Category: C.Neff
Chris Neff.
That's me; ex-architect, semi-retired yo-yo professional, Dean of yo-yo workshops and proud husband and dad.
I started yo-yoing right after high school in 1992 when I bought a Duncan Imperial and the Duncan trick book.
By the time I went to college I could do most of the tricks in the book, and my roommate Brad was impressed enough to get a few yo-yo's for himself.
Soon a deadly match of one-upsmanship began and kept us busy all through college... except when we were learning to be architects and stuff like that.
In 1997 there was a huge yo-yo boom in Japan and soon after in the U.S., and I accidentally became a yo-yo professional instead of an architect.
You see I walked into this kite store called Wind Wizards and they had entire walls filled with yo-yo's I had never seen before, and I was spending so much time there they offered me a job teaching a yo-yo workshop.
Soon we had strong showings at 4 different locations in Kansas City, and at the peak of the craze we had 80 kids showing up at Independence Mall once a week to receive top-notch yo-yo instruction from me and my Pro Spinners (graduates of the workshop).
There were several kite stores across the nation doing this as part of a marketing campaign led by THP kite store in Hawaii and Japan-based toy company Bandai.
My kids and I toured many cities, including Honolulu and Tokyo.
Toward the end of the madness in 1999, Duncan Toy Company hired me and stuffed me in an RV to tour from New Jersey to Los Angeles doing school assemblies and store demonstrations all along the way.
Later I co-starred in the long overdue replacement of Duncan's yo-yo and spin top instructional videos (though I was not an accomplised top spinner at the time).
The boom had died by then and I landed an architecture job in my home town where I found the perfect girl to nest with.
I didn't yo-yo much for the next 8 years or so and when I went to check in on the scene in 2009 my mind was blown!
The level of play was just amazing, I may never catch up.
Spin top tricks, however, had not changed as much, and so I obsessed a little. I became the World Spin Top Champion in 2011 and 2016. Yeah!
Here you can browse all C. Neff spintop videos:
Ninbus in action
Nimbus is a 7″ diameter spin top I turned from PVC plank and Delrin. It weighs less than 2...
Read MoreChris Neff Spin Top Routine at Riverside Amphitheater
9/19/2014 show at the Jefferson City, Missouri Riverside Park Amphitheater featuring lots of local...
Read MoreCleaning a spintop bearing
Originaly titled “Cleaning Duncan Bearing King Spin Top Bearings”, this How-to is a...
Read MoreHalf Pipes and Lemmings
Couple of new spin top tricks; a left to right and back again regeneration inspired by Jon Gates,...
Read MoreAlley Oop by C. Neff
No music no ads! C. Neff World Champion 2016 C.Neff, 2016 world champion, spins since many years...
Read MoreStrummol8 Spin Top Tip Maintenance
This How-to show you how to change and/or modify almost any Strummol8 spintop tip… C. Neff...
Read MoreBarrel Rolls by C. Neff
Narrative with overhead video on how to do the the spin top trick “Barrel Rolls.” C....
Read MorePVC Whip top experiment
DIY PVC whip top experiment by C. Neff Some old footage that I need to upload to share on the...
Read MoreMake your own spintop buttons
Here is a way to make your own cheap spintop buttons. C. Neff World Champion 2016 C.Neff, 2016...
Read MoreStrummol8 Love
Everybody needs a little love. No really. Video features the tiny size but big performance Love...
Read MorePart 2 of third 8 Spinning Top tricks
This is second part of the tricks corresponding to the 24-trick patch from Spintastics. These are...
Read MoreHow to shrink wrap a spin top
This How-to is a good maintenance tip for almost any spintop… C. Neff World Champion 2016...
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