YoYo Related News From Around The World
C3YoYoDesign has announced another signature model that will be debuted at the World YoYo Contest, the Heartbeat! Designed for Grzegorz “Plamek” Wojcik, the Heartbeat is based on the Mo-Vitation, but with a larger diameter, different weight distribution, and a slimmer response pad than the usual C3 pads. Plamek will be using this on stage at the World YoYo Contest next week!
We’ll update with full specs once we have them…in the meantime check out this great teaser video and product shots!
The 2013 Winter Freestyle Contest and Polish Nationals is tomorrow in Krakow, Poland and we’ve got a look at the top contenders for the 1A Division.
Just last month, Tomas announced his departure from Duncan Crew to join the C3YoYoDesign team, shortly after taking 3rd Place in the Czech National YoYo Contest. Tomas is one of the brightest stars of the European scene, and is always a contender for Top 3 in any event he wants to win.
Petr is the 2013 Czech National Champion, and easily the top contender for this year’s WFC 1A Division. But for all his talent, Petr is just as susceptible to nerves as anyone else, and at this level of play it only takes one mistake to knock yourself out of First Place.
Ben Conde is a wild card for this event…while not usually one of the top competitive players in 1A, he’s a much better 1A player than many people realize. His trick construction is extremely well regarded among top-name players, but his natural tendency towards absurdly difficult banger tricks makes him a hit-or-miss in a contest setting.
With a strong 4th Place finish in the Open division at the 2013 Czech Nationals, Slovakian player Jan Hlinka is definitely a top contender this year. While other competitors might benefit by coming from larger scenes, the smaller scene in Slovakia and less exposure for Jan leaves him with a lot of room to roll in and surprise everyone. And while swagger will get you noticed, more than a few judges have crowned champions on skill + surprise.
With a solid 2nd Place finish at the 2013 European YoYo Championships, Plamek is not only a lead contender for the title but he’s also got the home-field advantage. While venue may not help much in yoyoing, being able to represent your country at a major event IN your country definitely boosts the confidence…and since Plamek already has the skill, that extra boost of confidence may be just what he needs to take home the gold.
With only an 11th Place finish at this year’s European YoYo Championships, Adrian Koniecki is an unlikely name on our list…but his play shows a ton of promise, and watching his freestyle you can see that he’s just on the edge of being a serious threat for the Top 3. He lost his nerve with a major mistake in the first minute of his finals routine at EYYC, but if he can keep it together and learn to recover quicker, we could easily see Adrian in the Top 3 at WFC.
Last year’s Polish National Champion Marcin Drzewiecki has kept a low profile this year, but it’s hard to deny his skill. Without recent contest standings to guess from, it’s hard to say what kind of a contender Marcin is going to be tomorrow. But with piles of talent, a home town crowd, and last year’s Polish National title under his belt, he’s got everything he needs to take home another win.
Marcin Fresel only took 17th Place at the 2013 European YoYo Championships, but watching the video above it’s hard to understand why. One of the most unique players in Poland, Marcin has a style all his own and trick construction that has tons of potential. If Marcin can speed things up a bit and get those points in, he stands a good chance at Top Five.
With a strong 6th Place finish at EYYC and a 1st Place win at the 2012 WFC, Michał Zakrzewski is one of the strongest contenders for the Top 3.
It’s REALLY hard to know what Kentaro is going to do! Competitively, his focus is primarily on 3A but he is such an effortlessly amazing 1A player that he can show up, completely unprepared, and land in the Top Five easily. Kentaro walked away from EYYC with 4th Place in the 1A Open division and rumor has it that he only decided to compete at the last minute and hadn’t prepared at all. No idea if that’s true, but Kentaro has the chops to pull if off and everyone else better bring their A-game.
Poland keeps making that extra effort to make yoyoing look good! Check out this promo video featuring some of the country’s top talent.
In order of appearance: Marcel Olubek, WFC3 Champion Michal Zakrzewski (YoYoFactory), former Polish champion Mateusz Ganc (YoYoFactory), European Champion Julia Gutowska (C3YoYoDesign), former European Champion Grzegorz “Plamek” Wójcik (C3YoYoDesign), old school legend Jakub Kedzierski (first Polish National Champion), Karol Kołota, and Emil Wójcik.
The band, Late Again, will also be performing live at the WFC4 afterparty in December!
On a related note, the first player in the video, Marcel, is competing at Poland’s Got Talent, and he’s qualified for the final round there! Check out his glow-in-the-dark semifinal routine here!
Poland has a long tradition of producing great players, and one of the country’s all-time best, 2012 European Champion Grzegorz “Plamek” Wójcik, writes to let us know about the first edition of the C3yoyodesign Contest, held in Łódź on October 12th!
Plamek recently started the C3yoyodesign Poland project and the contest was its first event.
With players preparing for Polish Nationals in December, this was a great preview of what to expect!
Check the results and videos below!
Rewind dropped a new player promo video, this one featuring C3YoYoDesign’s newest team member in Poland, Grzegorz “Plamek” Wojcik. This guy is a machine…all speed and precision and always worth watching. Enjoy!
Poland’s Winter Freestyle Competition is quickly becoming one of the most respected international yoyo events in the world, and our friends at Backspin do an excellent job covering the event. This official video from the contest features everything you could hope for in a contest video…great players, top-level tricks, and slow-motion crotch-shots of European breakdancers. Featuring Vashek Kroutil, Janos Karancz, David Molnar, Igor Galiev, and more.
The 2012 European Champion, 2013 runner-up, and 1A veteran superhero Grzegorz “Plamek” Wójcik has just been announced as the newest member of team C3yoyodesign!
The announcement was made earlier today in great style, with this eye-candy of a clip video from Backspin.
Plamek joins Julia Gutoswska and Maciek Cwynar in the Polish division of the impressive and ever-growing C3yoyodesign team!
An action-packed weekend approaches quickly!
In Japan, one of the country’s oldest regional contests, West Japan will take place in Osaka. Plenty of well known names are expected, including Tatsuya Fujisaka, Ryosuke Iwasaka, Ryo Yamashita, Ryusei Saito, Taichiro Higashi, and Kazuaki Sugimura. A certain “Jyon Ando” is listed among the 58 1A players, and it remains to be seen if that’s the legendary John Ando himself!
Live transmission is planned on Ustream!
In Europe, the attention is turned to Poland, running the eleventh edition of its national contest. Poland’s old and new talents will meet again after an excellent show earlier this year at the European Yo-yo Contest. European Champion Grzegorz Wojcik, from One Drop, and YoyoFactory’s Marcin Drzewiecki and Mateusz Ganc are no doubt the favorites there.
Stay tuned, as we’ll be back with contest updates throughout the weekend!
The 2012 European Yo-yo Championships is over! Polish veteran Grzegor “Plamek” Wojcik, One Drop Design’s newest addition is the new European Champion!
In 2A, another experienced player, German Dave Geigle of Team YoyoFactory, won his third European title.
3A was won by Czech Michal Jasko, and Italy’s Lorenzo Sabatini took 4A.
Daniel Budai, from Hungary, won the 5A division, and it looks like the former Duncan Crew member is on its way to team YoyoFactory, according to the company’s Facebook post.
Team C3 got fantastic results, winning the 1A Open International Division with Peter Pong Si Yee, and the first ever Women’s division in a major tournament with Corli du Toit!
Winner freestyles are now up, courtesy of C3 Yo-yo Design Hong Kong! Be sure to check their YouTube channel for more freestyles and clips from EYYC!
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Complete results can be checked on the official contest page. A big thank you goes to this year’s EYYC organizers for a marvelous event for both attendees and fans worldwide! A superb event, no doubt!