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Michal Zakrzewski wins WFC International 4 and Polish Nationals!

December 21, 2013 By Rafael Matsunaga

The WFC International 4 and Polish National Yoyo Contest was held today in Cracow, Poland! As the last major international contest of the year, all eyes were on some of Europe’s best, as they warm up for next year’s EYYC!

A strong Czech crew composed of Petr Kavka, Vashek Kroutil, and Tomas Bubak, in addition to the local legend and 2012 European Champion Plamek were among the favorites, but the big winner today was Michal Zakrzewski, who took not only the Polish 1A title, but also the international title! Congratulations!

Check the results below!

International 1A

  1. Michal Zakrzewski
  2. Petr Kavka
  3. Vashek Kroutil

Polish National 1A

  1. Michal Zakrzewski
  2. Marcin Potarzycki
  3. Grzegorz Wójcik

5A

  1. Viktor Kollar
  2. Maciek Cwynar
  3. Petr Kavka

X Division

  1. Ben Conde

AP

  1. SLUSNY with Ben Conde

 

Filed Under: Contests Tagged With: 2013, cracow, featured, poland, polish nationals, wfc, wfc4

WFC International 4 x Polish Nationals Preliminary Results

December 21, 2013 By Rafael Matsunaga

Results for the 1A prelims are up for the International and Polish divisions of WFC x Polish Nationals! Check the list of qualified players below!

1A International

  1. Vashek Kroutil
  2. Petr Kavka
  3. Matous Tomes
  4. Viktor Kollar
  5. Grzegorz Wójcik
  6. Adrian Koniecki
  7. Marcin Potarzycki
  8. Roberto Kucera
  9. David Molnar
  10. Michal Zakrzewski
  11. Tomas Bubak
  12. Frantisek Bina
  13. Ryszard Rozanski
  14. Marcin Fresel
  15. Piotrek Smietana

1A Polish Nationals

  1. Grzegorz Wójcik
  2. Adrian Koniecki
  3. Marcin Potarzycki
  4. Michal Zakrzewski
  5. Ryszard Rozanski
  6. Marcin Fresel
  7. Piotrek Smietana
  8. Patryk Nawolski
  9. Mateusz Mendyka
  10. Dawid Puczynski
  11. Pawel Karasiewicz
  12. Mihai Suster
  13. Borys Radziszewski
  14. Bartek Romaniak
  15. Ewelina Wejner

Filed Under: Contests Tagged With: 2013, cracow, featured, poland, polish nationals, prelim, results, wfc, wfc4

2013 Winter Freestyle Contest – Top 1A Contenders

December 20, 2013 By Steve Brown

The 2013 Winter Freestyle Contest and Polish Nationals is tomorrow in Krakow, Poland and we’ve got a look at the top contenders for the 1A Division.

Tomas Bubak (C3YoYoDesign)

Just last month, Tomas announced his departure from Duncan Crew to join the C3YoYoDesign team, shortly after taking 3rd Place in the Czech National YoYo Contest. Tomas is one of the brightest stars of the European scene, and is always a contender for Top 3 in any event he wants to win.

Petr Kavka (CLYW)

Petr is the 2013 Czech National Champion, and easily the top contender for this year’s WFC 1A Division. But for all his talent, Petr is just as susceptible to nerves as anyone else, and at this level of play it only takes one mistake to knock yourself out of First Place.

Ben Conde (YoYoJam)

Ben Conde is a wild card for this event…while not usually one of the top competitive players in 1A, he’s a much better 1A player than many people realize. His trick construction is extremely well regarded among top-name players, but his natural tendency towards absurdly difficult banger tricks makes him a hit-or-miss in a contest setting.

Jan Hlinka (Turning Point)

With a strong 4th Place finish in the Open division at the 2013 Czech Nationals, Slovakian player Jan Hlinka is definitely a top contender this year. While other competitors might benefit by coming from larger scenes, the smaller scene in Slovakia and less exposure for Jan leaves him with a lot of room to roll in and surprise everyone. And while swagger will get you noticed, more than a few judges have crowned champions on skill + surprise.

Grzegorz “Plamek” Wójcik (C3YoYoDesign)

With a solid 2nd Place finish at the 2013 European YoYo Championships, Plamek is not only a lead contender for the title but he’s also got the home-field advantage. While venue may not help much in yoyoing, being able to represent your country at a major event IN your country definitely boosts the confidence…and since Plamek already has the skill, that extra boost of confidence may be just what he needs to take home the gold.

Adrian Koniecki (YoYoJam)

With only an 11th Place finish at this year’s European YoYo Championships, Adrian Koniecki is an unlikely name on our list…but his play shows a ton of promise, and watching his freestyle you can see that he’s just on the edge of being a serious threat for the Top 3. He lost his nerve with a major mistake in the first minute of his finals routine at EYYC, but if he can keep it together and learn to recover quicker, we could easily see Adrian in the Top 3 at WFC.

Marcin Drzewiecki (YoYoFactory)

Last year’s Polish National Champion Marcin Drzewiecki has kept a low profile this year, but it’s hard to deny his skill. Without recent contest standings to guess from, it’s hard to say what kind of a contender Marcin is going to be tomorrow. But with piles of talent, a home town crowd, and last year’s Polish National title under his belt, he’s got everything he needs to take home another win.

Marcin Fresel

Marcin Fresel only took 17th Place at the 2013 European YoYo Championships, but watching the video above it’s hard to understand why. One of the most unique players in Poland, Marcin has a style all his own and trick construction that has tons of potential. If Marcin can speed things up a bit and get those points in, he stands a good chance at Top Five.

Michał Zakrzewski (YoYoFactory)

With a strong 6th Place finish at EYYC and a 1st Place win at the 2012 WFC, Michał Zakrzewski is one of the strongest contenders for the Top 3.

Kentaro Kimura (Turning Point)

It’s REALLY hard to know what Kentaro is going to do! Competitively, his focus is primarily on 3A but he is such an effortlessly amazing 1A player that he can show up, completely unprepared, and land in the Top Five easily. Kentaro walked away from EYYC with 4th Place in the 1A Open division and rumor has it that he only decided to compete at the last minute and hadn’t prepared at all. No idea if that’s true, but Kentaro has the chops to pull if off and everyone else better bring their A-game.

Filed Under: Contests, Players Tagged With: 2013, Adrian Koniecki, Ben Conde, c3yoyodesign, clyw, featured, Grzegorz Wójcik, Jan Hlinka, kentaro kimura, marcin drzewiecki, Marcin Fresel, michal zakrzewski, Petr Kavka, plamek, tomas bubak, turning point, wfc, yoyofactory, YoYoJam

2013 Vietnam National YoYo Contest Winners

December 16, 2013 By Steve Brown

2013 Vietnam National YoYo Contest

Huge thanks to YoYoAccessory.com for getting up video from the 2013 Vietnam National YoYo Contest! Looks like the skill level in Vietnam just keeps rising…it’s great to see this scene continue to develop.

1A Freestyle – 1st Place – Huỳnh Hữu Lộc

2A Freestyle – 1st Place – Nguyễn Hoàng Tuấn

3A Freestyle – 1st Place – Nguyễn Trí Dũng

4A Freestyle – 1st Place – Trịnh Hùng Liêm

5A Freestyle – 1st Place – Nguyễn Minh Chiến

Filed Under: Contests, Video Tagged With: 2013, featured, results, video, vietnam national yoyo contest, winners, yoyoaccessory

2013 PA State YoYo Contest Results

November 22, 2013 By Steve Brown

Full results for the 2013 Pennsylvania State YoYo Contest!

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Filed Under: Contests Tagged With: 2013, pennsylvania state yoyo contest, results

Japan YoYo Fair 2013

November 22, 2013 By Steve Brown

The 2013 Japan YoYo Fair looks like it was a good time with plenty of talent!

About ten years ago, the concept of a “Spin & Grill” got some traction, and they were the first yoyo events that were centered around the idea of yoyo players hanging out first, with any thoughts of a contest being secondary. Looks like the Japan YoYo Fair is a similar idea, a gathering rather than a contest. We need more of these!

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: 2013, japan yoyo fair

2013 Arizona State YoYo Contest Freestyles

November 22, 2013 By Steve Brown

Updated with full results!

1st Place – 1A Freestyle – Clint Armstrong – 94.07

2nd Place – 1A Freestyle – Daniel Mizell – 85.51

3rd Place – 1A Freestyle – Alex Gallimore – 73.96

4th Place – 1A Freestyle – Cory Hendon – 69.90

5th Place – 1A Freestyle – Tyler Goldenberg – 67.71

6th Place – 1A Freestyle – Newman Becker – 67.67

7th Place – 1A Freestyle – Jake Remmer – 62.96

8th Place – 1A Freestyle – KJ Costish – 62.66

9th Place – 1A Freestyle – Cody Rislund – 49.75

10th Place – 1A Freestyle – Joshua Bennett – 41.02

 

1st Place – 3A Freestyle – Newman Becker – 94.34

2nd Place – 3A Freestyle – Michael Bender – 54.12

3rd Place – 3A Freestyle – Daniel Walling – 35.94

 

1st Place – 4A Freestyle  – Daniel Mizell – 84.74

2nd Place – 4A Freestyle – Cory Hendon – 55.31

3rd Place – 4A Freestyle – Ryan Ayers – 47.85

4th Place – 4A Freestyle – Michael Goody – 42.33

Filed Under: Contests, Video Tagged With: 2013, alex gallimore, arizona state yoyo contest, Clint Armstrong, contest results, cory hendon, daniel mizell, daniel walling, michael bender, newman becker, ryan ayers, video

Champions Remain Champions at Philippines Nationals!

November 11, 2013 By Rafael Matsunaga

The 2013 Philippines National Yo-yo Contest was held in Manila on November 10th, unfazed by typhoon Haiyan.

This year all defending champions successfully retained their titles!

In 1A, Crucial’s dancing wonder Reymark Zavalla got his second title in a row, ahead of Miguel Fernando and Joseph Junsay. 2A saw Kyle Capiral win once again to claim his sixth national title, Hiro “Kitty” Koba remains the king of Filipino 3A, Duncan’s hyperactive duo Sean Perez and Bryan Jardin also defended their titles in 4A and 5A, claiming their seventh (!!) and sixth titles, respectively.

Check the results below!

1A

  1. Reymark Zavalla
  2. Miguel Fernando
  3. Joseph Junsay
  4. James Apolonio
  5. Jobert Flores
  6. Josen John Manuel
  7. Hans Madula
  8. Matthew Garcia
  9. Preslie Saraza
  10. Rubik Francisco
  11. Macky Profeta

2A

  1. Kyle Capiral
  2. Martin Desamito
  3. Kenneth Santiago
  4. Zire Salazar

3A

  1. Hiro Koba
  2. Manuel Tolentino
  3. John Eric Galicha
  4. Patrick Villa

4A

  1. Sean Perez
  2. Remel Dela Cruz
  3. Rocky Loyola
  4. Macky Profeta
  5. Neil Cleofe

5A

  1. Bryan Jardin
  2. Jaued Cervas
  3. Miggy Hizon
  4. Paolo Alto
  5. Meejay Olaybar
  6. Cyrel Oregano

Check Hiro Koba’s YouTube channel for more freestyles!

Filed Under: Contests Tagged With: 2013, bryan jardin, hiro koba, kyle capiral, philippines, philippines national yoyo contest, results, reymark zavalla, sean perez, winners

Eric Tran-Ton | Beach Sneakers

November 4, 2013 By Patrick Borgerding

Eric Tran-Ton just released a new 3A video (finally)  and it is well worth the watch. Eric had a break out year in both 1A and 3A at the World Yo-Yo Contest hitting his best routines ever for both divisions. Eric is a forced to be reckoned with in 3A holding it down for the Midwestern players. Check out some of the best 3A the United States has to offer with his incredibly technical tricks, beautiful transitions and mounts and his mind blowing stall banger. Hopefully videos like this keep inspiring more players to pick up another yo-yo.

Filed Under: Players, Video Tagged With: 2013, 3A, Beach sneakers, eric tran-ton, Werrd

YoYoFactory Open House in Phoenix, AZ

November 4, 2013 By Patrick Borgerding

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YoYoFactory will be hosting the 2013 Arizona State Yo-Yo Contest and in honor of the event they are hosting an open house at the factory that includes a BBQ, tour and plenty of yo-yoing to have a great time. Here is an excerpt from YoYoFactory:

Join us at YoYoFactory on November 15th for an open house, free Hamburgers and Hotdogs, and meet some of the people who help make your favorite YoYos! We’ll have mini contests, give aways, and a lot more.

YoYoFactory, 155 E Chilton Drive, Suite 101, Chandler Az, 85225

4 PM – 7 PM

Check out www.azyoyo.com for more details, or if you want to contact us personally email us at tyler@yoyofactory.com. Hope to see you all there!

 

Filed Under: Contests, General News, Manufacturer Tagged With: 2013, arizona state yo-yo contest, bbq, open house, yoyofactory

Petr Kavka wins Czech Nationals!

November 3, 2013 By Rafael Matsunaga

Petr Kavka is the 2013 Czech National Champion! Petr, who’s no stranger to competition in Czech Republic and abroad, is the 1A winner of this year’s Czech Nationals, beating his Slusny teammates Vashek Kroutil and Tomáš Bubák!

Check the results below!

1A

  1. Petr Kavka
  2. Vashek Kroutil
  3. Tomáš Bubák
  4. Robert Kučera
  5. David Kreibich
  6. Matouš Tomeš
  7. Tomáš Kochman
  8. Jan Paprštein
  9. Zdeněk Hýbl
  10. Pavel Dietrich
  11. Adam Hříbal
  12. Tony Šec
  13. Petr Silovský
  14. František Bina
  15. Tomáš Vyletěl

1A Open

  1. Carlos Braun (Germany)
  2. Grzegorz Wójcik (Poland)
  3. Kentaro Kimura (Japan)
  4. Jan Hlinka (Slovakia)
  5. Tan Yixing (Germany)
  6. Vilmos Zoltan Kiss (Hungary)
  7. Krisztian Kaluzsa (Hungary)
  8. Dávid Molnár (Hungary)
  9. Gabriel Szalay (Slovakia)
  10. Attila Botlik (Hungary)
  11. Samuel Malik (Slovakia)
  12. Ben McPhee (Australia)
  13. Ann Connolly (USA)
  14. Maciek Cwynar (Poland)
  15. Corli du Toit (UK/South Africa)
  16. Ewelina Wejner (Poland)

 Double Division

  1. Michal Jaško
  2. Ben McPhee
  3. Matyáš Racek
  4. Jan Bubák

4A

  1. Ondřej Schmid
  2. Nicolas Záhorský
  3. Dávid Molnár
  4. Zdeněk Hýbl
  5. Michal Švarc
  6. František Procházka

5A

  1. Dávid Molnár
  2. Petr Kavka
  3. Maciek Cwynar
  4. Petr Míka
  5. Jan Novotný
  6. Peter Kišon
  7. Kryštof Kuchař
  8. Andres Pegam

Filed Under: Contests Tagged With: 2013, clyw, czech, Nationals, Petr Kavka, prague

2013 Spain Nationals Results!

October 30, 2013 By Rafael Matsunaga

The 2013 Spanish National Yo-Yo Contest was held on October 26th in Madrid. The Spanish scene is small, but has been going steadily for several years.

This year’s winner is X³ team member Ixbalam Tapia, winning his traditional battle for the top spot against Daniel Tamariz.

Their national contest traditionally attracts lots of foreign players, making for a pretty strong international division every year. János Karancz won last year’s title and this year Ricardo Marechal’s signature foot tricks got him the title.

Check the results below:

1A

  1. Ixbalam Tapia
  2. Daniel Tamariz
  3. Juan Francisco Mateo
  4. Daniel Capilla
  5. Alfredo Mascali
  6. Pablo Correa
  7. Iago Lopez
  8. Mikel Castillo
  9. Jesús San Andrés
  10. Brenda González

Open (International)

  1. Ricardo Marechal (Brazil)
  2. Clément Bertaux (France)
  3. Piotrek Śmietana (Poland)
  4. Lorenzo Sabatini (Italy)
  5. Roland Kovács (Hungary)
  6. Corli du Toit (UK/South Africa)
  7. Matt Gallacher (UK)
  8. Anthony Destremx (France)
  9. Riccardo Fraolini (Italy)
  10. Andrea Franzoni (Italy)
  11. Quentin Godet (France)
  12. Federico Zermian (Italy)

X

  1. Lorenzo Sabatini
  2. Matt Gallacher
  3. Quentin Godet
  4. Roland Kovács
  5. Juan Francisco Mateo

 

Filed Under: Contests Tagged With: 2013, ceyy, ixbalam tapia, madrid, results, spain

Results from C3yoyodesign Contest Vol.1!

October 25, 2013 By Rafael Matsunaga

Poland has a long tradition of producing great players, and one of the country’s all-time best, 2012 European Champion Grzegorz “Plamek” Wójcik, writes to let us know about the first edition of the C3yoyodesign Contest, held in Łódź on October 12th!

Plamek recently started the C3yoyodesign Poland project and the contest was its first event.

With players preparing for Polish Nationals in December, this was a great preview of what to expect!

Check the results and videos below!

1A

  1. Patryk Nawolski
  2. Borys Radziszewski
  3. Piotrek Śmietana
  4. Michał Przybysz
  5. Julek Rosa
  6. Marcel Rokicki
  7. Jakub Wawrzyniak
  8. Filip Nowak
  9. Mihai Suster
  10. Ryszard Różański

 

Filed Under: Contests Tagged With: 2013, c3yoyodesign, lodz, plamek, poland

YoYoExpert Presents: 2013 US National YoYo Contest

October 16, 2013 By Steve Brown

YoYoExpert has released their clip video from the 2013 US National YoYo Contest, and it’s a great snapshot of the entire event. Featuring Ben Conde, Harold Owens III, Jason Lee, Ernest Kahn, Miguel Correa, Anthony Rojas, Paul Dang, Sebastian Brock, and US National YoYo Champion Gentry Stein.

 

A yo-yo contest is an amazing place. The people it brings together, the mind-blowing display of skill, the new friendships created, and even the competitive rivalries. Contests are few and far between in the USA but if you can find one you are in for a truly great experience.

Proud sponsors of the 2013 National Yo-Yo Contest, YoYoExpert, teamed up with the amazing Dennis Barahona to bring a bit of this years event to you at home.

Get a feel of what it is like to be at a contest. What it means to the players. What it feels like to watch history in the making. Whether you are there to observe, learn, or just be part of what is pushing our sport into the future. We thank all of you who attend these events and urge more to keep an eye out for a contest near you.

Thank you and enjoy.

– André Boulay

Filed Under: Contests, Video Tagged With: 2013, featured, us national yoyo contest, video, yoyoexpert

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