YoYoFactory player Clint Armstrong levels up with some crazy good tricks in this new video.
Yoyo used is the YoYoFactory Regen.
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Clint Armstrong – Not So Silent Night
YoYoFactory’s Clint Armstrong dropped a new video for the holidays, with a ton of great tricks and smooth play. Check it out!
Yoyo used is the YoYoFactory Shu-Ta.
Clint Armstrong & Cory Hendon – Are You Up There?
Enjoy a little hey hey from Clint Armstrong and Cory Hendon in this new video featuring yoyo, kendama, and ball + cup. All the skill toys, you guys, just put all of them in.
TYYT – Stripes by Clint Armstrong
Terra YoYo Tutorials has another episode, this one featuring YoYoFactory’s Clint Armstrong teaching his trick, “Stripes”.
Clint Armstrong – Settings
YoYoFactory player Clint Armstrong kills it in this new video. KILLS. IT. Anyone know if he’s going to Worlds? If he can rock this out on stage, we’ve got a lot to look forward to.
Vashek Kroutil & Clint Armstrong vs. YoYoFactory Ricochet
YoYoFactory has dropped two more videos featuring their upcoming titanium release, the Ricochet. Previously covered on YoYoNews, the Ricochet will be available from YoYoExpert on March 17th. In the meantime, here’s what it can do in the hands of two more of your favorite pros…
Next up to test the boundaries of the upcoming YoYoFactory Ricochet we have multi-time Czech National and European Champion, Vashek Kroutil. Clocking in at 55 seconds, Vashek’s run is stylish and impressive.
And last but not least, Clint Armstrong cranks an impressive 1:18 with a combo that just. never. ends. Not sure what’s more impressive here, the throw or the thrower. I think Clint can make anything look good, but the Ricochet sure seems to help.
Clint Armstrong – Holiday
Clint Armstrong drops another gem on us, filled with solid tricks. I’ll never get tired of watching people yoyo in the snow…always looks amazing to me. Yoyo used is the ShaqlerStar by YoYoFactory.
Clint Armstrong – On The Town
Clint Armstrong makes another bid for the top of the heap with “On The Town”. The YoYoFactory Contest Team has a lot of talented players, but Clint is quietly climbing the ranks…watch out for him at contests in 2013.
Clint x Ibs
YoYoFactory players Clint Armstrong and Ibrahim Rahman are riding the front of a wave of new players that you should all be paying a lot of attention to. If you haven’t been paying attention to them, here’s your chance to get started.
2015 World Yo-yo Contest Day 1 (wildcard) results
Day 1 of the 2015 World Yo-yo Contest comes to an end after a marathon of over 250 players going through the wildcard round for all divisions! Here are the results!
1A
As expected, this was a tough and cruel round for the 169 players competing for a spot in tomorrow’s preliminaries. Only 33 players made it through, with some of the crowd favorites failing to advance. The American players did a great job, with six players (Andrew Bergen, Colin Beckford, Eric Tran-Ton, Clint Armstrong, Kevin Nicholas, and Lucas Gremler) among the qualified, along with two contestants from China (Pisco and Weichuan Wang) and one from Hong Kong (Benson Fok). Among those who failed to make the cut were Vashek Kroutil, Hidemasa Senba, Eric Koloski, and Ryosuke Iwasawa.
These are the qualified players in 1A:
- Toya Kobayashi (Japan)
- Benson Fok (Hong Kong)
- Izuru Hasumi (Japan)
- Andrew Bergen (United States)
- Yuki Nishisako (Japan)
- Yuya Yatani (Japan)
- Colin Beckford (United States)
- Ryota Komatsu (Japan)
- Shinya Kido (Japan)
- Hiroaki Yoshii (Japan)
- Eric Tran-Ton (United States)
- Tatsuaki Okamoto (Japan)
- Koyo Hashimoto (Japan)
- Clint Armstrong (United States)
- Pisco (China)
- Ayumu Harada (Japan)
- Kevin Nicholas (United States)
- Daiki Tanaka (Japan)
- Kazuya Murata (Japan)
- Tsukasa Namba (Japan)
- Yuki Shigematsu (Japan)
- Kento Muraoka (Japan)
- Kaito Tanaka (Japan)
- Amane Okubo (Japan)
- Weichuan Wang (China)
- Ginji Miura (Japan)
- Takumi Sakamoto (Japan)
- Ryosuke Hara (Japan)
- Shinji Toyoda (Japan)
- Kenta Kushiro (Japan)
- Tomoki Toyama (Japan)
- Lucas Gremler (United States)
- Ryo Igarashi (Japan)
Full results for 1A can be found here.
2A
With only one player outside Japan competing in the wildcard round, it’s no surprise that all eleven qualified players are Japanese. We hoped 1999 World Champion Takumi Nagase would make it, but he was unable to match the speed of the current 2A generation.
- Ginji Miura (Japan)
- Koichiro Ueta (Japan)
- Yutaro Kasuya (Japan)
- Reo Takamatsu (Japan)
- Yuki Takami (Japan)
- Shinnosuke Ishizaka (Japan)
- Hajime Sakauchi (Japan)
- Yamato Fujiwara (Japan)
- Masaki Iida (Japan)
- Shuji Kotani (Japan)
- Yuki Yamaguchi (Japan)
3A
3A has been improving at a fast pace, and the times when just being able to throw double-trapeze were enough to be competitive are long gone. Almost all of the competitors in the 3A wildcard round are Japanese, but Ayoun Kuo from Taiwan managed to squeeze into the next round!
- Yuto Yamaguchi (Japan)
- Takumi Yasumoto (Japan)
- Shoto Yamamoto (Japan)
- Sora Tahira (Japan)
- Ayoun Kuo (Taiwan)
- Takayuki Namba (Japan)
4A
There are a lot of people who want Rei Iwakura’s spot as king of offstring! No less than forty-two players competed in this division, including a handful from the world’s 4A elite! Ben Conde, Bryan Figueroa, and Naoto Okada had no trouble making it to the preliminary round, while two-time World Champion Eiji Okuyama, and Atsushi Yamada both failed to make it through in this tough division.
- Yuki Nishisako (Japan)
- Shuji Kinoshita (Japan)
- Ben Conde (United States)
- Bryan Figueroa (United States)
- Sota Maeda (Japan)
- Naoto Okada (Japan)
- Keita Kido (Japan)
- Koyo Hashimoto (Japan)
- Renta Motoyama (Japan)
- Ryo Oishi (Japan)
- Kei Hashimoto (Japan)
- Tomohiko Zanka (Japan)
- Yohei Kagawa (Japan)
5A
Counterweight is the contest’s smallest division, and while the number of contestants was small, we are super excited about the players who are competing, and even though 2004 World Champion Makoto Numagami was unable to make it through, the wildcard ranking is led by two equally legendary names: Hiroyasu “Pon” Ishihara, and 2001 World Champion Shingo Terada!
- Hiroyasu Ishihara (Japan)
- Shingo Terada (Japan)
- Shohei Nishio (Japan)
- Kazuma Miyakawa (Japan)
- Tatsunori Yoshiba (Japan)
The full list for 2A-5A can be found here.
Stay tuned for more updates from the greatest contest ever!
2015 Bay Area Classic Results & Video
The 2015 Bay Area Classic was held this past weekend, and once again some of the best players in the US gathered for a full day of fierce competition. The ENTIRE 1A Finals list was stacked with champions, but CLYW’s Andrew Maider came out on top with his best freestyle yet. Tyler Hsieh pulled out a nice routine in the otherwise sparse 2A Division, while Elliot Ogawa took home a hard-won 1st Place trophy in the 3A Division. The 4A Division had a World Champion squaring off against a National Champion, with Michael Nakamura taking home top honors, and the 5A division saw contest stalwart Tyler Severance from YoYoFactory taking home his FIFTH win at the Bay Area Classic! Congrats to all the winners!
1A Finals
1st Place – Andrew Maider
2nd Place – Anthony Rojas
3rd Place – Nate Dailey
4th Place – Colin Beckford
5th Place – Eric Tran-ton
6th Place – Keiran Cooper
7th Place – Harrison Lee
8th Place – Paolo Bueno
9th Place – James Reed
10th Place – Yulin Li
11th Place – Clint Armstrong
12th Place – Eric Koloski
13th Place – Michael Nakamura
14th Place – Ky Zizan
15th Place – Brandon Vu
16th Place – Kevin Nicholas
17th Place – Michael Kurti
18th Place – Alec Campbell
19th Place – Isaac Sams
20th Place – Tessa Piccillo
21st Place – Josh Yee
22nd Place – Matthew Poon
23rd Place – Dennis Cinquegrani
24th Place – Ken Luo
25th Place – Alan Herrera
2A Finals
1st Place – Tyler Hsieh
2nd Place – Anthony Rojas
3A Finals
1st Place – Elliot Ogawa
2nd Place – Ian Smith
3rd Place – Patrick Borgerding
4th Place – Takaki Clark
5th Place – Ken Luo
4A Finals
1st Place – Michael Nakamura
2nd Place – Steven Yok Wai Lee
3rd Place – Michael Goody
4th Place – Stephanie Haight
5th Place – Zac Rubino
6th Place – Rick Cobb
5A Finals
1st Place – Tyler Severance
2nd Place – Juan Renteria
3rd Place – Josh Yee
4th Place – Will Hahn
5th Place – Ian Smith
6th Place – Brandon Cole
7th Place – Jacob Jensen
2014 Las Vegas Open – Finals Order & Prelim Video
The 1A prelims for the 2014 Las Vegas Open were packed with talent, but only a handful of players could make it through to finals. Check out the full finals order for all divisions below, as well as video of the Top Five 1A Prelims!
(Apologies to Colin Beckford, who IS competing in 3A but got left off the list below.)
1A Prelims
1st – Andrew Maider (CLYW)
2nd – Clint Armstrong (YoYoFactory)
3rd – James Reed
4th – Colin Beckford
5th – Kieran Cooper
YoYoFactory Presents: Havasupai
Join YoYoFactory’s Tyler Severance, Clint Armstrong, and Ben McPhee as they visit and perform for a school….located at the bottom of the Grand Canyon!
This epic video shows off YoYoFactory at their best…bringing yoyoing to everyone they can, and finding adventure everywhere.
YoYoFactory has a goal of spreading yo-yo. Often there are commercial aspects that must be taken into account for this to be sustainable (i.e. we need to make money to be able to afford to do it in the future). In the middle of 2014 we reached a cross-roads. We weren’t doing it right. We faced a change. In the face of this we decided to go back to our roots. Take yo-yo to the people. We considered somewhere exotic, perhaps a sparsely populated island? Maybe on top of a high mountain chain like the Andes? How about a tribe so remote the mail is still delivered by mules…. a mere 5hrs from our office?
Supai Arizona was this place. Its beauty contrasts by the difficulties facing its residents who despite their isolation (6hrs by mule to a car which is hrs again from any significant town) are right in the middle of everything wrong with the modern age (diet, fashion and media expectations). These kids grow up in a fishbowl which is funded by tourists who walk through looking into their lives on their way to see the areas most precious resource; the blue water that cascades over some of the most beautiful water falls in the world.
The Crew was built around our pro, Tyler Severance. Clint Armstrong came in as pro #2, Reece Schofield came as our web designer/camping support/ /r/throwers moderator. We set off at 3am, getting to the cliff top at 8am. The route down was either a 6hr horse ride, 8hr hike or 10min on a helicopter…. yes we took the chopper.
Checkout the visuals from our adventure!
2014 US National YoYo Contest – 1A Competitor List
The 2014 US National YoYo Contest is tomorrow in Chico, California and the best players in the US will gather to compete for the title of National Champion. The lineup this year is absolutely stellar! Here’s the full list of competitors for the 1A Division.
YoYoNews will be covering the event live…follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter for live updates and results!
1A Finals Seeds
- Andrew MAIDER
- Daniel JORANLIEN
- Nate DAILEY
- Michael STECZ
- Sebastian BROCK
- Eric TRAN-TON
- Luke FINNELL
- Anthony ROJAS
- Michael KURTI
- Zach GORMLEY
1A Prelims – Competitor Order
- Jonathon BEST
- Keegan ORR
- Kevin NICHOLAS
- Ian LAWSON
- Noah BACHOFEN
- Wilson VAN GUNDY
- Philip WHITE
- Ty GOLDMAN
- Tylor MCCALLUMORE
- Michael NAKAMURA
- Paolo BUENO
- Joe WILSON
- Odon ALBERTO JR.
- Evan NAGAO
- Colin BECKFORD
- Tomoaki CLARK
- Harold OWENS III
- Will HAHN
- Nehemiah PETERSON
- Tessa PICCILLO
- Michael MARSHALL
- Hayden BRICKMAN
- Dylan BENHARRIS
- Patrick CANNY
- Josh YEE
- Erik BJORK
- Shakeem ANDERSON
- Dennis CINQUEGRANI
- Ibrahim RAHMAN
- Chandler STEELE
- Eric KOLOSKI
- Clint ARMSTRONG
- Aaron DAVIS
- Nicholas DE VALPINE
- Ryan GEE
- JT NICKEL
- Angelo AGUIRRE
- Adam SCHULTZ
- James REED
- Gentry STEIN