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2009 Coverage
"Pat Cuartero, 28, of New York, left a six-figure gig as a technology programmer at Merrill Lynch in 2006 to pursue yo-yoing full time... Now, he runs a company called YoYoNation that sells yo-yos, organizes competitions and plays host to online discussion forums."
"With featured entertainment including the Laceration Combo, the Cow Wrap and the Reverse Suicide, you might think this was a convocation of punk bands. But those are just some of the yo-yo tricks that will be performed in this competition..."
2008 International Yo-Yo Open Press Coverage
"International Yo-Yo Open at South Street Seaport, where the best yo-yo players from about thirteen countries will compete."
"The world's best yo-yo masters are in New York this Saturday for a day of entertainment, education, and eye-popping yo-yo ability..."
  Go Local in Manhattan Unwind downtown at the 2008 International Yo-Yo Convention and NY State Yo-Yo Contest. It draws yo-yo masters from all over the world to the South Street
Seaport, and it's free to the public.
2007 International Yo-Yo Open Press Coverage
Spinout on South Street "It's yo-yo madness at the first New York State Yo-Yo Contest & International Yo-Yo Open at South Street Seaport. Experts and enthusiasts from around the world compete for prizes, while spectators rock out to bands and deejays, check out professional yo-yo exhibits, or shop for the latest in yo-yo technology and collectibles."
"We're not sure what laceration combo, reverse suicide and cow wrap entail, but you'll see these moves (and many others) performed at this expo featuring some of the world's most skilled yo-yo athletes." "Competitors from Italy, Brazil, Japan and beyond match loop-de-loops at Sout Street Seaport."
"If you equate the yo-yo with the hula-hoop or the pogo stick — quaint vestiges of an analog era when kids were kids and computers were for M.I.T. engineers — think again. Because the yo-yo is back. In fact, it never left." "Yes, like so many beloved toys of our youth, the yo-yo has gone high tech, some would say even extreme. And, on Saturday, Aug. 11, the first-ever New York State Yo-Yo Contest and International Yo-Yo Open spins into the South Street Seaport for a day of world-class competition and gravity-defying demonstrations that make “walk the dog” look like a walk in the park."
"Leaving the hula hoop and the frisbee in the dust, the yo-yo takes center stage at the largest yo-yo competition in North America, Saturday's International Yo-Yo Open. There are team matches and a special performance called 'Diablo.' Eat your hear out, Smothers Brothers."
"THROW" "New York State Yo-Yo Contest & International Yo-Yo Open What: A cadre of the most killed athletes from Brazil, France, Italy, Japan, and the U.S. Why: DJs, demos, and tricks for novices, collectors, and champions."
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