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Zac Rubino brings us 4a-Ken at KendaMAY
Posted by Dr. Yo-Yo in Contest Reports, News on May 6th, 2013
This was his first attempt. Then he got on stage and free-styled it, which caused the Kendama guys to plox
Keep in mind that this is after 20 minutes of trial and error
Hopefully I can find someone who caught it on video.
More pictures from KendaMay in Roseville Ca can be seen HERE
Yolex KendaMAY Event – May 4th
Posted by Dr. Yo-Yo in Contest Reports on April 28th, 2013
YoYoFactory.pl – European Yoyo Championship 2013
Posted by Dr. Yo-Yo in Contest Reports, News on March 9th, 2013
2013 California State Yo-Yo Championship COMPLETE RESULTS #calstateyoyo (FIXED)
Posted by Dr. Yo-Yo in Contest Reports, News on March 7th, 2013
Fixed some import errors that occurred when posted these the first time. Thanks to Shane for pointing it out
| 2013 Cal States 1A Finals Freestyles Results | |||
| Place | First Name | Last Name | Final Score |
| 1 | Gentry | Stein | 88.66 |
| 2 | Zach | Gormley | 86.60 |
| 3 | Charles | Haycock | 84.63 |
| 4 | Anthony | Rojas | 84.62 |
| 5 | Jensen | Kimmitt | 80.50 |
| 6 | Tyler | Severance | 70.45 |
| 7 | Paolo | Bueno | 69.22 |
| 8 | Kevin | Nicholas | 65.45 |
| 9 | Eric | Koloski | 64.21 |
| 10 | Paul | Dang | 63.95 |
| 11 | Tessa | Piccilo | 63.83 |
| 12 | Jaime | Kenedy | 60.95 |
| 13 | Ty | goldman | 60.11 |
| 14 | Patrick | Canny | 57.33 |
| 15 | Ernest | Kahn | 56.64 |
| 16 | Mitchell | Ruskin | 56.40 |
| 17 | Mike | Marshal | 55.52 |
| 18 | Michael | Nakamura | 53.92 |
| 19 | Clint | Armstrong | 53.68 |
| 20 | Josh | Yee | 53.61 |
| 21 | Adrien | La | 52.42 |
| 22 | Wilson | Van Gundy | 49.98 |
| 23 | Ian | Lawson | 47.40 |
| 24 | Keiran | Cooper | 43.46 |
| 25 | Nate | Dailey | 42.64 |
| 26 | Cory | Hendon | 42.03 |
| 27 | J T | Nickel | |
| 2013 Cal States 1A Prelims Results | |||
| Place | First Name | Last Name | Final Score |
| 1 | Charles | Haycock | 94.26 |
| 2 | Anthony | Rojas | 92.98 |
| 3 | tyler | severance | 89.85 |
| 4 | Jensen | Kimmitt | 88.26 |
| 5 | Zach | Gromley | 84.49 |
| 6 | Eric | Koloski | 82.84 |
| 7 | Kevin | Nicholas | 78.45 |
| 8 | Clint | Armstrong | 77.74 |
| 9 | Paul | Dang | 76.70 |
| 10 | Adrien | La | 76.13 |
| 11 | Jaime | Kenedy | 76.08 |
| 12 | Ernest | Kahn | 74.01 |
| 13 | Ian | Lawson | 72.24 |
| 14 | Nate | Dailey | 71.98 |
| 15 | Patrick | Canny | 71.67 |
| 16 | J T | Nickel | 71.25 |
| 17 | Ty | goldman | 69.31 |
| 18 | Mike | Marshal | 68.35 |
| 19 | Josh | Yee | 68.30 |
| 20 | Keiran | Cooper | 68.14 |
| 21 | Michael | Nakamura | 67.25 |
| 22 | Wilson | Van Gundy | 65.21 |
| 23 | Cory | Hendon | 64.52 |
| 24 | Mitchell | Ruskin | 63.56 |
| 25 | Joshua | Ray | 63.56 |
| 26 | CJ | Atkinson | 63.50 |
| 27 | Alex | Hattori | 63.04 |
| 28 | Angelo | Aquire | 62.46 |
| 29 | Nick | Azevedo | 61.24 |
| 30 | Sam | Bramer | 60.68 |
| 31 | Masamitsu | Yanase | 58.85 |
| 32 | Dylan | Benharris | 58.41 |
| 33 | Ibrahim | Rahman | 57.55 |
| 34 | juliette | oliver | 57.38 |
| 35 | James | Reed | 56.59 |
| 36 | Sam | Ungerer | 55.51 |
| 37 | Alex | Gallimore | 55.19 |
| 38 | Michael | Goody | 53.20 |
| 39 | Jordan | Shen | 52.33 |
| 40 | Daniel | Bello | 50.79 |
| 41 | Spencer | Nelson | 50.72 |
| 42 | K. J. | Costich III | 50.28 |
| 43 | Aaron | Bendich | 50.09 |
| 44 | Nicholas | Arredondo | 48.38 |
| 45 | Austin | Germain | 47.76 |
| 46 | Alex | Lee | 45.32 |
| 47 | Daniel | Flaherty | 42.74 |
| 48 | Isaac | Fouch | 42.41 |
| 49 | Will | Hahn | 42.39 |
| 50 | Connor | Burns | 42.12 |
| 51 | Shannon | Jackson | 40.10 |
| 52 | Albert | 39.78 | |
| 53 | Max | Tripolsky | 38.57 |
| 54 | Andrew | Contreras | 38.42 |
| 55 | hans | baker | 38.38 |
| 56 | Jacob | Cross | 38.22 |
| 57 | Jordan | O’Brien | 38.17 |
| 58 | A. J. | Garcia | 38.17 |
| 59 | Raul | Rivera Jr | 36.43 |
| 60 | Paul | Yath | 35.00 |
| 61 | matthew | seibell | 34.62 |
| 62 | Darrel | Nunan | 34.19 |
| 63 | Anthony | Tran | 33.55 |
| 64 | Trevor | moreno | 32.86 |
| 65 | Kian | Chew Khoo | 32.67 |
| 66 | Jacob | Sanson | 32.64 |
| 67 | Ryan | Rivera | 32.09 |
| 68 | cj | waterman | 32.05 |
| 69 | Jose | Cazares | 31.48 |
| 70 | Newman | Becker | 31.47 |
| 71 | Amanda | Vogt | 30.17 |
| 72 | Felix | Cadiz | 28.79 |
| 73 | Tristan | Baesen | 28.61 |
| 74 | Nico | Sorensen | 28.48 |
| 75 | Bryon | Masuja | 26.77 |
| 76 | Jake | Tran | 26.67 |
| 77 | Steven | Martinez | 24.85 |
| 78 | Nathaniel | Nunan | 24.40 |
| 79 | Demetrius | Tipton | 24.17 |
| 80 | James | Yoster Mort | 21.43 |
| 81 | joey | montoya | 17.00 |
| 82 | Maverick | Deatherage | 16.94 |
| 83 | Jonah | McFadden | 15.56 |
| 2013 Cal States – 2A Finals Results | |||
| Place | First Name | Last Name | Final Score |
| 1 | Joseph | Harris | 85.17 |
| 2 | Shane | Karan | 62.57 |
| 3 | Yoshi | Mikamoto | 52.91 |
| 4 | Ian | Lawson | 36.25 |
| 5 | Bill | deBoisblanc | 24.25 |
| 6 | Josh | Yee | 17.19 |
| 2013 Cal States 3A Finals Results | |||
| Place | First Name | Last Name | Final Score |
| 1 | Patrick | Borgerding | 83.83 |
| 2 | Yoshi | Mikamoto | 67.15 |
| 3 | Ian | Smith | 65.32 |
| 4 | Elliot | Ogawa | 53.32 |
| 5 | Josh | Yee | 39.25 |
| 6 | Alex | Hattori | 29.84 |
| 7 | Newman | Becker | 21.40 |
| 2013 Cal States 4A Finals Results | |||
| Place | First Name | Last Name | Final Score |
| 1 | Bryan | Figueroa | 79.78 |
| 2 | Zac | Rubino | 69.20 |
| 3 | Steven | Lee | 50.10 |
| 4 | Josh | Yee | 49.46 |
| 5 | Michael | Nakamura | 49.39 |
| 6 | Cory | Hendon | 45.77 |
| 7 | Ian | Lawson | 31.27 |
| 8 | Rick | Cobb | 28.47 |
| 9 | Michael | Goody | 22.64 |
| 10 | Kevin | Tandean | 16.57 |
| 11 | Newman | Becker | 14.15 |
| 12 | Austin | Germain | 13.63 |
| 13 | Kevin | Canario | 3.84 |
| 2013 Cal States 5A Finals Results | |||
| Place | First Name | Last Name | Final Score |
| 1 | Tyler | Severance | 86.33 |
| 2 | Paolo | Bueno | 68.48 |
| 3 | Josh | Yee | 58.77 |
| 4 | Shannon | Jackson | 55.03 |
| 5 | Juan | Renteria | 49.44 |
| 6 | Patrick | Canny | 45.54 |
| 7 | Nathan | Crissey | 37.95 |
| 8 | Steven | Lee | 33.51 |
| 9 | Nicholas | Arredondo | 3.70 |
| 2013 Cal States Fixed Axle Freestyles Results | |||
| Place | First Name | Last Name | Final Score |
| 1 | CJ | Atkinson | 94.00 |
| 2 | Josh | Yee | 82.00 |
| 3 | Blake | Freeman | 70.00 |
| 4 | Hans | Baker | 64.00 |
| 4 | Dylan | Benharris | 64.00 |
| 6 | Nathan | Crissey | 36.00 |
| 7 | Michael | Nakamura | 28.00 |
| 8 | William | Hahn | 4.00 |
10 hours of Cal States, time lapsed into under 4 minutes
Posted by Dr. Yo-Yo in Contest Reports, Featured Videos, News on March 4th, 2013
For those who have not heard yet, I have stepped down as event organizer and host of the California State Yo-Yo Championship. The 2013 Cal State championship was my fourth and final state contest (for now) as I go back and focus on my masters degree. Cal States is a huge job, and requires planning up to 8 months in advance. I have been putting off my masters degree for a few years as I let things align around me. Now that I have a job that supports it, and my family is ready, it is time. I had to make a grown up choice of which item of my life to put on hold. YoYoSkills is not done yet. There is too much I want to accomplish. Too much left I want to do. Cal States was, is, and has been a huge success for me and after 4 amazing contests I knew that I could let it go and be completely satisfied, happy, and proud of what was accomplished. Cal States is as important to me as one of my family members. The choice was hard to make, but it was the right one.
To name everyone I want to thank would be insane, so:
To my dedicated sponsors
To my esteemed colleges
To my best friends
To my multi-week phone call recipients
To my fellow journalists
To my competitors
To my critics
To my contestants
To my wife and daughter
To my community
It has been an honor to serve as the California State Yo-Yo Championship host for the last 4 years.
With your help and support I have accomplished the goals I set 4 years ago and I am proud of what we have done.
Most importantly, I feel that I can step back, satisfied, and knowing that the future of Cal States is safe.
I am truly going out on a high point
Starting with the 2014 contest, Cal States will be in the hands of the very talented JD Steel.
Signed – Chris Allen
– YoYoSkills.com
PNWR Top 3 Results!
Posted by Dr. Yo-Yo in Contest Reports on February 24th, 2013
Waiting on videos of 1st place. KingYoStar has a number of videos waiting names
1A results
1st – Zach Gormley
2nd – Eric Koloski
3rd – Kevin Nicolas
2A results
1st – Yoshi Mikamoto
2nd – Ryan Lai
3rd – Ian Lawson,, 1st Yoshi
3A results
1st – Donald Hodgkinson
2nd – Patrick Borgerding
3rd – Yoshi Mikamoto
4A results
1st – Bryan Figueroa
2nd – Zach Rubino
3rd – Kevin Nicolas
5A results
1st – Sterling Quinn
2nd – Michael Kurti
3rd – Kyle Hedges
EYYC Day 2 Results!
Posted by Dr. Yo-Yo in Contest Reports on February 24th, 2013
First, check out this Demo that Mickey did
And now the results. Still waiting on a few of the first place videos
1a Division
1st – János Karancz
2nd – Grzegorz Wojcik
3rd – Maxim Gruzintzev
3A Division
1st – Michal Jasko
2nd – Lorenzo Sabatini
3rd – Stephen Langley
5A Division
1st – Ján Hlinka
2nd – Daniel Budai
3rd – Maciek Cwynar
AP Division
InMotion! (Switzerland)
1A International Division
1st – Kohta Watanabe
2nd – Tyler Severance
3rd – Ricardo Marechal
EYYC Day 1 Results
Posted by Dr. Yo-Yo in Contest Reports on February 23rd, 2013
1a Prelims are complete, as are the 2A and 4A divisions.
2a:
1st place – Dave Geigle
2nd place – Jan Schmutz
3rd place – Jan Bubak
4a:
1st place – Lorenzo Sabatini
2nd place – David Molnar
3rd place – Quentin Godet
1a Prelims – Advancing to finals
Link Here (Thanks YoYoFactory)
Day 2 starts at 5am EST (2am PST), the Livestream will be up and rockin here at YoYoSkills.
Worlds ’13 revealed this week on YoYoRadio
Posted by Dr. Yo-Yo in Contest Reports, News on February 6th, 2013
For a while there, 2013 was starting to look like a “Year of Two Worlds”. The World Yo-Yo Contest in Florida and “Worlds’13″ in the Czech Republic were scheduled on the same day and seperated by the Atlantic Ocean. Lines started to cross in the yo-yo world as players began declaring that they were True to Worlds in Florida, or Making the Change to the Euro scene. Some saw Worlds’13 as needed and welcome change. Some saw it as Mafia style strong arming against Greg. Big names started to form on both sides. I have actually been getting ready to write teh article “A Case for Two Worlds” when rumors started flying that Worlds’13 may not happen, or that it would be a week apart from the traditional contest. It was even speculated that the event would be a co-op in two locations, relying heavly on broadband for dual site judging. The situation is full of rumor and speculation and players who are looking to get a jump on cheap airfare are looking at the Czech or Florida. This Friday on YoYoRadio all the rumors get cleared up. Joe, Tom and AJ will be talking to Ondrej Sedivy, Rafael Matsunaga and Hironori Mii. The three international yoyoers, two of which are National Masters will make an announcement on YoYoRadio about the future of the World Yo-Yo Competitions.
YoYoRadio will be the first place this info goes public and it all starts at 9:30PM EST
If you’d like to talk to them during our live show, you no longer need Skype – you can call them at that’s (302)319-YOYO! (302-319-9696) If you want to listen to the show LIVE, it airs (almost) every Friday night at 9:30pm EST. If you a in a computer, click this link HERE. If you on an iPhone, click this link HERE, and if you have an android phone, download “Just Playlists” and click HERE and select”Just Playlists” as the application.
Easy as that!
YoYoRadio Facebook is also good for some socialocity.
California States 2012 footage RECOVERED!!!
Posted by Dr. Yo-Yo in Contest Reports, News on February 5th, 2013
Some exciting news!
Here is the unedited 3a, 4a, and 5a footage from Cal States. I had originally thought this footage was lost in a computer failure last April that killed my editing workstation. Recently I purchased a USB to SATA adaptor and was going through some external hard drives that had broken for one reason or another. One of my externals still worked, and low and behold there was the contest footage that had backed up!
1a and 2a are up on youtube already, but here is 3a-5a, unedited, from start to finish!
Commentary by Greg Winterrowd and Jamie Kennedy
2013 Cal States Sponsor Auctions ROUND 2 – ENDS SATURDAY
Posted by Dr. Yo-Yo in Contest Reports on February 2nd, 2013
This Round 2! This batch includes the work of C3YoYoDesign, Chico Yo-Yo Company, 3yo3, Eternal Throw a Dif-e-Yo, and some INSANELY RARE Tom Kuhn classics!
Last chance at these incredible yoyos guys. Perhaps the only time in your life you will have a chance to buy a Rose Engine Carved Tom Kuhn yo-yo…
HERE is a direct link to all the CAL STATE yo-yo auctions in case you can’t use the tool above
SoCal Yo-Yo Championship Results
Posted by Dr. Yo-Yo in Contest Reports, News on January 29th, 2013
This last weekend, the YoYoFactory West Coast tour culminated into the Southern California Yo-Yo Championship run by Tyler Severance. Check out the top three in both divisions, the winning freestyles, and a note from Tyler.
1a Division:
1 – Paolo Bueno
2 – Joshua Ray
3 – Michael Nakamura
1 – Patrick Borgerding
2 – Alex Hattori *
3 – Elliot Ogawa
“I would also like to post a huge apology to Alex and Linda Hattori. Alex Hattori did an incredible
job doing a 3A freestyle in the Open division, but unfortunately there was a mistake made while
calculating scores, and Alex’s 1A Prelim score was used instead of his much higher 3A score. He
didn’t recieve his earned 2nd place title and instead was calulated as 7th. Alex and Linda (his mother)
very kindly asked to see his raw scores and remained persistant during a busy time of the contest.
Showing us a mistake that would’ve other wise gone unnoticed. So I would again like to apologize
to Alex and his Mom, but also thank them for helping us fix our contest systems and try to improve
our accuracy for the future.”-Tyler Severance
Having run CalStates for four years and assisted with a handful of smaller contests, I know exactly how easy it is to make a mistake like this. I applaud Tyler for what looked like an amazing event and also coming forward and making things right.
Full results after the jump.
Cal States is almost here – Wanna help and maybe win something?
Posted by Dr. Yo-Yo in Contest Reports on January 14th, 2013
I love vintage style adverts, and between Jason Week doing AMAZING art and an unusually slow Sunday at the Allen compound, I make up this diddy.
It would if yo want to be really awesome:
Print and distribute/post these around and then post a link of you with your flyer in the comment section below! The best one (by judging of the yoyoskills team) gets many applause and a high five AND if you are competing at Cal States, free contest competition entry!
Worlds 2012 Fixed Axle contest video and Question
Posted by Dr. Yo-Yo in Contest Reports, Featured Videos, News on December 20th, 2012
Watch that video, now answer a question for me.
Do you want Fixed Axle to become more mainstream (in yoyoing) in 2013?
Russia Yo-Yo Contest Results
Posted by Dr. Yo-Yo in Contest Reports on December 6th, 2012
Russia is a HUGE and booming yo-yo community and like all huge and booming yo-yo communities, the contest scene is wild and terrific. Here are the videos of your first place winners and I found photos of the results on vk. I heard that Maxim Gruzintsev won 1a by a tenth of a point!
1A – 1st Place – Maxim Gruzintsev
2A – 1st Place – Lev Derzhavets
3A – 1st Place – Sergey Bandurin
4A – 1st Place – Vitaly Evdokimov
5A – 1st Place – Alexey Nemchik
Italian National Yo-Yo Championship
Posted by Dr. Yo-Yo in Contest Reports on December 6th, 2012
1A PRO 1st Lorenzo Sabatini
2nd Francesco Gioia
3rd Armando La Rocca
X DIV 1st Lorenzo Sabatini
2nd Danny Martucci
3rd Andres Pegam
Demo by Tyler Severance
Full results at YoYoManiacs
Czech Champion 2012 – Vashek Kroutil
Posted by Dr. Yo-Yo in Contest Reports, News on October 22nd, 2012
National Yo-Yo Contest 2012 RESULTS + VIDEOS
Posted by Dr. Yo-Yo in Contest Reports on October 6th, 2012
Thanks to YoYoFactory for posting nearly full results on their facebook page and Duncan Toys who has EVERY FREESTYLE (plus prelims) on their youtube.
For FULL results plus scores – NationalYoYo.org
1a Results
1. Zach Gormley (CONGRATS!)
2. Gentry Stein
3. Harold Owens III
4. Andrew Maider
5. Anthony Rojas
6. Eric Koloski
7. Paolo Bueno
8. Paul Han
9. John Narum
10. Kevin Nicholas
11. Luke Finnell
12. Eric Tranton
13. Jason Lee
14. Dylan Benharris
15. Clint Armstrong
16. Michael Stecz
2a Results
1. Patrick Mitchell
2. Joseph Harris
3. Connor Scholten
4. Yoshi Mikamoto
5. Ian Lawson
6. Josh Yee
7. Ben McPhee
8. Hugh Higinbotham
9. Jordan SamBueno
10. John Huber
3a Results
1. Patrick Borgerding
2. Donald Hodgkinson
3. Eric Tranton
4. Elliot Ogawa
5. Alex Curfman
6. Alex Hattori
7. Josh Yee
8. John Narum
9. Mack Finley
4a Results
1. Bryan Figueroa
2. Ben Conde
3. John Narum
4. Ian Johnson
5. Michael Nakamura
6. Zac Rubino
7. Conner Scholton
8. Nick Johnson
9. Daniel Dietz
10. Daniel Mizell
11. Eric Ngu
12. Shane Lubecker
13. Kevin Nicholas
5a Results
1. Tyler Severance
2. Miguel Correa
3. Samm Scott
4. Paolo Bueno
5. Josh Yee
6. Ian Johnson
7. Uri Gottschalk
8. Andrew Maider
9. Michael Kurti
10. John Narum
11. Juan Renteria
12. Patrick Canny
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