Lumpy Gravy

2012

2012-01-10T03:30:00.001-08:00

Sorry, I've been so busy with school stuff and my band.

Another new year, new things come in our ways.

To tell the truth, I've really neglected yoyoing in the recent months. The reason is that I put more emphasis on my band, Diomede Fuzzdirt. We've recorded our first EP in December, check it out here.

Another thing is that, my last video was made in November, using the Vulto Glitch.

As soon as I finish this freakin' examination period I'll return the world of yoyoing.

So, happy new year everyone and stay with Lumpy Gravy!

Vulto GLITCH review

2011-09-01T07:24:00.000-07:00

Vulto has been around for years and known for its great quality strings. They made the Saga and Saga V years before, but these models haven't been available for a while.

But now things changed and they released their new model, the Glitch yesterday.

Actually I got this raw prototype in spring from Mario.

The first thing I gotta mention that its weight is really unusual. The Glitch is heavier than most used yoyos, it must be around 70-72 grams. Firstly it can be weird but it's easy to get used to it.

The yoyo is much wider than a Freehand Zero. For me, it felt like a Hitman. Its shape is really comfortable, the edges are curved.

The FHZ has a larger diameter. The Glitch is way smaller, reminds me on the DV888.

The yo-yo uses a 6x13x5 bearing and silicone recess which can be removed or reloaded as the player wishes. Totally unresponsive. The yoyo plays great, it is able to do grinds, suicides and whips correctly. In other words, it is smooth as hell.

As I previously mentioned, this is a prototype. The final version looks like this:

Comes in a special kind of packaging: metal tins. Soooo oldschool! I really like the idea.

So all in all, apart from its name, the Glitch is the sexiest beast I've ever played. Totally smoothness. A masterpiece from Brazil. $86 is a really good price for it, go grab yours here.

New tees!

2011-09-01T06:24:00.000-07:00

New tees have arrived!
All shirts are available in size M and L!

5A $20

Soviet Union STD $20

YoyoFactory ONE review

2011-08-15T00:54:00.000-07:00

Nowadays plastics come out really rarely and usually they are expensive due to the special materials and blablabla. It's not fair, a plastic yo-yo should have an affordable price, I don't care about the material!

As I checked the blogs and news in the world of yoyoing in April/May, I was glad to hear about YYF's affordable plastic yo-yo, called ONE.

During last weekend I managed to get one. Comes with a simple YoyoFactory box which contains a string and a 6x13x5 bearing (the stock yoyo comes with a simple bearing only for beginners). The yoyo was totally unresponsive, played great. My first problem was the weight - it was too light for me, 56 gramms is nothing. This yoyo is the best for beginners, complicated tricks can be harder to perform.

It is a bit wider than a Freehand Zero, but the diameter is almost the same. The ONE has a great shape, feels great in the hand.

The response system is the same as in all the other YYF yoyos: silicone pad recess.

To tell the truth, I didn't really enjoy 1A with the ONE. Everything was okay, but I didn't get anything plus experience. On the other hand, 5A was really cool with it, even cooler than any other yoyos. So yeah, my new 5A yoyo is gonna be the ONE!

All in all, the ONE is the perfect yoyo for beginners. 10 bucks really worth it. Also, if you need something fun for 1A or 5A, you should grab ONE!

T-shirts!

2011-07-09T14:16:00.000-07:00

The first run of tees is now available!

Sizes are on request. You can get it for $20 shipped outside Hungary. Contact me at t.iklodi@gmail.com

Facebook

2011-06-29T14:02:00.000-07:00

Lumpy Gravy has a FaceBook page now, so like it to be updated!

Birthday!

2011-06-28T15:15:00.001-07:00

Now that I've finished my second semester, I can handle the blog again. Lumpy Gravy is having its 1st birthday today! During this period a lot of videos were made and I'd like to continue this activity in the future, too. Many thanks to friends who helped me or took part in the recordings, especially to Miki Pardy and Daniel Budai.

My first year in Budapest was really cool. I met a lot of people, got experiences from everywhere and made some crappy tricks. Now I have a 2 month break with school things so I stay at home again and write tests or make videos here.

Stay tuned, the blog is gonna be alive again soon (I promise).

-T.

June Chillin'

2011-06-15T04:09:00.000-07:00

Another new video, called "June Chillin'" recorded at Westend, Budapest, HU.

Friday

2011-05-07T10:09:00.000-07:00

Miklós Biggie Pardy - Think BIG!

2011-05-04T02:31:00.000-07:00

New video of Miki. Editing and recording by me.

Enjoy!

February Session is here!

2011-03-05T14:57:00.001-08:00

The One Minute Freestyle Contest $1000

2011-02-20T11:23:00.000-08:00

Check it out here:

http://www.yoyoz.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=6956.0

February Session Trailer

2011-02-17T13:32:00.001-08:00

Comin soon...

randomporn.

2011-02-16T13:04:00.001-08:00

Just messin' around...

Lumpy Gravy 2011

2011-02-12T04:16:00.000-08:00

It's 2011 and I'm full of plans for the future. In February we're gonna make some new videos with friends and I have some other surprises, too. Follow the blog recently, because this year is going to be great!

December Session

2010-12-22T09:42:00.000-08:00

Check this out.

Pic of the day

2010-12-20T03:49:00.000-08:00

R.I.P. Captain Beefheart...

2010-12-18T14:33:00.000-08:00

Unfortunately Don Van Vliet aka Captain Beefheart died today...

It's really sad for me because he was one of my favourite musicians. Another great artist has left the stage.

We will miss you, Captain...

Photo session w/ Dani

2010-12-08T12:21:00.000-08:00

Today I met my friend Dani to make some shots of tricks in Budapest.

More photo sesh'z are comin' soon!

Session w/ Bence Majorcki

2010-10-12T10:40:00.001-07:00

Sorry for posting so rarely, but college life is so busy.

So, today I met my friend, Bence and we decided to make a video. I was the editor and the cameraman - I used a homemade fisheye and a simple digital camera. This is my first attempt using a fisheye, so sorry about the quality.

Bence is a great player. He's been on 3YO3 for a while and he has a really great style!

The video was taken at the IBS Campus.

September 2010 Session

2010-09-08T12:38:00.001-07:00

This is a video we made with my friend Lipták Gergő. He has such great old-school tricks!

Video @ MySpace

We used a Chaotic, an Element X Remix, a Vulto Saga V (review comin' soon!) and fine Vulto strings.

Kitty String Review by Dávid Fehér

2010-09-07T11:24:00.000-07:00

Dávid Fehér, one of my yoyoer friends dropped me with this review, to post it on the blog. Well, here it goes!

String Review – Kitty String (x100)

Well, I haven’t seen soo much string reviews, so I decided to write one by myself..Where shall I start… Really hard to say something about strings, because you just feel them, but you don’t know how to say it in words.

So, I got my x100 pack of the Baby Pink Kitty String, straight from Euro-Yo, so I have the chance to test it in longer run.

Well, I start woth the first impressions, as always:
I got the pack with the old packageing, but you may know that Kitty String now has a new packageing, it’s also a stricker, what is (in my opinion) a very good idea! But hey, who cares about the package, you play with the string, not with the package. So I didn’t mind that I get the „old” packageing.
The colourway is very shiny, bright, and awesome. I really love this colour, but later I will say something more about it.

After unpacking our new string, let’s put it into the yoyo.

I have to mention, that you get you string „unknotted”. So,m you have the cance to knot it as you want, and as long as you want and so on. I liked it, don’t know what you think, but for me it was good point.
Ont he first throw it made it’s job. Feels very fell ont he hand, doesn’t hurt you fingers, holds the loops/whips/suicides ver ywell, as it should. (Type 10 ftw!) So, no chance to disappointment.

Of course, nothing can be perfect.
As I said, I want to say something about the colour. I know, that after some time every string loses from it’s colour, but I realised that Kitty String maybe makes it a little faster. I’m no tan intensive player, and after about 6-7 hours of playing, it looses the awesome shine what it had at the begining.
Ont he other hand, it’s maintance is quite good, but not the best.

All in all. No disappointment, I have just positive experiences with it. As I said, holds everything perfectly, as it should, I had only problem with the colour loosing, but again, who cares about the colour…
All respects goes to Hiro for doing this job for us, and I have to say that he does a very good job with this string. I will galdly use it until I run out of them. (After it I’ll order more :$)

I hope I helped with this reviewish thing.

Dávid

Online: www.kittystring.com

Big thanks to Dávid!

New logo

2010-09-07T05:51:00.000-07:00

Here is a new logo I created for the blog. It will appear in my videos, and I'm gonna print some stickers and sidecap design, too.

YoyoFactory x Turning Point Chaotic

2010-09-07T04:51:00.000-07:00

First of all, I gotta tell you that I rarely use metal yoyos (maybe I told this previously), I mainly throw plastics. But, of course, there are always exceptions. So, let's check this metal beauty that was made by YoyoFactory and Turning Point.

Weight (g)		66.00
Width (mm)		39.36
Diameter (mm)		50.00
Gap Width (mm)		4.76

First of all, it has a really unique feel in the hand due to its almost-H-profile shape. It's really comfortable - and the weight of the yoyo is on the rims.

The Chaotic is a really fast player. It has a long spinning time due to the Center Trac bearing that the yo-yo comes with. I mainly used it for frontstyle tricks, and played well. The response system is simply great: the Chaotic uses an 888 sized Central Bearing pad. Totally "unresponsiveness".

The Chaotic has a smaller diameter than an FHZ, but it's wider than the Duncan model, so it has a different feel in the hand. All I can say, that YoyoFactory made it again (of course, Turning Point, too), the Chaotic rocks! I had to have a break in using plastics...

The yo-yo comes in a nice YYF box, like all models of YYF. So: great packaging, great yoyo, great spin times... I think the Chaotic is a great choice.

Music!!!

2010-08-16T13:52:00.000-07:00

Check this out... I think this song kicks ass!

Buzz-On Element X Remix

2010-08-14T05:09:00.000-07:00

I decided to write yo-yo tests in the blog, so let's see what I got at home.

I bought this Element X in April, and due to my love of small bearings I chose the Remix series - there's the Element X Small with a small SPR (Aqua sized bearing), the Remix with a Duncan sized (5x10x4) and the Playa with a YoyoJAM sized (6x13x5) bearing.

The Element X comes without packaging, I got it only in a nylon bag with a short description and a Friction Sticker. It comes with an ABEC 7 bearing and I immediately cleaned it because it was soooooo responsive. At the first throw I noticed that the yo-yo is really heavy - oops, it's about 74 gramms due to the alumninum energy rings sticked into each sides of the yo-yo. The body of the Element X is made of ABS plastic.

The yo-yo uses a special response system, the Buzz-On SPR. It's a small recessed alumninum ring, and you just use it with pads and the bearing. It's a really good idea, because if you have a large SPR and a medium SPR, you can swap them in your yo-yos.

First I tried the yo-yo with a Friction Sticker. It wasn't responsive, but got worn really soon, so I bought some Duncan Silicone Stickers, and tried it with one. That was a great choice, now the Element X plays well!

The yoyo has the same shape as the Duncan Freehand 1 and Freehand Zero, but plays really different, and you can feel the difference between materials of both yo-yos.

As you may know, Buzz-On Industries stopped producing yo-yos some years ago. These yoyos aren't around anymore, so you must check the forums or ask collectors about these yoyos. I feel sorry for this because Buzz-On made awesome plastic yo-yos.

EHYYC 2010 video

2010-08-01T07:31:00.000-07:00

Hey, check this out! Yesterday I was at an awesome contest and made a video.

Vulto x LadderEscape Video Contest

2010-07-13T01:53:00.000-07:00

Vulto and Ladderescape made a great video contest called "Give this trick a happy ending".

It's time now to be creative!

Just make an ending, record the whole trick and submit it at ladderescape.com or send the link to Vulto (http://www.vulto.com/contact-us/).

The deadline is 22nd July, but you can vote the vids until 24th July at http://ladderescape.com/vulto-happy-ending-video-contest.php?user=vulto-happy-ending-video-contest
More information at the Vulto site!

Back again

2010-07-08T13:27:00.000-07:00

So I arrived back home, and now everything's in order. Mallorca was great - so different from Hungary. The weather was hot, I woke up in the morning and it was about 28°C then! I got a bit brown, so it's easier to watch the string during yo-yoing...

I practiced a lot there, created some new ideas of yoyoing. So now I will focus on new tricks and hope I will be able to share something here, too.

One-week break

2010-06-30T10:16:00.000-07:00

Sorry everyone, as soon as I started this blog, I had to say I will have a break for a week. Tonight I will travel to Mallorca, Spain for having a little holiday there. My pack is ready, so I hope I won't miss anything...

See you again next week - I promise I will spend more time with blogging.

New video

2010-06-29T03:35:00.001-07:00

So finally I've finished editing my new video with the Saga V. My converter is not the best, and YouTube also ruins the quality - but it's still viewable.

The recordings were taken at my home. My bro, Szabolcs helped me a lot with the UV part.

First.

2010-06-27T22:59:00.000-07:00

Now I managed to make a blog.

I didn't have any time for this due to my exams at school. But now it's summer, so I'm ready to roll - hope I will have time for sharing stuff with yo-yo players (or anyone else) in the world.

To tell the truth I'm really glad that now it's June. I've made a some new tricks, watched a lot of videos that gave me inspiration. Yesterday I started recording tricks for my upcoming video with the Saga V. That's an awesome yoyo! I've been really into plastics for a while, I make modded Zeros for the local kids. I don't really like metal yoyos, but metal rimmed plastics are in my taste.

My Saga V was arrived in a pack from Mario. He created me some notebooks and sidecaps and I really like their design. Mario is a great guy who is really talented in arts and yoyoing. Thanks for him again for my stuff.

It's only 8.17 in the morning, so I have to make plans for my day. Probably I'll take some shots for the video. Yes, that would be cool...