Standerd Slides

Subject: Orlando Yo-Yo World Record
Photo: Joey Meddock
TSQ Location: Book 2.1, Chronicle section, Page 26

My good friend Danny Amir called me up to come get some shots of this “World Record Setting” Yo-Yo contest that he heard about in downtown Orlando. I didn’t really know what to think, say, or react to such a rare opportunity (if you could call it that) but I just went with it.

It was the morning after another great night downtown, when we pulled back up the parking garage…a full parking garage at that. It was only 11 in the morning when the crowd began to grow and spread into what looked like world-record conditions.

The Yo-Yos were passed out when you registered your email and street address or something like that. The deal was, every person there (a few thousand) had to consecutively yo-yo for a minute straight in order to set the new record. The whole damn city rallied behind this “event.” The mayor was there, “Stuff” the Orlando Magic mascot, and a slew of others, including ESPN!

3-2-1…start yo-yo-ing…

Tough task indeed, but the ego boost and sense of accomplishment after setting a new world record is enough to last weeks, or even months.

What? When’s the last time you set a world record?

- Meddock