Yo-yo tricks have come a long way since "walk the dog." Spend a few minutes with Ben Conde and you'll see what we mean. Conde is a professional competitor in offstring yo-yo and has been practicing yo ...

Yo-yo champion Harrison Lee explains yo-yo tricks in 26 levels of difficulty. Starting with tricks using an unresponsive yo-yo, Harrison progresses until he's popping the yo-yo into the air, and ...

Walking the dog and rocking the baby bore Nathan Martsolf. He prefers the challenge of some jazzed-up alternatives to the classic yo-yo tricks. "Instead of on the floor, I like walking the dog on my ...

Forget about little kids walking the dog. The 21st-century yo-yo scene features the grim-faced concentration of young men in hoodies and skullcaps slinging yo-yos behind their backs and weaving ...

When was the last time you "walked the dog" or "rocked the baby"? You might think our mind is in the gutter but, nah, we're only talking yo-yo tricks. You see, today is National Yo-Yo Day, and you don ...

To most people, a yo-yo is just a toy. But to Gentry Stein, the whirling bundle of string, plastic, and precision ball-bearings can become much more in the right hands. “It is a simple toy,” he admits ...

How does a yo-yo work? asks a reader.Can you Hop the Fence, Milk the Cow, Ride the Horse, and then Walk the Dog -- without ever setting foot on a farm? If so, you're probably familiar with yo-yo ...

Welcome to the spin zone! Dozens of high-strung competitors will swing down to Coney Island this weekend for the New York State Yo-Yo Contest. The competition on Dec. 8 will bring together the best yo ...

It boggles Tyler Severance's mind that he makes six figures per year from a toy on a string. The former world yo-yo champion split his time growing up in Wilmington with his dad and living in Section ...