# My WYYC 2013 experience.
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-wyyc-2013-experience/57777
**Category:** General Yo-Yo
**Created:** [August 11, 2013, 11:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-wyyc-2013-experience/57777 "2013-08-11T23:25:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@mgiroux77](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mgiroux77)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2013, 11:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-wyyc-2013-experience/57777/1 "2013-08-11T23:25:39Z")
Ok everyone I just got home a few hours ago and I just wanted to share my experience. In short I had the most amazing yoyo related time of my life!! It was that good. I was able to meet and chat with so many cool people (more on that in a bit)
I had a blast watching the contest but I think I had more fun just taking it all in… So much to tell… Ok let’s start with a few highlights:
Meeting Ben McPhee: I liked him. He was cool to me and I found him to be a funny guy…
Meeting Patrick Mitchell: What can I say… He is up there with Andre`
Meeting Steve Brown: I had a blast talking with Steve… Very nice as well. Great dude!
Meeting Ed Haponik: Such a nice guy!! I had the best time just chatting up yoyos with him…
Meeting Hironori Mii: A class act and again so nice…
Meeting Kentaro Kimura: Quick hello but very nice and easy to talk to.
Meeting Kengo Kido: Great guy… Very unique.
I also got to meet the one and only Jensen Kimmitt. We rode the elevator down together and chatted it up a bit. He was very cool too. I really liked him. As well as being able to see Chris again. The Yeti release was one of my highlights of the whole 4 days…
I also want to thank the whole A2Z family… Words can’t come to mind on how awesome they are!!
Nick, Jrod thanks for putting up with me for 4 nights!!
Vilmos and MarkMont from One Drop were AWESOME too!!!
Jimmy my friend you are the man!!! Love you bro!!
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### Author:  [@CaliBuddha](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/CaliBuddha)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2013, 11:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-wyyc-2013-experience/57777/2 "2013-08-11T23:26:33Z")
Rock on! I love Worlds! First time I met YYF Ben and Hans, they threw spintop buttons at me :-\
I met Steve Brown and Mark McBride about 15 years ago and they’ve always been two of my faves.
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### Author:  [@Sanchez202](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Sanchez202)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2013, 11:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-wyyc-2013-experience/57777/3 "2013-08-11T23:29:11Z")
I saw you a bunch the last day. Didn’t know it was you, though. I most hung sound the 2 trading areas making deals and teaching tricks.
I definitely have to agree with you on how awesome the one OneDrop guys were. Vilmos and I ended up talking and hanging out a bit jut about everyday. He’s a pretty cool guy.
Did you by any chance notice Kengo’s flip flops? Those were pretty interesting shoes.
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### Author:  [@mgiroux77](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mgiroux77)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2013, 11:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-wyyc-2013-experience/57777/4 "2013-08-11T23:36:15Z")
> [@Sanchez202](#):
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> I saw you a bunch the last day. Didn’t know it was you, though. I most hung sound the 2 trading areas making deals and teaching tricks.
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> I definitely have to agree with you on how awesome the one OneDrop guys were. Vilmos and I ended up talking and hanging out a bit jut about everyday. He’s a pretty cool guy.
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> Did you by any chance notice Kengo’s flip flops? Those were pretty interesting shoes.
Darn man!! I would have liked to have met you!!
Yea those were sick for sure… Every time he walked by me I was checking them out… Cool stuff!!
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### Author:  [@Nivo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Nivo)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2013, 1:47am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-wyyc-2013-experience/57777/5 "2013-08-12T01:47:49Z")
Hey I remember seeing you … wish I would have said hello …
this was my first time and I was overwhelmed …
I was mostly hanging out with Tom Connolly but did get to meet a bunch of other peeps.
Hope to run into you next time 🙂
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### Author:  [@mgiroux77](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mgiroux77)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2013, 1:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-wyyc-2013-experience/57777/6 "2013-08-12T01:52:43Z")
> [@Nivo](#):
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> Hey I remember seeing you … wish I would have said hello …
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> this was my first time and I was overwhelmed …
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> I was mostly hanging out with Tom Connolly but did get to meet a bunch of other peeps.
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> Hope to run into you next time 🙂
So was that you at the bar with both he and Joe from 10 Yo?? I think it was. We were having a few last night before the big show…
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### Author:  [@Nivo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Nivo)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2013, 1:57am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-wyyc-2013-experience/57777/7 "2013-08-12T01:57:21Z")
> [@mgiroux77](#):
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> So was that you at the bar with both he and Joe from 10 Yo?? I think it was. We were having a few last night before the big show…
yea hey yea that was me!! were you on the table watching Janos’s video? I remember hearing his music from the video and went over and was like yea that dude is amazing lol
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### Author:  [@mgiroux77](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mgiroux77)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2013, 1:59am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-wyyc-2013-experience/57777/8 "2013-08-12T01:59:34Z")
> [@Nivo](#):
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> yea hey yea that was me!! were you on the table watching Janos’s video? I remember hearing his music from the video and went over and was like yea that dude is amazing lol
Yes I was!!! And THAT was the first time I ever saw him yoyo… And in my head I was like “If he can do this on stage then he will win”
A lot of people thought he had a great chance…
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### Author:  [@Nivo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Nivo)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2013, 2:07am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-wyyc-2013-experience/57777/9 "2013-08-12T02:07:34Z")
> [@mgiroux77](#):
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> Yes I was!!! And THAT was the first time I ever saw him yoyo… And in my head I was like “If he can do this on stage then he will win”
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> A lot of people thought he had a great chance…
haha thats awesome … so wait technically speaking we did meet lol
and yea he did pull it off.
GLad I ran into you ;D
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### Author:  [@crococorey](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/crococorey)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2013, 2:08am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-wyyc-2013-experience/57777/10 "2013-08-12T02:08:43Z")
I want to meet Tim (the camera guy for the livestream) so bad!
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### Author:  [@crococorey](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/crococorey)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2013, 2:14am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-wyyc-2013-experience/57777/11 "2013-08-12T02:14:12Z")
And i may have talked to andre on the live stream. Maybe.
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### Author:  [@jrodriguez](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jrodriguez)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2013, 2:39am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-wyyc-2013-experience/57777/12 "2013-08-12T02:39:27Z")
Great hanging out with you, Matt!
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### Author:  [@Jake\_Elliott](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Jake_Elliott)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2013, 3:06am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-wyyc-2013-experience/57777/13 "2013-08-12T03:06:29Z")
It was very nice meeting both you and Jrod at worlds this year. It’s always great putting faces to names.
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### Author:  [@mgiroux77](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mgiroux77)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2013, 4:16am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-wyyc-2013-experience/57777/14 "2013-08-12T04:16:51Z")
> [@Jake Elliott](#):
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> It was very nice meeting both you and Jrod at worlds this year. It’s always great putting faces to names.
Sure is man!!! And Like I said… YOU have a ton of energy man!!! So much fun to watch on stage!! Keep at it bro!!
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### Author:  [@jrodriguez](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jrodriguez)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2013, 4:26am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-wyyc-2013-experience/57777/15 "2013-08-12T04:26:11Z")
Indeed. You did awesome, Jake. Very nice meeting you! 🙂
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### Author:  [@bartcusick](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/bartcusick)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2013, 4:57am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-wyyc-2013-experience/57777/16 "2013-08-12T04:57:55Z")
I had a blast! It was great getting to hang and learn new tricks. Now to start saving for Prague. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Big\_cat](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Big_cat)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2013, 4:58am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-wyyc-2013-experience/57777/17 "2013-08-12T04:58:13Z")
I can’t tell if Chris is giant, or you’re just small! 😃
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### Author:  [@mgiroux77](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mgiroux77)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2013, 4:59am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-wyyc-2013-experience/57777/18 "2013-08-12T04:59:40Z")
> [@Big\_cat](#):
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> I can’t tell if Chris is giant, or you’re just small! 😃
On a good day I am 5"6… so yea… I am short and he’s just the man…
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### Author:  [@caribouchris](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/caribouchris)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2013, 6:59am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-wyyc-2013-experience/57777/19 "2013-08-12T06:59:01Z")
Wow I don’t remember being that much taller then you! Haha
Was so awesome seeing you again Matt!! Thanks again for all of the support and I can’t wait to kick it with all of you guys in MA again!
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### Author:  [@snowmanjoshu](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/snowmanjoshu)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2013, 1:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-wyyc-2013-experience/57777/20 "2013-08-12T13:24:23Z")
I wish I had gone =(
I went to Worlds 2010, and had an amazing time. Met a bunch of people as well but the one that stands out is Steve Brown. I wound up sitting behind him during 5A prelims (the ones that very few people actually sit and watch), and I awkwardly asked “Mr. Brown (yeah I know, right?), what’s it like to have invented a style of yoyoing that has become so massive?”
His response was along the lines of “it’s very humbling, because I can’t do any of that” (pointing on stage).
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