Congratulations to Luckey Li, the 2017 US National YoYo Contest 1A International Champion!
Check out full results and scoring breakdowns below.
2017 Canada National Results & Video
Canada once again proved it is the most polite nation on Earth when they named TWO National YoYo Champions!
Harrison Lee and Luckey Li ended their runs with identical final scores. Luckey had the higher T.Ex score which, by IYYF rules, makes him the winner and the grants him the seeded spot to the 2017 World YoYo Contest in Iceland. The contest organizers abided by this rule, but also chose to grant both players the title of National Champion, and are getting another trophy made to give to Harrison. Isn’t Canada just the sweetest?
Check out full scoring breakdowns and video of the winners below!
1A Division
1st Place (Tie) – Luckey Li
1st Place (Tie) – Harrison Lee
Open Division
1st Place – Jeremy McKay
Junior Division
1st Place – Bryson Burgess
1A International
1st Place – Michael Ferdico
Luckey Li – Lithium
Canada’s Luckey Li is a crazy good yoyo player, and this video is full of crazy good tricks. So you should enjoy it.
Luckey is using a new signature bi-metal yoyo called, I believe, the Lithium. From the best I can tell he was going to produce it himself under a new company name, but decided that he wasn’t in a position to be able to manage the whole project as well as he wanted, so the yoyo will be eventually released by another company who is also his new, as yet unnamed, sponsor.
Confusing? A little. Are Luckey’s tricks great? Yes.
Luckey Li – Rapid Light
Canadian National Champion Luckey Li tears it up as usual in this new promo video for King Yo Star.
Yoyo used is the Rapid Light by King Yo Star.
Luckey Li – Rapid
Luckey Li x Tim Hortons x King Yo Star x Canada x Rapid x Glasses x Windbreaker x Night Time = VIDEO
Luckey Li – Rebirth
King Yo Star player and 2014 Canadian National Champion Luckey Li dropped a new video over the weekend, entitled “Rebirth”. There are some GREAT tricks in here…too bad he filmed them in front of a white shirt.
DUDE. DON’T FILM YOYO VIDEOS IN WHITE SHIRTS.
Still some pretty good stuff in here though.
Luckey Li – Prospect
Check out this new video from King Yo Star’s Luckey Li…solid play!
King Yo Star Presents: Vancouver Downtown ft. Luckey Li
Canadian contender Luckey Li shows off the new K!T by King Yo Star, and also illustrates why you should pay attention to your surroundings when you’re throwing in public. He almost nails two people in the first 0:45 of the video.
Note to self: don’t stand next to Luckey at a contest. Yikes.
Luckey Li – The Prober
Luckey Li shows off the King Yo Star “Prober” yoyo in this new video that begs the question: How is that hair color possible, and why does it match so many things around him?
Great works as always from Luckey!
2013 Canada Nationals – August 17th
Canada Nationals is coming up this weekend, August 17th, and it looks like there will be an all-star roster of talent in attendance. The event is being organized and judged by CLYW owner Chris Mikulin, and other judges include Matthew Fernandez (Box), Richard Buchholz, and Daniel Dietz (Yomega). The contest is being held at the West Edmonton Mall, which is the largest mall in North America.
In attendance will be a ton of players looking for a shot at a seeded position in the finals in next year’s World YoYo Contest, including Harrison Lee (CLYW), Luckey Li (King Yo Star), and Charles Haycock (CLYW). Defending Canadian National Champion Alexis JV will not be attending, leaving the top honors up for grabs by a new player!
International visitors include Ann Connolly (YoYoFactory), JohnBot (CLYW), and Ky Zizan (Werrd), who will be doing a demo of new new Double Dragon tricks. Canadian Nationals is shaping up to be an amazing event!
Check the Facebook event page for more updates, and check out the YoYoNews Instagram feed for updates from the event!
Luckey Li – Single Throw
Canadian yoyo player Luckey Li gives us a SOLID one-throw video with the KingYoStar Faith. The throw itself is amazing, but it’s even better that he’s doing it in the middle of a fast food restaurant…all that distraction and he still jams out a burly single throw video. Nice!