The British YoYo Association was founded by Luke Roberts and a couple of colleagues and it has become part of a world wide phenomenon of Regional, National, European and Asian competitions.
Who would have thought that a piece of string, with a bit of wood wrapped round the end of it, could make it so big?
We found Luke Roberts, while looking for 'unusual sports' and he truly is an expert with the YoYo.
This 'Toy' usually has an upsurge of popularity once a decade, so look out for what's coming next.
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Question 1
Luke chose the 'Elephant Polo'
How much history and culture do you already have?
Question 2
Luke picked the 'Quidditch'
What friction have you had from mainstream sports?
Question 3
'Ostrich Racing' came next
Where did you learn about this sport?
Question 4
Living close to where they do 'Cheese Rolling' was an easy choice
What injuries have you had from playing?
Question 5
'Zorbing' was Luke's final decision
Which other sports prepared you for playing this one?
What is FunkQuest ?
FunkQuest is a fun interactive online conversation game that features five rounds.
Funksters (players) view a board containing 20 individual icons (pictures)
Funksters select an icon from the board which most tweaks their interest.
Each Funky icon, when chosen reveals a Funky question, which may or may not be related to the icon.
Potential Funksters, have to think on their feet, answering the question within the strict time limit of one minute.
We are looking for answers which might include; insights, useful and amusing snippets, and things we just didn't know.
We call this FUNK.
What's so good about FUNKQUEST ?
The strict time limit does not allow funksters to give; multi-headed, long, complicated and self indulgent stories -
just short punchy bite-sized truly Funky ideas, as we GET THE FUNK OUT!
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British yoyo association, yoyo