Pedro Flores The Inventor of Yo-yos

Yo-yo has been played in the Phillippines and many parts of the world for hundred of years. The word yo-yo means "come back" in Tagalog. The modern yo-yo was developed and introduced by a Filipino, Pedro Flores. It was his favourite game that he played during his childhood days.

Pedro Flores came to the United States in 1915. He studied at the University of California, Berkeley and the Hastings College of Law in San Francisco but did not complete his law degree for reasons unknown. He did not go back to the Phillippines and decided to stay in California, America.

It all started when he read about a man selling a ball attached to a rubber band in the newspaper and became very rich. It reminded him of the game yo-yo which was played in the Phillippines. He decided to improve it. He made a dozen yo-yos by hand and started to sell them to the children in his neighbourhood. The response was good. In 1928, Pedro set up a company to produce yo-yos. After about one year, he managed to set up three factories and employed 600 workers to produce 300000 yo-yos daily.

The yo-yo was then promoted as the Flores yo-yo. Many competitions were held throughout America. Since then, the yo-yo game became popular.

Yo-yo now had become a very popular game all over the world. It is a game that generates children's creavity in performing and creating new tricks. Thanks to Pedro Flores for inventing such a wonderful game.