Thursday, October 28th, 2010
A Kid Dressed Up As Me for Halloween. Awesome.
I have reached a new plateau in my semi-fame. This is even better than when a kid put my photo on his birthday cake. I got a facebook message and a photo text telling me about it last night. My buddies Takeshi, Jack Ringca, and Drew Tetz are on the road right now with the [...]
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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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Tuesday, September 5th, 2006
New Trading Card Already a Big Hit
I was performing up at the Wisconsin State Fair last month and after my show I was handing out my new super-hero themed trading cards. One kid got his, took a few steps away, and stopped to look at it. After a minute or so he came back over to me and said, “In this [...]
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Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006
New 2006 Trading Cards Have Arrived!
That’s right folks, the new cards are here! This whole year is rather super hero themed for me, I’m not sure why. If you’d like your own Mark Hayward trading card check out this page.
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Monday, April 24th, 2006
It’s a superhero kind of year
Fortunately for me, one of the Indianapolis yo-yo guys is also a comic book artist. I ordered some custom Duncan Freehand Zero yo-yos (just the sidecaps really) and Rob did the art for me. On one side he drew me as a super-hero, and on the other side as a super-villain. I’m excited about them, [...]
