# The 2019 World Yo-Yo Contest Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Contests, Clubs, and Events\ **Created:** [February 4, 2019, 10:21pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-2019-world-yo-yo-contest-thread/298510 "2019-02-04T22:21:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 28
**Author:** ![Phantisee86](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/phantisee86/32/59016_2.png) [@Phantisee86](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Phantisee86)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 12:14am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-2019-world-yo-yo-contest-thread/298510/548 "2019-08-14T00:14:59Z")
Oh wow! Awesome, I never thought I would be so close! Hmmm, I will never run out strings if I did win!! ---
**Author:** ![AndreBoulay](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/andreboulay/32/69662_2.png) [@AndreBoulay](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AndreBoulay)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 12:21am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-2019-world-yo-yo-contest-thread/298510/549 "2019-08-14T00:21:37Z")
Yes! You WON!!! šŸ¤© > [@WIN THIS KITTY STRING - 2019 World YoYo Contest](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/win-this-kitty-string-2019-world-yoyo-contest/306471/179): > > And the winner isā€¦ Congratulations to @Phantisee86!!! With the total count of string being 743!!! WOW! Talk about close without going over! Amazing! [https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/win-this-kitty-string-2019-world-yoyo-contest/306471/25?u=andreboulay](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/win-this-kitty-string-2019-world-yoyo-contest/306471/25) ---
**Author:** ![twitch77](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/twitch77/32/60219_2.png) [@twitch77](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/twitch77)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 2:02am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-2019-world-yo-yo-contest-thread/298510/550 "2019-08-14T02:02:50Z")
Freaking awesome! šŸ˜ƒ Congrats @Phantisee86 šŸ˜ƒ šŸ˜ƒ šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![paxl13](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/paxl13/32/39912_2.png) [@paxl13](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/paxl13)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 1:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-2019-world-yo-yo-contest-thread/298510/551 "2019-08-14T13:11:25Z")
Hey yā€™alls, Iā€™ve been wondering, was the spintop finals filmed ? I canā€™t find the video anywhere and Iā€™d love to see what the champions did =) Cheers yā€™alls ---
**Author:** ![TheThrowingGnome](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/thethrowinggnome/32/14231_2.png) [@TheThrowingGnome](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TheThrowingGnome)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 2:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-2019-world-yo-yo-contest-thread/298510/552 "2019-08-14T14:17:20Z")
Sorry I missed out on the YYE hangout you guys! In all the commotion I totally forgot about it. Hope everyone had as much fun as me at WYYC! ---
**Author:** ![JWaugh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jwaugh/32/42366_2.png) [@JWaugh](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JWaugh)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 3:07pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-2019-world-yo-yo-contest-thread/298510/553 "2019-08-14T15:07:15Z")
Yeah I looked for ya, couldnā€™t find a 3ā€™5 9 fingered man anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![MoosaK](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/moosak/32/116955_2.png) [@MoosaK](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MoosaK)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 3:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-2019-world-yo-yo-contest-thread/298510/554 "2019-08-14T15:13:38Z")
@paxl13 they probably will be at some point, yoyovideoarchive has not uploaded womenā€™s finals, Over 40, or AP (except Shu) yet either. ---
**Author:** ![paxl13](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/paxl13/32/39912_2.png) [@paxl13](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/paxl13)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 3:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-2019-world-yo-yo-contest-thread/298510/555 "2019-08-14T15:50:07Z")
I hope!!! šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![twitch77](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/twitch77/32/60219_2.png) [@twitch77](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/twitch77)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 4:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-2019-world-yo-yo-contest-thread/298510/556 "2019-08-14T16:24:26Z")
> [@Yoda343](#): > > Nate Daileyā€™s Final > It was incredible. Iā€™m ready to see it again and I havenā€™t found it on the web yet. > If anyone could point me to itā€¦ Not sure if youā€™ve seen it by now, but itā€™s up finally! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/jSnjTZoRWjI/maxresdefault.jpg "2019World Final 1A 04 Nathan Dailey WORLD YOYO CONTEST 2019 Presented by Cloud Native Inc WYYC2019") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSnjTZoRWjI) ---
**Author:** ![EOS44](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/eos44/32/47059_2.png) [@EOS44](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/EOS44)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 4:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-2019-world-yo-yo-contest-thread/298510/557 "2019-08-14T16:34:57Z")
This is amazing. ---
**Author:** ![MoosaK](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/moosak/32/116955_2.png) [@MoosaK](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MoosaK)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 4:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-2019-world-yo-yo-contest-thread/298510/558 "2019-08-14T16:35:21Z")
Iā€™ve clicked top 6: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/a/6/3/a63be3e83199898a203e15fcdae318ea42803e8d.png) ---
**Author:** ![JWaugh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jwaugh/32/42366_2.png) [@JWaugh](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JWaugh)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-2019-world-yo-yo-contest-thread/298510/559 "2019-08-14T16:40:19Z")
How often do you double click? ---
**Author:** ![Yoda343](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoda343/32/55846_2.png) [@Yoda343](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoda343)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 5:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-2019-world-yo-yo-contest-thread/298510/560 "2019-08-14T17:01:37Z")
I passed on the freebie because I didnā€™t want someone else to not get one because I did. In retrospectā€¦ poor decision. I wish I had it now. ---
**Author:** ![yoyodoc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyodoc/32/48820_2.png) [@yoyodoc](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyodoc)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 5:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-2019-world-yo-yo-contest-thread/298510/561 "2019-08-14T17:28:34Z")
Easy to counter that old line. We were watching the Olympics YEARS ago. One of the cameras was set up at a stadium to view the Olympic Marathon runners as they crossed the finish line set up within the stadium. The announcers ā€˜suddenlyā€™ raised the volume of their commentary; to recognize the entry of the ā€˜last competitor to cross the lineā€™ in the event. A few of my friends started laughing like hell. Wow; they laughed. That clown finished ā€˜Dead last in an Olympic event; lololā€™! How embarrassing; ya think? I said nothing. After a few minutes of comments related to this guysā€™ last place finish; one of the guys focused his attention in my general direction. ā€˜No reaction; Mo? That guy finished last in a Major event. How is that not funnyā€™? I said, ā€˜you guys laughing is what is funny. Because that guy that finished last; still placed ahead of youā€™. Whatā€™s the point? Simpleā€¦ Competing and placing; beats not placing at all. 2nd place in a World Contest? Count me in.šŸ¤“ ---
**Author:** ![zslane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zslane/32/19816_2.png) [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 5:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-2019-world-yo-yo-contest-thread/298510/562 "2019-08-14T17:49:46Z")
> [@yoyodoc](#): > > Competing and placing; beats not placing at all. True, but irrelevant in a conversation comparing the actual competitors. ---
**Author:** ![MoosaK](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/moosak/32/116955_2.png) [@MoosaK](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MoosaK)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 6:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-2019-world-yo-yo-contest-thread/298510/563 "2019-08-14T18:11:31Z")
Just depends on how difficult the element is. If itā€™s behind the back, a difficult regen, a multihook, or a particularly difficult hop, then Iā€™ll double click. On occasion Iā€™ll triple click something really crazy. Also double slacks and particularly difficult looking rejections. ---
**Author:** ![JWaugh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jwaugh/32/42366_2.png) [@JWaugh](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JWaugh)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 6:12pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-2019-world-yo-yo-contest-thread/298510/564 "2019-08-14T18:12:00Z")
That sounds about tight. ---
**Author:** ![yoyodoc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyodoc/32/48820_2.png) [@yoyodoc](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyodoc)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 6:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-2019-world-yo-yo-contest-thread/298510/565 "2019-08-14T18:20:24Z")
What in actuality is irrelevant; is you misguided decision to conclude there would be any relevance in paraphrasing Dale Earnhardtā€™s view of winning/losing. ā€¦For Everything/every moment/every headache/every challenge/ every practice session/every single aspect it takes to even get good enough to be allowed to take the stage at the World Yoyo Contest. ā€¦To suggest that second place is the first loser; is like throwing a bucket of garbage directly into the face/efforts of the 2nd place finisher. To devalue 2nd to loser status; is what is irrelevant. I know both the 1st and 2nd place Winners. I find it offensive to throw shade around. ---
**Author:** ![zslane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zslane/32/19816_2.png) [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 6:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-2019-world-yo-yo-contest-thread/298510/566 "2019-08-14T18:46:18Z")
Sorry, I should have plastered these all over my quote of Earnhardt: šŸ¤£ šŸ¤£ šŸ¤£ šŸ¤£ It was, a joke, son. Every bit as much as quoting Ricky Bobby. _Sheesh._ ---
**Author:** ![French](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/french/32/70748_2.png) [@French](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/French)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 7:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-2019-world-yo-yo-contest-thread/298510/567 "2019-08-14T19:17:02Z")
There will always be controversy around who won the contest, how the judges gave it to so-and-so and not the other guy. I seem to remember one of @edhaponik 's 66 rules of yoyo being ā€œnever blame the judges. maintain the attitude that, if you had REALLY won, it wouldnā€™t have been up to them at all.ā€ And of course ā€œdonā€™t set too much store by contest results. at their MOST valid, they give an idea of who played the best for three minutes, on one given day. respect everyone who can get up there with poise and intent.ā€ (quoted from [Just a reminder...(66 rules of yoyoing)](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/just-a-reminder-66-rules-of-yoyoing/29000)) So, lets tip our hats to the people who came in first. However, lets also tip our hats to all 300 or so who stood in front of judges and played their hearts outā€¦ [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-2019-world-yo-yo-contest-thread/298510.md?page=27) [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-2019-world-yo-yo-contest-thread/298510.md?page=29)