It’s been a long time…Somewhere between my career as a Designer and getting opportunities to make Yo-Yos with One Drop Designs, a USA stationed skilltoy machine shop, I decided to push towards launching my own brand of products and offerings.

Markmont. Shop specializes in making/offering skilltoys and skilltoy accessories, small batch coffee blends, and curated goods. All the products we offer have been personally tested and appreciated far ahead of finding its way into your hands. So you can rest assure that you are certainly getting an item that we personally stand by and/or recommend.

Markmont. Formulas
Having spent an un-countable amount of hours yo-yoing since 96’, my preference for string play changed. I would say everyone who yo-yos experiences a change in preference with all parts of their yo-yo setup. There’s always been a good amount of options on the market for string, just not necessarily the options that I had in mind.

MF targets specific feature sets that all yo-yo players can reap the benefits of - in a major way. Running point on this tactical operation is Will Prater. Will handles all sourcing of materials and by-hand manufacturing of formulas (like a boss). To us it’s all about enablement and experience. Each formula has its own play style unique to itself. Think about how different yo-yo shapes, materials and weight distributions give the yo-yo player a different play feel. Think about how these varying yo-yo shapes and weights make certain tricks and styles either easier or harder. Then think about the full range of ‘all of that’. Our aim is to mirror that variety of tailored yo-yo options over to string options (or string ‘formulas’ as we refer to them). It’s obviously up to the player to put the hours in if they wanna ‘get nice’ with their ability, but there’s no reason for that process to ever feel like ‘work’. We’re just making sure those hours spent can see a higher majority of ‘fun’ and unique experience with your yo-yos of choice.

Markmont. Joe
MJ is a coffee curation brand, bringing you coffee from around the world that I've personally stumbled onto in my travels and personal tastings. As an avid coffee 'appreciado' who literally can't function without coffee, it only made sense for me to bring you some of the tasty joy that I am graced with consuming on the daily.