{"product_id":"caribou-x-one-drop-summit-2","title":"Caribou Lodge x One Drop - Summit 2","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e13 years ago One Drop had a crazy idea: have some folks from Caribou Lodge visit their factory to design and manufacture a new collaboration yo-yo from scratch, film the whole process, and release it that weekend at a contest. The Summit yo-yo came into existence in just one hectic week and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/1EJmGyXNvsw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Caribou Lodge x One Drop - Summit Documentary\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ethe documentary\u003c\/a\u003e endures as a snapshot of both collaboration and a\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e“How It’s Made” for modern metal yo-yos. It's become a document of a special time in yo-yoing and it’s wild to see us all looking so young. Oh, how time flies.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eLast year, One Drop approached Caribou Lodge with a simple message: we’re better together. From there it didn’t take long for the idea of a Summit 2 to take shape. The basic idea was the same: design and manufacture a collaboration yo-yo in a few days, film the process and drop them at a contest that weekend. We quickly remembered that the time frame and goal for this idea are absolutely reckless and worried if we could pull it off again, now that we’re all older and need more sleep. Lucky for us, coffee came through!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eWe knew we couldn’t repeat the magic of the first Summit. But this new adventure brought together folks from the first project and a slew of new faces, and is once again a reflection of a specific moment in yo-yo history. The experience of the first Summit served as a playbook, but 13 years on we created some new magic. The Summit 2 experience and resulting yo-yo, while building on the past, has it’s own character and\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003estory.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThere will be a new documentary, but it will be released later because (good) editing takes time. While we wait, here is the short version:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eWith Steve and the Caribou team in Eugene, we started the process at a coffee shop on Monday morning discussing ideas for the design. We decided we wanted to capture the energy in the room, so \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eno work was done in advance. Starting at square one with the simple question “responsive or unresponsive?” we talked through all kinds of ideas and ended up on a Side Effect Chief\/Leaf. The profile would be Caribou Lodge and the cup would be One Drop: a perfect melding of the two brands that nodded to the original Summit while moving forward with a very different look and feel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eWe went back to the One Drop factory and with Shawn at CAD controls surrounded by team players, the design was ironed out. Once the CAD was finalized, Shawn went to work and by that evening we had a raw \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eprototype in players hands. Shawn’s years of experience and skill is why it was possible for this to happen so fast, and the electricity in the room when we realized we’d have prototypes on Day One was incredible.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eTesting began and everyone loved it but there was some discussion about adding a little weight. Because of the time frame, we decided to produce the initial, lighter version for the weekend release at the Pacific \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eNorthwest Regional Yo-Yo Contest. It played great and tweaking the weight for production would be simple. We decided to call this initial version the “First Draft” and we released 80 of them at PNWR in a cool unique \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eblue color done by local anodizer BT. The willingness of BT to have all of us show up at their shop and anodize these in two hours was legendary. There is some amazing footage of this that will be in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003edocumentary.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eFor production, nearly everyone agreed on adding 1 gram of weight but no one could agree on Side Effects. So each player who was present for the Summit 2 experience will eventually get their own “Player Edition” model with their color and Side Effects of choice. This final production version has the additional 1 gram of weight and we all agree it’s exactly what we hoped for. This project has already been more than we \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ecould dream and we are excited to share this first step into a new future of collaboration between One Drop and Caribou Lodge.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eSpecs:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBase Weight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 62.3 grams\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShipping Weight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 65.7 grams (w\/ aluminum Flat Cap Side Effects)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWidth:\u003c\/strong\u003e 45.3mm\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDiameter:\u003c\/strong\u003e 56.8 mm\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStock Response:\u003c\/strong\u003e One Drop Flow Groove\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGap Width:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4.34 mm\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBearing:\u003c\/strong\u003e One Drop 10 Ball Bearing (Size C)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlloy:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6061 Aluminum\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinish:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pyramatte™\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAxle System:\u003c\/strong\u003e Side Effects™\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtwork:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/weekneed\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Jason Week - Illustrator and Cartoonist\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eJason Week\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Caribou Lodge","offers":[{"title":"Warm Gold","offer_id":45104881270966,"sku":null,"price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Ocean Blue","offer_id":45104881303734,"sku":null,"price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Vintage Dawn","offer_id":45104881336502,"sku":null,"price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Blood Red (Alann Edition)","offer_id":45104881369270,"sku":null,"price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0266\/8037\/files\/FirstRunCLYWStore.jpg?v=1778001942","url":"https:\/\/cariboulodge.store\/products\/caribou-x-one-drop-summit-2","provider":"Caribou Lodge","version":"1.0","type":"link"}