YoYo Related News From Around The World
By Steve Brown
The 2013 Malaysia National YoYo Contest was held at Blackbox MAP, Publika Solaris on June 1st & 2nd. MNYC was the final event in the 4-contest Malaysia YoYo League. Event organizer 28spin.com put together this great video showing off some of the talent that came from all over Malaysia to compete for the title of Malaysia National YoYo Champion. (Full results here.)
By Steve Brown
Congratulations to all the contestants at the 2013 MA State YoYo Contest! The event got some great press, too, and had coverage from two TV stations including WWLP Channel 22 (embedded below) and Channel 3 Springfield.
Top Five for each division are listed below, and full results are available on the MA States website.
By Steve Brown
Alright, Guy, we get it. You’re good at everything, and you’re handsome. No need to keep rubbing it in everyone’s face, man.
This guy.
By Steve Brown
This video is nearly 8 minutes long, but there is some absolute GOLD in here!
Join TLMB, Donald Grant, and Mr. Jumpshoe as they roadtrip to the 2013 Scottish Kendama Open. Full results are up on the contest site, but here are some tricks to watch out for in the video:
0:34 – 0:50- This whole sequence from Donald opens some doors.
1:55 – Give us a little room to catch up, Donald.
2:35 – 2:45 – Alright, Donald, we get the point.
4:11 – Not sure that that’s called, but I’m calling it “The Trick’s Too Damn Hard”.
5:40 – 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners of the Best Trick Division
7:12 – HE’S HUMAN. GET HIM.
7:26 – Holy crap, he hit that stringless.
By Drew Tetz
Fist Salud keeps the great Japan National Yo-Yo Contest clip train rollin’ with a short fun edit featuring Kento Muraoka’s futuristic 1A, a great new bind from Maru of Shaqler, Iwata Masanobu bringin’ the 2A heat, and… Moriki dancing? I love videos like this because they give you a look at the offstage smiles & shenanigans that make yo-yo contests so fun, and who doesn’t love mini-montages of yo-yo shirts? Check it out!
By Drew Tetz
Now, for your daily dose of tech, two short clips from Ryosuke Kawamura with all the thumb mount craziness we’ve come to expect from him. He’s throwing two new yo-yos from One Drop, Igor Korzhev’s signature “CHIK” and their first plastic the Rally. NOTE THE USE!