The 2019 World Yo-Yo Contest Thread

aksjdkd IORIIII LETS GOOOO

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I just saw on FB or IG earlier he was in a Louis Vuitton commercial playing yoyo.

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ā€œPaul Harness: Forever the King of Slackā€
A Biography about the Man, the Myth, the Legend

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IORI IS THERE holy crap hey told me he wasn’t competing

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Hiroyuki Suzuki has worked with Loui Viton

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I did not make it through at all, but thanks for the shout out!

I bombed my freestyle pretty bad; I basically froze as soon as the music started. I ended up abandoning the freestyle I had planned and just did random stuff which I messed up on, so I was just happy to not take dead last :joy:

It was a great learning experience though, I learned to not put tricks into a freestyle that weren’t muscle memory, because yoyoing for judges is wayyyy different than yoyoing on your back porch.

I’m gonna upload what I had planned vs what I ended up doing in a few days just for grins, along with a couple of tips that should
Be held with a grain of salt given my contest experience, but still tips none the less!

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Takes a lot of courage to try, and now you know how to prepare for next time.

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Thanks bro, I appreciate it. I felt nauseous going up there, extremely anxiety inducing experience.

I definitely learned tons about myself and how I need to approach the next time I compete, so it was a fantastic experience.

It was also awesome hanging out with @TheYoyoer27, he did great in his wildcard! It was nice to see a friendly face for sure.

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@Mark_Leithead did I just see you up in prelims? Nice!!!

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How about that double rock the baby behind the head? Haha

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That was interesting :joy:

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Is there a chat somewhere

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Is there not a chat room somewhere

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I lost it when Lawson came up on stage and the MC was like ā€œoh you can do 2a? … really? Alright.ā€ :joy::joy:

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Getting up on stage can be tough if you’re not used to it. I’ve been playing music for almost 15 years, but I play drums and I’m tucked nicely in the back lol. If I was the only one on stage with all eyes on me, I’d be nervous as all heck.

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Yay.

BTW Andre, if you see Steve from CLYW, tell him I’m keeping track of all the contestants that are using the Arctic Circle 2.

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I was especially nervous with dudes like Colin watching me. I was a little yoyo star struck

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How can I watch a Replay of the 1A prelims?

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Sorry for the bad quality; it’s a screenshot from Paul Kerbel’s story.

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