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Darnell Hairston – Fal16

November 13, 2016 By Steve Brown

Darnell Hairston gives up a new video from his front porch where, apparently, his best tricks happen. Solid.

Yoyo used is the Recess Diplomat.

Filed Under: Players, Video Tagged With: darnell hairston, diplomat, recess, yoyo tricks, yoyo video

Darnell Hairston – Fugazi Pt.1

March 17, 2016 By Steve Brown

Darnell Hairston is back! Cleveland’s prodigal son returns with a new video and new tricks and a new jacket and we’re all about it.

Yoyo used is the Recess Weekend.
String used is Kitty String Fat.

Filed Under: Players, Video Tagged With: darnell hairston, kitty string, recess, weekend, yoyo tricks, yoyo video

Ohio Boyz (NSFW)

August 6, 2015 By Steve Brown

New video from the mighty Midwest! Check out Keegan Orr, Darnell Hairson, and Ohio State Champion Chandler Steele throwing their latest tricks.

(Music is NSFW)

Filed Under: Players, Video Tagged With: chandler steele, darnell hairston, keegan orr, yoyo tricks, yoyo video

Darnell Hairston – Lost Files: Fall14

January 9, 2015 By Steve Brown

Darnell Hairston is good at two things: doing yoyo tricks and losing videos. 😉 Here’s one from about four months ago that he just found and released!

Yoyo used is the Bear vs Man 2 by CLYW.

Filed Under: Players, Video Tagged With: cleveland, clyw, darnell hairston, video

Darnell Hairston – Abandoned II

August 16, 2014 By Steve Brown

New video from Cleveland player Darnell Hairston! Some more promising play from this up-and-comer.

Yoyo used is the BvsM2 by CLYW. String is Kitty String XL.

Filed Under: Players, Video Tagged With: bear vs man 2, cleveland, clyw, darnell hairston, kitty string, video

Darnell Hairston – Trick Dump

July 25, 2014 By Steve Brown

Darnell Hairston dropped a trick dump video, and it’s a good one. Check the construction of the combo starting at 0:43…good stuff!

Yoyo used is the Bear Vs Man 2 by CLYW.

Filed Under: Players, Video Tagged With: bear vs man 2, bvsm2, clyw, darnell hairston, video

Darnell Hairston – Ohio States Preview (NSFW)

June 5, 2014 By Steve Brown

Darnell Hairston is putting everyone on notice for Ohio States…looks like he’s practiced up and making a run at the Ohio State Champion title again.

The 2014 Ohio State YoYo Contest will be held June 28th at Great Northern Mall in North Olmsted, OH. Full details and registration up at ohioyoyo.com.

Yoyo used is the Bear vs Man Round 2 by CLYW. Music is NSFW.

Filed Under: Players, Video Tagged With: bear vs man 2, clyw, darnell hairston, nsfw, ohio state yoyo contest, video

Paranoia – Darnell Hairston

February 17, 2014 By Steve Brown

Cleveland player Darnell Hairston throws down yet another video with some great trick concepts. His play just gets better and better…he’s definitely a contender for Ohio States this year.

Yoyo used is the Yeti by CLYW.

Filed Under: Players, Video Tagged With: clyw, darnell hairston, video, yeti

Darnell Hairston – Intro To 2014

January 6, 2014 By Steve Brown

Cleveland’s Darnell Hairston puts everyone on notice for 2014. He’s got the skill for sure, but can he pound it out clean on stage? We’ll find out when the 2014 contest season starts up.

Yoyo used is the Bear Vs Man 2 by CLYW.

Filed Under: Players, Video Tagged With: bear vs man 2, cleveland, clyw, darnell hairston, ohio, video

#trickcircle round up 12/22/2013

December 22, 2013 By Drew Tetz

The #trickcircle tag on Instagram has become the spot for players to share their latest moves, and we here at @Yoyonews are picking out the best ones to share every week. We’re still about two weeks behind, so we’ve got a huge crop of amazing material to sort through and it might take more than one installment before we’re caught up, but enough talk: let’s get to the tricks!

OK, I know we talked last week about @blablablanchard (Riccardo Fraolini) and that I’m jumping ahead a bit in our queue of tricks, but this was too good not to share. It opens with a fairly understated slack sequence before dropping into an unusual-looking chopsticks mount… and then string starts spitting out the top of the yo-yo into his hand like some kind of weird magic spell. Jaws stay dropped as he moves his hand to charm the string back and forth a few times, accentuating it with a humorous head turn, before propelling it all the way to the other finger and properly finish his mount. Colin Leland (of TMBR Toys) notably made a video in 2007 called “The Magnum Project” exploring this response-centric trick, but few players have been able to crack the concept open as effectively as Riccardo has here. Love it!

@smietanejro (AKA Piotrek Smietana of YoYoJam Poland, Backspin, and organizer of the recent WFC International) compresses a ton of conceptual goodness into a short amount of time with this great 3D bind. It sets up with an undermount tossed into a grind, which is then thrown upwards and outwards which triggers a sidewinder effect on the return. Not only is this creative, flashy, and good for fixing string tension, but in a contest setting it automatically tacks 4 or 5 extra clicks on to the end of your combo. As contest tricks become increasingly dense, it pays to put a little bit of flair into your catches. For a bonus instaclip, check out his “Puff Puff” trick — picture trick tech ahoy!

@daigowerrd (AKA Daigo Komiya of Werrd Japan) brings us this beautiful counterweight combo. Contest judge Boxthor once told me that a hallmark of Japanese combo construction is variations on a theme, and you can definitely see this idea reflected in the redirection sequence at the end of this trick. Daigo’s style, though, crosses all kinds of borders, and he’s known for creative details that make all his tricks feel both cohesive and surprising. The final bind/unwrap sequence is a particular favorite of mine Bonus: check out his bouncy chopsticks 1A repeater.

@johnwrobot (AKA John Bot of CLYW) is the yo-yo player equivalent of a cult classic. While he may not be as well-known as players like Hank or Tyler, they (and many others) will cite him as one of the best dudes to yo-yo with ever, something which is plain to see in the Team Chubby Lovin’ and Tricks Old  & New series. Part of his charm is that his tricks are almost narrative-driven: true, they’re fun to watch on video, but the best way to experience them is to watch it performed with accompanying sound effects and a silly story behind the name. This particular trick, Double-on Tondra, is an elaborate double entendre (!) following the creation of a 1.5 zipper he titled the “tondra” while eating burgers in Adam & Seth’s apartment the night before Dave’s wedding. Maybe you had to be there, but the trick is fun no matter what.

@darnell_hairston, the prince of Cleveland, breaks out some unconventional mounts in this trick that blurs the lines between frontstyle and sidestyle tricks. While his body is definitely turned and his motions are informed as though he’s performing a frontstyle trick, the fact that the yo-yo motion occurs outside of his throwhand means that his fingers are pointing the same direction and it could be directly translated into a cross-handed sidestyle trick. It breathes a lot of new life into an otherwise straightforward maneuver.

@yoyopeople (AKA John Higby) proves once again that he is truly a magic man with Magic Sleeper, a befuddling conversion from offstring to 1A. How does he do it? He’s already confirmed that it’s not washing machine… and, frankly, the mystery is part of the fun! Creating a trick that entertains non-yoyoers & hardcore players alike is no easy feat, and John’s sense of fun & endless creativity makes him one of the most watchable yo-yo performers of all time.

CJ Atkinson’s awesome foldy tech trick

Chris Cancino’s… cats. What? Everybody loves cuteness. Bonus cat in Sonny’s videos, too.

Shane Lubecker’s cheery christmas slack attack

David Ung’s great GT combo with an Elephark-inspired ending

Stacks on stacks of slacks from Hulio Baklanos with this clever Reverse fake GT trick

Smooth & fun xerber-style repeater from Hiro Koba

Crisp slacks from Thawhir Iqbal

Filed Under: #trickcircle, Players, Trick Theory, Video Tagged With: #trickcircle, daigo komiya, darnell hairston, john higby, john-bot, Piotrek Åšmietana, Riccardo Fraolini

Darnell Hairston – 5 Years

December 18, 2013 By Steve Brown

Darnell Hairston, the king of Cleveland yoyoing, throws down a video to show off what he’s learned in his five years as a yoyo player. From the lo-fi goodness of this video, I’d say he’s learned a lot of tricks and absolutely nothing about how far away to stand from the camera. MOVE THE CAMERA BACK, DARNELL.

Sadly, there’s none of his counterweight play in here. And while this isn’t his smoothest video, it is packed with some great concepts and some really hard moves.

Yoyo used is the CLYW BvsM2, with Kitty String Fat.

Filed Under: Players, Video Tagged With: bvsm2, cleveland, clyw, darnell hairston, ohio, video

Darnell Hairston – Trademark (Preview)

October 1, 2013 By Steve Brown

Darnell Hairston drops a preview clip for his next video, “Trademark”. Too bad we won’t see him at Nationals this year…maybe next year?

Filed Under: Players, Video Tagged With: darnell hairston, video

Coleman Weimer Presents: Worlds 2013

September 10, 2013 By Steve Brown

Coleman Weimer just dropped his 2013 World YoYo Contest clip video, and it’s got a solid roundup of all the usual suspects….Petr Kavka, Eric Koloski, Ann Connolly, Michael Ferdico, Zach Gormley, Palli, Darnell Hairston, Ayumu Harada, Ky Zizan, and plenty more. Dig in and enjoy!

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: 2013, Ann Connolly, Ayumu Harada, coleman weimer, darnell hairston, eric koloski, ky zizan, Michael Ferdico, palli, Petr Kavka, video, world yoyo contest, Zach Gormley

Darnell Hairston – Ridin’

September 4, 2013 By Steve Brown

Here’s some more goodness from Ohio player Darnell Hairston. There are some really great tricks in here, but heads up Darnell…you need to shoot outside, in better light. And get the camera further away from you. I mean, your fireplace is cool and all, but get outside.

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: clyw, darnell hairston, video

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