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2014 World YoYo Contest Documentary

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With excitement at an all-time high for the 2015 World YoYo Contest happening soon in Tokyo, we have a great documentary that takes a look back at last year’s event in Prague.

The 2014 World YoYo Contest was the first one to be held outside of the United States since 1932, and was a huge “level up” for the event. The previous organizer, Greg Cohen, took the event as far as he could, but once it was handed over to the IYYF and allowed to move around the world we saw a massive jump in production value.

The 2014 event in Prague was the best-produced World YoYo Contest to date…and we can’t wait to see what Tokyo brings!

Perfect Elements Presents: Friends + Worlds

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Perfect Elements, the film production name of Russian super awesome guy Igor Galiev just dropped an epic video featuring nearly 8 minutes of brilliant yoyo tricks from the best players in the world. All you are doing for the next hour is watching this over and over. I’m not even kidding here. Shot at 60fps, so make sure you watch it full screen at full size!

Featuring Ben Conde, Riccardo Fraolini, Yoshi Mikamoto, Justin Weber, James Reed, Charles Haycock, Jensen Kimmitt, Harold Owens III, Petr Kavka, Vashek Kroutil, Kentaro Kimura, Paul Kerbel, Takeshi Matsuura, and more.

AP 2014 – Singapura Represent

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The Asia-Pacific contest just released the first highlight clip from this year’s event, featuring some of the most talented players in Singapore. With players of the caliber of Marcus Koh and Christopher Chia hailing from Singapore, you know this is a country with some of the best talent in the world. Check it out!

44Clash Results – ZACH GORMLEY WINS!

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The results are in, and Zach Gormley is the new 44Clash champion! This years event was absolutely amazing, and my first time attending this prestigious contest. The yoyo scene in Japan is overwhelmingly stacked with talent, and the addition of top-level players from around the world made this one of the best contests of the year.

Full results are listed below. Congratulations to all the winners!

44Clash - Zach Gormley

1A Division

1st – Zach Gormley (CLYW) – 78.8
2nd – Janos Karancz (Duncan) – 73.8
3rd – Yuuki Spencer – 70.8
4th – Shu Takada (YoYoFactory) – 69.6
5th – Hiroyuki Suzuki (sOMEhING) – 68.8
6th – Hidemasa Senba (Duncan) – 67.9
7th – Akitoshi Tokubuchi (YoYoRecreation) – 67.5
8th – Ahmad Kharisma (YoYoRecreation) – 64.6
9th – Shion Araya (C3YoYoDesign) – 64.2
9th – Yamato Murata (sOMEhING) – 64.2
11th – Iori Yamaki – (YoYoRecreation) – 63.8
12th – Hirotaka Akiba – 59.6
12th – Christopher Chia (sOMEThING) – 59.6
14th – Daiki Tanaka (YoYoFactory) – 58.3
15th – Takeshi Matsuura (Turning Point) – 57.5
16th – Izuru Hasumi (YoYoRecreation) – 56.3
17th – Petr Kavka (CLYW) – 55.4
18th – Shinya Kido (C3YoYoDesign) – 54.2
19th – Tatsuya Fujisaka (YoYoRecreation) – 53.8
20th – Palli Gudmundsson (CLYW) – 53.3
21st – Ayumu Harada (CLYW) – 52.1
22nd – Eric Tran-ton (RecRev) – 49.6
23rd – Yusuke Otsuka (YoYoRecreation) – 48.3
24th – Kentaro Mannen (Japan Technology?) – 40.8
25th – Igor Galiev (YoYoFactory) – 38.3
26th – Akos Linzenbold – 35.8
27th – Yuusuke Moriki (DXL Crew) – 34.2
28th – Kento Muraoka (YoYoRecreation) – 31.7
29th – Chemn Jua Lin (YOYO.Y) – 29.2

44Clash - 2A

2A Division

1st – Masakazu Yamasaki (Rewind) – 72.7
2nd – Shun Sakakibara (SpinGear) – 55.0
3rd – Kiwamu Ebata – 54.2
4th – Ryusei Saito – 52.9
5th – Takumi Nagase – 44.2
6th – Tomoyuki Kaneko (sOMEhING) – 43.8
7th – Toshiaki Onuma – 43.5
8th – Yuki Yamaguchi – 27.3

44Clash - 3A

3A Division

1st – Hajime Miura (sOMEThING) – 81.0
2nd – Tomoya Kurita  – 67.3
3rd – Yuto Yamaguchi – 53.5
4th – Ryosuke Ito (Werrd) – 51.3
5th – Mizuki Takimoto (YoYoRecreation) – 50.0
6th – Eric Tran-Ton (RecRev) – 48.3

44Clash - 4A

4A Division

1st – Jeon Ji Hwan (Japan Technology) – 79.4
2nd – Rei Iwakura (YoYoJam) – 76.0
3rd – Bryan Figueroa (YoYoJam) – 75.4
4th – Tsubasa Onishi – 62.3
5th – Keita Kido (Japan Technology) – 55.2
6th – Takumi Yasimoto (YoYoRecreation) – 49.6
7th – Yuki Uchida – 44.6
8th – Eiji Okuyama (YoYoFactory) – 43.5
9th – Lee Min Woo (sOMEThING) – 39.4
10th – Shinya Muraki – 24.8

44Clash - 5A

5A Division

1st – Naoya Takeuchi (yoyomonster) – 57.7
2nd – Sojun Miyamura – 55.8
3rd – Yoshihiro Abe (Duncan) – 51.9
4th – Petr Kavka (CLYW) – 45.8
5th – Ryota Torigoe (YoYoRecreation) – 42.5
6th – Daigo Komiya (Werrd) – 34.8

Brno YoYo Crew – 2014 Czech National YoYo Contest

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The Brno YoYo Crew dropped a great clip video from the recent Czech National YoYo Contest that gives a nice look at this top-notch event. As someone who’s attended two contests in the Czech Republic, I can definitely vouch for the quality of their events! The production value and level of play are always top-notch…hats off to the Czechs!

2014 Duncan International YoYo Championship

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Our newest YoYoNews contributor, Piotrek Smietana, was the official videographer for the 2014 Duncan Toys International YoYo Championship held this past August at Downtown Disney in Orlando, Florida. Piotrek brought his skill and craftsmanship to the event, and this video really gives you a great idea of what it was like to be at this top-level contest with some of the best yoyo players in the world.

2014 Philippines National YoYo Contest – Reymark Zavalla Wins!

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Awesome crowd at PNYC 2014

Awesome crowd at PNYC 2014!

Results are in for this year’s Philippines National Yo-yo Contest!

Reymark Zavalla is still the champion in 1A, making him 3-time national champion! Kyle Capiral also repeated his great result from the past few years and grabbed his sixth (!!) national title!

John Eric Galicha won his first title in 3A, after finishing third last year. The country’s biggest winners in 4A and 5A – Sean Perez and Bryan Jardin – were absent this year due to their relocation to the US, clearing the path for Rocky Loyola in 4A, and Jaued Cervas in 5A. Jaued had last won his division in 2011.

Reymark also won the Battle of Champions, securing his trip to AP 2015 to represent the Philippines!

Videos will be up soon and we’ll post them here shortly!

1A

  1. Reymark Zavalla
  2. John Elias Ibarra
  3. John Regala

2A

  1. Kyle Capiral
  2. Kenneth Xavier Santiago
  3. Martin Desamito

3A

  1. John Eric Galicha
  2. Manuel Tolentino Jr.
  3. Patrick Villa

4A

  1. Ibarra Rocky Bradecina Loyola
  2. Neil Cleofe
  3. Jake Marcelo

5A

  1. Jaued Cervas
  2. Paolo Alto
  3. MigGy Hizon

 

Singapore Eastern State Throwdown – VIDEO

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Results are in and video is up for the 2014 Eastern State Throwdown contest, held September 13th in Singapore. Check out video below for the top 3 winners in each Pro Division, and head over to the Spinworkx YouTube channel to see the winners from the Spinner (Amateur) division!

Pro 1A Division

1st Place – Jason Cheow

2nd Place – Malcolm Chiu

3rd Place – Jeremy Tan

Pro 2A Division

1st Place – Ian Loh

2nd Place – Kenneth Bay

Pro 4A Division

1st Place – Kwan Jun Jie

2nd Place – Jeremy Tan

3rd Place – Chong Yichen

Pro 5A Division

1st Place – Ian Loh

2nd Place – Lee Wei Ting

3rd Place – Kenneth Bay

2014 Slovakian Nationals Results – Gabriel Szalay Wins!

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2014 Slovakian National YoYo Contest Winners

Congratulations to the 2014 Slovakian National Champion, Gabriel Szalay! Check out his winning freestyle and full results from the 1A Division below. We got word that Petr Kavka won the 1A Open and 5A Divisions, but only have full results for the 1A Division so far. We’ll update this post with full results as soon as we have them!

1A Division

1st Place – Gabriel Szalay – 87.1

2nd Place – Jan Hlinka – 79.3


3rd Place – Adam Fabcin – 74.5


4th Place – Dano Galbavy – 57.7
5th Place – Roman Labos – 52.6
6th Place – Joe Black – 47.4
7th Place – Samuel Malik – 44.8
8th Place – Nicolas Zahorsky – 42.4
9th Place – Robert Stefak – 39.2
10th Place – Vlado Bernard – 38.4
11th Place – Richard Aufricht – 35.8
12th Place – Jan Kiraly – 34.8
13th Place – Andrej Uhrin – 33.3
14th Place – Alan Sabanovic – 28.2
15th Place – Martin Viola – 27.1
16th Place – Eric Klesken – 23.2
17th Place – Matej Belovsov – 20.4
18th Place – Adam Kostric – 12.3

1A Open Division

1st Place – Petr Kavka – 92.0


2nd Place – Robert Kucera – 90.7


3rd Place – Matous Tomes – 90.4


4th Place – David Kreibich – 84.6
5th Place – Tomas Bubak – 79.3
6th Place – Malik Michal – 72.2
7th Place – Danilo Packer – 69.2
8th Place – Norbert Jenei – 67.9
9th Place – Viktor Kollar – 67.0
10th Place – Francesco Gioia – 66.2
11th Place – Lukas Pokorny – 65.6
12th Place – Rodrigo Yokota – 65.4
13th Place – Piort Smietana – 59.9
14th Place – Adam Czapla – 55.5
15th Place – Andrea Franzoni – 54.8
16th Place – Mattia Rioza – 54.4
17th Place – Matyas Hronek – 53.2
18th Place – Julek Rosa – 51.1
19th Place – Marcelo Jesus – 46.3
20th Place – Filip Svatos – 43.7
21st Place – Timmy Schroeer – 39.4
22nd Place – Phillip Szkokan – 37.8
23rd Place – Dominik Predka – 34.4
24th Place – Gesine Lent – 31.3
25th Place – Martin Siegrist – 26.2
26th Place – Dinh Bao Dang – 0.0

4A Division

1st Place – Norbert Jenei

5A Division

1st Place – Petr Kavka

2014 Summer Freestyle Competition (Poland)

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A few weeks back, on August 23rd, Ky Zizan and I had the unexpected honor of attending the 2014 Summer Freestyle Competition in Jarocin, Poland.

When we arrived in Berlin on Friday night, Pac informed us that there was a contest the following day, 4 hours away in Poland. We weren’t planning to go at first, taking a train to catch a bus to catch another bus would have been fairly inconvenient. But then Pac’s (non-yoyoing) friend Toby showed up with his RV. As fate would have it, Toby is going to have his driver’s license revoked by the German government very soon, so he was eager to drive as much as possible while he still can.

2014 Summer Freestyle Competition (Poland)

Around noon on Saturday, as Pac, Gesine, Toby, Ky, and myself loaded in the RV to leave Berlin, Pac called up Nowak (SFC oragnizer) to let him know we were actually coming. The contest was scheduled to begin at 2pm, but when Pac told him that we would arrive around 4pm, Nowak said “Ok, we’ll start when you get here.” We were pretty stunned. I guess I’ve never been an international guest at a yoyo contest like this before, but still, stalling the entire event for us to get there, was an awesome gesture. It was around this point, as the RV turned onto the Autobahn, it really began to sink in that this would be an event unlike anything I’ve ever been to before.

When we arrived in Jarocin, Pac found out that he would be judging (though he had considered doing a routine), and I found out that they needed someone to film the freestyles. Good thing we decided to go!

2014 Summer Freestyle Competition (Poland)

It was a quaint little contest, only about 20 competitors, and a non-standard judging system (string hits only), with some players doing multiple styles in their routines, all in a single division. It was very much a low-pressure opportunity for the local players to get stage experience. Despite the relaxed, non-competitive atmosphere, we witnessed some great rising talent, and these guys have a lot to look forward to at Polish Nationals later this month.

2014 Summer Freestyle Competition (Poland)

I never would have thought to find myself in an RV, going to a yoyo contest in a foreign country on a moment’s notice. Nor did I ever expect I would attend a yoyo contest on a Polish farm with goats and go-karts, ponies, pedal-boats (in a lake on the premises), and communal dinner cooked on an open fire. It was an awesome weekend, and we couldn’t have planned it if we had known about the contest beforehand. Many thanks to Toby for transportation, and of course thanks to our Polish friends for waiting for us!

2014 Summer Freestyle Competition (Poland)

2014 Summer Freestyle Competition Results

1st Place – Patryk Nawolski

2nd Place – Marcin Potarzycki

3rd Place – Borys Radziszewski

4th Place – Kacper Pałatyński
5th Place – Julek Rosa
6th Place – Ky Zizan
7th Place – Maciek Cwynar
8th Place – Patryk Kusyk
9th Place – Michał Grabowski
10th Place – Ernest Wróbel
11th Place – Hubert Mantey
12th Place – Adam Czapla
13th Place – Dawid Tomczak
14th Place – Kuba Tomaszkiewicz
15th Place – Gesine
16th Place – Szymon Szczepański
17th Place – Ben Gates
18th Place – Jakub Orpel
19th Place – Kacper Tomaszkiewicz
20th Place – Mariusz Szymkowiak
21th Place – Mateusz Bargenda

Head over to YouTube for all freestyles from the contest!

 

2014 World YoYo Contest – 10,000 Hours

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The new video from Backspin is a 12+ minute love letter to the 2014 World YoYo Contest, and there’s nothing I can say that will do it any justice. Watch it!

It is assumed that the man can become master at any skill after 10,000 hours of practice. Let us share our journey through World YoYo Contest 2014 in Prague…. 10,000 hours of practice, 10,000 hours of growing passion, 10,000 hours of incredible adventure. We proudly present to you newest video by Piotrek Smietana. This is our 10,000 hours.

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