A young SoCal boy is staking his claim as one of the best yo-yoers in America.
Geo Gan only picked up a yo-yo in April 2024 during a family trip to Niagara Falls, according to a statement from his father Quan, who handles media inquiries for his son.
The 10-year-old Santa Clarita native who, according to his father, has had a “fascination with things that spin” since the age of 2, quickly found the yo-yo to be his go-to.
“Geo’s fascination with things that spin started at age two, when he dismantled discarded electronics to harvest their tiny motors,” Quan Gan said in the media release. “A lightsaber phase at six and sword practice until eight refined his hand‑eye coordination, but yo‑yoing — discovered by chance — became the perfect outlet: equal parts engineering puzzle and performance art.”
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Geo eventually started practicing for hours a day and befriended yo-yo influencers from across the world while finding local yo-yoers at a monthly meetup in Artesia. There, Geo was able to learn tricks of the trade from veterans who also shared string theories…