Congratulations to Gentry Stein, winner of the 1A Division at the 2019 World YoYo Contest!
Full results are below, and watch video of the rest of the division here: 2019 World YoYo Contest 1A Division
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By Steve Brown
Congratulations to Gentry Stein, winner of the 1A Division at the 2019 World YoYo Contest!
Full results are below, and watch video of the rest of the division here: 2019 World YoYo Contest 1A Division
By Steve Brown
Congratulations to Hajime Miura, winner of the 3A division at the 2019 World YoYo Contest!
Full results below, and video of the rest of the division here: 2019 World YoYo Contest 3A Division
By Steve Brown
Congratulations to Rei Iwakura, winner of the 4A division at the 2019 World YoYo Contest!
Full results below, and video of the rest of the competitors here: 2019 World YoYo Contest 4A Division
By Steve Brown
Congratulations to Hideo Ishida, winner of the 5A division at the 2019 World YoYo Contest!
Full results below, and video of the rest of the competitors here: 2019 World YoYo Contest 5A Division
By Steve Brown
Congratulations to Betty Gallegos, winner of the 2019 World YoYo Contest Women’s Division!
Full results below, and video of the rest of the division here: 2019 World YoYo Contest Women’s Division
By Steve Brown
World YoYo Champion Gentry Stein continues to serve as one of our leading ambassadors for the sport/hobby with this great feature on Wired.com. Great work bringing yoyoing to the masses…thanks to Gentry and to producer Patrick Farrell for this great piece!
By Steve Brown
World YoYo Champion Janos Karancz reminds us all that he’s a legit wizard with this new video. Featuring his newest signature model from Duncan Toys, the Grasshopper GTX, which will be available this month at YoYoExpert.com.
Check out what Duncan has to say about the Grasshopper GTX:
We didn’t plan on revising the Grasshopper… Until János needed a new one. But why alter an already outstanding product?
World Champion János Karancz has been playing yo-yo for a long time, and throughout the years his tricks have changed with the current yo-yo meta, becoming longer, more fluid, and increasingly more complex. New types of tricks require a new type of yo-yo, and what that meant here was that his yo-yo needed an update.
Introducing the Grasshopper GTX: same look, new stainless steel placement! The new design features a stainless steel rim that’s pretty heavy compared to the aluminium body, making this yo-yo very strong and reliable, but it features the same look because it’s a simple, straightforward competition design with no gimmicks about it.
Let’s talk about the playability. As we were developing the Grasshopper GTX, János made it clear that he wanted more stability to help him perform his signature slack and rejection combos and glide through his rail and hop combos with ease.It took us multiple revisions and intensive design work to deliver this to the table. His last request? He wanted this yo-yo to be the king of horizontal tricks, and we were happy to oblige.
Brandon Vu, a yo-yo YouTuber, called the original Grasshopper X the Lamborghini of yo-yo. If the original was a Lambo, what would that make the new Grasshopper GTX?
Our team has already won a few titles using the new Grasshopper GTX: János placed 1st in 1A last year 44Clash using the GTX, competing against almost every world champion from the past ten years, so the new Grasshopper is no joke.
By Steve Brown
The always amazing folks at Kuma Films have created another instant classic, this time with World YoYo Champion Shu Takada! Filmed in Japan, Kuma Films showcases one of the best members of our weird little sport with impeccable quality video and beautiful cinematography.
Be sure to subscribe to them on YouTube, and check out the rest of their channel for a TON of great skill toy videos.
By Steve Brown
World YoYo Champion Evan Nagao shows off his latest signature model, the Monster Edge! This ultra-wide model calls back to the first YoYoFactory that Evan used to start making a name for himself on the contest scene, but with stylings of his new Edge signature series. Awesome!
YoYo used is the YoYoFactory Monster Edge.
By Steve Brown
World YoYo Champions Evan Nagao and Shu Takada are heading to England to promote YoYoFactory! Check them out this Saturday, January 19th! We’ll add more dates/stops as soon as we confirm.
Saturday, January 19th
The Entertainer Unit 1086
Westfield Shopping Centre
Ariel Way
White City
W12 7SL
12pm-4pm
By Steve Brown
Check out this episode of the Crew Racing podcast, a triathlon training podcast run by Caitlin and Drew Sapp, where they interview Gentry Stein about his yoyo practice and training regimens. Neat to hear about Gentry’s competition prep and mindset from such a different perspective!
Be sure to check out Gentry’s winning routine from the 2014 World Yoyo Contest!
By Steve Brown
If you’re gonna learn, learn from the best! World YoYo Champion Gentry Stein is creating some definitive, in-depth tutorials on how to be the best yoyo player you can, and here we have a great feature on doing horizontal yoyo tricks. Sweet!
Yoyo used is the YoYoFactory Shutter Wide Angle.
By Steve Brown
How many other players can have you screaming “ARE YOU SERIOUS” at your computer 17 times in just a minute and a half? Behold, a last minute Christmas gift from World YoYo Champion Janos Karancz and Duncan Toys.
Yoyo used is an unknown prototype by Duncan Toys.
By Steve Brown
2018 World YoYo Champion Evan Nagao hits the beach with the new Edge Beyond, his latest signature model from YoYoFactory! The rims on this thing are super burly, and the ultra fat profile looks unlikely but feels super comfortable in the hand. Super fun and gets the job done!
Pre-orders for the YoYoFactory Edge Beyond are open now, and it begins shipping soon!
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