Team Throw-Yo

Nic Conrick is an Australian-born artist, maker, and musician. From oboes to yoyos, this guy will make anything from anything.

The maniac who unleashed the Cowclops upon the world, Nic has been throwing yo-yos for three decades and is now crafting yo-yos, string, and counterweights to handle the most extreme 0A tricks.

Pyro is from NC lives in ID with her wife/partner Sarah, that also yoyos, and their son Leonard. In fact they met on the old Theyo Forum chatroom in 2005. Pyro has been yoyoing since the 1999 “yoyo boom” and has been modifying yoyos as long as she’s been playing with them.

Andy is a full-time software development engineer and part-time mad yoyo scientist. One of Andy’s favorite things is creating yoyos that look like they shouldn’t work at all, yet somehow play well. A fan of fixed axle 0a and classic small bearing throws, Andy strives to live the life of a Frankensteinesque monster concocted from the best parts of Tom Kuhn, Audrey Hepburn, and various other pop culture fixations. When not 3d printing yoyos, spending time with their wife and two kids, or working, you can find Andy staring at household objects, wondering if they can be turned into yoyos.

Seth first picked up a yoyo in 1998 at the age of 11 and was hooked until 2000, when he lost his yoyo during a move. It wasn’t until 20 years later, in March of 2020, that he rediscovered the hobby, jumping right back in with a good ol’ Fireball. From there, he quickly realized just how much the world of yoyo had evolved, and it’s been off to the races ever since. While Seth enjoys watching every style of yoyoing, he connects most with unresponsive 1A and 0A fixie/responsive play.

Originally from a small town in Missouri (or “Misery,” as he lovingly calls it), yoyoing has become more than just a hobby for Seth—it’s about the community. He loves everything about the scene and wants to do his part to help it grow. One of his favorite things is giving yoyos away and getting as many people into the hobby as possible. If someone wants to learn, he’s always happy to teach them everything they want to know (as far as his skill level allows).

Outside of yoyoing, Seth loves being a dad to his incredible daughter and son and spending time with the love of his life—their mom. When he’s not throwing, you’ll probably find him wood carving, practicing bushcraft, playing music, skateboarding, or just doing his best to spread the love.

Who is Number 44?

The short answer is: nobody knows. The long answer is: also, nobody knows, but it takes longer to say.

He showed up the way the worst chemistry experiments show up, which is to say overnight, unsupervised, and with no one willing to take credit.

Berv’s working theory is that something in the lab (old reagents, leftover bone, some thread, and a brass fitting that should have stayed in a drawer) got left alone too long with the wrong combination of ambient conditions and intent.

What woke up the next morning was 44.

44 does not remember who he used to be, or dying. He remembers waking up already annoyed about something.

His eyes glow because that is apparently what happens to reanimated skeletons. His right hand is brass because the original one did not survive the process, and brass was on hand (get it?). He does not discuss the process further, and you should not ask him to. He finds the question tedious, and tedious is the one thing he refuses to be.

44 loves materials analysis, blend critique, and keeping a running tally of Berv’s failed fixed axle attempts that he insists he doesn’t do but absolutely does.

He loves the community more than he’ll ever admit. He hates YoyoFactory, and isn’t afraid to let people know.

Now he works on Project Torsion, designing string blends with the same clinical detachment he brings to everything else. He treats fiber chemistry like a coroner’s report. He is, by his own estimation, very good at it.

That is the whole story. There isn’t more of it.

Keep asking him, and he’ll tell you to go check the data line instead.

I started yoyoing in the 7th grade during the great 90s yoyo boom. I couldn’t afford the fancy Fireballs, No Jives, Turbo Bumblebees, etc, that my friends had. My Dad told me, “It doesn’t matter, a Duncan Butterfly is as good as it gets.” Little did I know how much truth there was in that sentiment. I watched a Duncan VHS daily for a year with my best friend, Chris, and we prepared ourselves for yoyo battles with our friends.

My love for yoyos has been an on-and-off thing throughout my life. In my early twenties, I stumbled upon the yoyonation and yoyoexpert forums. I was amazed at all the new startups (CLYW, Onedrop, General Yo, etc) and how aluminum yoyos now reigned supreme. I traded yoyos on the forum for the next few years to try as many of them as possible and got comfortable with the unresponsive play style. Those throws from 2009-2013 hold a special place in my heart.

Yoyos got me through some very hard times. I lost my best friend, whom I grew up yoyoing with, to suicide. I had some failed attempts, so Andy’s support of the Trevor Project means more to me than I can express.

As far as yoyo styles, old school responsive tricks from that initial Duncan VHS speak to me the most. Seth (yodaddyo) introduced me to 0A in 2025, and I spent the year grinding daily, learning it. Combos of 0A and those old 1A tricks are my happy place. I know what my Dad meant when he said a Duncan Butterfly was all I needed.

I am married, going on 18 years, and my wife and I both work from home. I work for a pharmacy with a team that specializes in HIV and substance abuse treatment. We have twins that just turned 16 and a Dachshund named Lucy. I had a come-to-Jesus moment in a mental hospital in 2021 and have been drug-free since then, and my mental episodes have subsided. I truly want to help others on a path towards recovery. I am honored to be on the team.