Welcome back to the Weekly Yoyo Update, this is Christopher Chunn bringing all the latest
yoyo news to you, on a bi-weekly basis, or otherwise, whenever there is something for
us to talk about.
This week we’ve got some product restocks, refreshes, and price drops, not to mention
the instagram contest results, and a few surprises along the way, but first, our top story.
Yesterday some of our friends made a huge splash on the Steve Harvey TV show.
First off, our very dapper friend Gentry Stein introduced Steve Harvey to the world of modern
yoyoing, and even taught him the correct way to throw with his very own Replay yoyo.
Nice going, Gentry!
Then, they followed up with a yoyo performance battle, featuring the 2003 AP World Champion,
Mark Montgomery.
Gentry Stein: We have Mark Montgomery right here, he is beatboxing while he is yoyoing,
this is actually what he did to earn himself the world title in the Artistic Performance
division.
Mark was up against the current Women’s World champion, Tessa Piccillo, as well as
4A national champion, Philip White, who really wowed the crowd with the Jetset EG yoyo, winning
himself a brand new motorized scooter.
But Tessa also went home with something to write home about, earning herself a classic
Steve Harvey gaffe, check it out:
Steve Harvey: Representing the ladies, it’s female world champion, “Teesa.”
You can learn tricks from “Teesa’s” tutorial series, right here at our youtube
channel.
Also check out clips from the episode over at Steve Harvey’s youtube channel.
And now, let’s send it over to Jake.
Thanks Chris.
Of course, long time fans of yoyotricks.com will know that the Replay Pro gentry was using
on the show is available now on the yoyotricks.com store.
Isn’t that right, Chris?
That’s right, Jake.
Not to mention, the Jet set EG used by Philip White to win that motor scooter, is also now
available on the store as well.
Now, let’s take a look at what else is new in the store.
Well Chris, we’ve just gotten in a brand new, long awaited restock of the Duncan Skyhawk
yoyo.
This is one of our favorite offstring yoyos, and we know that you’re gonna love it.
Don’t forget that National Champion Zac Rubino has a tutorial series with the Skyhawk
on our channel, so if you’re looking for some new tricks to learn this new year, maybe
check some of those videos out, they are great.
Also we are excited to announce that we just got in stock the newly redesigned Edge yoyo,
with a new low price of just $79.99.
This Edge has been slightly tweaked since the last version to have a few extra grams
of weight to make for even more impressive spin times.
You’ll be amazed with how much better this version plays, while still retaining that
outlandish enthusiasm Evan Nagao established on the original Edge yoyo.
The splash and acid wash colors on the new edge are really stunning, we think you’re
going to have a hard time putting this yoyo down - because it’s a yoyo, and it comes
back up.
And don’t forget that Evan teaches some crazy impressive tricks in his own tutorial
series; if you haven’t tried learning some of those tricks yet then you are truly missing
out, they’re fantastic.
And now back to Chris for the Instagram contest.
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Thanks Jake.
The #YoTricks2017 instagram contest from last year is now closed and we have a winner!
Congratulations to @lianflrs_ who showed off this interesting way to get into a Green Triangle.
Check your instagram DMs to claim your prize.
Stay tuned at the end of this broadcast for more of our favorite entries.
For next week’s instagram contest, we want you to post a video of new trick that you
are working on learning in the new year.
Make sure it’s a new trick you’re still working on learning, or you won’t get any
points if you show us an old trick, we can tell the difference.
Be sure to use the hashtag #YoTricksNewYear when you post your trick on Instagram.
For the full list of official contest rules go to YoYoTricks.com/InstaContest.
This weeks contest winner will receive a $25 gift card to YoYoTricks.com, and remember,
the winner is randomly selected, so even if your video isn’t the best, you still have
a shot at winning.
And don’t forget, we will be featuring some of our favorite entries at the end of our
next weekly yoyo update.
And last, but certainly not least, we are very excited to announce that after a long
and inexplicable hiatus, the illustrious Adam Bottiglia will be returning to the Weekly
Yoyo Update in our next episode for a special event where he will reveal and discuss his
top 5 favorite yoyo contest freestyles of all time.
Do you have any idea which routines he might pick?
Let us know what you think in the comments section below.
This is Christopher Chunn signing off, reminding you to … uh, don’t forget to come up with
a witty quote before you start signing off.
We’ll see you next time.