New interview with beloved Brazilian player Rodrigo Pires, better known as Sid.

An overview of topics:

00:40 – The origin of ‘Sid’
02:00 – Hobbies: Super Smash Bros, music, yo-yos
05:00 – The ‘best’ and ‘worst’ players
07:25 – Style and fame
08:50 – How to be a yo-yo player
10:05 – How to come up with tricks
11:45 – Thoughts on contest judging
16:15 – The Brazilian scene

http://www.yoyonation.com/podcast/YYN_Podcast_03.mp3

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http://yoyonation.com/podcast/yyn_podcast_01.rss

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Random assortment of items on competitions that have taken place over the last few weeks:

Taiwan Yo-Yo Contest (August 25-26): Photos, Videos and Results

California State Yo-Yo Championships (September 8): Results. Loads of press, photo, videos, etc. etc. from our friends out West. Excellent.

Mid-Atlantic Regional Yo-Yo Contest (September 8): Results

Campeonato Paranaense (September 8): Strobe photo!, more photos (thanks Red!)

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Below, another installment of “YoYoNation’s 60 Seconds”, which in this case really means about four minutes.

The week before Worlds, Pat interviewed Brazilian yo-yo powerhouses Rodrigo “Sid” Pires (Brazil #4) and Danilo Packer (two-time Brazil National Champion and 1A placer in NYC’s 2007 International Yo-Yo Open) during their trip to NYC, covering Rage Against the Machine, the limitations of 10-day visas, São Paulo vs. New York, and crazy people (os loucos). Pat’s multilingual abilities also extend to Portuguese! Check it out.

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Rafael “Red” Matsunaga came all the way from Brazil to NYC last week, along with several other Brazilian yo-yoers, for this year’s New York State Yo-Yo Contest and International Yo-Yo Open. Red is a Brazil National Yo-Yo Master and 2003 5A World Champion, has rocked the Brazilian TV networks along with his countrymen with their yo-yo talents (check out youtube) — and is a magician behind the camera lens. He’s shared his pictures of the contest and the City with us. Fantastic stuff, Red!

Hank Freeman, Duncan Crew, 3A pioneer, looping with Duncan Pulses.

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