YoYo Related News From Around The World
Mike Montgomery has started up a new video blog series called “Let’s Play YoYo” where, from the best I can tell, he stands in front of the camera and tries to work out tricks while talking through the minutia, tips, and tricks of making those tricks happen.
He’s two episodes in so far, and it looks promising. Not exactly the most informative, so it probably shouldn’t be your first stop if you’re looking to actually learn these tricks, but they’re entertaining and at least worth checking out.
The 2013 Canadian National Return Top Championship will be held August 17th at the West Edmonton Mall in Alberta, Canada. Website and registration are up now at CanadaNats.ca.
Charles Haycock peeks out of the Lodge to gives us another Cabin Tutorial! This weeks it’s Yuuki’s Slack Chops, a flourish move that is definitely worth learning for any aspiring 1A player. Yoyo used is the CLYW x OneDrop Summit.
4-time World YoYo Champion Hiroyuki Suzuki throws down a minute of new video? Yes, please! Suzuki-san blazes through his signature moves with the ANGLAM by sOMEThiNG, his own yoyo company.
Some pretty smooth tech counterweight play from Taiwan yoyo player, Sheng-Yon Zhu. Sheng-Yon has a really nice mid-speed style, and you can definitely see a ton of promise in his combos. Good stuff!
Kendama players Joshua Seno & Bobby Guieb put together this great 9-minute documentary about the modern kendama scene. Really nicely done, and definitely worth checking out. Featuring Matt Rice, Sourmash, Jake Wiens, & more.
Werrd team member Carlos Braun jams out some tricks in his garage in this new video, showing off the Werrd Irony JP.