** UPDATE: Photos of BAC winners added Monday 5/7! **
Hey Nationites,
Initial results just in!
1A Division:
1st: Yuuki Spencer
2nd: Mark Montgomery
3rd: Augie Fash
4th: Johnnie DelValle
5th: Paul Han
Open Division:
1st: Tsubasa Onishi
2nd: Jake Bullock
3rd: Yosshi Mikamoto
4th: Joseph Harris
5th: Yusuke Moriki
Pro-Team Meltdown:
1st: Tsubasa Oniki for Team Buzzon
2nd: Bryan Figueroa for SpinDox
3rd: Yosshi Mikamoto for Team YoYoJam
Sport Ladder (Junior Division, 14 and under):
1st: Dario Cifuentes
Sport Ladder (15 - 25):
No Contestants!
Sport Ladder (26 and over Division):
1st: Gani Macaraig
Sport Ladder Overall:
1st: Gani Macaraig
2nd: Seth Childress
3rd: Amilcar Cifuentes
Congratulations to all of the winners!
Stay tuned for some video recaps as well as a full results list as we get them in!
May 5th, 2007
Konichiwa, Nationites!
Tsubasa Onishi, Mark “Yosshi” Mikamoto, and Yusuke Moriki share a few words with YoYoNation.com about BAC and the upcoming PRO-TEAM MELTDOWN!
Just in case you didn’t know, here are a few facts about them:
Tsubasa Onishi: 2004 4A World Yo-Yo Champion, 2005 and 2006 4A US National Champion (he currently studies in Las Vegas, and is therefore eligible to compete at the National Yo-Yo Contest as a US player), ear-trick master, Team Buzzon / Throw_Yo.
Mark “Yosshi” Mikamoto: Current “Iron Man” of Yo, Team YoYoJam, and yo-yo teacher / mentor.
Yusuke Moriki: Team Buzzon / Throw_Yo, North Japan Regional Yo-Yo Contest, 2A 2nd Place, overall “funny-trick” master.
They’re all amazing players, and are competitors for the PRO-TEAM MELTDOWN. What is the Pro-Team meltdown, you ask?
Well, it’s a “side contest” at BAC where representatives from certain companies are called on stage and have to perform a RANDOM style of yo-yo play. For example, if the judges call “5A”, the competitor will have to pick up a 5A yo-yo, and start doing a full minute of 5A to the best of their ability. What’s it mean? Well, it means that all of the competitors have to have SOME knowledge of ALL of the styles of yo-yo play, but we all know that they all have strengths and weaknesses. It’ll be interesting to see who comes through as the winner at the end. There are some AMAZING competitors at this event!
Here are some comments from our Japanese friends, who will all be competing against each other at the Pro-Team Meltdown.
May 5th, 2007