Pickaxe is a mid-sized version of Caribou Lodge Yo-Yo Work's (CLYW) full-size Chief model and the second version in this model.
Design uses a double rim for weight distribution and large, squared off hub nubs. Designed in Canada and made in China. Uses a size C Centre Trac bearing and CLYW-branded response pads for this dead response yo-yo.
Release April 10, 2023
From clyw.ca/shop: "This special Failure is Unknown collaboration version of the CLYW Pickaxe features engraving and box artwork by Bryan Figueroa.
With a focus on fun over competition specs, the Pickaxe is an undersized version of our long-time standard bearer, the Chief. Featuring our iconic double-rim design and an incredibly comfortable profile, the Pickaxe is designed to be hurled around with reckless abandon while you work out ridiculous tricks that will score zero points.
Remember when you spent four days coming up with picture tricks that were all inside jokes about your friends? Remember when it was 4 am at Worlds and you accidentally hit that one triangle that you still don’t understand how it works? Remember when there were 40 people in Paul Escolar’s hotel room at Las Vegas Open and Bryan Figueroa did that thing and Steve called it The Doughy Frenchman and everyone giggled for like 20 minutes?
The symbols around the ring of the Pickaxe appear to be a decorative engraving of these Unown characters. I never bothered to decode the symbols to know what it was actually saying.
