Sector Y v2.0

There’s a regular and extended mix:

This video was one of the videos from thte PSY DVD. It was composed of mostly old footage, but a good amount of new footage as well. (This footage is mainly from the 2000 and 2001 era.) I’m not sure why the song choice is the same as another video I did. I do remember it being intentional, but I can no longer remember the reasoning behind it. Lots of footage was collected from 2000 Nationals, with others being sent in as part of the “PSY” project.

Video: Survival [ Vimeo | Download (720×480 MP4) ]
Music: Crazy by Seal
Duration: 4:09

[Parental Advisory: Minor Explicit Lyrics]

This is footage from the 2010 Bay Area Classic.

Stream: link
Download: here
Song: 3030, from the album Deltron 3030, by Deltron 3030 (Del the Funkee Homosapien).

(Youtube Version Here)

Infinity is a repeater trick made by Kalani Bergdorf. Kalani and I were unknowingly doing the same trick basically, but this is his version, which is better — and which some may have seen me do in the Sector Y Cal States video. I’ve been wanting to do a tutorial video for awhile, and I thought this would be good since a lot of people have asked me how to do it at recent contests. Also, the reason it’s called Infinity is not just because it’s a repeating trick, but if done right, the yoyo roughly travels in the shape of an infinity symbol.

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

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.

This is now.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8smuH79BK4[/youtube]
Click here to watch in HD.

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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Creator: Gabriel Lozano
Song: Bionic by Mr. SOS
Length: 4:25