Archives for June 2016

CLYW Cabin Tutorial – UR So Basic

June 30, 2016 By Steve Brown

CLYW player Tessa Piccillo is featured in this week’s Cabin Tutorial, with an original trick that is smooth, fun, and easy to follow. Enjoy!

Yoyo used is the CLYW Blizzard.

Ann Connolly – Horizontal YoYoing Tips

June 30, 2016 By Steve Brown

YoYoFactory player Ann Connolly has a new video with tips for players who want to learn how to do horizontal yoyo tricks. As this style of yoyo tricks becomes more popular, it’s clear we definitely need more tutorials and help for players trying to learn it. Thanks, Ann!

Yoyo used is the YoYoFactory Horizon.

Ben Conde x Veritasium

June 28, 2016 By Steve Brown

Ben Conde’s efforts to bring modern yoyoing to the masses on YouTube continued today with a collaboration with the Veritasium channel. Considering they have 3.5 million subscribers, I’d say that’s a pretty effective outlet for teaching people about offstring yoyo play.

Veritasium is a YouTube channel of science and engineering videos featuring experiments, expert interviews, cool demos, and discussions with the public about everything science.

Yoyo used is the YoYoFactory Flight.

Japan Technology Shaqshine

June 28, 2016 By Steve Brown

Aoi Ogura lays down a few minutes of wonderfully intricate tricks in this new promo video for the Japan Technology Shaqshine yoyo. Japan Technology has a whole slew of new products coming soon, which means we can hopefully expect a lot of great new videos like this one.

Yoyo used is the Japan Technology Shaqshine.

Andrew Maider Stops In

June 27, 2016 By Steve Brown

Looks like Andrew Maider stopped in for a visit…somewhere. And we got a quick new video out of it. Yay, we win!

Yoyo used is the CLYW Blizzard.

YoYoFactory Buyer’s Guide ft. Ann Connolly

June 27, 2016 By Steve Brown

YoYoFactory player Ann Connolly put together a really detailed buyer guide for much of YoYoFactory’s current metal yoyo lineup. Great work, Ann! If you’ve been trying to figure out what to buy this is definitely worth the watch!

Yoyos featured are the YoYoFactory Shutter, Horizon, Dogma, Aviator, Czech Point, Superstar, Nightmare, and The Edge.

2016 Ohio State YoYo Contest Results & Video

June 27, 2016 By Steve Brown

Check out full results, scoring breakdowns, and video from the 2016 Ohio State YoYo Contest!

1A Division

1st Place – Michael Stecz (YoYoFactory)

2nd Place – Andrew Bergen (Recess)

3rd Place – Mark Mangarin (CLYW)

X Division

1st Place – John Wolfe

2nd Place – Christopher Chunn

3rd Place – Jumario Simmons

2016 West Coast YoYo Championship Results & Video

June 27, 2016 By Steve Brown

Full results are in for the 2016 West Coast YoYo Championship…congrats to Anthony Rojas on taking home top honors in both 1A and 5A divisions! Check out full results, scoring breakdowns, and video of the winners below.

1A Division

1st Place – Anthony Rojas (CLYW)

2nd Place – Evan Nagao (YoYoFactory)

3rd Place – Michael Nakamura (Something)

2A Division

1st Place – Yoshi Mikamoto

3A Division

1st Place – Ian Bellman

4A Division

1st Place – Michael Nakamura (Something)

5A Division

1st Place – Anthony Rojas (CLYW)

1A Amateur Division

1st Place – Timothy Lacanienta

What Are YoYo Contests Like?

June 24, 2016 By Steve Brown

Ben Conde brings us another great video to help introduce people to the world of modern yoyoing with a look at what yoyo contests look like….to non-yoyo players. Filmed at the 2016 Bay Area Classic.

Featuring Tessa Piccillo, Gentry Stein, Paul Dang, Joseph Harris, Christian Padron, Yoshi Mikamoto, Shingo Terada, Bryan Jardin, Anthony Rojas, and Kevin Nicholas.

John Wolfe 2016

June 24, 2016 By Steve Brown

John Wolfe is easily one of the best tech 5A player in the United States right now. You can dispute me if you like, but you’re wrong.

Yoyo used is the Recess Vacation.

Yamato Fujiwara – C3 Rising Force Japan

June 24, 2016 By Steve Brown

Yamato Fujiwara rips through some solid 2A in this new video featuring the C3 Rising Force member. Rising Force is C3’s “junior team”, in case you were wondering, although there isn’t much “junior” about Yamato’s skill. Good stuff!

Yoyo used is the C3yoyodesign Initiator.