Scales Podcast – David Ung Video Contest (Deadline Extended)

June 27, 2017 By David Ung

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JULY 3RD

Hey guys, my interview with Keiran Cooper and Patrick Canny for the Scales podcast was just released! I had the pleasure of talking to them about how we used to share yo-yo tricks when I first started yo-yoing versus how we share them now. Listen to the episode below:

The main moral of the interview is: I miss yo-yo videos. Sharing tricks on Instagram through #trickcircle has a lot of pros… but there is something special about making an entire curated package in a trick clip video. So, I thought it would be fun to host a video contest to try and get a few more clip videos out there! So here are the rules…

1) All videos submitted must have the following splash screen at the beginning of the video for 5 seconds.

Click here to download contest splash screen

2) The minimum total duration for the video is 1 minute and 30 seconds.

3) Upload your video on YouTube with the following title format: “Scales Video Contest – name of video”

4) Submit your name, email, and a link to your video at the submission box at the bottom of this page.

5) The deadline for video submissions is ~~Monday, June 26th, 2017~~ Monday, July 3rd. This gives you a little over a month to come up with a video idea, film, edit, and upload!

The guidelines for this contest are pretty open so that everyone entering has a lot of freedom in what kind of video they want to make. I will be judging all of the videos and choose my top 3. The top 3 will receive a ton of bragging rights and YoYoFactory and YoYoExpert were kind enough to put up some great prizes! The prizes are:

1st: YoYoFactory EDGE and an $80 YoYoExpert Gift Certificate

2nd: YoYoFactory Czech Point Pivot and a $50 YoYoExpert Gift Certificate

3rd: YoYoFactory Horizon and a $20 YoYoExpert Gift Certificate

Now get out there and go film! Thanks a ton to the Scales Collective, YoYoNews, YoYoFactory, and YoYoExpert for supporting the community and helping me put this contest together!

2015 Eastern Canadian Regional – Full Results

November 23, 2015 By Johnny Le

The 2015 Eastern Canadian Regional yoyo contest has come to a close and the new champion has been crowned. Congratulations to Benson Fok for taking home the gold in both 1A and Open. Be sure to check out the Canadian YoYo Association YouTube channel for the rest of the freestyles.

1A Division

1st place – Benson Fok

Open Division

サマーナイツ (Summer Nights) – The #WYYC15 After-Party Video

September 6, 2015 By Gabriel Lozano

This video is recommended for audiences 21+.

The World Yo-Yo Contest 2015 held official after-parties on every night (Nights 1 through 4) after the contest. It was well organized, and incredibly helpful to have an officially sanctioned event. It helped unify everyone after the contest, despite everyone staying at different hotels. I think this should be a case-study for future contests, in terms of unification of players, and for monetization purposes. (Yoyo players like to party!) Details of the after-party structure can be found here: http://tokyo15.com/en/world-yo-yo-party/

The 5th night was at a nightclub in Shibuya, Tokyo, where DJ Kohta was spinning. We drank and danced until the sun came up and the trains started again.

Personal thanks to Dimi. Tokyo was too much for one person to take in, so Dimi helped shoot with another camera over several nights. So many of the great shots you see in this video were thanks to him. Without his support, this video would not have been possible. Thank you, Dimi. For more of his photos, follow him on instagram at @iam_dimi.

Music is サマーナイツ (Summernights) by Alejandro Dale.
It can be found on Soundcloud here.

Thank you for watching.

We Are Throwers – Rebellion YoYos Giveaway!

June 9, 2015 By Steve Brown

There isn’t much time left to support the We Are Throwers documentary on IndieGoGo, but the organizers are offering up a special giveaway to sweeten the deal!

Three lucky winners who support the We Are Throwers campaign will win a FULL SET of the new Rebellion by YoYoRecreation line! Three lucky winners will each receive an Acro, Butcher, and Golyat from Rebellion, the new budget brand designed by YoYoRecreation.

Here’s what you have to do to win:

1. Contribute any amount to the We Are Throwers campaign.

2. Post the photo above on Instagram, and tag @wearethrowers, #WeAreThrowers, #RebellionYoYo & #yoyonews.

3. The organizers pick three lucky winners at the end of the campaign to receive a special prize pack with a full set of the new Rebellion yoyos!

That’s it! Super simple!

Ed Haponik’s Fixed Axle Video Challenge

April 17, 2015 By YoYoNews

Ed Haponik just finished making some amazing fixed-axle tutorials for YoYoExpert.com and to celebrate they thought an epic fixed-axle contest was in order!

The Contest:

Every few days Ed will be posting a video on the YoYoExpert forum of a trick. You will have three days to film yourself successfully hitting that trick and post a link on the forums.

This will be a knockout style contest. You must compete in every round from the start of the contest and everyone who successfully completes the trick will move on. If you cannot complete a trick then you will be eliminated and cannot compete in the next round.

Once one round ends, the next will begin. The contest rounds will get increasingly difficult and will go on until we have one winner!

The Rules:

– Must use fixed axle yo-yo to compete.

– Must show yo-yo/axle to verify it is fixed axle in beginning of video.

– Must post video link (Youtube or Instagram) within 3 days of Ed’s posted trick.

– Must hit the trick correctly (Ed will judge) or you will be eliminated.

– Must compete in all rounds of contest from the beginning to qualify to move on.

– Once eliminated you cannot compete in any following rounds.

THE PRIZES:

Get to Round 2 and Win – 10% OFF YOYOEXPERT COUPON CODE!

Get to Round 4 and Win – 20% OFF YOYOEXPERT COUPON CODE!

RUNNER-UP PRIZE – An Ed Haponik Signed No Jive!

GRAND PRIZE – Last person standing wins a Broke Village Fidalgo & Ed Signed Play Simply No Jive!

Get Started!

Fixed Axle Yo-Yos:
http://shop.yoyoexpert.com/category/68/Fixed-Axle

Ed’s Videos:
http://yoyoexpert.com/learn/602-fixed-basics-undermount-stall.html

CONTEST BEGINS IN ONE WEEK ON APRIL 24!

This post sponsored by YoYoExpert.

Monkeyfinger Christmas Giveaway

December 25, 2014 By Steve Brown

The folks at Monkeyfinger are giving away a one-of-a-kind Caesar yoyo for Christmas, compete with some of their custom lube and Buff yoyo polish, all packaged in a custom wooden box. Neato!

Here are the instructions they sent on how to enter…contest ends on Dec. 30th. Be sure to visit their post on Facebook for full details on where to post your entries.

T’was the night before Christmas, and all through the lab, not a creature was stirring, not even the genetically spliced monkey crab.
The scientist had cleaned all their beakers with glee in the hopes that Saint Nick places Return Tops under kids tree.
Wishes for Geladas and Evil Yo’s were mailed to the Big Elf, but perhaps a special yo-yo would round out the collectors shelf.
A limited edition model loved by trick crafters, the artist proof Caesar, would send joy through the rafters.
Such a rare luxury, the demand would surely rise! So instead let’s give it away as a prize.
To win such a rarity there must be rules. Take a holiday story, rewrite it for you.
A few dozen words in the style of a classic could win you a Caesar, we might even wrap it.
With the understanding that Christmas is only a day away, you have until the 30th to send stories our way.
I Monkey in a Santa suit will read the entries over dinner and based on the quality, crown one story the winner.

44FESTA vol.10 Report and 44FESTA USA Tour!

December 18, 2014 By Rafael Matsunaga

Masanobu Iwata writes to send us a report and great news for the US 44FESTA fans!

The 10th edition of 44FESTA was held back on October, and everyone got the usual 44FESTA mix of serious yoyoing and fun for all!

The freestyle contest there is pretty serious. If you can’t wait for the Japanese contest season to start, I highly recommend checking these out!

The winners of this edition were:

Yamato Murata (again!)
Hajime Miura
Daiki Tanaka
Yuji Aida
Yuya Yatani

The official website has tons of pictures from the freestyle contest, including this:

Nice outfit, HASSY!

That’s the one and only Birthday Boy HASSY!

Two very special guests were in attendance: Mr. sOMEThING Hiroyuki Suzuki, who acted as judge and demoed for the audience, and Professor “Pon” Ishihara, who conducted this edition’s mini-contest:

Ishihara sensei!

The mini-contest had teams of four drawing yo-yo related themes. Here are some gems:

Mr. Takada’s animal-themed counterweight play.

And this incredibly accurate Master Nakamura by Kazuhisa Shimasaki!

And a special announcement for all those attending the Las Vegas Open / Skillcon in December!

Masanobu Iwata, HASSY and Jun Taniguchi will all be in Vegas running a 44FESTA booth with goods and a few surprises! Be sure to say hi to the duck crew in a couple of weeks!

Paul Kerbel New Horizons Challenge

December 9, 2014 By Steve Brown

Did you catch this video from Paul Kerbel the other day?

Well, now you have a chance to show off your skill and win prizes from Paul Kerbel and YoYoFactory! Check out the full details from YoYoFactory below, and good luck!

Go Beyond. Push limits.

Rules:

Upload your Best 1min+ combo Video Contest.

Points awarded for difficulty, risk, number of elements performed. Points deducted for pauses and repeated elements.

First 10 2min+ combos (no significant pauses or repetition) win a Special engraved YoYoFactory Horizon.

MUST USE YOYOFACTORY HORIZON

Contest runs: Dec 10 2014 – Jan 1 2015 (all videos MUST be uploaded by Jan 1).

Winners announced and prizes shipped Jan 14 2015.

Judge: Paul Kerbel (judges decision is FINAL)

1st Prize receives 1 of 1 special edition HORIZON + YYF YoYo Bag + 2 solid color HORIZON

2nd Prize recieves 2 solid color HORIZON

3rd Splash Horizon

Upload videos on YOUTUBE and send link to contact@yoyofactory.com (who will confirm video received).

NO regenerations.

#‎HorizonChallenge‬

44Clash Prelim Results

November 22, 2014 By Steve Brown

The first day of 44Clash has finished, and the results are in! There was a ton of amazing talent in prelims today…the players who are moving to finals are listed, along with photos of full results.

1A Finalists

1st – Hirotaka Akiba – 73.9
2nd – Igor Galiev – 69.4
3rd – Yusuke Otsuka – 68.5
4th – Akitoshi Tokubuchi – 68.1
5th – Eric Tran-ton – 66.3
6th – Hidemasa Senba – 65.7
7th – Shion Araya – 61.5
8th – Tatsuya Fujisaka – 61.1
9th – Kento Muraoka – 60.8

2A Finalists

1st – Tomoyuki Kaneko – 70.2
2nd – Kiwamu Ebata – 64.3
3rd – Toshiaki Onuma – 61.1
4th – Takumi Nagase – 53.5
5th – Yuki Yamaguchi – 50.5

3A Finalists

1st – Mizuki Takimoto – 69.2
2nd – Tomoya Kurita – 69.2
3rd – Eric Tran-ton – 60.4
4th – Yuto Yamaguchi – 54.2

4A Finalists

1st – Bryan Figueroa – 85.3
2nd – Keita Kido – 80.2
3rd – Tsubasa Onishi – 67.5
4th – Takumi Yasumoto – 66.8
5th – Yuki Uchida – 65.4
6th – Shinya Muraki – 63.3
7th – Lee Min Woo – 57.0

5A Finalists

1st – Sojun Miyamura – 67.4
2nd – Yoshihiro Abe – 61.4
3rd – Daigo Komiya – 57.4
4th – Naoya Takeuchi – 57.3
5th – Ryota Torigoe – 55.7

Diabolo Winners

1st – Hayato Watanabe – 83.8
2nd – Shun Tanaka – 65.4
3rd – Syo Takano – 64.2
4th – Yukinaga Oya – 62.5
5th – Hiroki Abe – 61.3
6th – Yuichiro Kubo – 59.2
7th – Yosuke Akiba – 56.3
8th – Takumi Isobe – 53.3
9th – Masahiro Kudo – 52.5
10th – Hideya Watanabe – 47.9
11th – Koki Suwa – 47.5
12th – Erika Suda – 47.5
13th – Fumiya Nishio – 35.4

2014 Austrian National YoYo Contest Winners

November 17, 2014 By Steve Brown

Results are in for the 2014 Austrian National YoYo Contest! Check out video of all the winners below.

1A Freestyle

1st Place – Nicolas Jendretzki – 100

2nd Place – Lukas Galos – 73.00

3rd Place – Phillip Szkokan – 68.97

4th Place – Timotheus Schroer – 62.39
5th Place – Florian Kock – 54.74
6th Place – Martin Siegrist – 43.20

1A Open Freestyle

1st Place – Gabriel Szalay – 91.42

2nd Place – David Molnar – 85.32

3rd Place – Viktor Kollar – 81.73

4th Place – David Bolgarfalvy – 79.87
5th Place – Joe Black – 67.19
6th Place – Mikhail Novikov – 62.94
7th Place – Norbert Jenei – 57.33
8th Place – Eric Klesken – 45.54
9th Place – Levente Mecser – 45.22
10th Place – Gabor Kocsis – 44.99

1A Semi-Pro Freestyle

1st Place – Jakob Urban – 95.60

2nd Place – Leonardo Schroeer – 79.50

3rd Place – Felix Passler – 26.45

4A Freestyle

1st Place – Harald Klemm – 100

(Video withheld at players request)

2nd Place – Phillip Szkokan – 57.42

3rd Place – Jakob Urban – 48.69

4th Place – Florian Kock – 45.18
5th Place – Martin Siegrist – 31.88
6th Place – Timotheus Schoreer – 18.38

X Division Freestyle

1st Place – Norbert Jenei – 95.05

2nd Place – David Molnar – 93.21

3rd Place – Viktor Kollar – 62.05

4th Place – Johannes Voggenthaler – 33.93
5th Place – Mikhail Novikov – 22.30

CLYW Antler Photo Contest

November 9, 2014 By Steve Brown

CLYW is giving away some great prizes for a photo contest on Instagram…check out the full details below.

Throw your antlers up, and win prizes from CLYW!

It’s been a tradition at major contests for CLYW to get a picture of the team with everyone making the international sign of the moose. And now you can get in on the action and win sweet prizes!

Just take a picture of yourself with your antlers up, and post it to Instagram. In order for us to find your entry you MUST do two things:

1. Include the phrase “CLYW Antler Contest” in the photo description.
2. Use hashtag #clyw.

That’s it!

We’ll pick three random, lucky winners on Friday, November 14th to win these fabulous prizes:

1st Place – CLYW Hulk Smash Puffin 2, New CLYW 5-Panel Hat, & CLYW Kendama
2nd Place – New CLYW 5-Panel Hat & CLYW Kendama
3rd Place – New CLYW 5-Panel Hat

One entry per person, please. Contest ends at noon EST on Friday, November 14th. Good luck!

2014 Duncan International YoYo Championship

October 16, 2014 By Steve Brown

Our newest YoYoNews contributor, Piotrek Smietana, was the official videographer for the 2014 Duncan Toys International YoYo Championship held this past August at Downtown Disney in Orlando, Florida. Piotrek brought his skill and craftsmanship to the event, and this video really gives you a great idea of what it was like to be at this top-level contest with some of the best yoyo players in the world.

SLYZ 2014 Video

October 15, 2014 By Steve Brown

The players at UnitYo in the Czech Republic put together a great clip video from the recent SLYZ yoyo contest. It’s got some highlights form the contest freestyles, as well as plenty of great tricks from other players in attendance. Good stuff!

C3YoYoDesign Fingerspin Video Contest

October 14, 2014 By Steve Brown

C3YoYoDesign has a fingerspin video contest going right now…check out full rules and details below!

C3yoyodesign FINGERSPIN Video Contest Start!!!

Show off your best of the best FINGERSPIN tricks and get the limited edition Ethan Wong signature yoyo “MO-vitation”!!! Only have 5pcs in the world!!!
Ready your C3 throws and camera right now!!!!!

C3yoyodesign FINGERSPIN Video Contest 2014 (9th Oct 2014 – 23th Oct 2014)

Rules:
1) Only C3yoyodesign yoyo can be used.
2) Show 3 fingerspin tricks in the video.
3) Fingerspin means “Finger”spin, so “Pen”, “Pencil”, “Marker” or any other tools are not allowed. BUT we accept Fingerspin with glove.
4) Use the contest image in this post at the opening and ending of the video (link)
5) You must upload the video to Youtube with title “C3yoyodesign Fingerspin Video Contest 2014 – [your name]”.
6) Post the video on Facebook with C3yoyodesign fans page tagged and hashtag#c3yoyodesign #fingerspin #movitation #C3FS2014

Prize:
1) Best Trick – Special Edition Movitation
2) Best Video – Special Edition Movitation
3) Ethan Wong Selection – Special Edition Movitation

Deadline for entry is 23th October 2014 23:59 (HK Time). Result will be announced on 31th October, 2014.

Read the Terms and Conditions below:
1) We will only judge the video TAGGED C3yoyodesign and Hashtagged #C3FS2014.
2) Only FANS can win the prize.
3) Multiple attends for each contestant is allowed.
4) All prizes cannot be transferred or exchanged for cash or other goods.
5) C3yoyodesign reserve the right to amend these Terms and Conditions as well as to vary or terminate any of the offers without prior notice. In the event of disputes, the decision of the organizers shall be final and binding.

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