How yo-yo started

How Yo-Yo started 

The modern yo-yo craze began in the 1920s with Filipino immigrant Pedro Flores, who started manufacturing and promoting yo-yos in the United States. Flores’s company, the Yo-yo Manufacturing Company, experienced rapid growth, producing hundreds of thousands of yo-yos daily. This led to widespread popularity and the start of the yo-yo craze in the US. 

Here’s a more detailed breakdown:

• Early 20th Century:
  While yo-yos have a long history, the modern yo-yo, as we know it, gained popularity in the 1920s. 

   

• Pedro Flores‘s Role:
  Pedro Flores, a Filipino immigrant, is credited with popularizing the yo-yo in the US. 

   

• From Entertainer to Entrepreneur:
  Flores initially entertained hotel guests with yo-yo tricks, recognizing the toy’s potential and starting a manufacturing business. 

   

• Rapid Expansion:
  The Yo-yo Manufacturing Company grew quickly, with factories in multiple locations and employing hundreds of workers. 

   

• Yo-yo Contests and Craze:
  The toy’s popularity was further fueled by contests and demonstrations, turning yo-yoing into a national craze. 

   

• Duncan’s Influence:
  Donald Duncan later bought Flores’s company, continuing the yo-yo’s popularity and introducing his own innovations. 

   

• Global Phenomenon:
  The yo-yo craze eventually spread internationally, with different countries experiencing periods of popularity, including Australia in the late 1950s and 1970s.