back to basic???
before posting we just want to specific somethings because we felt that it was necessary somehow...
firstly, this blog is for everyone especially those that are in Singapore since the blog stated as above. nevertheless, we need you readers to know a few things that are important to us.
1) We try as much as possible not take sides of ANYTHING/ANYONE although we give our own opinion and how we feel.
2) YES! We are given the right to say what ever we want to say in the blog. HOWEVER, this is generally a blog for people to see and so we would not be targeting anyone, doing things like bad mouthing etc.
3) To make sure that what we post wouldn't offend people, we need you guys to tell us how you feel or else we would be posting things that might make people feel that the person was him/her when in actual fact is not!
why are we doing this is because of the tag that aik hwee made "aik hwee: advertising bootlegs. unscrupulous"please do not take it so personally because we just want to justify ourselves that we are not promoting any kind of yoyo or supporting anyone/anything. The interest here is solely based on SINGAPORE YOYO SCENE.
So back to the topic.
Back to basic huh??? I have been thinking about this and i thought it would be good to talk about it. The scene in Singapore had been changing since most of us start officially in 2003. I still remember back then when we started, we are always trying to pass those grading cards that we bought because we wanted to get into the team or something like that. Duncan Crew Singapore at that time was like a dream for us actually. When we start, it was like BASIC, SUPER, HYPER then to freestyle and from the freestlye we would be choosen into Team Spinoworkx Extreme and then to Duncan Crew Singapore (if i remember correctly. tell me if i'm wrong :P). nevertheless, times had change and it has become that kids nowadays just jump straight into Single A mostly and personally i feel it's sometimes surprising to see that they do not even know how to do their basic. Basically, going through the grading card is to get our foundations strong. Any form of practices, be it skateboarding, musicianship and even playing ball games needs basics but i guess things are changing. There is a blog talking about Singapore YoYoing Scene and i fully agree with what he said because thats how i felt too. He is none other then Goh Qing Wen, our current Singapore Single A champion and here is what he has posted. It was quite a long but good post and it was posted a few months ago actually.
"Next, after being missing for two weeks in the yoyo scene, I've finally met up with my bunch of kick ass friends (Lols). Cheng also asked me a question last sat.
"How's the new kids?"
Well honestly, I've not paid much attention to most cause I cant see any interest in it. Most of them are pretty smooth but I cant see any personal style in it, all the tricks and moves they do, are all the same. Maybe they have not developed their own style yet but it just fails to grab my attention.
The truth is that, I just didnt like the idea of new beginners or intermediate players getting all that bloody expensive full metal yoyos. I cant see the point to do so. New faces that I've not seen for more than 1 year, are getting the top of the line metal yoyos and practicing with them. Theres not point in doing so. There will forever always be new yoyos coming out. They should know the skills matters more than the price of your yoyos. Even if a new kid comes and ask me what yoyo should he start with, I will NEVER EVER tell him a Yoyojam yoyo. I will always tell them to go get a Duncan yoyo. I've never believed that a expensive yoyo would push your skills a step higher and faster than the cheaper yoyos. Its the player that would push a cheap yoyo to its limit and push a expensive yoyo the next level of play.
Well, all this is just my personal feeling about how stuff is, maybe the scene has changed, without anybody noticing.."
So what do u thinking? Is basic important?
firstly, this blog is for everyone especially those that are in Singapore since the blog stated as above. nevertheless, we need you readers to know a few things that are important to us.
1) We try as much as possible not take sides of ANYTHING/ANYONE although we give our own opinion and how we feel.
2) YES! We are given the right to say what ever we want to say in the blog. HOWEVER, this is generally a blog for people to see and so we would not be targeting anyone, doing things like bad mouthing etc.
3) To make sure that what we post wouldn't offend people, we need you guys to tell us how you feel or else we would be posting things that might make people feel that the person was him/her when in actual fact is not!
why are we doing this is because of the tag that aik hwee made "aik hwee: advertising bootlegs. unscrupulous"please do not take it so personally because we just want to justify ourselves that we are not promoting any kind of yoyo or supporting anyone/anything. The interest here is solely based on SINGAPORE YOYO SCENE.
So back to the topic.
Back to basic huh??? I have been thinking about this and i thought it would be good to talk about it. The scene in Singapore had been changing since most of us start officially in 2003. I still remember back then when we started, we are always trying to pass those grading cards that we bought because we wanted to get into the team or something like that. Duncan Crew Singapore at that time was like a dream for us actually. When we start, it was like BASIC, SUPER, HYPER then to freestyle and from the freestlye we would be choosen into Team Spinoworkx Extreme and then to Duncan Crew Singapore (if i remember correctly. tell me if i'm wrong :P). nevertheless, times had change and it has become that kids nowadays just jump straight into Single A mostly and personally i feel it's sometimes surprising to see that they do not even know how to do their basic. Basically, going through the grading card is to get our foundations strong. Any form of practices, be it skateboarding, musicianship and even playing ball games needs basics but i guess things are changing. There is a blog talking about Singapore YoYoing Scene and i fully agree with what he said because thats how i felt too. He is none other then Goh Qing Wen, our current Singapore Single A champion and here is what he has posted. It was quite a long but good post and it was posted a few months ago actually.
"Next, after being missing for two weeks in the yoyo scene, I've finally met up with my bunch of kick ass friends (Lols). Cheng also asked me a question last sat.
"How's the new kids?"
Well honestly, I've not paid much attention to most cause I cant see any interest in it. Most of them are pretty smooth but I cant see any personal style in it, all the tricks and moves they do, are all the same. Maybe they have not developed their own style yet but it just fails to grab my attention.
The truth is that, I just didnt like the idea of new beginners or intermediate players getting all that bloody expensive full metal yoyos. I cant see the point to do so. New faces that I've not seen for more than 1 year, are getting the top of the line metal yoyos and practicing with them. Theres not point in doing so. There will forever always be new yoyos coming out. They should know the skills matters more than the price of your yoyos. Even if a new kid comes and ask me what yoyo should he start with, I will NEVER EVER tell him a Yoyojam yoyo. I will always tell them to go get a Duncan yoyo. I've never believed that a expensive yoyo would push your skills a step higher and faster than the cheaper yoyos. Its the player that would push a cheap yoyo to its limit and push a expensive yoyo the next level of play.
Well, all this is just my personal feeling about how stuff is, maybe the scene has changed, without anybody noticing.."
So what do u thinking? Is basic important?
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