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invented: late 90s? find out

inventor: find out


In the exciting, white-knuckle world of long sleeper contests, perhaps no [[innovation]] in technique has had as much direct impact on sleep time as the string twist method. Sleep records almost doubled overnight as soon as whoever-it-was figured it out.

It involves holding the string a few inches above the yoyo and twisting it in either direction. The [[string tension | tension]] of the string's twist...uh, twists on the axle to control the tilt and keep the string from rubbing against the sides of the yoyo. And as we all know, less friction means more spin.


see also: [[tension manipulation]]



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