Last chance to set your recorders and let your friends and family know. Listings may refer to the show as “InFocus” or “International Yo-Yo Open 2009″.

Check out HDnet’s own InFocus Page for more information.

Fingers crossed for what should be one of the best pieces of yo-yo related media exposure in a very long time indeed. None of us at YoYoNation have seen the final product yet so we’re just as excited as any of you!

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We’re excited to announce that we have just received details of the air times for HDNet’s 1 hour package on the 2009 International Yo-Yo open, the current scheduled airtimes are:

Premiere: Tuesday, November 10th at 10pm EST

Follwed by re-airs on:

Wednesday, November 11th @ 1AM EST
Wednesday, November 11th @ 8am EST
Friday, November 13th @ 8am EST
Sunday, November 15th @ 8am EST
Sunday, November 15th @ Noon EST

Set your recording device of choice now! If you missed out on attending the event in person this really will be the next best thing. Get your friends and family involved as well! If there’s anyone you know who doesn’t understand what yoyoing is about or why you do it (and let’s be honest, we all know at least 1 right?) then this should be as good a representation as you’ll find.

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One of the coolest concepts for a video i’ve seen in a long time, Gabe takes a bunch of repeater tricks, films them and then plays them forward and then in reverse one after the other. The results are incredibly hypnotic to watch.

Here’s Gabe’s description.

A bunch of repeating yoyo tricks. It’s interesting to see how time-symmetrical some tricks can be. Tricks are shown forward and in reverse. Some of the changes are very subtle, some look different but just as cool backwards, and some are clearly impossible to do in reverse. These repeating tricks were filmed during the National Yo-Yo Contest 2009 in Chico, CA on October 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, 2009.

The music is the instrumental track from “Broken Van (Thinking of You)” produced by Kno of the CunninLynguists (cunninlynguists.com & qn5.com)

Things that repeat. from Gabriel Lozano on Vimeo.

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Word has come in via Bob Malowney, so set your TiVo’s etc.

Here’s Bob’s original post.

I just got the word that this Sunday (18th) the ‘CBS Sunday Morning’ news program with Rita Braver will have the story of the National Yo-Yo Contest. Check when it airs in your area.

This is the film crew that followed Sebastian Brock, Paul Yath, and Joseph Harris to the Nationals and filmed for two days here in Chico so it might be a good length. I hope you can see it.

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Check out this article from Sebastian Brock’s college, William & Mary. Pretty interesting read and a nice departure from the usual “Yoyo Player has World on a string” articles we’re so used to seeing.

Check it out Here

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So, after months and months of rumblings and rumours, the EYYC is finally made official.

From korda on the YoYoNation forum:

After years of debates and different attempts throughout European countries we finally decided that we should do European yoyo championship. So here it goes:

30 and 31st of January 2010 in Prague, Czech Republic!

What’s more to say? Check out the website [still updating] with all the important information and book your flights!

http://eyyc.eu/

Contact: eyyc@cya.cz

Korda

Start setting the dates aside, the Czechs really know how to throw an event. I’d predict this to be on par with Worlds at least!

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