{"product_id":"latence","title":"Latence","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe moment you throw it, your assumptions fall away.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThe right design awakens\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ecompetitive performance that was there all along.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e- Latence -\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2421\/9895\/files\/DSC09341-2.jpg?v=1786098784\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eDiameter : 54.1 mm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eWidth : 50 mm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eWeight : 64.6 ± 0.5 g\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLight. Yet powerful.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eCompact. Yet built to spin.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eLatence was developed in pursuit of new possibilities for competitive yo-yo design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eBy adopting a D-size bearing,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ea smaller diameter, greater width, and lower overall weight\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ewere brought together at a high level within a single competition model.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy a D-Size Bearing?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThe history of the D-size bearing stretches back decades,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eand it was commonly used in Europe during the 1990s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eHowever, \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eD-size\u003c\/span\u003e bearings never became the standard in competitive yo-yo design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eInstead, the \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eC-size\u003c\/span\u003e bearing, first adopted in \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e2001\u003c\/span\u003e,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ewent on to become the dominant standard in competition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThe reason lay in\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ethe distinctive characteristics associated with D-size bearings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eWhen a D-size yo-yo is designed\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eusing the same principles as a conventional \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eC-size\u003c\/span\u003e model,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eit can produce excessive kickback, a heavier sense of control,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eand increased friction during play.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eAt a time when response-system technology was far less developed than it is today,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003emany D-size yo-yos offered strong fundamental performance\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ebut suffered from problems around the response system,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eand gradually disappeared from the mainstream.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThat led the mowl design team to a different conclusion:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e“The problem was never the D-size bearing.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe right design simply did not exist.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eWith this philosophy as our starting point,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ewe set out to eliminate the undesirable characteristics associated with \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eD-size\u003c\/span\u003e bearings\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eand reconsidered the design from the ground up\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ein order to explore an entirely new possibility for the format.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThe name \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eLatence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ecombines \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eLatent\u003c\/span\u003e — something hidden or not yet expressed —\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ewith \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eEmergence\u003c\/span\u003e — the act of appearing or coming into existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eIt is a coined word intended to represent performance that had always existed beneath the surface,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ebut was only able to emerge through the right design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThe name reflects the development story behind Latence:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003erevealing the hidden potential of the \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eD-size\u003c\/span\u003e bearing through engineering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2421\/9895\/files\/DSC09363_a414abf3-5e79-4ece-a79d-0156d80dd609.jpg?v=1786099160\" alt=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eA D-size bearing\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003erequires a design created specifically for a D-size bearing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eYet very few competition models\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ehave ever been developed to seriously explore that potential.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eLatence is our answer to what that potential can become.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Feel That Numbers Cannot Explain\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"p2\"\u003eWhen you play with it without thinking,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"p2\"\u003eyou may forget that it even uses a D-size bearing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"p2\"\u003eIt avoids the heaviness and distinctive quirks often associated with D-size designs,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"p2\"\u003ewhile maintaining an accessible, familiar balance of diameter and width.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAt the same time, it delivers a presence that is difficult to imagine from a bi-metal model in this lightweight class.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eIt is a play feel that specifications alone cannot fully communicate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"p3\"\u003eExperience something genuinely different for yourself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"p3\"\u003eThe smallest details of the design were also reconsidered from the ground up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"p3\"\u003eInstead of the conventional M4 axle, Latence uses an \u003cstrong\u003eM3.5 × 12 mm\u003c\/strong\u003e axle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"p3\"\u003eThe rim joint also incorporates knowledge gained during the development of Overgeneity,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"p3\"\u003eallowing us to increase the overall width while maintaining high structural strength.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"p3\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"p3\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Color\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2421\/9895\/files\/DSC09341-2.jpg?v=1786098784\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLatence Schematic Eidion \/ Blasted Silver (Polished Silver Rim)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThe first production run of Latence is released as the Schematic Edition, translating as much of its highly confidential engineering drawings as possible into the graphic design.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2421\/9895\/files\/DSC09348_e807ba63-5128-4ada-8470-6db0d18223fd.jpg?v=1786099196\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThe industrial combination of Blasted Silver and polished silver rims gives physical form to the concept of an engineering schematic. 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