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In 2017, Nagao won the National Yo-Yo Contest. He won the National Yo-Yo Contest again in 2018, and went on to win the World Yo-Yo Contest that same year. [1] [4] In 2019, Nagao appeared in the Netflix documentary "We Are the Champions ep. 4" where he announced his retirement from the competitive yoyo scene to pursue a career in music. [5]
The World Yo-Yo Contest (WYYC) is the culminating yo-yo competition of the worldwide competitive circuit and is considered the most prestigious yo-yo competition in the world. The winner of this competition in any of the six championship divisions is deemed the World Yo-Yo Champion; the World Yo-Yo Contest is the only event to award such a title.
Steve Brown (born 1976) is an American competitive yo-yo player, competition judge, yo-yo designer, and yoyo blogger currently based out of North Olmsted, Ohio.He is currently the editor for YoYoNews.com and a co-producer of the Triple Crown of YoYo events. [1]
Since the World Yo-Yo Contest could not be held as a result of the pandemic and the various travel restrictions it caused, the Online World Yo-Yo Contest was created. As the name suggests, the contests were held online. The winners of the Online World Yo-Yo Contest do not gain the title of World Yo-Yo Champion, however.
The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble is a documentary film about Silkroad directed by Morgan Neville. [18] The film was released in U.S. theaters starting in June 2016. The Orchard has acquired all worldwide rights to the film with the exception of U.S. domestic television rights, which HBO has acquired. [19]
Gentry Stein is a yo-yo world champion. [1] [2] Stein won the 1A Division of the World Yo-Yo Contest in 2014 and 2019, [3] [4] and received third place in 2011 and 2017. [5] Stein won the 1A division title of the U.S. National Yo-Yo Contest in 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2019. [5] [6] Stein won the Open 1A division at the European Yo-Yo Championship ...
1A is the single unresponsive yoyo category, players are required to use only 1 unresponsive yoyo for their performance. 2A is the double responsive yoyo category, players are required to use 2 responsive yoyos for their performance. This is also known as the hardest yo-yoing style.
The yo-yo is an example of a skill toy. A skill toy is an object or theatrical prop used for dexterity play or an object manipulation performance. A skill toy can be any static or inanimate object with which a person dances, manipulates, spins, tosses, or simply plays.