The Pacific Northwest Regional Yo-Yo Championships went down in the big Seattle Center with some amazing competition! Team YoYoJam was there to represent taking two big titles! Also a special thanks to Team YoYoJam’s Nathan Crissey for creating and running the event! He puts on a great show!
Congratulations to:
Grant Johnson for taking 1st in the 2A Division!
Bryan Figueroa for taking 1st in the 4A Division! Bryan was using his new SIGNATURE SERIES yo-yo the FIESTA. More info coming soon but think CELCON AQUARIUS with some other tweaks and you got it. Bryan proves this yo-yo will be the yo-yo to have for offstring play!
Also big congratulations to Grant for taking 5th place in a competitive 1A division! Grant was using his new prototype the INFINITY which is going to be an AMAZING new metal ring yo-yo with killer looks and play. Big updates on this model coming soon – you won’t want to miss it!
Congratulations to Team YoYoJam at the 2009 National Yo-Yo Contest!!!
Team YoYoJam 2009 National Yo-Yo Contest
CONGRATULATIONS TO:
Bryan Figueroa – 3 Time National Champion in the 4A Division!
Eric Koloski – 2nd Place in the 1A Division
Joseph Harris – 2nd Place in the 2A Division
Grant Johnson – 3rd Place in the 2A Division
Yoshi Mikamoto – 4th Place in the 2A Division
Yoshi Mikamoto – 4th Place in the 3A Division
Ben Conde – 6th Place in the 4A Division
Ian Johnson – 7th Place in the 4A Division and for 11th Place in the 5A Division
Huge thank you to Johnnie DelValle, Nathan Crissey, Bill de Boisblanc and André Boulay for judging.
Shoutout to Jon Gates for being awesome and Ann Connolly who had her best freestyle ever. Everyone definitely needs to watch out for Ann in the future – her skills are amazing!
TEAM YoYoJam was at the World Yo-Yo Contest and brought a high level of play.
YoYoJam launched the Atmosphere – signature series of 2004 World Champion Makoto Numagami which was received well and is sure to be a favorite in the YYJ line up.
Prototypes were launched of the Night Moves 5 (new design by owner Dale Bell). This yo-yo features a tough nickel plated body with beautiful gold coated rims.
And Johnnie DelValle is in the works on a new ALL METAL design – the ENEME. Similar shape to a tweaked X-ConVict this yo-yo is nearing production with a few changes from the one at this years contest. This is bound to be an all time classic in metal yo-yos!
YoYoJam also proudly invited a new team member – IAN JOHNSON out of Illinois who is a strong and Up-And-Coming 4A, 1A, and 5A player!
Check out his profile here: IAN JOHNSON
WORLDS 2009 TYYJ PLACINGS!
Congratulations to the following players: Rei Iwakura for 1st in the Artistic Performance Division, 2nd in the Offstring division, and 3rd in the Combined Division!!! Hiroyuki Suzuki (Mickey) for 2nd place in the 1A Finals! Eric Koloski for 8th place in the 1A Finals Joseph Harris for 5th place in the 2A Finals Daisuke Shimada (SHIMA) for 5th place in the 3A Finals. Bryan Figueroa for 4th place in the 4A Finals John Narum for 5th place in the 4A Finals and 14th in the 1A Finals! Ben Conde for 8th place in the 4A Finals Makoto Numagami for 9th place in the 5A Finals
Also
congratulations to Rei Iwakura for being awarded the 2008 YoYoJam President’s Choice Award
Honorable mentions to: Grant Johnson for the largest improvement in 2A we have ever seen. He also had an insane 1A prelim! Ann Connolly for a great 3A prelim performance! Brandon Baines for one of the most entertaining 1A preliminaries! Yoshi Mikamoto for a great 2A prelim – watch out for him at Nationals! Mikhail Tulabut for making yo-yoing look good! Ian Johnson who competed in 1A, 4A, 5A, and Combined!
Special Thanks to: Bill de Boisblanc for running judging Nathan Crissey for judging and organizing the event André Boulay for running judging Johnnie DelValle for judging a bringing an incredible new yo-yo to the YYJ line up. Yoshi Mikamoto for judging and competing!
