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Archives for May 5, 2014

Kyle Nations – I Like To Play

May 5, 2014 By Steve Brown

Kyle Nations drops yet another video of fixie goodness, including some tricks with the prototype fixed axle throw coming soon from Square Wheels YoYo Company. Bearings are for suckers!

Yoyos used are the Missing Link by Square Wheels and the SPYY x TMBR eh.

Filed Under: Players, Video Tagged With: eh, kyle nations, missing link, spyy, square wheels yoyo company, tmbr, video

Shinnosuke Ishizuka – Needs More Swing

May 5, 2014 By Steve Brown

Shinnosuke Ishizuka lays out the smoothness with this new video, showing off some really clean lines and nice trick construction. Solid work!

Yoyo used is the Benchmark O by One Drop.

Filed Under: Players, Video Tagged With: benchmark, one drop, shinnosuke ishizuka, video

Aaron Davis – Geometry

May 5, 2014 By Steve Brown

Aaron Davis dropped a new video and holy crap, did this dude just level up again or what? He got all CLYW’d up, slugged a jug of maple syrup, and bounced straight to beast mode. So much good stuff in here!

Yoyos used are the Arctic Circle: 2nd Expedition and Bonfire by CLYW.

Filed Under: Players, Video Tagged With: Aaron Davis, arctic circle, bonfire, clyw, video

Cabin Tutorial – Through The Tiger Hoop

May 5, 2014 By Steve Brown

CLYW and Jensen Kimmitt have another Cabin Tutorial out, this one for an original trick by Jensen called “Through The Tiger Hoop”.

It’s dope. So dope, that a grown man who is almost 40 years old actually watched it and said “Damn, that’s dope” without the slightest trace of irony, THAT’S how dope it is.

Yoyo used is the Wooly Marmot 2 by CLYW.

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: cabin tutorial, clyw, jensen kimmitt, video, wooly marmot 2

5A May – Jake Elliott Tutorial – Aerial Pops

May 5, 2014 By Jacob Elliott

Aerial Pops are a great trick that’s worth learning. It is a repeater aerial that is easy to get into and can be incorporated into almost any combo.

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: 5A, 5a may, 5a tutorial, 5a yoyo, Jacob Elliott, jake elliott, video

#trickcircle Round Up 5/5/14: 5A May Edition

May 5, 2014 By Drew Tetz

Hey gang! Gather ’round the internet machine and join us for the best yo-yoing you can fit into 15 seconds, #trickcircle. In this series (previous installments here) we scan Instagram for videos tagged with #trickcircle, pick recent favorites, and collect them here along with some thoughts on what makes them great. In the spirit of 5A May, let’s keep this installment to counterweight tricks.

It only seems right to start things off with the man who first decided that yo-yos worked better tied to dice than to fingers, @unklesteve (aka National Yoyo Master Steve Brown.) Steve laid a huge amount of the bedrock for 5A; there’s a pretty good chance that he made up half of the tricks you can do back in ’98 with Neff. The crazy thing is that Steve is still shredding: there ain’t nothing outdated about that combo up there, and few people can manage those kinds of finger switches with the ease that he does. I recognize the launch from one of my favorite tricks in Steve’s 365yoyotricks project, “Circuitous”, great to see two equally gnarly paths branching out from the beginning of the combo.

Let’s take a trip down south to visit @bryanjardin, AKA 2 time Asian Pacific Champ & 4 time Philippine Champ Bryan Jardin. Bryan’s style is fun, exciting, and hard to keep up with—kind of like Bryan himself. Where Steve’s combo was based around clockwork motions within a few mounts between his hands, Bryan’s is all about momentum. He keeps the mount simple, but the confidence behind his tricks comes out in power & speed that make for a very exciting show. Entering red propellor from around the arm at the end of the combo was a particularly nice touch.

Taking us back to technical territory is @scottsm7 (2011 US Champ Samm Scott.) Samm has been exploring this style of combo more frequently in his recent freestyles: dense tricks that rack up by points by mounting, pinwheeling, and redirecting the counterweight & yo-yo around the hands while maintaining control of a central string structure. You can definitely see traces of influence from Jon Rob & Jake Bullock, but more than anything what shines through is top-level string control placing every element exactly where he needs it to be.

Let’s take a break from the long combos and get to something more instantly satisfying: bangers! @danielbudai (AKA Daniel Budai, 2 time Hungarian Champ & 2012 European 5A Champ) brings us this mighty green triangle. The beauty in this trick is that the elements all logically flow together, but the end result is still surprising: the motion of the counterweight out of e-fan naturally unmounts the yo-yo and continues into the crook of his arm, and the momentum of the yo-yo naturally sets up a GT formation to land in. The other best part of this trick is definitely that it lets you flex like a strong man at the end, so if you learn it make sure to pose in the mirror a bit.

@chasebaxter is an American player who has been steadily moving up the ranks in contests and is beginning to make waves with combos like this one. Chase’s style features a good mix of ’07-10 American contest 5A influences and his own “swangle,” perhaps best exemplified with the 1-2-3-4 counterweight mount buildup at the beginning of the combo and the drop suicide at the end. Definitely a name to watch.

At the beginning of the month, Takeshi Kamisato challenged @edhaponik to come up with some Fixed Axle 5A. Ed is certainly no stranger to Fixed Axle, but fixie 5A has gone largely unexamined due to the fact that traditional counterweight tricks are reeeally hard without bearings. Ed sidesteps this technical challenge and uses a responsive setup (a butterfly!) to his advantage with this sidewinder freegen, a visually appealing exercise in quick reflexes & lateral thinking. This trick contains some of the best parts of modern fixed axle play: it may seem like a “dead end” due to its lack of string hits and inability to combo in/out of anything, but it’s not easy to find a single move with a visual effect as strong as this one. Furthermore, even players who understand why a sidewinder flutters can enjoy banging the hell out of their knuckles trying this trick at home—trust me, it’s harder than it looks. And isn’t that the heart of all yo-yo tricks?

Signing out, @drewtetz of @yoyonews

Filed Under: #trickcircle, Trick Theory, Video Tagged With: #5AMay, #trickcircle, 5a may, bryan jardin, Chase Baxter, counterweight, daniel budai, ed haponik, featured, freehand, samm scott, steve brown

2014 Kansas State YoYo Contest Results

May 5, 2014 By Steve Brown

2014 Kansas State YoYo Contest

 

This past weekend was the 2014 Kansas State YoYo Contest, and the big winner was CLYW’s Adam Brewster who took 1st Place in BOTH freestyle divisions. Congratulations, Adam! Results are below.

1A Championship Freestyle

1st Place – Adam Brewster
2nd Place – Jacob Vaughn
3rd Place – Nehemiah Peterson

Open Championship Freestyle

1st Place – Adam Brewster
2nd Place – Robbie Graham
3rd Place – Justin Perez

Fixed Axle

1st Place – Blake Freeman
2nd Place – (tie) Adam Brewster and Rider Kiesner

Spin Top

1st Place – Bryan Lanigan
2nd Place – Nick Civitello
3rd Place – Heather Lanigan

Filed Under: Contests Tagged With: 2014 kansas state yoyo contest, results

Duncan, YoYoFactory, and C3 announce new team members at Japan Nationals!

May 5, 2014 By Rafael Matsunaga

Large contests are the perfect occasion for teams to add new players, and this years Japan National Yo-yo Contest was no exception!

Duncan Crew got a new member at the contest, and oddly enough, not from Japan! Jason Kao, two-time 3A Taiwan National champion, and loyal Duncan fan for several years, is now part of Duncan’s massive sponsored team!

Duncan Crew at 2014 Japan Nationals

Next up, one of the newer generation’s most talented players, Daiki Tanaka, got a well-deserved spot on the YoYoFactory Contest Team, and joins this impressive group of World Champions!

YoYoFactory at 2014 Japan Nationals

Finally, C3yoyodesign added Ryuichi Nakamura to their Rising Force team, meaning we can expect great things from him in the very near future!

C3YoYoDesign at 2014 Japan Nationals

Filed Under: Contests, Players Tagged With: c3, c3yoyodesign, daiki tanaka, Duncan, jason kao, ryuichi nakamura, yoyofactory, YYF

First Look – Whimsy Aloha

May 5, 2014 By Steve Brown

Whimsy YoYos - Aloha

YoYoNews has your first look at the Aloha, the second model by Whimsy YoYos!

Just in time for summer, Whimsy is releasing the Aloha in bright, summer colors. This is their second release, hot on the heels of the well-received Pokerface (review coming Friday), and it looks like they’ve gone with a more minimalistic design for this one. Available in four bright, summery colors, check out the specs for the Aloha below. The Aloha will retail for about $45 USD, and will first be available direct from Whimsy in their new online store, launching next week.

Whimsy Aloha Specs:

Diameter: 55.4mm
Width: 42.6mm
Gap: ??
Weight: 71.8gm
Bearing: Size C (.250 x .500 x .187)
Response: 19mm Slim Pad
Retail Price: Approx. $45 USD

Whimsy has announced an Instagram contest for you to win an Aloha! Full details are below, just follow @whimsyyoyos on Instagram, share pics of the Aloha, and tag #whimsyyoyos, #whimsygiveaway, and @terry_tete. Good luck!

Whimsy YoYos - Aloha

 

Whimsy YoYos - Aloha
Whimsy YoYos - Aloha

Filed Under: Manufacturer Tagged With: aloha, giveaway, instagram, whimsy yoyos

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