July 9, 2001
I remember watching SuperYo’s Kickin’ Tricks VHS and thinking, “Wow, this is the coolest video ever.” A VHS tape full of tricks that showcased the hottest tricks was something that was rarely seen. So, of course, I wanted to make one.
I believe I announced Project Sector Y (PSY) in late 2000, and had figured that a project like this could not possibly take over a year, right? ;) Well years and years went by. Some people who originally were interested even moved on to other hobbies. I guess I didn’t expect college to get in the way.
PSY released at Nationals 2004 as the String Theory DVD. Afterwards, I sold them myself via mail order. GReg from Infinite Illusions produced the second run of them. These were in smaller DVD cases, and they probably featured different disc art. Then after that… they were gone. Right now there are no copies available anywhere, but you can download the videos from this site. While PSY was a long arduous project, it was a fun collaboration with yoyoers around the world.
This teaser was the start of it all.
Title: PSY Trailer [ Stream | Download ]
Creator: Gabriel Lozano
Music: Sound of Nature by Mario Lopez
Time: :40
Resolution: 640×480 (SD)
File Type: Quicktime
July 1, 2001
Test Subject 001 was basically me and Spencer screwing around in Davis, CA. Neither of us had any new material but we wanted to shoot a video. So we decided to experiment with angles, shots, etc. A lot of videos up to this point were just shot head on. Tricks were designed to be viewed from the front, and little thought was really given to any other viewpoint except for the player’s view. So we decided to play around.
Some of the stuff is goofy. We also decided to play around with filters which helped us realized that filters and yoyo tricks don’t really belong together. The whole thing was shot in about 2 hours of just wandering around parks and Jack-in-the-Boxes. In the end, while it wasn’t a groundbreaking video, it was a fun evening of filming.
Title: [ Stream | Download ]
Creator: Gabriel Lozano
Music: Thug Mentality [Instrumental] by Krayzie Bone (Produced by Michael Seifert)
Time: 1:41
Resolution: 640×480 (SD)
File Type: Quicktime H.264
April 14, 2001
The 4-14-01 Spindox Club Meet was one of the few meets that were located in Jack London Square, CA. This plaza by the bay is always windy, but the weather happened to be particularly nice that day. It was a nice change of venue from the usual Roundtable Pizza or UC Berkeley Campus.
There wasn’t a lot of new content to film, so the club footage had to be combined with some footage of myself and Spencer, which was shot on UC Davis campus. This is the video that debuted the original Laceration. This is probably one of my least favorite videos, although at the time I thought it was pretty cool (and so did many others!).
Title: 4-14-01 Spindox Video [ Stream | Download ]
Creator: Gabriel Lozano
Music: Crazy by Seal
Time: 1:20
Resolution: 640×480 (SD)
File Type: Quicktime H.264
