremy Park From Zip Line Strings

The Day Tripper is a new yo-yo I’m releasing this week with Zip Line Strings. To celebrate I wanted to share this recent Q & A video I did with Jeremy in his home studio. Thanks to everyone who contributed questions.

I’m still planning on releasing a new episode of PopCast that is all about “redirects” with modern responsive yo-yos, but there was an error with the footage I shot on Sunday, so I’ll have to reshoot it all sometime this week. I hope to have it up before the yo-yo launches.
The Day Tripper will be available on DoctorPopular.com AND ZipLineStrings.com at 5pm PST this Friday, January 15th. Price will be $85 USD.

Patreon members, don’t forget to use your 10% discount code when checking out!

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An interview with Markmont

In this episode of PopCast, I chat with one of my oldest friends in the yo-yoing, Mark Montgomery. We’ve known each other for nearly 20 years and I always love hanging out with him and chatting about anything.

Big thanks to all of my Patreon sponsors for help making these shows possible. I’m hoping to grow my audience more, so if you like the work I’ve been doing, please help support the show on Patreon.com/docpop.

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Kyle Nations: Modern Responsive Yo-Yoing

A few months ago I flew out to St. Louis to check out the United Yo-Yo Contest. While I was in town I got to hang out with Kyle Nations, one of my favorite modern responsive yo-yoers, and shoot a clip video of some of his rad tricks.

This is the first non-Doc Pop clip video I’ve made in a loooong time and I really love how it turned out. Kyle is using a Weekender Yo-Yo, which I sell on my site and is great for responsive yo-yoing.

The Weekender Yo-Yo

If you’d like more goodies, check out this long interview I shot with Kyle too.