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We’ve got full results, scoring breakdowns, and video of the winners from the 2016 Illinois State YoYo Contest!
The 2014 Triple Crown of YoYo is almost here!
The 2014 Triple Crown of YoYo is a 1A only freestyle event held at Navy Pier in Chicago, IL…three winners will take home the crowns and a total of $1750 in cash prizes! Competitors will have a chance to perform for some of the biggest crowds of any yoyo contest in the country, with thousands of people in attendance to watch the best players compete on stage for cash and glory. There is also a special 21+ only pre-party for the contest, hosted by the Le Tigre Stage at Tour De Fat, and an after-party at Chicago designer toy store and gallery, Rotofugi!
A limited edition of the Triple Crown Monster vinyl toy will also be released at the event, painted in the contest logo colors! This figure is 7″ tall and 8″ wide….it’s massive! The 2014 Contest Edition Triple Crown Monster is limited to only 25 pieces, and will be available at the contest and after-party for $100. Any remaining figures after the event will be available online at TripleCrownYoYo.com. Monster designed by Chris Ryniak, sculpted by Shinbone Creative, and produced by Squibbles Ink + Rotofugi.
The 2013 Illinois State YoYo Contest is coming up in a few weeks, and online registration has opened on their website.
This year’s event will once again be held at Navy Pier, in conjunction with the 2013 Chicago Toy & Game Fair. From their website:
James Buffington, Bill Alrifai, and Ben Conde are all back as organizers, and have plans to make this year’s contest something special. There will be the usual Sport Ladder, 1A Freestyles, Aerial Freestyles, and Dual freestyles divisions; but for the after party we’ll have a special invitation-only All-Star Battle. Some of the best players in the country will compete to showcase their skills and win bragging rights.
Judges for the contest are still being determined, but they will be some of the best in the sport. Many, if not all, will be taking part in the All-Star Battle.
Check back often for updates on both the website and Facebook page. This is one contest you don’t want to miss!
Hey everyone!
We regret to announce that we will not be holding a Triple Crown of YoYo event in 2013. But it’s all good…we’ve just chosen to take the year off to allow Triple Crown organizer André Boulay and his wife Devon to concentrate on the birth of their first child, who is due right when the contest would have been held. Congratulations, you two!
Without André, the quality just wouldn’t have been as high as it should be and one thing we absolutely insist with the Triple Crown of YoYo is bringing you the highest quality event possible. So we’re passing on 2013, and immediately beginning work on the 2014 event!
And we’ve confirmed a new venue for Chicago 2014…the event will be held at Navy Pier!
Historic Navy Pier® is Chicago’s lakefront playground. And it’s the Midwest’s #1 tourist and leisure destination, attracting more than 8.6 million visitors a year. Navy Pier is the place where all of Chicagoland and tourists from around the world have come together since 1995 to enjoy the beauty and the thrills of a day on Lake Michigan. From rides to restaurants, exhibitions to entertainment, shopping to dining cruises and tour boats, Navy Pier has it all – in a location unlike any other!
We’ll update with a firm event date soon, and will be opening early registration at the end of the year. Thanks so much for your continued support…and enjoy the rest of the summer contest season!
Our friends at Rotofugi have announce the December colorway of their Helper Dragon figures…Army Man Green! This nifty art toy is the perfect gift this holiday season for that friend who has everything…everything except a weird cyclops dragon toy made from an old blow-molding toy machine in Chicago.
For December 2012 we’ve taken inspiration from the classic plastic Army Man and made the Helper Dragon the same shade of green. Put a Helper Dragon under (or on) the tree this year!
Designed and sculpted by Tim Biskup, the Helper Dragon is the very first Roto-a-Matic figure. Made in a vintage Mold-a-Rama machine that we’ve rehabbed and renamed the Roto-a-Matic, the Helper Dragon is 4.5 inches of blow-molded polyethylene art! Each figure comes with it’s own Certificate of Authenticity indicating the name of the figure, name of the artist, date of manufacture and color.
About the Roto-a-Matic
The Roto-a-Matic™ began it’s life as a vintage Mold-a-Rama* machine, invented in the mid-1950’s by Tike Miller, formerly of Quincy, Illinois. If you are lucky enough to have lived in the few midwest states (as well as some parts of California and Florida) where Mold-a-Rama machines have been operating for the past 40-plus years you have probably seen one at a zoo or a museum making souvenir animals, dinosaurs and the like.
Our machine once lived in the Los Angeles Zoo where it last made kangaroos, but was retired after decades of service. We have lovingly rehabbed this machine, re-christening it The Roto-a-Matic™. Then we asked some of our artist and toy designer friends to make new sculpts for the machine so it now makes art “toys” instead of zoo souvenirs, but the spirit is still the same…visit us in Chicago, put in your token and see your toy made right before your eyes! There’s nothing better than the feel of the warm plastic as you reach into the bin to pull out your newly made treasure. We sincerely hope you enjoy this figure as much as we have enjoyed making it possible.
For more information please visit the Roto-a-Matic Project Blog at http://roto-a-matic.com.
The 2012 Triple Crown of Yo-yo took place today in sunny Chicago and the results are in!
Duncan Crew had a most excellent day, with World Champion Hank Freeman taking the Dual Trick division, and Isaac Sams and Tomás Bubak taking the top spots in the Standard (1A) division.
Ben Conde took the Aerial Trick division, followed by Miguel Correa and Ian Johnson!
Check the results below:
Standard (1A):
Aerial (4A + 5A)
The fantastic 2012 contest season continues with a superb event in Chicago!
On July 27th and 28th, the city will host the Triple Crown of Yo-yo! This year’s Triple Crown will raise the standards of yo-yo contests worldwide, with stunning cash prizes, amazing production, and a beautiful venue.
The play level also promises to be very high, as top-level contestants from around the globe gather for both Triple Crown and the World Yo-yo Contest one week later.
The Triple Crown finals will be broadcast live Saturday on Duncan’s website. Don’t miss it!