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Ian Johnson & Shane Lubecker – Back From Uni

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Ian Johnson and Shane Lubecker came home for Christmas break and put together a sweet video for us. ‘Tis the season, right? Solid tricks and concepts from both of them, as always.

From Ian:

Shane is back from the University of Kansas, and I am back from UCLA. We live about 40 minutes away from each other and were kicking it again when we looked at how long it’d been since we made a video. It was over 5 years, so we threw this together one night last week!

Yoyos used are the Recess Weekend and First Base.

 

Shane Lubecker – 2015

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Shane Lubecker took a stroll in the woods and filmed a new video. He got poison ivy, we got fresh tricks.

Yoyo used is the C3yoyodesign P-Wave.

Shane Lubecker x Chandler Steele

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Shane Lubecker and Chandler Steele (2014 Ohio State Champion) filmed a new video after Mid East Regionals…definitely worth a look! These two are next generation champions…get in now so you can brag that you were a fan before they became World and National champions.

Yoyos used are the YoYoFactory Shu-Ta and the Square Wheels Nomad.

Shane Lubecker – The Nomad

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The new Nomad drops tonight at SquareWheelsYoYos.com at 9 PM EST…check out the official promo video for this new signature model for Shane Lubecker!

 

Three Minutes From The Cup – Top 5A Contenders

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Three Minutes From The Cup

Nationals is coming up fast…the best players in the United States will descend on Chico, California for their moment on stage to compete for the title of US National YoYo Champion. All this week we’ll be featuring our top picks for each division!

5A (Counterweight) Division

Tyler Severance – 2x National Champion

Defending US National 5A Champion Tyler Severance showed up with one of the best 5A routines of all time at this years World YoYo Contest, and he is definitely at the top of the game. Severance has shown in recent years that he’s getting steadier and steadier on stage…where in the past you could see his pacing start to slip towards the end of his routines, now he stays steady and true until the end. Tyler is first in line for the cup this year, and everyone else is going to have a hard fight ahead of them to take his title.

Miguel Correa- 4x National Champion

Miguel Correa sat out most of the 2013 contest season to re-focus on work and family, but his level of play is so high that it might not make a difference. All it takes for Miggy to win is for him to wake up feeling good…with him in the mix, everyone better bring their A-game. That said, his teammate Tyler Severance is his #1 competition…we know where Tyler’s play is, but Miggy is coming in with some mystery around him which should make for an exciting head-to-head between these two reigning champs.

Sebastian Brock

Sebastian Brock is one of the best 5A players that no one ever talks about. Sebby has said himself that he doesn’t have as much confidence in his 5A play as he does in his 1A routines; but he seems to be the only one with that opinion. His counterweight tricks are clean, inventive, and stand out from the field in a way that crowds like and judges can follow. As the 2010 National Champion in the 1A division, Sebby is in a good position to be one of the incredibly few people to win a national title in different divisions.

Jacob Elliot

Relatively new on the scene, Jacob Elliot made a lot of noise at Worlds with his incredibly fast and seemingly out-of-control style in the 5A finals. His freestyle had people flinching at the back of the room, waiting for a yoyo to shoot off the stage. But it never did, and the question for Nationals is: will his speed help him rack up the points to win, or will he outplay the judges’ clickers?

Chase Baxter

Chase Baxter is an up-and-coming talent who is quickly becoming a fan favorite. He’s got an easy-going style on stage that makes him easy to score, but his consistency just isn’t there yet. If he has a good day in the park, Chase could go clean and hit Top 5…but he’s a wildcard and it’s hard to tell what he can do.

Shane Lubecker

Shane is another up-and-coming player who made a strong showing at Worlds in the counterweight division. His trick density isn’t quite there yet, but he’s got some really original stuff and when he’s on his game, his trick construction and pacing are really nice. Judges score what they can follow, and Shane is good at playing to the judges. He’s a contender for sure, but he’s going to have to go cleaner than he managed at Worlds if he wants a shot at Top 5.

2013 Midwest Regionals Results

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Here are the final results for the 2013 Midwest Regional yoyo contest! Thanks for Patrick Borgerding for letting us know these were posted. Contest organizers; if you want your contest results posted quickly, please send them to info@yoyonews.com. Thanks!

1A Freestyle

Place

Name

Prelims

Finals

1

 Eric Koloski
118.41
124.17

2

 Grant Johnson
133.00
114.03

3

 Tessa Piccillo
100.79
109.36

4

 Alec Campbell (Seed to Finals at Nationals)
KS Seed
108.07

5

 Adam Brewster
IA Seed
105.12

6

 Shane Lubecker
107.07
103.76

7

 John Narum
107.56
98.88

8

 Eric TranTon
IL Seed
96.96

9

 Daniel Dietz
87.08
96.28

10

 Alex Berenguel
96.96
92.10

2A Freestyle

Place

Name

2 Minute
1
 John Narum (Seed to finals at Nationals)
87.00
2
 Josh Kanoff
-0.62
3
 Seth Gerstner
-17.29

 

3A Freestyle

Place

Name

Finals
1
 Patrick Borgerding
133.21
2
 Eric TranTon (SEED TO FINALS IN CHICO)
125.75
3
 Ian Johnson
44.33
4
 Martin Christofferson
41.59
        5 Josh Kanoff
2.29

 

4A Freestyle

Place

Name

2 Minute
1
 Ian Johnson (SEED TO FINALS IN CHICO)
113.00
2
 Ben Conde
109.70
3
 Eric Tran-Ton
85.56
4
 Alex Lee
60.14
5
 Noah Bachofen
54.32
6
 Josh Kanoff
28.75
7
 Patrick Borgerding
24.73
8
 Stephanie Haight
13.04
9
 Zachary Ostler
3.01

 

5A Freestyle

Place

Name

Finals
1
 Shane Lubecker (SEED TO FINALS IN CHICO)
112.40
2
 Ian Johnson
112.20
3
 Adam Brewster
106.03
4
 Eric TranTon
84.81
5
 Chase Baxter
76.02
6
 Justin Perez
64.65
7
 Stephanie Haight
63.36
8
 Brandon Cole
57.83
9
 Antonio Serna
52.72
10
 Michael Cummings
32.78

 

1A Junior Freestyle

Place

Name

Prelims

1

 William Bryan
111.29

2

 Cade Herrera
110.86

3

 Adrian Velez
109.07

4 TIE

 Lucas Gremler
104.64

4 TIE

 Seth Kooiker
104.64

6

 Martin Christofferson
101.29

7

 Noah Daniels
94.71

8

 Erik Goes
93.29

9

 Jacob Gustafson
90.14

10

 Josiah Tuohimaa
83.64

2013 Minnesota State YoYo Contest Results

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Full results are in for the 2013 Minnesota State YoYo Contest…congratulations to Harold Owens III for taking the 1A division! We’ve listed the Top Three places for the two freestyle divisions (with video) below…visit MNYoYo.com for full results of all divisions.

Also notable from the event was the announcement that World YoYo Champion John Narum has officially resigned from offstring yoyo competition…and that he will be taking over running the Minnesota State YoYo Contest. Big news…congratulations, John!

1A

1st Place – Harold Owens III

2nd Place – Shane Lubecker

3rd Place – Nehemiah Peterson

 

Open Division

1st Place – Ian Johnson

2nd Place – Robbie Graham

3rd Place – Shane Lubecker

Shane Lubecker – 2013

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Chicago player Shane Lubecker has his moment in the sun with this great new video by Ben Conde. Stellar!

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