I noticed that on his most recent win in 1a at North Japan he wasn’t wearing any YYJ clothes, which is kinda out of the ordinary. I also noticed that on another well known japanese store for the Turning Point Isotope2 they have that freestyle on the product page which I assume means he was using the Isotope2, which isn’t a YYJ.
Not sure if anyone noticed that or if anyone knows?
He often doesn’t where stuff with anything YYJ at contests. And YYJ did post on Facebook about his freestyle, so… I’m not too sure. I think he’s still with them though.
There was a big announcement about John leaving I would have assumed for someone with a handful of world titles there would have been an announcement of sorts too so my guess is no but really who knows.
There would be a lot more Duncan throws that are higher quality built for 5A. I don’t see him playing a freehand and there would be less yoyojam 5A throws now that they lost their main competitor, so Duncan would be even higher in the ranks of 5A king. I know there is the Barracuda, but I found its not the best for 5A. But that’s my opinion.
Well… he has won both 3A and 5A at Japan Nats 2010 and has placed in the Top 4 of 1A at Japan Nats twice so far, so he is pretty excellent at the 3 styles.