One of America’s best yo-yo player is from Portland, at least as of last week, when 27-year-old Aliyah Tan took home the title of 2026 National Yo-Yo Champion in Las Vegas on June 28. Tan has been ...

Almost every weekend, somewhere in the United States, a group of yo-yoers assembles to be judged on their skills. The most skillful of them move out of their city groups to compete in state, then ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. EAST BRUNSWICK – For Alex Tai, 16, of Marlboro, his last move in his set was the most difficult. With two diabolos, also known as ...

Chico >> If you ask people in the yo-yo know on yo-yo up-and-comers, Nate Dailey has it going on. The 12-year-old picked one up about three years ago, but has local yo-yoers excited to see how far he ...

CHICO — Competitors stepped onto the stage at City Plaza with music blaring and the crowd cheering. A flick of the wrist sent yo-yos spinning from their hands and then the spinning, flipping, twisting ...

For most people, yo-yos are a toy that they played with sporadically as children until they got too frustrated, or the string got too tangled to continue. For others, it’s a hobby, a community and, ...

This year Adam Reeder, 13, of Salisbury, has earned his place to fight among the best in the world for the title of World Yo-Yo Champion. He is going to Orlando, Fla., Aug. 2-4 to test his skills ...