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Doctor Popular is a game designer, musician, illustrator, zinester, crafster, and DIY super nerd who lives in San Francisco.
Doc Pop's » Yo-Yoing
3M ago
A couple of months ago, I was at the Bags4Us show when someone asked if I’d like to be interviewed on a podcast. They led me to a big box truck parked in front of the Strike-Slip Gallery that had been converted into a high-end production studio. I ended up chatting with Don P, the […]
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Doc Pop's » Yo-Yoing
5M ago
I’m hosting a yo-yo meetup in San Francisco this Saturday, October 5th. It will be in Yerba Buena Garden from 3-5pm (near the Metreon). This is an outdoor location, with plenty of food nearby and very easy to access via BART/MUNI/Caltrain. I made the art for this flier during a communal art jam at the […]
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Doc Pop's » Yo-Yoing
9M ago
I spent yesterday, which happened to be National Yo-Yo Day, filming and editing this video in time for National Donut Day. It’s an interview with Sara, from Dynamo Donuts, about donuts, yo-yos, and local history.
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Doc Pop's » Yo-Yoing
10M ago
Pedro Flores, an Filipino American immigrant who is known as the “Father Of Yo-Yo”, was born on this day in 1896. So I made a quick drawing to celebrate his birthday.
The yo-yo (also known as the bandolore, incroyable, l’émigrette, and the quiz) had been around for centuries, but Pedro created a new method of attaching the string in the 1920s that allowed the toy to “sleep” when it reached the bottom of the string. Up until his invention, yo-yos only went up and down! In 1932, Pedro sold his company to Don Duncan.
Flores left the Philippines when he was 19 to go to the High School of Commerc ..read more
Doc Pop's » Yo-Yoing
10M ago
I’ve been developing a style of yo-yoing that blends counterweight style (or “5A”) with modern responsive (or “0A”) play. I’m really happy with the style and the unique way it feels, so I’ve been publishing a series of tutorials on Youtube that help teach the basics. I’ve published full playlist of those tutorials here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1g-GXFBtDQdtP-p0w4UYpfEiPLt-n42B
My filming and editing style has changed over the 4 years I’ve been making these videos, so I thought it would be fun to hire my old friend Mike Hales to update the video thumbnails to have a more consist ..read more
Doc Pop's » Yo-Yoing
11M ago
Bench Warmers was a documentary-style series of DVDs about freight train graffiti culture in the 2000s. These “Magazine DVDs” primarily focused on the art of writing on trains, but the series also featured interviews, stop motion animation, underground hip hop, and musical performances.
In “Bench Warmers Volume 3”, they even featured a few minutes of tricks by a couple of young yo-yo players. Imagine my surprise when I heard my name mentioned 13 minutes into a graffiti documentary from 2005.
Shout out to Brian Lee and Dweeb for sharing their yo-yo skills in 2005’s Bench Warmers #3 DVD. Y’all ..read more
Doc Pop's » Yo-Yoing
1y ago
I recently went to KitTea Cafe in San Francisco and tried my best to entertain the cats with my yo-yo skills. Here’s what happened: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbryOUI8Qv4
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Doc Pop's » Yo-Yoing
1y ago
I’m hosting another yo-yo meetup in San Francisco on New Year’s Eve. We’ll be outdoors at Yerba Buena Gardens from 2-4pm on December 31st, 2023, would love for you to join us. If there is some rain, we’ll probably move to the nearby Metreon. I hope to see you there!
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Doc Pop's » Yo-Yoing
1y ago
I’ve recently released a new yo-yo called the Populist, which meant it was time to make another yo-yo video. This one was shot around the Mission District in San Francisco. It’s been really windy here lately, so I shot most of these clips in the early morning, which gives the video a really moody/foggy feel. I thought that paired nicely with the song by Benjamin Mørk. Enjoy!
I also shot some behind the scenes footage with more details about the yo-yo.
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Doc Pop's » Yo-Yoing
1y ago
I’m proud to say my newest yo-yo video is out now. You can watch it here:
The video features an original soundtrack and tricks performed on a modern responsive yo-yo with a counterweight. I’m using a Doc Pop edition The Thing yo-yo for the entire video.
This video was shot entirely on Sanchez Street, one of my favorite spaces in San Francisco. It was edited by Edition Yo-Yos. Watch our behind the scenes video about Slow Streets here:
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