Congratulations on completing your first competition! The trick ladder is no joke, and being able to execute it under scrutiny is something that even players with years of experience would probably find challenging.
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Iāve always wanted to visit England. Itās sorta bucket list for me. It would be a real shame if I had to come all that way just to slap the #!&$@? out of a stranger. You didnāt disappoint ANYONE. Not even yourself! Guy, you entered this thing as a newb, PRACTICED YOUR HEINEY OFF, learned a BUNCH of new tricks, posted videos, inspired people around the world, AND I bet you had a tasty lunch to boot.
You didnāt disappoint anyone. You inspired us.
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Major props to you for competing! Next time itāll be easier to land stuff that you know with all those folks watching.
Thereās nothing disappointing about putting yourself out there!
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Dude, you didnāt disappoint me at all!
hahaā¦no way! Just the fact that you gave it a go in the first place is awesome! And you worked so hard! Itās a bummer for sureā¦but even still Im proud as hell of you man!
Itās been such a pleasure for me to watch you progress over these past few weeks! And youāve come so far!
Look at how good you are with Kwyjibo! (Iām very jealous of your Kwyjs! lol)ā¦or with boingy-boing (I know youāre hard on yourself and get frustrated on this oneā¦seriously though man, once you get them going they look so good!).
And you donāt give up! You keep pushing on!
Nah man. Iām not disappointed! Iā'm still proud as hell of you!!
Besidesā¦it was super nice of you to let the kid win! Heāll never forget this! 
You rock man!
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What youāve done is actually pretty impressive. A lot of people who get into this hobby doesnt even think of joining competitions. And nothing is wrong with that also. But that is whatās good about this hobby - whether you do well or not, thereās going to be a lot of people who are going to be here to cheer you on and support you.
Much kudos to you for stepping out of your comfort zone and inspiring a lot of people, including me
I remember this video when Ryuichi Nakamura failed in the 2018 World Yoyo, when his yoyo snagged a few times for some reason. And this is after he has worked so hard practicing all year long prior to the competition. This event we know is cut-throat competitive, but when someone fails this miserably, you start to hear the crowd, including the other competitors cheering him up.
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Props for giving it a go and sharing your journey. Itās a bummer that you didnāt get to go further and complete all of the other tricks you know. I know that feeling. Still, you went for it instead of sitting home which gets my respect.
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Contests can be very stressful, Iāve never done well lol. Donāt worry about it and be ready for next time.
Itās very cool that you tried!
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who cares if you won or not? you still got to compete! and hopefully you had fun!!
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Now you have your target to beat next time!
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I want to do a separate special shout out and big thanks to @twitch77 for being there every step of my journey.
Thanks, coach!
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Thank you @ryanmcg, @Mystik, @pmdon, @Avvatar, @MarkD, @Genki, @MattB, @MoosaK, @PCaliyoyos, @Nathan and everyone else for all your encouragement and support!
I have no regrets and personally, I wasnāt disappointed (just a little shame I couldnāt complete some of the other tricks I practised).
I got back home from the contest and afterparty at 2 am, so only an hour ago, and I had an amazing time at the contest, not only was the contest itself fantastic to watch, and to participate in, but what made it super awesome was meeting everyone there and spending time just chatting about yoyos and playing yoyos all day long with all the lovely people.
Had an amazing day!
Took a photo together with the amazing Luna Harran, and the current 1A national champion of Spain, Gemma Planell! Just two of the many many more amazing people I got to meet today.
Also I got to try out a lot of cool yoyos and have got to understand my preferences a lot better.
I think I like yoyos that has a heavier feeling on the string and not too wide.
I donāt want to take anything away from the winner and this was definitely not the reason I lost, so with the risk of sounding like a sore loser, I am glad I didnāt win in hindsight. Dom, my competition more than deserved to win, but had I done so, on hindsight I would have felt really bad winning against a young man when there were just two of us.
Besides, not winning means I can enter again, and winning the trick ladder at the UK Nationals has more of a ring to it. 
Now that I have experienced the nerves, and I get more time to practice, next mission, complete all 25 tricks and win at the UK Nationals!!
Video of my trick ladder, I havenāt even watched this back yet eitherā¦ 
Oh! and I got to spark a Titanium yoyo for the first time today. (a G2 TiShee) 
And I didnāt come back empty handed!
UK Nationals 2020 (trick ladder) better watch out! I will be there to win it this time!
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Man, Iām so glad you got to meet a bunch of cool people, throw a ton of new throws and had a great time!
Iām not disappointed a single it in youā¦but I do feel a bit bad cause damn you put a lot of work, heart and soul into this. 
UK Nations isnāt even going to know what hit them by the time you storm through though!!
haha I LOVE that you added your whistle to the Elevator at the event! lmao 
that was great!!
Also, I LOVE Airetic strings! 
@TheThrowingGnome was super cool in gifting me some a couple
of months back.
You rock man! 
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Yeah it was a really cool experience.
Itās the community aspect I enjoyed the most.
Oh yeah, I even got to hang out with @chaosgow
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Thatās amazing. Glad you enjoyed. And you canāt win everytime, Iām sure you didnāt dissapoint anyone!
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Well done to you man. I know itās not the result you weāre aiming for but it takes a lot to perform anything in front of an unfamiliar audience.
Only good things can be taken from your experience and next time you do it youāll be glad you gave it a go the first time.
Much respect for you and anyone who gets up on a stage.
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YES! iām so glad you had a good time! and ya got a new yoyo! that is awesome that you got to meet some other yoyoers (iāll watch the videos in a bit when i can) and you better win UK Nationals! or iāll be disappointed if you donāt! no iām just joking i hope you get to go and have a good time at UK Nats though thatād be awesome!!
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You didnāt disappoint anyone. Iāve often said when I get in front if the judges, it feels like Iām trying to do my tricks wearing ice hockey gloves and a gauze blindfold. You got out there, competed and hopefully had a great time!
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Thanks guys,
Yeah it felt like my hand were moving 1 second faster than my brain was processing.
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Woot!
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So, I won the YYF HubStack AfterGlow at this British YoYo Associationās 2019 Southern Regional Contest this weekend, but it is surplus to my needs.
This has gone up for sale up until I meet anyone who wants to learn how to yoyo.
At which point Iāll be gifting this to the first person who approaches me yoyoing in public, shows genuine interest and asks me what they should buy to get started in the hobby.
When that happens I plan on saying, here you go this is for you, take some extra strings too, go and enjoy and spread the love.
It will remain on sale until then, whichever happens first. 
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