I don’t speak a lick of Czech, but I’ll watch pretty much anything with Ann Connolly and Vashek Kroutil. Seriously, if they released a video of the two of them grocery shopping, I’d post it.
Archives for October 21, 2013
Go Big Skill Toys Opens In Kansas
Today is the big day! Go Big Skill Toys opened its doors at 10 am to great response!
A new brick-and-mortar skill toy store owned by Cesar Conde (father of YoYoJam player Ben Conde) and managed by Blake Freeman (Square Wheels YoYo Company), Go Big Skill Toys is bringing the Wind Wizards legacy back to Kansas City. Focused on discovering, developing, and promoting skill toy play in the midwest, they’re hosting yoyo workshops 3 times a week; Tuesday and Thursday from 5pm-7pm and Saturdays from 1pm-3pm.
Go Big is also hosting juggling and spin top workshops. The juggling workshops are every other week, and the spin top workshops (hosted by Chris Neff) are once a month.
Go Big stocks a wide selection of yoyos from YoYoFactory, YoYoJam, Duncan, Square Wheels, and Yomega with more manufacturers being added soon. They carry juggling props from Henrys, Play, and Duncan. Along with their skill toy section, Go Big Skill Toys also stocks plenty of educational, adventure, and sport toys, with a large selection of puzzles and games.
Go Big Skill Toys
12156 Shawnee Mission Parkway
Shawnee, KS 66216
913-248-3277
Monday-Saturday – 10am-8pm
Sunday – 12pm-5pm
Vu Ho – Five Dollar Sweater
Werrd Allience member Vu Ho gears up for Australian Sydney Regional YoYo Contest with this sneak-peek video. We’re loving this new trend of players building up excitement for their contest routines…and we hope this starts becoming standard practice for all the top names in the competition scene.
C3YoYoDesign Presents: Augie Fash – Shredding
C3YoYoDesign superstar Augie Fash rocks out his new signature yoyo, the Electric Flash, in his first full-length video since last year’s “Hometown Hero“. Augie is in top form here, and I got a chance to try his new yoyo at Nationals…and it’s a great throw! A perfect throw for his super-fast style, the Electric Flash and C3YoYoDesign are a solid fit for this new chapter in Augie’s yoyo career.
Harrison Lee – International Man of Mystery
The UK-based Trinity YoYo Club has another video Q &A session…this time with CLYW player Harrison Lee!
Harrison also recently announced that he filmed a small part in the upcoming Seth Rogen film, “The Interview“. IMDB’s plot synopsis of The Interview says: “An attractive talk show host and his producer unwittingly get caught up in an international assassination plot.” We have no idea what Harrison is doing in the movie, but we’re sure it’s going to be awesome!
I’m going to be in @Sethrogen and @gravytrainevan‘s new movie, The Interview! It was awesome working with such a fun and awesome crew 😀
— Harrison Lee (@CLYWHarrison) October 17, 2013
“@CLYWHarrison: I’m going to be in @Sethrogen & @gravytrainevan‘s new movie, The Interview! It was awesome” And u were awesome! Thanks dude!
— Evan Goldberg (@gravytrainevan) October 18, 2013
Malcolm Chiu – Picture Tricks
Malcolm Chiu blows minds with a minute and a half of beautifully complex picture tricks, moving seamlessly from one to the next.
YoYoExpert SPYY Amplifier Promotion
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Minute Minute – Ed Haponik
Recent Werrd Alliance team addition Ed Haponik throws down for their Minute Minute video series, and this top-down view of his unique play style really does the trick.
See, kids? See what happens when you learn how to play responsive, and THEN fiddle around with bearing yoyos? Your tricks get weird and awesome.
2013 Iowa State YoYo Contest Results
We don’t have any real information about this contest and haven’t been able to find any video, but they emailed us results!
1A Freestyle Division
| 1 | Eric Tran-ton (1A) | 100 |
| 2 | Adam Brewster (1A) | 82.67601934 |
| 3 | Nehemiah (1A) | 69.78825137 |
| 4 | Sam Windagel (1A) | 65.37673392 |
| 5 | Shakeem Anderson (1A) | 59.00693569 |
| 6 | Zach Gustufson (1A) | 53.86209192 |
| 7 | Drew Barnhart (1A) | 48.74894914 |
| 8 | Robbie Graham (1A) | 45.77798795 |
| 9 | Logan Bonner (1A) | 45.56851618 |
| 10 | Trevor Boice (1A) | 44.27105226 |
| 11 | Gabe Windagel (1A) | 42.47740647 |
| 12 | Kyle Nations (1A) | 40.78797114 |
| 13 | Chase Brown (1A) | 31.75091075 |
| 14 | Cordell Hooley (1A) | 31.74793331 |
| 15 | Braden Metz (1A) | 20.08862267 |
Open Freestyle Division
| 1 | Eric Tran-ton (Open) | 99.41176471 |
| 2 | Adam Brewster (Open) | 75.05718356 |
| 3 | Robbie Graham (Open) | 71.64404223 |
| 4 | Nehemiah (Open) | 34.95849793 |
| 5 | Gooi (Open) | 22.70049558 |
Junior Freestyle Results
| 1 | Adrian Velez (Jr) | 64.53900709 |
| 2 | Noah Conkling (Jr) | 61.01469669 |
| 3 | Jacob Gustufson (Jr) | 60.41788086 |
| 4 | Jacob Vaughn (Jr) | 34.1081527 |
| 5 | Erik Kerber (Jr) | 24.9647386 |
| 6 | Jeremiah Pugh (Jr) | 20.61284979 |
| 7 | Paul Delgadio (Jr) | 4.372613202 |
Fixed Axle Freestyle Results
| 1 | Kyle Nations (F) | 70 |
| 2 | Adam Brewster (F) | 57.90070101 |
| 3 | Blake Freeman (F) | 53.50279761 |
| 4 | Spencer Berry (F) | 39.54987459 |
| 5 | Noah Conkling (F) | 30.38716316 |
| 6 | Shakeem Anderson (F) | 17.97054473 |
| 7 | Bryce Benton (F) | 5.223744292 |