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Archives for October 8, 2013

New National YoYo Masters Named

October 8, 2013 By Steve Brown

2013 US National YoYo Masters

L to R: Tomonori Ishiguro, Johnnie DelValle, and Nathan Crissey

At this years US National YoYo Contest, the National YoYo Museum awarded three more players the rank of National YoYo Master. The rank of Master is an honor reserved for players who have provided outstanding contributions to the art, sport, and industry of yoyo play. It’s just shy of a Lifetime Achievement Award, as the honorees are people who are still actively contributing and are nowhere near retirement.

The National Master award is not given out yearly; only when an individual shows in some way to be a valued and long-time contributor in multiple facets of yoyoing is their name brought up by the Museum, and then vetted by existing Masters.

This year, three players were honored with the rank of Master.

Tomonari “BLACK” Ishiguro

Tomonari Ishiguro, who performs under the name BLACK, is a Japanese player and performer as well as a two-time World YoYo Champion. He has served as an inspiration to countless players in the worldwide yoyo scene with his polished and unique stage presence, and recently took the world by storm as one of the most lauded and talked about speakers at the 2013 TED conference, with video of his talk reaching more than 800,000 views.

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Johnnie DelValle

The story goes that after placing poorly at the 2001 Bay Area Classic, long considered one of the toughest contests in the United States, a young DelValle walked around asking people what he could do to improve his contest skills. An old-timer patted him on the back and said that he should “aim lower”. DelValle came back the next year and began a two-year domination of the American contest scene that culminated in an unprecedented 2003 season where he won the Bay Area Classic, US Nationals, and the World YoYo Contest. He continues to contribute to yoyoing with his online store YoYoBestBuy, as well as an organizer for the Bay Area Classic and California States…the contests that launched his career.

Nathan Crissey

Nathan Crissey’s contributions to yoyoing have been as a stalwart judge and organizer for an incredible number of yoyo contests. Nathan has served as a Deputy Chairman for the World YoYo Contest, a co-organizer of the Bay Area Classic, and is the organizer and Contest Director for the Pacific Northwest Regionals. A passionate yoyo player, Crissey is a regular fixture at judges’ tables across the country where he frequently serves as lead judge, and manages score tabulation. Crissey is the first phone call made from any contest with a scoring problem or question, and every contest organizer in the country is wise enough to default to his experience and knowledge.

 

Filed Under: Contests Tagged With: black, johnnie delvalle, Nathan Crissey, national yoyo master, TED, tomonari ishiguro, us national yoyo contest

2013 US National YoYo Contest – Sport Ladder Results

October 8, 2013 By Steve Brown

Full results for the Sport Ladder Division of the 2013 National YoYo Contest.

10 and under

String Trick Ladder Looping Trick Ladder
Rank Name Last Made First Miss Last Made First Miss Score Miss
1 Hayden Brickman 19 18 7 6 26 24
2 James Martin 13 12 6 7 19 19
3 Tryon Jardin 11 12 3 4 14 16
4 Alec Harlow 10 9 3 4 13 13
5 Sammy Magallon 9 10 0 0 9 10
6 Juan Pablo 9 10 0 0 9 10
7 Alexander Miller 7 6 0 0 7 6
8 William Ross 0 0 0 0 0 0

11-12 years old

Rank Name Last Made First Miss Last Made First Miss Score Miss
1 Tomoaki Clark 19 20 8 6 27 26
2 Caleb Orque 19 2 7 8 26 10
3 Esme Lipton 14 10 6 7 20 17
4 Lee Marron 17 5 2 3 19 8
5 William Snider 12 7 3 4 15 11
6 Daniel Snider 10 11 3 4 13 15

13-16 years old

Rank Name Last Made First Miss Last Made First Miss Score Miss
1 Austin Germain 19 20 8 9 27 29
2 Takaki Clark 14 13 7 8 21 21
3 Nick Coupe 12 13 3 4 15 17
4 Alec Cecena 11 12 0 0 11 12
5 Matt Feinstein 9 10 2 1 11 11

17 to 39 years old

String Trick Ladder Looping Trick Ladder
Rank Name Last Made First Miss Last Made First Miss Score Miss
1 Jacob Jensen 21 20 17 12 38 32
2 Tony North 25 24 12 13 37 37
3 Hans Baker 24 4 11 10 35 14
4 Joseph Sparhawk 19 14 8 9 27 23
5 Katie Shrank 17 16 9 10 26 26
6 Julian Smenza 16 14 6 4 22 18
7 Ryan LaCran 13 11 6 4 19 15
8 Michael Sparhawk 14 12 1 2 15 14
9 Chris Ng 12 11 3 2 15 13
10 Yi Gong 9 8 6 4 15 12

40 and over

String Trick Ladder Looping Trick Ladder
Rank Name Last Made First Miss Last Made First Miss Score Miss
1 David Keele 18 16 18 19 36 35
2 Jon Gates 16 17 17 14 33 31
3 Chuck Short 11 12 18 4 29 16
4 Seth Childers 18 19 8 7 26 26
5 Jim E Johnson 14 11 10 11 24 22
6 Rick Cobb 10 8 10 11 20 19
7 Sally Lord 7 8 8 7 15 15
8 James Mort 10 8 0 0 10 8
9 Tom Schneider 3 4 0 0 3 4

 

Filed Under: Contests Tagged With: 2013, contest, results, sport ladder, us national yoyo contest

James Reed – Prestige

October 8, 2013 By Patrick Borgerding

jamesreed

James Reed and Dennis Barahona recently put out this great promotional video for the new General-Yo release, ‘Prestige’. James is a rising star in the Southern California scene and shows us why with in this video. James has great, innovative concepts and is a perfect representative of General-Yo. Also, Dennis Barahona shows us just how talented he is at making yo-yo look good.

So, as promised, check out this extremely professional video!

Filed Under: Manufacturer, Players, Video, YoYo Drop Tagged With: 1A, Dennis barahona, GeneralYo, James Reed, The prestige, video

2013 National YoYo Museum Awards

October 8, 2013 By Steve Brown

Each year at the National YoYo Contest, the National YoYo Museum gives out several additional awards during the course of the event. These awards recognize outstanding individuals for their contributions to many different aspects of the art and sport of yoyo play. This year’s winners:

Best Girl Player

Stephanie Haight

Stephanie Haight

Best Junior Player

Angelo Aguirre

Angelo Aguirre

Most Inspirational Player

Ky Zizan (Werrd)

Ky Zizan

National Achievement Award

Steve Brown (YoYoNews.com)

National YoYo Master Steve Brown

Industry Excellence Award

Ernest Kaiser (General-Yo)

Ernest Kaiser

National League Merit Award

Brian Cabildo (Glasseye)

Brian Cabildo

Mark Sitton Sportsmanship Award

Patrick Borgerding (YoYoFactory)

Patrick Borgerding Sportsmanship Award

Trick Innovator Of The Year

Zach Gormley (CLYW)

Zach Gormley

Filed Under: Contests Tagged With: angelo aguirre, award, best girl player, best junior player, brian cabildo, california, chico, ernest kaiser, general yo, industry excellence, ky zizan, most inspirational player, national achievement, national yoyo museum, Patrick Borgerding, sportsmanship, stephanie haight, steve brown, trick innovator, us national yoyo contest, Zach Gormley

Carlos Braun wins German Yo-Yo Masters!

October 8, 2013 By Rafael Matsunaga

One of the world’s oldest contests, German Yo-Yo Masters, was held last weekend in Leipzig, and Carlos Braun reclaimed the title he won back in 2010!

Few competitors entered 2A, 4A, and 5A, but 1A was quite a show, with great routines from the top three placings.

On to the results!

1A

  1. Carlos Braun
  2. Kojo Boison
  3. Dave Geigle
  4. Joscha Lang
  5. Alexander Schmidt
  6. Okan Gürses
  7. Malte Voß
  8. Sören Denecke
  9. Kevin Gammersbach
  10. Hamid David Capitaine

2A

  1. Dave Geigle
  2. Andres Pegam
  3. Johannes Voggenthaler

4A

  1. Dave Geigle
  2. Marco Riechen

5A

  1. Bao Dang Dihn
  2. Andres Pegam
  3. Marco Riechen
  4. Marc Freudenreich
  5. Tina Assmann

 

Filed Under: Contests Tagged With: 2013, carlos braun, Germany, gyym, leipzig, Werrd

2013 US National YoYo Contest – 4A Analysis

October 8, 2013 By Patrick Borgerding

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The 2013 US National YoYo Contest wrapped up this past weekend, and YoYoNews is looking back at each division and bringing you post-contest analysis.

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The 4A division at the US National Yo-Yo Competition saw a complete turn around from the World competition; routine after routine left you thinking, ‘hmm… that could take the cup’, which is just what the division needed. The youngsters like Alex Lee, Julian Guaurner and Stephanie Haight had some trouble on stage losing quite a few yo-yos but each still showed lots of promise and they gained much needed experience on the center stage. The present top players in this division are strong and the future looks bright.

Flawless. That is what it took to win the 2013 National Yo-Yo Contest in offstring. There is a winner every year but there aren’t flawless routines every year. Ian Johnson entered the history books on Saturday with a routine that had zero minor deductions and zero major deductions–three minutes of flawless yoyoing in front of a huge crowd in Chico on the United States’ biggest stage. His routine had technically difficult tricks, flashy bangers and perfectly timed music cues. Ian’s routine was constructed so well and really speaks to his experience on the big stage. After Ian’s first two minutes looked dead locked with Bryan and Zac, his final minute continued to rise when Zac and Bryan’s final minutes had some difficulties albeit extremely, emphasis on extremely, minor ones but that was all it took to lose pace with the eventual champion. Ian was smiling and it was obvious from the crowd he was having fun on stage while hitting a routine he won’t ever forget–something that, at it’s core, is what the sport of yo-yo is all about–having fun.

Zac Rubino had the best routine of his life and showed everyone what he is capable of; he proved he is world class, right there with Ian, Bryan and Michael. Add in Ben Conde and the United States has a scary top 5 when on their game. Zac came out hot hitting banger after banger, technical combo after technical combo and looked like he was going to take the title home for Chico and he finished very strong. His routine was topped only by a flawless routine which speaks to the quality of his. Additionally, Zac has worked quite a bit on his choreography and overall structure of his routine and definitely proved me wrong when saying he has difficulty outside. On almost any other day, Zac walks home with a cup with that routine and should be very proud of the show he put on.

Finally rounding out the top three, Michael Nakamura came out with another beautiful routine to follow up his World Champion routine. He topped even Ian in his technical score which speaks to how dangerous he can be when he goes even cleaner but with a few drops and miscues, third was a pretty solid finish and probably the best he was going to finish after all the routines were completed. Michael may leave disappointed but absolutely backed up his World title and will continue to be a top contender in international competitions.

Ben Conde was also right there hitting one his cleanest routines through the first two minutes but had a few drops in the end. Ben always brings a great show and will always remain at the top of the division when it comes to innovation. It will be Ben’s time one of these days but this Saturday was not quite it.

Bryan came out with a strong routine that looked much more polished than his World routine and when Zac and Michael were announced in second and third, it looked like maybe Bryan managed to return to the top.  Ian took down the six time defending champion Bryan Figueroa, who earned the admiration of the entire yo-yo community for accomplishing six years of dominance and creating the essence of excellence that the American offstring scene is now defined by. Bryan IS what it means to be a champion and while he did not finish at the top this weekend, he will always have the respect of every offstring player in the United States; but this weekend was Ian Johnson’s–perhaps a passing of the torch.

2013 US National YoYo Contest – 4A Division Winners

1st Place – Ian Johnson

2nd Place – Zac Rubino

3rd Place – Michael Nakamura

 

Filed Under: Contests, Players Tagged With: 4a, bryan figueroa, featured, ian johnson, michael nakamura, three minutes from the cup, us national yoyo contest, zac rubino

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