First, an old video of Mission locals Dr. Popular and Kiya (yeah, Self Edge Kiya) nonchalantly SHREDDING on their yos while interviewing for KRON 4. (Bonus: it’s the same awkward correspondent that interviewed Broke Ass Stuart some time ago):
Next, Kiya posted this bit of history in the comments of the last Yo-Yo-related post and I thought it was too interesting not to share:
The Mission yoyo craze started many years ago when Doc moved from Minneapolis to the Mission and lived with me for a while on 22nd street.
I have a yoyo club which he’s a part of called The Consortium of Yo, we used to be sponsored by Zeitgeist and for years there was a COY x Zeitgeist yoyo you could buy at the bar that had both our logo and the Zeitgeist logo/motto on the side-caps.
Also, another bit of trivia… I named the fried pickles dish at Weird Fish/Benders, hence the name Fried Yoyos.
Doc is the Bay Area’s yoyo ambassador, 2nd Place World Champion, and a famous hair model.
Kiya: Still got any of those Zeitgeist-branded yo-yos buring a hole in a box in your garage? We must learn your ways.
Ok no more yo-yo posts this month, I promise.
 nonchalantly SHREDDING on their yos while interviewing for KRON 4. (Bonus: it’s the same awkward correspondent that interviewed Broke Ass Stuart some time ago): Next, Kiya posted this bit of history in the comments of the last Yo-Yo-related post and I […]</p>
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It’d be hard to talk about yo-yoing in the Mission without fully giving props to Kiya. Kiya owns a yo-yo company called Anti-Yo with his friend Sonny. They used to assemble their yo-yos in Kiya’s Mission Apartment. He also used to organize frequent yo-yo meet-ups at Zeitgeist Bar, but they actually don’t allow yo-yos anymore (not sure why, I don’t think we hurt any bikers or anything). The Mission is a small dot in the yo-yo world, but many World and National champions are from the Bay Area. Some of them were even on Anti-Yo’s team.
If it wasn’t for Kiya, I would never have moved to this incredible city. About 4 years ago, when I was living in Minneapolis, I was asked to come to SF to perform at the Monsters of Yo show at the Odeon Bar. While I was in town, Kiya lent me use of his apartment on 22nd and Valencia St. I loved the neighborhood, but it was Kiya’s constant prodding to stay for “just another week longer” that eventually led to my relocating. I actually now live right next to the apartment Kiya lent me during my first visit to SF.
Ahh, the good ol’ days…the Paranoids are gonna hafta dust off our infamous yo-yo love song Feb 13 at Kimo’s in tribute. Bring yr favorite yo-yo.
Ok, I get it, sheesh! your yo-yo mob rolls deeper than philatelists! good for y’all.
incidentally, i saw dr.popular open(?) for Sean Hayes at the make out room a few years ago. sean hayes is awesome.
Oh god that was so long ago.. that video will forever haunt me, so awkward.
That’s crazy. I haven’t seen yo-yos like that since I was a kid. Loooove San Francisco
Holy Crap! I can’t believe he did walk the dog on the asphalt with a Fluchs!