YoYo Related News From Around The World
The 2013 Bay Area Classic is coming up soon, and registration closes May 15th, 2013. Remember, you MUST register online in advance this year…there will be NO registration available the day of the event.
Head over to the BAC Registration Page to get signed up. YoYoNews will be covering the contest on our Instagram account…be sure to follow us for updates!
CLYW‘s Zach Gormley is starting the new year on top with his first contest win of the season at the Northern Colorado YoYo Invitational. Zach is THE player to beat this year, and good luck trying because from this clip he looks unstoppable. From his freestyle performances to his work with Isaac Sams and Innovation Movement and the hugely successful release of his signature yoyo, the Arctic Circle….Zach, you have our attention!
YoYoFactory has kicked off their 2013 West Coast Tour, which will end with the 2013 Southern California YoYo Championships on January 26th. Rules and schedule for the contest have been posted, as well as all the stops and dates for the tour!
Performing on this tour will be Ann Connolly, Tyler Severance, Seth Peterson, and special guest from the Czech Republic, Vashek Kroutil!
Full schedule is below!
Information about the Chinese YoYo Championship is a little thin since I can’t read Chinese, but here’s what Google Translate had to say:
In 2012, the Chinese yo work ACG again organized by the Chinese professional yo contest, professional exchange platform for Chinese yo enthusiasts, the game continues to promote Chinese yo movement for the purpose to improve the level of the Chinese yo movement, hope that the Chinese yo players in the internationalstage goal achieved outstanding results, and make China a lengthy motion to continue moving forward.
Match time: the preliminaries Dec. 30 final Dec. 31 and Jan. 1
Preliminaries Location: Guangzhou fashion Tianhe Square
Final Location: Guangzhou Pazhou Poly World Trade Expo
Huge thanks to the folks at Hong Kong YoYo Fan Club for posting videos of all the freestyles! More video is still going up, so check out their YouTube channel for the rest of the finalists. Champions freestyles are posted below!
As I understand, there are multiple “National Championships” in China due to large rival manufacturers each holding their own major contests and only recognizing their own as the championship. From the backdrop on this one it’s hard to tell who is responsible, but hopefully we’ll see one single event supported by all Chinese manufacturers in the future. Although, considering the general struggles in the worldwide contest scene and the slow, miserable death of the current World YoYo Contest over the last 6 years or so, I guess we here in the US don’t have much of a leg to stand on when asking another country to “get it together”, contest-wise.
Benson Fok – 1st Place – 1A (Single YoYo)
Yiu Siu Ho – 1st Place – 2A (Double YoYo Looping)
Wong Chak Wing – 1st Place – 3A (Double YoYo String)
Yam Lan Ting Justin – 1st Place – 4A (Offstring)
Ng Chun Kit – 1st Place – 5A (Counterweight)
Can you watch this video of Kazuya Murata competing in the 1A Prelims at the Shikoku YoYo Contest in Japan without squealing and yelling “HE’S SO CUUUUUUTE!” at the top of your lungs?
Neither can we.