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:
Making spintop strings
Crafting your own spintop string can be really helpful and efficient. Here is a simple way to...
Read MoreBirrrd GO!!!
Whippy trick, sort of a reverse Wrist Wrap Whip. Title references Gatchaman. C. Neff World...
Read MoreSTB fixed tip play, y’all
From author: Top: First generation STB with the bearing tip locked down fixed, and with a slightly...
Read MoreSpider hop and Birrrd, Go!!! in slo-mo, yo.
Just a hop that flows well from Spinning Spiders and slo-mo of Birrrd Go!!! fo sho. C. Neff World Champion 2016 C.Neff, 2016 world champion, spins since many years sharing lot of tricks, tips and...
Read MoreHow to tape a spintop
Originaly titled “How to tape a Duncan spintop”, this How-to is a good maintenance tip...
Read MoreNinbus in action
Nimbus is a 7″ diameter spin top I turned from PVC plank and Delrin. It weighs less than 2...
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 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 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 MoreHow to balance a spintop in your hand
One of the basics, a must have to really spin! Learn here how to balance and interact with the...
Read MoreBarrel Rolls by C. Neff
Narrative with overhead video on how to do the the spin top trick “Barrel Rolls.” C....
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