YoYo Related News From Around The World
We’ve all cracked ourselves HARD with a yoyo before. So we’re going to start posting the best #yoyodamage pics we find here and on the official YoYoNews Instagram feed.
Today we have this gem from champion yoyo player and excellent guy, Michael Ferdico, who managed to chip two teeth AND his Anglam. OUCH!
If you take a hit, snap a pic and post to Instagram with the tags #yoyonews and #yoyodamage. Maybe we’ll randomly reward people with gift certificates to YoYoExpert.com, or WebMD.
Jayson from YoYoAcquaintance edited this video featuring two great tastes that taste great together: Hiroyuki Suzuki x Christoper Chia!
(Actually we have no idea how they taste, alone or together, and no intention of finding out. They’re pretty good yoyo players and all but….no.)
C3YoYoDesign just dropped another great video, this one featuring Polish team member Maciek Cwynar.
There’s some quality counterweight play in this quick minute-plus video, and the horizontal regen at 0:45 is a really neat move. There’s also a great combination of deadspin toss moves (I’m making up the terminology as I go here, folks) starting at 0:51. I’ve really enjoyed those since the first ones I fiddled with in 2007, but it’s not a concept I’ve put much effort in to…so it’s really nice to see someone else doing something cool with it. Deadspin counterweight tosses like this have shown up as throw-away elements in a handful of contest freestyles over the years, but usually just as a quick transition rather than anything that’s expanded upon and explored.
If you’ve got examples of other deadspin counterweight moves, post links in the comments section and maybe we’ll expand on the idea for a future Trick Theory post.
Spokane, Washington is going to be the site of the 2013 Spotown Throwdown kendama competition.
The event is 5 PM – 9 PM at Mead High School. Admission is $5 and that gets you a raffle ticket and a chance to enter the ladder competition.
Unlike yoyo contests, the ladders are not pre-defined by any governing body…with kendama competitions the ladders are created from scratch for each event by the organizers. So basically, show up ready to work hard for your win.
RSVP on the event page on Facebook, and good luck!