Last week Vulto took the initial step to release the Vero .We don’t have evil plans to dominate the world, but this is our first yoyo to be released globally at the same time.

21 players were selected in the beginning of the year to help with this project. They helped us create and improve the yoyo and now they are going to receive a very special package. These players are going to test the Vero and create some videos.

The Vero is going to be released in around 40 stores in Brazil and 20 stores in other countries, so it will be easy for you to find it.

The designers behind the project – Mario Troise and Karl Zahn – created the release packages that are now flying to France, Canada, Brazil, USA, Germany, Czech Republic,  Austria and Japan.

Another old interview. Enjoy!

If you play yo-yo, you know Takeshi. He is pop, he is good and he got style!
Takeshi is worldwide famous for his tricks, his long hair, recessed yo-yos and for his videos. Anything else?

Vulto : Takeshi, you are world famous in the yo-yo community. How and when did you start?

Takeshi : I started on May 5, 2001. I remember the date for several reasons.
Small Cinco de Mayo celebrations were going on around the city (Indianapolis).
It was also the first time I’d ever placed first at a skateboard contest.
I won best trick with a kickflip indy out of a quarter.
I was walking to my truck after the contest and I saw Kyle Pearson (aka FIZX) yo-yoing in the parking lot.
He was a guy I’d seen skate at the park before, so I went up and told him that what he was doing was one of the coolest thing I’d ever seen.
I also told him that I was going to get a yoyo and next time I see him at the park, he’s going to teach me a few tricks.
He showed me a few things and after a while we became good friends.
In October ’01 I started working as a “product demonstrator” at the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis.
In August ’02 I went to my first yoyo contest. Yup, the World Yo-Yo Contest was the first time I had seen other yoyo players in person.
September ’02 I competed at the first annual Mid-East Regional yoyo contest.
September ’02 I picked up my first sponsorship, Spintastics. December ’02 I was invited to be on DXL. March of ’03 I switched teams, from Spintastics to the world famous Duncan Crew. In August ’05 I picked up my second Sponsor, Infinite Illusions. Most recently I started doing work with Ecko Clothing.

Vulto : Do you dedicate your success to anyone special?

Takeshi : I wouldn’t be who I am today without my mother and father constantly telling me that I can do anything and that no matter what I do, I have to do my best. I started yo-yoing 5 months after my wife and I were married. Her patience and understanding of what I do is incredible. I was working towards a degree in civil engineering when I started throwing yoyos and once I graduated, I told my wife and my parents that I wanted to pursue a career in yo-yoing. I thought at least one of them would freak out on me and tell me I was crazy, but they were all supportive.

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Wow, this interview is from 2006!

Markus Springer is Jumper, the most active yo-yo player from Germany.

Vulto: How and when did you start?

Markus: I started yoyoing in 1997. There was at that time no yoyo scene in germany and barely any internet informations about yoyoing at all.
The only other yoyo player I knew was my cousin Volker Maria Maier (A famous artist and juggler).
In the end of 1997 yo-yo companies like Yomega started together with Harry Baier a yo-yo boom. When Harry toured around I met him the first time at the 5th June 1998 at a workshop. That was also the day when I met other yoyo players and also my teammate UFO.
In november 1998 Yomega run together with Active People and Harry Baier the 1. German Yo-Yo Masters. Even Jennifer Baybrook visited us.
At the 2. German Yo-Yo Masters we could see that there is no boomtime anymore and companies are not putting as much money in the sport as before. So we decided to found the GYYA – An association for player by players. So the GYYA kept things rolling.

Vulto: What is the best thing about being a yo-yo player?

Markus: You can meet some cool and nice people all around the globe and everywhere you go, you can make people smile with your tricks.

Vulto: What other hobbies do you have?

Markus: Paintball and Dice Stacking.

Vulto: What are the best yo-yos you’ve ever played with?

Markus: Uhh, hard question. Depends in which time.
Back in 1999 the Mondial was one of the best yoyos.
The Super Spinfactor from Yoyojam was a milestone in 2000 for modern yoyoing.
Today I prefer to play my Hspin Pyro. For looping my alltime favorite is a Yomega Raider.

Vulto: Do you think that there is something missing in yo-yoing? What would you do to change the sport as it is today?

Markus: I would like to have again a team division at worlds. There is much of fun and creativity still sleeping in teamplay.

Vulto: What does it take to organize a national yo-yo championship?

Markus: A good team with a vision of how it should be to make it a fun time for the participants and lots of caffeine at the event itself

Vulto: Who are the most important people in the actual yo-yoing scene?

Markus: Directly into my mind are coming Bill de Boisblanc, Steve Brown, Gregory Cohen, Rafael Matsunaga and Takeshi. But there are much more persons that are keeping the scene running and improve yoyoing every day.

Vulto: What do you admire in yo-yo players: style or technique?

Markus: I like to see both, cool style combined with an excellent technique.