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 “never blame the judges. maintain the attitude that, if you had REALLY won, it wouldn’t have been up to them at all.” And of course “don’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.” (quoted from Just a reminder...(66 rules of yoyoing))
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 out…