The SF Examiner ran a cool piece in yesterdays issue as a promotion for the upcoming California State Yo-Yo Contest at the Exploratorium. It’s a cool little article about yours truly, and has the same old story you’ve probably heard a billion times, but I love the picture.
cross posted from DrownRadio.com:
We Like Chess from Karim Amara on Vimeo.
A few weeks ago Irina, AllAboutGeorge, and myself recorded individual verses for the WuChess Rap Contest. Shortly after, George laid down a beat and we re-recorded our vocals. Then we headed down to the big chess scene on Market Street and shot the video. Between [...]
Man, I’m getting really hyped about going to the Missouri State Yo-Yo Contest next weekend. I’m looking forward to seeing old friends, learning new yo-yo tricks, but most of all, I’m looking forward to hanging out at the City Museum… The most dangerous children’s park in the Midwest!
Seriously, I love the City Museum. The highlight [...]
Tonight I gave a yo-yo presentation at Quickies, a fundraiser for 826 put on by Ideo. It was a blast to see Ideo’s killer office space in Pier 28, and to perform a twist on my normal act (tweaking it slightly to fit a tech-ier crowd). My presentation was around 9pm, and I went on [...]
Tyler Severance, World Yo-Yo contest champion, demonstrating why astronaut Lisa Nowak wore diapers on her cross country trip.
I’ve been waiting to post these special edition Blue Bolts until the shop on my new site is up, but since everyone keeps asking (and I’m not sure when the new site will be finished) I’ve posted ten Blue Bolts on my Etsy page.
You can see them here.
They are bind return only. Limit of two [...]
Last year was a great year for me, I learned a lot of new things and got a lot done, but 2008 has been real sluggish so far. All the parties and traveling at the end of 2007 pulled me away from my daily creating routines and I got so sick from in January that [...]
This morning I was surfing some international yo-yo blogs when I stumbled upon this video I made with Alexander Maness from Current TV.
Alex came to Chico last year and followed me around as I told him about our humble sport. I hadn’t heard anything since the trip, so I just figured the whole documentary got [...]
My friend (& Self Edge co-affiliate) Clay Gardner, took some awesome shots for my new yo-yo site. The photos turned out well, but needed some minor touch ups, so my friend Krisgoat punched them up with her amazing photoshopping skills. She sharpened the blurry yo-yo, cleaned up some dermatological issues, removed dandruff and various crap [...]
Yesterday I made my mock up holster for the BSP, a new yo-yo by Anti-yo. The denim is raw selvage denim. Now I have to make 74 more.
