Recess Intl. has been non-stop since they announced the new venture, teasing the big release of their first two models at the 2015 World YoYo Contest in Tokyo! Here’s another video, featuring Tyler Severance and Ky Zizan, with a guest appearance by Boyd Seth and our first peek at the plastic release by Recess!
CRW VID TWO
DAAAAAAAAAMN.
Harold Owens III has spent a chunk of the summer in Arizona teaching yoyo classes with Tyler Severance and working on his contest freestyles. Tyler, Harold, and madman Boyd Seth took a break from practicing to put together this video and it’s flat-out baller. Pretty much every trick in here is pure gold, and the lo-fi 80s-looking video being set to Eddie Murphy’s “Party All The Time” just puts it over the top.
Watch. Enjoy. Repeat.
The BAC Experience (NSFW)
This video is recommended for audiences 18 years and older.
Youtube version here.
Because it is my regional contest, The Bay Area Classic is dear to my heart. Currently held in San Francisco, CA, the BAC always manages to bring together many of the world’s greatest players.
Since I personally never compete, I am always a spectator on the sidelines. I don’t mind this. In fact, I embrace it. Very rarely do you see me without my trusty camera. Since 1998, I have shot video at pretty much every yoyo event I’ve gone to. Some people have said that my work has documented the growth and change of yoyoing over the past 15 years. While I don’t feel I’m worthy of such high praise, I do feel that my videos have made a large impact in the yoyo community. That is why when the BAC committee asked me if I was willing to help shoot freestyles for the event, I gladly accepted. This acceptance, however, came with a downside.
This year, BAC ran freestyles throughout the day (as opposed to the end of the day). While this made everything run much smoother, it meant that I was unable to film tricks for a clip video since I would be busy with freestyles all day. I was pretty bummed, as I really enjoy making clip videos. So, to get my “documenting fix” in, I decided to shoot photographs and maybe hope that I could grab some good video footage at the Official BAC BBQ on Sunday.
My initial video plan was to make a video that showed people hanging out at the BAC BBQ. I wanted to make a sequel to last year’s BAC video, but this time focus on the players themselves, instead of their tricks. I wanted to show all of us hanging out, laughing, having a good time, making up and sharing tricks, and relaxing after a tough competition. This was the plan until I got home and realized that the photos I had taken all weekend showed a much more interesting story.
Over the course of the weekend, I shot approximately 2000 photos using a combination of my iPhone, Lumix LX7, and Sony NEX-5N using (primarily) a 8mm fisheye. If you were in my vicinity at any point this weekend, odds are I took your picture.
Inspired by Kohta’s EYYC 2012 video, this BAC 2013 video shows a different side of the contest filled with friends, family, spirits, camaraderie, yoyoing, and kendama.
Caribou Rendezvous
Members of the CLYW team hanging out at the 2012 World YoYo Contest in Orlando…so good!
Featuring:
Harrison Lee
Ernest Kahn
John Bot
Boyd Seth
Zach Gormley
Alec Campbell
Elliot Jackson
Palli
Chuck
Petr Kavka
Alex Berenguel