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Check out full results, scoring breakdowns, and videos of the winners for the 2016 US National YoYo Contest!
1A Champion – Gentry Stein (YoYoFactory Shutter)
2A Champion – Joseph Harris (Yomega Fireball)
3A Champion – Alex Hattori (Unparalleled Ignite)
4A Champion – Philip White (Something JetSet EG)
5A Champion – John Wolfe (Recess Vacation)
The next generation of talent took to the stage this morning at the 2015 US National YoYo Contest, and it’s a great look at the champions of tomorrow! Check out full results and scoring breakdowns below.
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The 2015 US National YoYo Contest really brought the talent out to the new venue in Redondo Beach, California. Tonight’s prelims determined which players will be moving to finals to challenge the seeded Regional winners…check out the list below of all players advancing to finals, along with full scoring breakdowns.
Seeded from Regionals:
South Central – Patrick Canny
Mid Atlantic – Michael Kurti
Pacific Northwest – Odon Alberto
Bay Area Classic – Nate Dailey
Midwest – Connor Seals
Mid East – Colin Beckford
South East – Sebastian Brock
South West – Paolo Bueno
North East – Andrew Maider
Seeded from Regionals:
Pacific Northwest – Jordan Sambueno
Bay Area Classic – Tyler Hsieh
Midwest – Jayden Vosseller
South West – Cedric Eusantos
North East – Doug Kapinos
Seeded from Regionals:
Mid Atlantic – Bryan Baus
Pacific Northwest – Ken Luo
Bay Area Classic – Ian Smith
Midwest – Antonio Serna
Mid East – Colin Beckford
South East – Spenser Davis
South West – Elliot Ogawa
North East – Alex Hattori
Seeded from Regionals:
Mid Atlantic – David Kane
Pacific Northwest – Trivet Sembal
Bay Area Classic – Steven Wok Wai Lee
Midwest – John Narum
Mid East – Mike Durdak
South East – Sean Perez
South West – Michael Nakamura
North East – Philip White
Seeded from Regionals:
South Central – Patrick Canny
Mid Atlantic – Samm Scott
Pacific Northwest – Kyle Hedges
Bay Area Classic – Juan Renteria
Midwest – Antonio Serna
Mid East – Owen Ekblad
South East – Jonathan Robinson
South West – Paolo Bueno
North East – Philip White
The Westin LAX is the Official Hotel of the 2015 National Yo-Yo Contest
Help support the 2015 National Yo-Yo Contest and book your room at the official contest hotel!
By booking in the block of rooms for the Contest, you get a discounted rate for your stay and discounted parking (if you are driving), and you will be on site for Friday prelims as well! Booking at the official hotel also helps the NYYL gather accurate numbers for the growth of the event, creating more opportunities for a bigger, better National YoYo Contest in other US cities.
The Westin LAX features a complimentary shuttle to and from Los Angeles International Airport, making your stay at Nationals easy.
All prelims activities will be at the Westin on Friday, September 25th in the evening. Check out the new contest website, NationalYoYoContest.com, for a full schedule of events.
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Westin Los Angeles Airport
5400 West Century Boulevard
Los Angeles, California, 90045
2015 US National YoYo Contest – Finals Venue / Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center
We’ve got big news! The rumor mill has been working overtime since word leaked out that the National YoYo League was working on (finally) moving the US Nationals out of Chico, California. Well now it’s official….the 2015 US National YoYo Contest will be held in Redondo Beach, part of the greater Los Angeles area in southern California.
A new website for the event is currently in the works and should be live by the end of next week. The NYYL began working on this new location when two former National YoYo Champions, Tyler Severance and Patrick Borgerding, approached the NYYL with a proposal for moving the event. The proposal was promising, and with the help of these two players the NYYL was able to secure finals and prelim venues and make this move official. This is great news for all Nationals competitors, as the new location is significantly easier and less expensive to travel to, not to mention the fact that now you’re in Los Angeles with plenty of other activities available that are not the sad, sketchy bar at the Holiday Inn.
Check out the official press release below from the NYYL.
This year marks significant advances in the National Yo-Yo Contest. Exciting changes are under way to better serve the expanding growth of a quickly evolving youth oriented sport.
Annually since 1993 (22 years) the Contest has been held in Chico, CA, home of the National Yo-Yo Museum. The Museum’s mission is to provide national exposure to the sport and encourage kids to learn to play with the Yo-Yo.
In 2002, the National Yo-Yo League was developed to attract new players, and provide a foundation to officiate and coordinate all yo-yo contests. The League will now enlarge it’s role and perpetuate support for the National Yo-Yo Contest. Commencing in 2015 the annual Contest will be held in a progression of metropolitan areas across the country, starting with the southern California city of Redondo Beach on September 25th & 26th.
This is a larger Contest venue, minutes from a large airport, and in one of the nations largest media markets, and it will enable a greater number of kids to be introduced to the sport and begin their rise in competitive play.
The National Yo-Yo Museum & League will continue to be based in Chico.
New US National YoYo Contest logos / Designed by Bryan Figueroa
Our own Patrick Borgerding got a great write-up in his local paper, the Redondo Beach Reader. Excerpt of the article is below, as well as a link to the full piece. Congratulations, Patrick!
Photo courtesy YoYoFactory/John Bordergding
Patrick Borgerding took a deep breath to calm his nerves.
He knew what he was doing – he held, and still holds, the title of national yo-yo champion – but still his body was shaking. White stage lights blinded his vision.
He knew that beyond them sat a panel of 10 judges who would be meticulous in their evaluation of a three-minute routine he had been ardently practicing for months.
He also knew that beyond them was a jam-packed room of more than 2,000 spectators.
In the 12 months leading up to that moment, he had devoted more than 300 hours to yo-yo practice. The song he was using as a soundtrack for the routine he was about to perform had a play count of 1,400 on his iTunes
It was early August, and the 19-year-old Redondo Beach native was in Florida, standing onstage at the World Yo-Yo Contest. He knew that his final score depended on his ability to wow the audience – that’s why he had incorporated a number of “flashy tricks” – and his technical execution.
Borgerding launched into the routine that he had been fine-tuning and dreaming about for months. Three minutes later, the room rose in a standing ovation. He knew he had pulled it off.
Read the full article online at EasyReaderNews.com.