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Archives for August 24, 2015

CLYW Presents: Nuu x Orca

August 24, 2015 By Steve Brown

CLYW player Ewelina Wejner (aka Nuu Gatowsky) gives us a dose of summertime fun in this quick new video clip.

Yoyo used is the CLYW Orca.

Filed Under: Manufacturer, Players, Video Tagged With: clyw, ewelina wejner, nuu gatowsky, orca, yoyo tricks, yoyo video

World YoYo Champion Zach Gormley on NBC Channel 9

August 24, 2015 By Steve Brown

2015 World YoYo Champion Zach Gormley made an appearance on NBC Channel 9 this morning, and showed off some of the tricks got won him the gold in Tokyo. Nice job, Zach!

Yoyo used is the CLYW Borealis.

Filed Under: General News, Players, Video Tagged With: borealis, channel 9, clyw, featured, nbc, world yoyo champion, yoyo tricks, yoyo video, Zach Gormley

iYoYo Presents: Titanium TIger ft. Malte & Frederik

August 24, 2015 By Steve Brown

iYoYo has updated everyone that their contribution to the Summer of Titanium™ is now officially on order from the factory! And to celebrate, here’s some video of Malte Voss and Frederik Duda rocking out with a Tiger prototype.

Yoyo used is the iYoYo Tiger.

Filed Under: Manufacturer, Players, Video Tagged With: frederik duda, iyoyo, malte voss, tiger, titanium yoyo, yoyo tricks, yoyo video

iYoYo Presents: Soren Denecke – Visiting Norway

August 24, 2015 By Steve Brown

iYoYo team member Soren Denecke shows off some counterweight play from the scenic fjords of Norway!

Yoyo used is the iYoYo 2.

Side note: Is it crazy to anyone else how few 5A videos we see these days?

Filed Under: Manufacturer, Players, Video Tagged With: iyoyo, iyoyo 2, norway, soren denecke, yoyo tricks, yoyo video

The Biggest Winners in 24 Years of the World YoYo Contest

August 24, 2015 By Rafael Matsunaga

First written in 2012, updated with titles up to 2017.

We have no new World Champions in 2017! Every winner this year had won the World Title previously! In 1A, Shion Araya repeated his solid performance from last year to become only the second 1A player in history to win two titles back to back. Shu Takada won his third consecutive title, including the 2015 AP division title with Shaqler. Hajime Miura remains undisputed in 3A, winning his fourth straight title! Rei Iwakura proves hard work pays off, winning his sixth title! 5A saw the return of 2009 World Champion Takuma Inoue, winning his second title after eight years! AP also saw the return of past champions, with the Swiss duo InMotion! (Ivo Studer and Jan Schmutz) also winning their second title.

Some considerations before we give you the goods: we’ve only considered the “modern era” World YoYo Contest, held since 1992. There was one true World YoYo Contest before it, but it wasn’t a freestyle contest. Its winner was mister Harvey Lowe, in 1932. Between 1995 and 1997, the “Pro-Am” division was considered, and counted as 2A for this article’s purpose, as all winners in that division were expected to play with two looping yo-yos.

So without further ado, these are all the multiple time winners of the World YoYo Contest by number of titles.

Multiple Winners of the World YoYo Contest

Player Country Total Titles Divisions Years
Shinji Saito Japan 13 2A, Combined 2A: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015
Combined: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Takeshi Matsuura Japan 7 5A 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016
Rei Iwakura Japan 6 4A, AP 4A: 2008, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017
AP: 2009
Daisuke Shimada Japan 4 X, 3A X: 2002
3A: 2003, 2004, 2005
Hiroyuki Suzuki Japan 4 1A 2004, 2005, 2006, 2012
Yu Kawada Japan 4 1A, AP 1A: 2000
AP: 2006, 2013 (with Spination), 2014 (with Spination)
Hajime Miura Japan 4 3A 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Shu Takada Japan 4 2A, AP 2A: 2012, 2016, 2017
AP: 2015 (with Shaqler)
Bill de Boisblanc USA 3 2A 1994, 1995, 1997
Takahiko Hasegawa Japan 3 AP 2002, 2005, 2011
Hank Freeman USA 3 3A 2011, 2012, 2013
Takuma Yamamoto Japan 3 2A 2008, 2013, 2014
Tomiyuki Watanabe Japan 3 AP 2004, 2013 (with Spination), 2014 (with Spination)
John Ando Japan 3 1A, AP 1A: 2008
AP: 2010 (with Shaqler), 2015 (with Shaqler)
Tomonari Ishiguro Japan 2 1A, AP 1A: 2001
AP: 2007
Yuuki Spencer USA 2 1A 2002, 2007
Eiji Okuyama Japan 2 4A 2003, 2007
Tsubasa Onishi Japan 2 4A 2004, 2010
Naoto Okada Japan 2 4A 2009, 2011
Atsushi Yamada Japan 2 AP 2010 (with Shaqler), 2015 (with Shaqler)
Takeshi Maruyama Japan 2 AP 2010 (with Shaqler), 2015 (with Shaqler)
Shion Araya Japan 2 1A 2016, 2017
Takuma Inoue Japan 2 5A 2009, 2017
Ivo Studer Switzerland 2 AP 2012 (with InMotion!), 2017 (with InMotion!)
Jan Schmutz Switzerland 2 AP 2012 (with InMotion!), 2017 (with InMotion!)

 

Shinji Saito dominates both 2A and Combined, and is the sole winner of the four editions ever held of that division. 4A has a surprising number of two-time winners, and Shaqler is the only team to win more than one World Title.

Surprisingly, we only had one first-time winner this year, Shion Araya!

One-Time World YoYo Contest Winners:

  • 1A: Ryoichi Suzuki (1998), Joel Zink (1999), Johnnie DelValle (2003), Shinya Kido (2009), Jensen Kimmitt (2010), Marcus Koh (2011), János Karancz (2013), Gentry Stein (2014), Zach Gormley (2015)
  • 2A: Dale Oliver (1992), Rocco Ysaguire (1993), Dale Myrberg (1996), Jennifer Baybrook (1998), Takumi Nagase (1999), Tomoya Kitamura (2000), Matt Harlow (2001), Yasushi Furukawa (2010)
  • 3A: Paul Yath (2006), Yuuki Tanami (2007), Hiroki Miyamoto (2008), Kentaro Kimura (2009), Minato Furuta (2010)
  • 4A: John Narum (2005), Taiki Nishimura (2006), Michael Nakamura (2013), Naoto Onishi (2015)
  • 5A: Rafael Matsunaga (2003), Makoto Numagami (2004), Maya Nakamura (2005), Dana Bennett (2006), Tyler Severance (2007), Jake Elliott (2015).
  • X: Hironori Mii (2000), Shingo Terada (2001)
  • AP: Mark Montgomery (2003), John Higby (2008)

What about per-country count? Can you tell how far ahead Japan is? Check it out:

World YoYo Contest Winners by Country

Country Titles
Japan 82
USA 26
Switzerland 2
Brazil 1
Canada 1
Singapore 1
Hungary 1

 

Japan is far, far ahead of the competition, having added another five titles in 2017, with USA in clear second, Switzerland comes third with the two title from InMotion!, followed by one-timers Brazil (Rafael Matsunaga, 2003), Canada (Jensen Kimmitt, 2010), Singapore (Marcus Koh, 2011), and Hungary (János Karancz, 2013)! If we take the 1932 Worlds into account, Canada rises to two titles, although officially Harvey Lowe competed for China, as there was another Canadian competing and rules only allowed one contestant per country.

Will someone ever equal Shinji’s astounding number? We’ll need to wait at least six more years to find out! Or hope someone wins more than one title in the same year!

Filed Under: Contests, Players Tagged With: featured, shinji saito, world, world yoyo contest, wyyc, yoyo contest

Tony Sec x YoYoFactory Czechpoint (NSFW)

August 24, 2015 By Steve Brown

Tony Sec rips through some great trick concepts in this new video. Dig in!

Yoyo used is the YoYoFactory Czechpoint.

Filed Under: Manufacturer, Players, Video Tagged With: czechpoint, tony Šec, yoyo tricks, yoyo video, yoyofactory

Timothy Nielson – Tryptamine

August 24, 2015 By Steve Brown

Timothy Neilson just popped up with a beautiful video filled with well-paced and thoughtful yoyo tricks. I really enjoyed watching this!

Yoyos used are the CLYW Chief, Wooly Marmot 2, and Advance Scout.

Filed Under: Players, Video Tagged With: chief, clyw, scout, timothy neilson, wooly marmot 2, yoyo tricks, yoyo video

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