January is soon over. We have been very busy to get ready for EYYC 2010 (to which we are one of three main sponsors!!) and to get a few other projects off the ground. I want to make sure it's not February for our 2010 update.

H-Spin is hosting a new division at this year's EYYC: 3x3 Battle!

The European Yo-yo Contest is set to match up the greatest players in the world to determine who are the best in Europe. In the 3x3 Battle we do away with the clocks and the points and bring Europe a new take on the battle-style contest system that the most respected and underground contests have been using around the world.

Click article to read more.

Major thank you from HSPIN for your faithful support during 2009. I look forward to 2010 with you. Two brand new models are already being assembled - how's that for a year starter!

Warmest regards, happy 2010!
Chris

In all humbleness, our anodizing capabilities are among the best out there. In spite of this, I find it worthwhile to push our skills further and share some of our findings. See below.

The NVx release has been very successful so far. I am very pleased. With it being the first official yoyo carrying our new Axle & Reponse 2.0 system (A&R2), we observed a lot of questions popping up, which need to be addressed.

--> "Can you use flowable silicone with the the NVx (and with any A&R2)?"
Answer: Yes you can.
There were concerns that the recess was too shallow. It isn't. It's 0.8mm deep and 2mm wide. That provides plenty of "wall" for the silicone to hold on to, and is narrow enough to stay "stuck" in there. We have tried this even with blank aluminum on the prototypes and during weeks of testing, the silicone did not fall out. See picture above for illustration.

Last weekend, I invited all the guys from the network to come to London. Most things happen in the US and I have spent a lot of time with our American friends in New York and Orlando, so it was time to also do something in Europe.

We spent two days filming (major thanks to Anamorphic) for a clip, taking photos (thank you Corli!!!), discussing HSPIN, trying NVxes, the Beysick, checking out my collection of HSPIN yoyos since 1997, two great evenings in two pubs, English pub breakfast... quite a bit of rain, but from what I hear: Everyone had tons of fun.

HSPIN will no doubt change in 2010, particularily with the arrival of the BeySick and with all the input I received from the team.

Thank you. Thank you all for your support,

Chris

I can't say how excited I am: The NVx was released three weeks ago and already got three stunning reviews:

http://www.highspeedyoyo.com/reviews/hspin-nvx
http://www.stringburnlive.com/2009/11/28/nvx-episode-023.html
http://www.yoyoskills.com/?p=2432

We did a lot of CNC manufacturer development to bring you the BeySick sooner, and of course to get the NVx and Gorylla 411 ready. Knee deep in evaluating prototypes and preparing the hspin network weekend in London on Nov 27-29, I looked up and suddenly noticed Xmas was 2 months away - time crunch.

The NVx will be available at several stores (this list is growing daily). We are of course happy to ship to you directly, but want to recommend to monitor your favorite retailer first:

** USA **
http://yoyoexpert.com
http://yoyosam.com
http://yoyoguy.com
http://yoyonation.com
** UK **
http://euro-yo.eu
http://yoyoz.co.uk
** Russia **
http://gyroscope.ru
** Japan **
http://spingear.jp
** Singapore **
http://spinworkx.com

(more to come shortly)

Thank you for supporting our retailer partners,

Chris

PS: You can now also register the NVx yoyos online!
http://www.hspin.com/webpage/?q=node/288

I have never really focused on T-Shirts in the past, and I underestimated their popularity. This is going to change.
After the first round of our chocolate brown shirts made by Save Deth for Worlds and IYYO this year, I produced another batch with Calum (UK) from Capsule 39 (http://www.capsule39.com). They turned out extremly nice and are wonderful pieces of work. Chocolate brown shirts, white logo with a fat glittery orange around the edges.
My new favorite home T-Shirt (after the European Yoyo Meeting 2009 shirt).

Thanks Calum, great work, fair price, F.A.S.T. delivery ;)

Chris

Friends,

Since the launch of the HSPIN NETWORK I have supported our team members in the US or travelling to the US to attend the World Yoyo Contest and IYYO New York. This time, I want to do something for the Europeans in our team.

On November 28/29, a bunch of probably 6 guys from the HSPIN NETWORK (see below) from 5 countries will meet in London for a chill-out, relax, chat, meet two days weekend. We'll try new releases, try prototypes, discuss future plans, do photo shoots, a lot of filming... and we'll have dinner, party, spend time together.

Anamorphic will help with the filming/editing and Corli will help with photos! So expect world class material.

While the hotel rooms I booked are already full, if you can make it to London, do come for some fun in the evenings. Daytime is already quite packed with program unfortunately.

Would be great to see many of you there,

ChrisK