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Colin Beckford – Biennium

December 3, 2019 By Steve Brown

Becko celebrates his 2-year anniversary on the UNPRLD team with a video that reminds us all what a total badass he is.

Yoyo used is the UNPRLD ReCognition.

Filed Under: 1A, Video Tagged With: biennium, Colin Beckford, recognition, trick circle, unprld, yoyo news, yoyo tricks, yoyo video

Colin Beckford – What’s Your Setup?

October 7, 2019 By Steve Brown

What’s Your Setup? is a new feature for YoYoNews where we ask your favorite players about what they’re throwing with. Today we catch up with Colin Beckford…sponsored player for UNPRLD, yoyo judge, SCALES COLLECTIVE member, and all-around nice guy.

What are you throwing?

Currently throwing the ReCognition by UNPRLD. Just got some new colors for the 2nd run of it and I’ve been really digging them, but besides that my favorite thing about it is the momentum of the yo-yo in play. It’s pretty much perfect for me from a control perspective with my tricks as it doesn’t move super fast to the point where it feels flimsy as well as does not feel too hefty when I try to push it.

What response are you using?

I’ve been using Sochi Pink Pads for response. They’re very soft and nice.

What bearing are you using?

I use the Sochi Centering bearings, I’ve always been a fan of that shape style because it just feels ‘right’.

What string are you using?

I’ve been using Sochi Fat as of late. I’m about to compete again for the first time in nearly 8 months so I took some time to really figure out my ideal setup, and string is definitely the most important to me besides the yo-yo. Fat has been working well with me as of late from a tension & feeling standpoint. I also use a prototype of some new Sochi string made for Tyler Vienneau that is super fun and whippy, you’ll hear more about that soon.

Filed Under: Featured, Whats Your Setup Tagged With: Colin Beckford, yoyo, yoyo bearing, yoyo response pad, yoyo string

Michael Kurti – Canada Is Wavy

January 22, 2019 By Steve Brown

A-RT dropped a new video for Michael Kurti and it’s everything you hoped for. Amazing play from Chef Kurti, non-sequiturs, Sunshine Jimmy, the vague sense that the temperature is unbearably low, a stylish garage, heavy sighs, and clogging.

Yoyo used is the Good Life Gully.

Filed Under: 1A, Video Tagged With: a-rt, Colin Beckford, jensen kimmitt, keiran cooper, michael kurti, sunshine jimmy, the good life, where is charles haycock, yoyo tricks, yoyo video

Beyond The Brands: Intergalactic Expedition – Colin Beckford with the SUCCTION

October 12, 2018 By Steve Brown

Colin Beckford gets the A-RT treatment in this new video that makes us wait through almost three minutes of memes before we get to his amazing yoyoing. OR his amazing yoyoing interrupts what could have been seven and a half minutes of continuous memes…depends on your priorities, I guess.

Yoyo used is the A-RT x UNPRLD Sucction. It’s terrible, you won’t like it.

Filed Under: 1A, Featured, Video Tagged With: 1A, a-rt, Colin Beckford, dank memes, hella becko, scales collective, sucction, unprld, yoyo tricks, yoyo video

2018 East Coast Masters

March 21, 2018 By Steve Brown

The 2018 East Coast Masters was the first modern yoyo contest in Pittsburgh, and the turn-out and skill level were both great! Check out video of the winners below, and huge thanks to Recess for hammering away at school programs in the area to build a player base, S.W. Randall Toyes on keeping up a steady yoyo club for all these kids to attend, and all the organizers for putting together a great event.

Check out video of the winners from the 1A Division!

1A Division – First Place – Colin Beckford

1A Division – 2nd Place – Luke Trautwein

1A Division – 3rd Place – Chandler Steele

 

Filed Under: Contests, Video Tagged With: chandler steele, Colin Beckford, east coast masters, luke trautwein, yoyo contest, yoyo tricks, yoyo video

Scales Collective – Scales Live Episode 2

January 11, 2018 By Colin Beckford

The guys at Scales Live spent an hour of their Monday nights talking about their predictions for 2018, what exactly is “meta”, different styles, and more!

Featuring Andrew Bergen, Andrew Maider, Colin Beckford, Keiran Cooper, Patrick Canny, and Mark Mangarin.

Audio version can be listened to here.

Filed Under: Featured, Video Tagged With: andrew bergen, Andrew Maider, Colin Beckford, keiran cooper, mark mangarin, Patrick Canny, scales collective

Scales Collective – 2017 Illinois States Recap

January 10, 2018 By Colin Beckford

Hey everyone! Colin here with a short recap with one of the last contests in the US competition circuit of 2017. It’s been a very interesting and competitive year all-around, so it’s always good to reflect on it in a real contest setting.

I think one thing that many people have noticed is that there is clearly a meta that people of all skill levels are attempting to adjust to, with varying success all around. It’s really interesting (and we could/may do a whole episode on this alone) to see how this works out for a select group of people only and why it doesn’t work out for everyone. Anyways, this shift towards an ideal build of tricks/performance was obvious at Illinois States, so it’s just something I wanted to touch up upon before we got to covering the yo-yoing here.

The winner of the 1A division was (in my opinion) the most skilled player in the midwest area currently, Chandler Steele. Chandler has had an amazing improvement rate in 2017 and became a competitive beast, winning Ohio States, Illinois States, MidEast regionals, making Worlds finals, and placing 6th at US Nationals. Chandler’s style is very reflective off of the current meta that I mentioned above, but he puts his own interesting twist on things by incorporating unique emphasis (like that little knee bounce at :41). Chandler being extremely successful this year puts himself in a great position for 2018, and I’m hyped to see what he has in store. Definitely a deserved win here.

Michael Stecz placed 2nd with a pretty awesome freestyle as well. I haven’t seen Michael yo-yo in quite a while, so all of his tricks always surprise me when I get to see them on video or in person. Michael also has a really unique style that focuses on a casual pace in which he doesn’t try to rush anything, with tricks that blend a lot of great old-school and current ideas. Really loved that Michael was able to get 2nd at this contest with a freestyle that primarily focused on tricks, and tricks alone.

Connor Seals placed 3rd with an extremely performance-oriented freestyle. Although it was a nice contrast to the rest of the freestyles from the event, it seems as though the lack of technical execution (scoring) set Connor far behind 1st place, showing the difficulty in creating a freestyle that has a good balance in high levels of tech and performance. It’ll be interesting to see how Connor builds off of this perspective going into 2018.

Outside of the top 3, another freestyle I enjoyed was Blaise Becker’s. Blaise is a new face to the competitive scene on a high level like this but he has very good tricks. At such a young age as well, I know that he has a bright future in yo-yoing if he keeps it up.

Out of all of the routines in the X divisions, I was probably most impressed with Connor’s winning 4A routine. Connor’s 4A style is very similar to his 1A I would argue, in terms of focusing on making everything look good and having great performance value. Also, Connor is one of the few US players who can do soloham, and although he was not able to do much of it in this routine, I’m curious to see if he will implement it more in the future.

So, those were some of my favorites from this year’s Illinois States! Illinois States was one of the largest state competitions of this year, with almost 50 1A competitors! It’s great to see the midwest scene growing again. Watch all of the freestyles on YoYo Contest Central’s Youtube channel here.

Filed Under: Contests, Featured, Video Tagged With: 2017 illinois state yoyo contest, Colin Beckford, scales collective

Scales Collective – Top 5 Favorite X Division Freestyles 2017

January 10, 2018 By Colin Beckford

Scales members Mark Mangarin and Colin Beckford recap on the year and discuss each of their top 5 favorite routines.

Links to all freestyles mentioned are in the description of the video.

Thanks to our sponsors YoYoExpert, CLYW, and Recess Intl.

Filed Under: Featured, Video Tagged With: Colin Beckford, mark mangarin, scales collective

Scales Collective – 2017 US National YoYo Contest Recap

October 22, 2017 By Colin Beckford

Scales members Andrew Bergen, Colin Beckford, Patrick Canny, and Mark Mangarin recently put their minds together and discussed some of their favorites from the 1A finals at US Nationals this year. Check out the video episode below!

Thank you to the sponsors of Scales – YoYoExpert, CLYW, and Recess Intl.

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: andrew bergen, Colin Beckford, mark mangarin, Patrick Canny, scales collective, us national yoyo contest, yoyo tricks, yoyo video

Scales Collective – 2017 World YoYo Contest Recap

September 14, 2017 By Steve Brown

Scales members Keiran Cooper, Colin Beckford, and Patrick Canny discuss some of their favorite moments from the 1A finals at this year’s World Yo-Yo Contest. Players featured are: Andrew Bergen, Gentry Stein, Yuki Nishisako, Ethan Cheung, Keiran Cooper, Michael Ferdico, and Nate Dailey.

Credits to yoyovideoarchive for the video. Thank you to Scales Collective sponsors: YoYoExpert, CLYW, Recess Intl.

Filed Under: Players, Video Tagged With: 2017 world yoyo contest, andrew bergen, Colin Beckford, ethan cheung, gentry stein, iceland, keiran cooper, Michael Ferdico, nate dailey, Patrick Canny, scales collective, yoyo contest, yoyo tricks, yoyo video, yuki nishisako

Colin Beckford – Diplomat SF (NSFW)

August 4, 2017 By Steve Brown

Colin Beckford put in some work at this year’s Bay Area Classic, filming the hits from his latest batch of tricks.

Yoyo used is the Recess Diplomat.

Music is NSFW.

Filed Under: Manufacturer, Players, Video Tagged With: bay area classic, Colin Beckford, diplomat, recess intl, yoyo tricks, yoyo video

The Works ft. Keiran Cooper & Colin Beckford

June 2, 2017 By Steve Brown

Keiran Cooper and Colin Beckford are nigh unstoppable in their latest video, throwing a Recess Intl. prototype of something new for Keiran. Finally. No word on a release date yet but we’ll keep harassing Recess team members and will update when we have something.

Filed Under: Manufacturer, Players, Video Tagged With: Colin Beckford, keiran cooper, recess, yoyo tricks, yoyo video

Komodo – East Coast – February 2017 (NSFW)

April 19, 2017 By Steve Brown

The Recess crew shows us what’s what with the company’s latest release, the Komodo. Featuring Ky Zizan, John Wolfe, Colin Beckford, Tyler Severance, Joe Wilson, and Andrew Bergen.

Yoyo used is the Recess Komodo.

Filed Under: Manufacturer, Players, Video Tagged With: andrew bergen, Colin Beckford, joe wilson, john wolfe, komodo, ky zizan, recess, tyler severance, yoyo tricks, yoyo video

Tech Creators – Vol. 2

March 29, 2017 By Steve Brown

Nehemiah Peterson’s “Tech Creators” project just released its second video featuring Harrison Lee, Colin Beckford, Paul Dang, Keiran Cooper, and plenty more. Good stuff? Good stuff.

Filed Under: Players, Video Tagged With: Colin Beckford, Harrison Lee, keiran cooper, paul dang, yoyo players, yoyo tricks, yoyo video

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