Friday, July 23rd, 2010
I Just Got My 2010 Trading Cards
That’s right! Not only is my new trading card out, but it has a SUPER-AWESOME photo on the front taken by the world famous yo-yo master Raphael Matsunaga, aka: Red. This photo was taken in Takeshi’s living room while Duncan was shooting some new instructional video with Raphael and Takeshi as well as Jack Ringca, [...]
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Friday, December 18th, 2009
I Found My New Trading Card Out in the World!
For the celebration of 80 years of Duncan Yo-yos a massive set of demonstrator trading cards came out, and one card has been included in each entry-level yo-yo. My Duncan pals and I have been looking for our own cards in the stores, and I just found mine this weekend! It was pretty cool. Here’s [...]
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Sunday, November 29th, 2009
Mark Hayward on the CBS Early Show with the Duncan Crew
I managed to get myself on National TV once again! Check it out: It was great fun hanging out with Bob Rule and getting the stories from the old days of yo-yo demonstrations. Of course it’s fun hanging with the other guys in the tour van, but they’re no Bob Rule. You can see Bob’s [...]
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Thursday, November 19th, 2009
Dick Stohr’s House
Today was another Toys R Us demo with the Duncan Tour, but this one was back down in Virginia. Afterwards we got to stop in at good ol’ Dick Stohr’s house and see his yo-yo collection. It’s always fun to see a yo-yo collection, and it’s nice to spend time with a yo-yo pal when [...]
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Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
Big Day On Tour Today: Clacker Balls and The Wall of Fame
Today started with a news spot at the very reasonable hour of 8am. That beats previous spots we’ve had that involved getting to the station at 5:30am. Seth Peterson and I were on CBS 3 in Philly with a really great and enthusiastic anchor who just happened to be named Yuuki. He was jazzed to [...]
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Monday, November 16th, 2009
Duncan Tour 2009, Nothing But Giggles and Sunshine
It’s day 3 of my East Coast leg of the Duncan Tour. This morning Brandon Jackson, Seth Peterson and I are sitting in the parking lot of Toy R Us in Baltimore, waiting for our 3rd early morning TV spot. We got here at 5:30am and will be rolling out at about 8:15 to go [...]
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Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
Duncan Crew Gets Electricity Injection
October 5th 2009. On tour with the Duncan Crew. We had just finished up a nice demo at Old City Kites in Sacramento and it was time to get in the van and be off to our next gig. Emil Lamprecht, Paul Escolar and I piled in and Emil turned the key in the ignition… [...]
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Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
On Tour With the Duncan Crew!
Emil Lamprecht, Me, and Paul Escolar in Sacramento CA I’m on my first tour with Duncan and having a great time! The first day was Emil Lamprecht, Paul Escolar, Nate Sutter and me, but Nate had to leave on the morning of day two. It’s actually harder work than I expected. The main thing that [...]
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Thursday, February 22nd, 2007
Mark Hayward Custom Freehand Zero Sidecaps
I spent some time this week painting the custom Freehand Zero yo-yo sidecaps that I ordered from Duncan. I got 150 pairs, and they are clear plastic so I can paint the inside of them however I want. This is the second batch. At the moment the yo-yos and caps are only available through ExtremeSpin.com [...]
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Thursday, May 25th, 2006
The Duncan Warehouse. It’s like the Holy Land for yo-yoers.
Takeshi and I drove down to Columbus Indiana today to go to the Flambeau (aka Duncan) warehouse. Takeshi had ordered some yo-yos, and I needed to get some too. It hadn’t occured to me that I needed to place my order in advance, but thankfully Michelle in Customer Service was very kind and made things [...]
