The Wind Up dropped a “best of” trick compilation video, showing off 6 minutes of their favorite tricks from 2016. Culled from Instagram videos, contest freestyles, clip videos, and more, it’s a pretty great look back at what turned out to be an awesome year for yoyoing and a sh*t year for just about everything else.
2016 Italian National YoYo Contest – Results & Video
Check out results, scoring breakdowns, and video of the winners for the 2016 Italian National YoYo Contest!
1A Division
1st Place – Francesco Gioia
X Division
First Place – Lorenzo Sabatini
1A Open Division
1st Place – Paolo Bueno
Team CLYW at 2016 US National YoYo Contest
The CLYW team tore it up at the 2016 US National YoYo Contest this year with a half-dozen players making finals in two divisions, and now we get to see what they were up to when they weren’t on stage. Check out some great tricks from Anthony Rojas, Tessa Piccillo, Ernest Kahn, Michael Kurti, Andrew Maider, Zach Gormley, Harrison Lee, Alec Campbell, Mark Mangarin, Grayson Johnson, and Isaac Nozick.
Daigo Komiya – Benchmark O 2016
Check out the latest batch of tricks from the always smooth Daigo Komiya! Shot by Ryosuke Kawamura, this new video shows Daigo in top form with some really nice new tricks.
Yoyo used is the One Drop Benchmark O 2016.
2016 French National YoYo Contest – Results & Video
(Editor’s Note: My apologies to Clément Bertaux and all the players who competed at French Nationals this year…the email with the results was accidentally deleted and Clément was kind enough to send me a reminder. Sorry for the delay, and congrats to all who competed! -S)
Check out full results, scoring breakdowns, and video of the winners from the 2016 French National YoYo Contest!
1A Division
1st Place – Clément Bertaux
2nd Place – William Thamrong
3rd Place – Quentin Godet
X Division
1st Place – Quentin Godet
2016 South East Classic – Full Results & Video
Check out full results, scoring breakdowns, and video of the winners from the 2016 South East Classic! This years event served as the regional seed for both the South East and South Central regionals to the upcoming US National YoYo Contest. Congratulations to all the winners!
1A Division
1st Place – Andrew Maider
2nd Place – Darren Tan
3rd Place – Alec Jones
Sport 1A
1st Place – Philip Nsaja
3A Finals
1st Place – Caleb Philips
5A Finals
1st Place – Luis Sanchez
1A Prelims
1st Place – Andrew Maider
2nd Place – Evan Gronberg
3rd Place – Charlie Byers
2016 Ohio State YoYo Contest Results & Video
Check out full results, scoring breakdowns, and video from the 2016 Ohio State YoYo Contest!
1A Division
1st Place – Michael Stecz (YoYoFactory)
2nd Place – Andrew Bergen (Recess)
3rd Place – Mark Mangarin (CLYW)
X Division
1st Place – John Wolfe
2nd Place – Christopher Chunn
3rd Place – Jumario Simmons
2016 West Coast YoYo Championship Results & Video
Full results are in for the 2016 West Coast YoYo Championship…congrats to Anthony Rojas on taking home top honors in both 1A and 5A divisions! Check out full results, scoring breakdowns, and video of the winners below.
1A Division
1st Place – Anthony Rojas (CLYW)
2nd Place – Evan Nagao (YoYoFactory)
3rd Place – Michael Nakamura (Something)
2A Division
1st Place – Yoshi Mikamoto
3A Division
1st Place – Ian Bellman
4A Division
1st Place – Michael Nakamura (Something)
5A Division
1st Place – Anthony Rojas (CLYW)
1A Amateur Division
1st Place – Timothy Lacanienta
Happy National YoYo Day!
Happy National YoYo Day!
US National YoYo Day is celebrated on June 6th each year, in memory of Donald Duncan Sr., the entrepreneur credited with popularizing yoyos in the US. To celebrate, our friends at YoYoExpert.com are having a special sale…15% off everything storewide!
Just enter code YOYODAY2016 at checkout for 15% off your total purchase. Offer is good today and tomorrow only.
2016 Japan Nationals Results – Yusuke Otsuka Wins!
The results are in for the 2016 Japan Nationals, arguably one of the biggest and toughest national yoyo contests in the world. 1A was an upset, with Takeshi Matsuura being favored to win and instead taking second place to a killer routine from Yusuke Otsuka. Takuma Yamamoto clinched another 2A title easily enough, while 3A player Tomoya Kurita took a commanding win over current World Champion Hajime Miura! In the 4A division, Rei Iwakura proves he is still absolutely untouchable, and Takeshi Matsuura easily took home top honors in the 5A Division. Check out all of the winning freestyles below, along with full scoring breakdowns.
1A Division
1st Place – Yusuke Otsuka
2nd Place – Takeshi Matsuura
3rd Place – Ryuichi Nakamura
2A Division
1st Place – Takuma Yamamoto
3A Division
1st Place – Tomoya Kurita
4A Division
1st Place – Rei Iwakura
5A Division
1st Place – Takeshi Matsuura
Harrison Lee’s 2016 Canadian Nats Recap
Harrison Lee brings us another great contest recap video, this one for the 2016 Canadian Nationals. Thanks, Harrison!
CLYW in Prague
I’m so jealous of everyone who got to attend the 2016 European YoYo Championship this year…it was another fantastic event, run by great people, filled with amazing players. But luckily there have been a slew of great EYYC recap videos (like this one from Jeffrey Pang) and now my homies at CLYW have dropped this fantastic bit of video showing off some amazing tricks and good times. I really need to get out to more contests.
The CLYW team is scattered across eight countries and three continents, so when they get together it’s filled with laughter, camaraderie, great tricks, and good times.
A huge chunk of the team converged on Prague for the 2016 European YoYo Championship. They had a great time. Featuring Petr Kavka, Tessa Piccillo, Palli Gudmundsson, Alec Campbell, Riccardo Fraolini, Ayumu Harada and Nuu Gatowsky. Special guest appearances by Eiji Okuyama, Jake Mulvey and David Stejskal.
(And here’s a Vimeo version…a few people reported problems viewing the YouTube version on mobile.)
Jakub Dekan – EYYC 2016 Tricks
Jakub Dekan was on fire at EYYC 2016, and YouTube user mrmatio decided to film the heat and deliver it to us in a tidy, albeit dizzyingly fast, package.
Yoyo used is the Yoyorecreation Draupnir.
2016 Arizona State YoYo Contest Results
Check out full results, scoring breakdowns, and video of the winners from the 2016 Arizona State YoYo Contest. You can also check out videos of the rest of the contestants here: Arizona State YoYo Contest on YouTube
1A Division
1st Place – Hunter Feuerstein
4A Division
1st Place – Hunter Feuerstein
2-Handed Division
1st Place – Daniel Walling
