A LITTLE BIT BLOWING OUT.
WINDS UP TO 25 MILES AN HOUR AND
GONE ON SUNDAY.
ENJOY THEM WHILE WE HAVE THEM.
THE NATIONAL YO-YO CONTEST
WEIGHS WAS HELD A FEW WEEKS AGO,
AND A LOCAL BOY TOOK HOME THE
TOP PRIZE.
HIS PERFORMANCE FROM A COUPLE
WEEKS AGO ALREADY -- POSTED LAST
WEEK.
IT ALREADY HAS HALF A MILLION
VIEW UZ.
EVAN NAGO IS FRESH OFF FROM A
PLANE.
HE JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT HIS
BIG WIN.
HELLO.
Kelly: CONGRATULATIONS.
AND YOU ARE ABOUT TO BE BLOWN
AWAY.
HE WAS PRACTICING.
TALK ABOUT TALENT.
FIRST LET'S TALK ABOUT YOU.
WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
HONOLULU, HAWAI'I.
AND I LIVE IN HAWAI'I KAI.
Kelly: WONDERFUL.
WHAT'S SPARKED YOUR INTEREST?
HOW LONG ARE YOU BEEN DOING
THIS?
SINCE I WAS ONE YEARS OLD.
Kelly: ONE?
I WAS A BABY IN MY DIAPERS.
Kelly: AND THERE'S A
PICTURE OF YOU DOING IT.
COULD YOU EVEN WALK?
I THINK I COULD STAND.
MY PARENTS TELL ME THAT.
I DON'T REMEMBER BECAUSE I WAS
SO YOUNG YE DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT
YOUR FIRST TRICK WAS?
I DO NOT REMEMBER WHAT MY
FIRST TRICK WAS, BUT I DO
REMEMBER SOME OF MY VERY FIRST
TRICKS.
THE FIRST ONES I LEARNED WERE
ROCK CRADLE.
Kelly: I USED -- THAT WAS
THE ONLY ONE I COULD DO.
WALK THE DOG.
AND THEN HIGH SCHOOL EIFEL TOWER IN PARIS.
Kelly: MY OLDER BROTHER
YOU'VE GRADUATED TO MORE
IMPRESSIVE TRICKS.
EVEN THOUGH THOSE ARE COOL.
TELL US ABOUT YOUR MOST RECENT
WIN.
THIS IS HUGE.
IT WAS AN AMAZING WIN.
I WENT TO CALIFORNIA FOR THE
NATIONAL YO-YO CONTEST.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING I'VE BEEN
I HAVEN'T WON THIS UNTIL THIS
YEAR.
I WAS SO HAPPY TO FINALLY TAKE
HOPE THE VICTORY THAT I'VE BEEN
WORKING SO HARD TO GET.
Kelly: AND THIS IS VIDEO
FROM YOUR PERFORMANCE.
THIS IS ME.
Kelly: THAT IS SO COOL.
HAVE YOU COMPETED IN THIS
BEFORE?
YEAH.
I COMPETED FOR THE LAST THREE
YEARS.
AND A WHILE BACK.
I JUST PLACED FIFTH, FOURTH,
THIRD.
AND FINALLY I TOOK HOME THE
I'LL NOT SUPER FAMILIAR WITH
YO-YO COMP TIGS BUT DO WE HAVE
LOCAL ONES?
WE DO NOT YET.
THERE'S NOT A HUGE COMMUNITY.
THAT'S PART OF THE REASON I'M
HERE.
I WANT TO GET THE COMMUNITY
GOING AND GROW THE COMMUNITY.
Kelly:.
WATCHING SOME OF THE VIDEO, IT
GETS PEOPLE EXCITED.
I HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS.
YOU WEAR A GLOVE.
IT'S TO PREVENT FROM STRING
BURNS.
WHEN YOU'RE GOING, YOU CAN GET
STRING BURNS.
YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
COULD BURN.
AND WE WERE TALKING, THE WEATHER
AFFECTS YOUR YO-YOKING.
TELL US MORE ABOUT THAT.
WHEN YOU'RE IN HUMID WEATHER,
THE STRING STICK TO YOUR FINGER.
IT'S TOUGHER TO DOER DO FASTER TRICKS
IN
WITH
WITHOUT A GLOVE.
Kelly: VERY COOL.
WE SAW A PICTURE OF YOU WITH
SOMEONE A LITTLE BIT FAMOUS.
JAY LENO.
WHAT'S THAT ABOUT?
HOW DID YOU MEET HIM?
I WAS ON HIS SHOW WHEN I WAS
FOUR YEARS OLD FOR BEING A YO-YO
PRODIGY.
AND I WAS ALSO ON THE "ELLEN"
SHOW.
AND RIPLY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
I'M BACK.
I HIT UP ELLEN.
VERY COOL.
YOU PERFORMED ON THEIR SHOWS?
I DID.
WHEN I WAS YOUNG.
WAS TALL.
Kelly: SO SWEET.
THAT IS INCREDIBLE.
AND THE FACT THAT YOU PICKED
THIS UP AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE,
APRIL -- I'M SURE PLAYED A ROLE
THIS YOUR SUCCESS.
YOU PERFORMED ON JAY LENO,
ELLEN.
YOU GET TO PERFORM ON "TAKE 2".
I'M EXCITED.
Kelly: YOU JUST WON THE
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THIS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LITTLE
BIT PREVIEW OF WHAT YOU DID.
LET'S DO IT.
LET'S GO.
Kelly: AWESOME.
THANK YOU.
Kelly: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THAT'S EPIC.
I USED TO BE A BATON TWILL YOU
ARE.
HAVE YOU HURT YOURSELF DOING IS
THIS?
MANY TIMES.
.
I WOULD IMAGINE.
THAT THING IS NOT LIGHT.
FULL METAL YO-YO.
Kelly: IF YOU WANT TO CHECK
OUT THE VIDEO, HEAD TO YOUTUBE.
OVER HALF MILLION VIEWS.
IT WAS AND A WEEK AGO.
IT IS SO EPIC WHAT YOU CAN DO.
SUPER COOL.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US.
WE APPRECIATE YOU.
WE'RE GOING TO BE BREAKING DOWN
THE TOP STORIES YOU NEED TO KNOW
ABOUT TODAY COMING UP NEXT ON
"TAKE 2."
FIRST, EVAN, SHOW US A FEW MORE
TRICKS.