{"id":7651,"date":"2015-06-06T07:38:40","date_gmt":"2015-06-06T14:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/?p=7651"},"modified":"2015-06-06T07:38:40","modified_gmt":"2015-06-06T14:38:40","slug":"yo-its-yo-yo-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/2015\/06\/06\/yo-its-yo-yo-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Yo!! It’s Yo-Yo Day!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

June 6th is YO-YO DAY!!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\"Pee-wee<\/a>\n

Here’s some FUN FACTS<\/a> about the Yo-Yo:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The modern story of the yo-yo starts with a young gentleman from the Philippines, named Pedro Flores. In the 1920s, he moved to the USA, and worked as a bellhop at a Santa Monica hotel. Carving and playing with wooden yo-yos was a traditional pastime in the Philippines, but Pedro found that his lunch break yo-yo playing drew a crowd was the first appearance of the name “yo-yo,” which means “come-come” in the at the hotel. He started a company to make the toys, calling it the Flores Yo-Yo Company.<\/p>\n

Donald F. Duncan, an entrepreneur first encountered the yo-yo during a business trip to California. A year later, in 1929, he returned and bought the company from Flores, acquiring not only a unique toy, but also the magic name “yo-yo.” About this time, Duncan introduced the looped slip-string, which allows the yo-yo to sleep – a necessity for advanced tricks… (learn more<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Don’t miss Yo-Yo pro Doc Popular<\/a> doing the “Weave<\/a>“!<\/strong><\/p>\n