It’s a great feeling when the biggest problem you have is that there are too many awesome tricks to fit into one clip video. That’s what kind of contest Cali States was this year. So much talent all around it was hard to cram everything into one video. I thought of doing another long video, a-la Decade, but I wanted to focus on making shorter videos. After all, not everyone has time to watch yoyo videos for 15 minutes at a time.
This video is everything that didn’t make it into the first video for various reasons. In some shots, the framing/lighting is bad, or maybe the camera is too shaky, or a yoyoer missed a string, etc. Don’t let that fool you though, the content is still as amazing as ever.
I spent a long time on the initial 2010 CA State Video, so I decided to throw this video together as fast as possible. Everything, except the render, was completed in roughly an hour. It just goes to show you that the quality of a video has everything to with the people that are featured. I may not have put much time into making this video, but there is still a lot of inspiration to be found.
Video:Stream :: Download Coming Soon… Creator: Gabriel Lozano Song: Welcome To The Future (Chew Fu’s Bionic RMX) by Mr. SOS Length: 4:15
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I found these while going through the other footage. Not the best angles, shaky camera, people walking in front of me… oh well! Better than nothing I suppose? The YouTube and downloads are available in HD.
Ahhh, it’s time to launch the Takeshi Video Archives on PSY. Thanks for the space Mr. Citadel sir!
Over the next month or so I will be posting up all of my personal yo-yo video projects that I’ve made so far, but before I get to the first videos I ever made, it’s important to me that I tell you how I stumbled into all of this yo-yo madness.
On May 5, 2001 I started throwing a yo-yo, because I saw Kyle Pearson at the local skatepark throwing one in the parking lot. His Atom Smasher and Brain Twister combos mesmerized me and we talked for quite a while. I told him that I was going to buy a yo-yo and that he was going to teach me some stuff.
Two years later I met Connor and Tyler Ebbinghouse. They were 8 and 10 years old and it was my job to look after them 3 days a week during the summer of 2003. I ended up teaching them how to yo-yo and they ended up teaching me how to use iMovie. Kyle and I had some tricks we wanted to document, so we went out filming and afterwards the boys patiently walked me through how to create my vision in iMovie. The first to come of this was…
Video Download:Happy Fun Time Trailer Creator:Takeshi Creative Consultants: Tyler and Connor Ebbinghouse Date Created: Summer ’03 Song: Mortal Kombat Theme Length: 0:45 Featuring: Takeshi Kamisato and Kyle Pearson
Then a week later Glasseye hosted the full Happy Fun Time video on The Glass Lab.
Video Download:Happy Fun Time Creator:Takeshi Creative Consultants: Tyler and Connor Ebbinghouse Date Created: Summer ’03 Song: Nao Sei Viver Sem Ter Voce by CPM 22 Length: 4:00 Featuring: Takeshi Kamisato and Kyle Pearson
This was 10 years ago: a humble contest, hidden between the busy streets of San Francisco. With an open freestyle division, players from all over California got to show off their routines to crowds of parents, fellow yoyoers, and the few passersby who happened to be in the right place at the right time.
The 2010 California State Yo-Yo Championship featured over 100 competitors from around the world competing to claim the top prize. Prizes were no longer yoyos, but one thousand dollars instead. Crowds filled the two-story mall to see what yoyoing has evolved into. This video is a glimpse of the 2010 yoyo community as a whole.
Looking at the leap in skill over the last ten years, I can’t help be excited for what the next ten has in store for us.
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just some low-fi back-porch tricks in the late afternoon. music is ‘big country’ by edgar meyer (because acoustical music goes with wood yo-yoing). the yo-yo’s are ‘clean machine’ no jive 3-in-1’s. i suppose i should have put together a better outfit, but i ended up chasing my little son out into the mud anyway.
respect and salutations to my colleagues in the wood thread, and any b.rothers and sisters who might appreciate simple yo-yo playing in the almost-springtime.
This video was made due to the idea that I am unable to go to Asia Pacific Yoyo Championships. I really wanted to go but due to the idea that it takes so long to be able to require a passport, my appearence will not be there. So, as a means of an apology, I made a video for my international yoyo friends. I hope you and other yoyoers enjoy it. I was also trying to make a better video then the last moebius video I did, which I feel I may of done.
Title: To The Top Creator: Zammy Music: “No More Silence” by Dj Fire-Black Time: 2:10 Download:HD (1280 x 720 79.1 Megs) Stream:Youtube or Vimeo File Type: Mpeg-4
The 2010 California State Yo-Yo Championship was held on March 6th, 2010. Below are the top 15 freestyles from each division. Click below to stream them in HD! (Downloads coming soon!) (more…)
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