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Search Results for: János Karancz

Duncan Toys Presents: Janos Karancz – Grasshopper GTX

March 19, 2019 By Steve Brown

World YoYo Champion Janos Karancz reminds us all that he’s a legit wizard with this new video. Featuring his newest signature model from Duncan Toys, the Grasshopper GTX, which will be available this month at YoYoExpert.com.

Check out what Duncan has to say about the Grasshopper GTX:

We didn’t plan on revising the Grasshopper… Until János needed a new one. But why alter an already outstanding product?

World Champion János Karancz has been playing yo-yo for a long time, and throughout the years his tricks have changed with the current yo-yo meta, becoming longer, more fluid, and increasingly more complex. New types of tricks require a new type of yo-yo, and what that meant here was that his yo-yo needed an update.

Introducing the Grasshopper GTX: same look, new stainless steel placement! The new design features a stainless steel rim that’s pretty heavy compared to the aluminium body, making this yo-yo very strong and reliable, but it features the same look because it’s a simple, straightforward competition design with no gimmicks about it.

Let’s talk about the playability. As we were developing the Grasshopper GTX, János made it clear that he wanted more stability to help him perform his signature slack and rejection combos and glide through his rail and hop combos with ease.It took us multiple revisions and intensive design work to deliver this to the table. His last request? He wanted this yo-yo to be the king of horizontal tricks, and we were happy to oblige.

Brandon Vu, a yo-yo YouTuber, called the original Grasshopper X the Lamborghini of yo-yo. If the original was a Lambo, what would that make the new Grasshopper GTX?

Our team has already won a few titles using the new Grasshopper GTX: János placed 1st in 1A last year 44Clash using the GTX, competing against almost every world champion from the past ten years, so the new Grasshopper is no joke.

Duncan Toys Grasshopper GTX Specs:

Diameter: 56 mm
Width: 44.67 mm
Weight: 65 grams
Response: 19mm slim pads
Bearing: Size C Konkave™

Filed Under: 1A, Video Tagged With: 1A, duncan toys, grasshopper gtx, janos karancz, world yoyo champion, yoyo tricks, yoyo video

Janos Karancz – 2018

December 22, 2018 By Steve Brown

How many other players can have you screaming “ARE YOU SERIOUS” at your computer 17 times in just a minute and a half? Behold, a last minute Christmas gift from World YoYo Champion Janos Karancz and Duncan Toys.

Yoyo used is an unknown prototype by Duncan Toys.

Filed Under: 1A, Featured Tagged With: 1A, janos karancz, world yoyo champion, yoyo tricks, yoyo video

Duncan Toys Presents: Janos Karancz – GrasshopperX

June 26, 2017 By Steve Brown

World YoYo Champion and part-time wizard Janos Karancz shows off his new bi-metal signature model in this promotional video from Duncan.

Yoyo used is the Duncan Toys GrasshopperX.

Filed Under: Manufacturer, Players, Video Tagged With: duncan toys, grasshopper x, janos karancz, world yoyo champion, yoyo tricks, yoyo video

Duncan Grasshopper ft Janos Karancz

October 11, 2016 By Steve Brown

World YoYo Champion Janos Karancz shows off some amazing tricks in this new video. It’s crazy to watch him play…he always zigs when you think he’s gonna zag, and his trick construction consistently surprises. Sweet!

Yoyo used is the Duncan Grasshopper.

Filed Under: Manufacturer, Players, Video Tagged With: duncan toys, grasshopper, janos karancz, yoyo tricks

Janos Karancz – Tricks To Beat

March 29, 2016 By Steve Brown

2013 World YoYo Champion Janos Karancz is one of those rare players who can straight up show everyone all his new tricks before a contest and not have to worry about anyone ripping them off. Because let’s be real here…we can’t do them. Sure, we might figure out a piece here or there, but Janos is a rare and truly unique talent in the modern yoyo scene and his tricks are pretty much untouchable. And hella fun to watch!

Yoyo used is the Duncan Grasshopper.

Filed Under: Featured, Manufacturer, Players, Video Tagged With: Duncan, duncan toys, grasshopper, janos karancz, yoyo tricks, yoyo video

Ryosuke Kawamura Presents: Janos Karancz

February 8, 2016 By Steve Brown

Janoz Karancz reminds everyone why he’s a World YoYo Champion in this quick feature from Ryosuke Kawamura. Too damn good!

Yoyo used is the Duncan Grasshopper.

Filed Under: Players, Video Tagged With: duncan toys, grasshopper, janos karancz, ryosuke kawamura, world yoyo champion, yoyo tricks, yoyo video

Janos Karancz – Million Ways To Live

July 31, 2015 By Steve Brown

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”!

*About Million Ways To Live*
In our international documentary travel series, we focus on what all these people have in common. We call them Healthy Lifestyle Principles:

Real Food, Movement, Rest & Relaxation, Lifelong Learning, Community, and Love.

Join us as we travel around the world to show you incredible people with amazing stories that are sure to inspire and motivate you. After watching a few episodes, we hope everyone is a little more open-minded and accepting of other ways of life and finding happiness.

Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/millionwaystolive

Filed Under: Players, Video Tagged With: janos karancz, million ways to live, yoyo player, yoyo tricks, yoyo video

Janos Karancz – Duncan Grasshopper Prototype

July 24, 2015 By Steve Brown

We’ve officially got our first glimpse at the Duncan Grasshopper, the new signature edition yoyo for 2013 World YoYo Champion Janos Karancz! Any yoyo is going to look great in the hands of a player like Janos, but I’m definitely curious to see what he and Duncan were able to develop to his own specifications. In the meantime, we get to see some more great tricks from a modern master. Hell yeah!

 

Filed Under: Manufacturer, Players, Video Tagged With: duncan toys, grasshopper, janos karancz, world yoyo champion, yoyo tricks, yoyo video

YoYoStore Rewind Presents: Janos Karancz

July 28, 2014 By Steve Brown

With Duncan’s International YoYo Championship coming this weekend and the World YoYo Contest next week, all eyes are on 2013 World YoYo Champion Janos Karancz. Janos is still a favorite to pull out his own brand of insane technical play and possibly take the top spot at Worlds, IYYC, or both. Check out this new promo video for him, from our friends at Rewind.

Yoyo used is the Barracuda by Duncan Toys.

 

Filed Under: Players, Video Tagged With: barracuda, featured, janos karancz, rewind, video

Janos Karancz – 2014

May 31, 2014 By Steve Brown

2013 World YoYo Champion Janos Karancz is a &*%$# wizard.

Yoyo used is the Barracuda by Duncan Toys.

Filed Under: Players, Video Tagged With: featured, janos karancz, video

Janos Karancz X RetYo.eu Vol. 2

January 27, 2014 By Steve Brown

2013 World YoYo Champion Janos Karancz blows minds again in his new video. It’s difficult to imagine anyone else reaching this level of impeccable technical play in time to beat Janos at this year’s World YoYo Contest in Prague…it’s safe to say after watching this video that last year’s champ is this years favorite.

Yoyo used is the Barracuda by Duncan Toys.

Filed Under: Players, Video Tagged With: barracuda, duncan toys, featured, janos karancz, video

János Karancz – One Throw

September 14, 2013 By Steve Brown

János Karancz shows off an incredibly dense single throw in this quick video. Is it any wonder this guy won Worlds?

Filed Under: Players, Video Tagged With: barracuda, duncan toys, janos karancz, video, world yoyo champion

Q&A with World Champion János Karancz!

September 12, 2013 By Rafael Matsunaga

Today we have a chat with the 2013 1A World Champion and everybody’s favorite slack trick wizard, János Karancz!

janos worlds award

photo: Duncan Toys

Thanks for joining us, János! Tell us a bit about yourself, what do you do outside of yoyoing and how did you get started? 

It’s my pleasure! Thank you for the opportunity!

I am 18 years old and I have just finished high school and I will start university this September to learn landscape architecture engineering. Sometimes I play darts and I have a banjo, too. I can’t play it yet, but I am planning to learn some good songs on it.

In 2005 my yearmates in school started to play with yo-yo and I found it very interesting, so I joined them. I can’t imagine my life without yoyoing and I feel extremely lucky my friends showed it to me.

What players were you inspired by when you first started?

When I first started, I was inspired by a lot of players including my yearmates in school and everyone I saw in videos, but the player who completely changed my attitude towards 1A was Takahiro Iizuka. When I first saw his videos in 2009, I couldn’t believe his tricks were possible. He showed me that anything is possible. Since then I have been very interested in slacks, whips and lacerations. He is my favorite player and I am very thankful to him.

How do you approach trick composition now? Are you still inspired by other players or do you focus on your own ideas?

I try to focus on my own ideas, but I get inspered by other players of course.

But I focus on using only my tricks/elements on stage and in videos. This is very important for me.

You are quite consistent even in your harder tricks. How much do you practice?

Thank you! I try to practice my freestyle several times every day and in the last 1-2 months before a big contest I focus on practicing it 10 times every day. I’ve been using this method for more than half a year now.

photo: Duncan Toys

photo: Duncan Toys

Had you competed outside Europe before? What were your thoughts and expectations knowing you would be competing against very strong and experienced players?

It was the first time I was competing outside Europe. I was very happy and honored I had the chance to meet and compete against the best players in the world. I tried to consider this opportunity more like an award than a challenge, but of course I practiced a lot and I hoped that I could do a freestyle I would be proud of and that the audience would enjoy. I hoped that the audience and the judges would find my tricks original and good and if I could hit them, I could get a good placing, but I knew that all of the finalists were quite amazing players. My main goal was to do a freestyle that the audience would enjoy and I would be proud of.

Does winning Worlds change the way you think about yourself as a player? What are your plans for future competitions?

Getting first place at Worlds makes me feel my tricks are scored well at competitions and I can compose my freestyles properly. I am very happy that I could achieve it.

My plans for future competitions are still to hit my freestyles on stage the way I would like to and to make the audience enjoy it. I also hope I can create good and innovative new tricks and that I can use them in my other freestyles.

The yo-yo you used at Worlds seems to have quite a bit of history. Tell us a bit about it.

Since I first got my blue Duncan Barracuda, I had been playing with it all the time. I used it at four competitions in a row and I got first place in all of them. I used it at Spanish Nationals, at Hungarian Nationals, at the European Championship and at Worlds. This yo-yo is still in that state, the way I binded it at the end of my freestyle at Worlds and now I keep it in an exhibition case in my room.

I wanted to ask about your freestyle construction. Although your tricks are very technical, your routine is neatly constructed. How do you approach building your freestyle? Why did you choose to use more than one song, for example?

Thank you very much!

I can’t remember how I built my first freestyles, but I’ve been using the same method for a very long time. When I create a new trick that I like and I feel that I have practiced it enough to put it into my freestyle, I replace one trick in my current freestyle that I don’t like that much with the new one. But I can’t put it anywhere, because there are some tricks that I must do at the beginning of my freestyle, because of the string tension.

I try to use more than one song and some sound effects too, because I think it makes a freestyle more interesting.

What’s next for you, are you competing in any contests soon?

I will compete in the European Championship for sure and I haven’t decided yet if I will compete in Hungarian Nationals too.

We’re reaching the end of the interview, would you like to add anything, or send a message to the readers?

I would like to thank everyone very much who has supported and encouraged me! It wouldn’t have been possible without your help! I am extremly honored to be a part of this community and I am very thankful to you!

Thank you, János!

janos bw

Filed Under: Interview Tagged With: 2013, duncan toys, featured, Interview, janos karancz, world champion, world yoyo champion

Dane Cooks Loves Janos Karancz

August 18, 2013 By Steve Brown

Get ready to be stupefied as you realize you’ll never be this good at anything. 2013 World Yo-Yo Champ: http://t.co/u2eCLvtHVU via @youtube

— Dane Cook (@DaneCook) August 15, 2013

 

So apparently, uber-comedian Dane Cook digs on the yoyo…at least he does when Janos Karancz is throwing it. Our new World Champion has a new fan, and managed to get himself a shoutout on Dane Cook’s Twitter feed, which reached a little over 3 million followers. His freestyle is currently up around half a million views on YouTube…congrats, Janos!

Filed Under: General News Tagged With: dane cook, janos karancz, twitter

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