YoYo Related News From Around The World
YoYoFactory has proven time and time again that they know how to make yoyoing look amazing, and this new video is just above and beyond.
Filmed on location in Iceland, this YoYoFactory Adventure features Czech national treasure Vashek Kroutil doing what he does best…smooth-as-hell tricks that make you want to pick up a yoyo and practice.
Yoyos used are the YoYoFactory Replay Pro, Dream Titanium, and Czech Point.
Travel documentary series “Million Ways To Live” has a new video featuring tech yoyo master and former World YoYo Champion Janos Karancz! Always great to see top players getting some love from non-yoyo news outlets. The video is a really quality look at yoyoing from the outside…add this to your short list of “videos to show people when they ask about modern yoyoing”!
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Thanks to our friends at YoYoNews.jp for pointing us to these videos of the winners of the 2015 China YoYo Corporation Championship!
CLYW has released their first Cabin Tutorial featuring 2015 Bay Area Classic champion Andrew Maider! Hell yeah!
Yoyo used is the CLYW Puffin 2.
Spin Dynamics is excited to announce that we are bringing renowned and respected professional yoyo player, Daniel Dietz, on to our team as our new Co-Owner.Here is what Dietz had to say about his new position:“One of my lifelong dreams in yoyoing has been to own my own yoyo company. I am proud to say that today this aspiration is coming true. With Nick Gumlaw, I could not have asked for a better partner. Nick has been a major reason I have been able to achieve what I have in yoyoing. From teaching the basics, helping me learn how to compete, guiding me in my freestyle construction, and helping me design the Prodigy, all along the way Nick has been a real mentor to me. I am beyond happy to start this new journey with him and Spin Dynamics.I also would like to take this time to thank the yoyo comunity as a whole for always being very supportive of me and I cannot wait to continue to help make the community grow even more under the Spin Dynamics brand.Also, we are already underway with the production of Dietz’s first Signature yoyo from Spin Dynamics.
Duncan Toys is hosting their second International YoYo Championship on Saturday, August 8th at Downtown Disney in Anaheim, California!
RSVP for the event on Facebook, and join the Duncan Crew and other fantastic yoyo players as they compete for thousands of dollars in cash and prizes! There will also be special appearances by LA Lakers basketball player Jordan Clarkson, and the Laker Girls!
ESPN and Duncan Toys have co-produced a series of player profile videos of the Duncan Crew to promote the event; check out this profile of 4x Philippine National YoYo Champion Sean Perez!
YoYoRecreation has released another “team portrait” video, this one featuring Yuusuke Ootsuka.
This is one of the first yoyo videos to be shot extensively with drone footage and the result is staggeringly beautiful. It’s such a completely different look for yoyoing, and once again Backspin leader Piotrek Smietana has taken yoyo cinematography to the next level.
Yuusuke’s yoyo play is fantastic, but hearing him talk about the motivation behind his freestyles is really my favorite part. This part in particular really struck me:
Nowadays, tricks are telling too much information to the audience. That’s why I want to express only a few things with my freestyle. I think that most people don’t choose the most important parts, and simply don’t watch how it looks overall. I want to make a point, that showing the best of your skill doesn’t always mean to show all of your tricks in a single freestyle.
New players coming up and starting to think about competing in freestyle competitions..pay close attention to this idea. I promise you, it will be the thing that separates you from the pack.
Huge thanks to YoYoRecreation and Piotrek Smietana for this incredible video!
Singapore yoyo legend Lim Aik Hwee turned in a solid offstring demo at the recent China YoYo Corporation Championship (China has like four “national championships”, it’s a long story). Great work!
Yoyo used is the Something JetSet EG.
Duncan Toys is hosting their second International YoYo Championship on Saturday, August 8th at Downtown Disney in Anaheim, California!
RSVP for the event on Facebook, and join the Duncan Crew and other fantastic yoyo players as they compete for thousands of dollars in cash and prizes! There will also be special appearances by LA Lakers basketball player Jordan Clarkson, and the Laker Girls!
ESPN and Duncan Toys have co-produced a series of player profile videos of the Duncan Crew to promote the event; check out this profile of 3x World and National YoYo Champion and Duncan Crew member Hank Freeman.
The Shout is the first release from Amplified Return Tops, a new US-based yoyo brand created by LaMonte Patterson.
The Shout has a big, angular feel that makes it feel like a much larger yoyo while still retaining the speed of something more compact. It plays reasonably fast, and the weight distribution gives it plenty of stability for all modern 1A and 5A play. If you like your yoyos with an especially wide “V” profile, the Shout really delivers. The Shout spins smooth and gives you great spin times, even with plane-breaking tricks, and is a promising freshman release from this new company. The Shout is definitely a stable, fun, throw for everyday practice or your next competition freestyle.
The fit and finish on the Amplified Shout are quite good. The color schemes are bright and fun, and well-done by a clearly reputable anodizing house. The machining is high quality, without distracting machine marks or flat spots.
The Amplified Shout retails for $100 – $110, depending on colorway. The price is reasonable for a small-run production piece from a new company, and the quality lives up to the price tag. The Amplified Shout is not a casual purchase, but it’s a solid one.
The Amplified Shout is available now direct from Amplified Return Tops.
How many among you create your own soundtrack to your yoyoing as you go? Nope. Not many.
Skill toy enthusiast Cizrek brings us his latest crazy masterpiece. Crazy good, right?
Check out full results & video for the 2015 New Jersey State YoYo Contest!
Duncan Toys is hosting their second International YoYo Championship on Saturday, August 8th at Downtown Disney in Anaheim, California!
RSVP for the event on Facebook, and join the Duncan Crew and other fantastic yoyo players as they compete for thousands of dollars in cash and prizes! There will also be special appearances by LA Lakers basketball player Jordan Clarkson, and the Laker Girls!
ESPN and Duncan Toys have co-produced a series of player profile videos of the Duncan Crew to promote the event; check out this profile of Crew member Isaac Sams.
C3yoyodesign team member and 2015 EYYC Champion Julia Aleksandra Gutowska has a new video and it’s fierce! Great tricks from one of the top women players in the world…thanks to the Black Snow Crew for the video.