Tuesday, September 9, 2008

The results...not BAD for a veteran


2008 California State yoyo contest-1A 5th place-Joseph Harris from Mojo Yojo on Vimeo.

That was the highest placing one handed routine I ever performed! Thank you Megan for recording that.

ON TO THE IMPORTANT STUFF...

As always, thanks to my sponsor Yoyojam for providing me with the yoyos and string! THe contest went great. Cappy, Stu, everyone who helped out with the event, the exploratorium, you guys are truly awesome. My 15 mintues of fame is now over...

Here's the link: http://www.yoyocontest.com/detail.php?ContestID=118

Text below;

2008 California State Yo-Yo Championship

Date
Saturday, September 6th 2008

Promoter:
Stu Branoff & David Capurro

Contest Website
http://www.calstateyoyo.com

Venue
Exploratorium Museum

3601 Lyon Street

San Francisco CA 94123

2008 California State Yo-Yo Championship Results

1A Freestyle Results

Place

Players Name

City

State

Overall Score

1

Augie Fash

Chico

CA

100

2

Paul Yath

Lakewood

CA

68.14

3

John Chow

San Jose

CA

66.81

4

Paul Han

Cupertino

CA

65.05

5

Joseph Harris


CA

62.31

6

Anthony Rojas

Riverside

CA

57.08

7

Alex Kim

Torrance

CA

55.17

8

Evan Geller

Emerald Hills

CA

49.33

9

Joshua Yee

San Francisco

CA

49.24

10

Gerard Amento

Cherry Valley

CA

40.47

11

David Philip

Santa Barbara

CA

36.91

12

Bernardo Preciado

Hacienda Heights

CA

35.37

13

Ian Bailey

Alameda

CA

34.65

14

Sam Ungerer

Roseville

CA

33.35

15

Bryan Figueroa

Oakley

CA

32.79

16

Gary Couch

Bakersfield

CA

30.91

17

Luke Romero

Hercules

CA

30.76

18

McLeod Benson

Hermosa Beach

CA

29.79

19

Matthew Fernandez

San Francisco

CA

28.26

20

Nathan Crissey

Sunnyvale

CA

27.45

21

Tyler Hsieh

San Jose

CA

27.33

22

David Ju

San Jose

CA

26.35

23

Benjamin Ross

San Diego

CA

24.73

24

Vincent Dezutti

Redwood City

CA

22.52

25

Trent Franks

Penn Valley

CA

22.01

26

Pasquale Baldi

Cherry Valley

CA

21.87

27

Omri Levia

Sunnyvale

CA

18.29

28

Joe Benson

Carmichael

CA

15.41

29

Joey Vitalari

Goleta

CA

8.8

30

Tin Nguyen

San Francisco

CA

7.19

31

Zachary Lytle

Chico

CA

4.67

32

Nick Honnold

Folsom

CA

3.33


Open Freestyle

Place Name
Score

1

Joseph Harris



97.39

2

Bryan Figueroa



94.41

3

Paul Yath



75.99

4

Anthony Rojas



60.87

5

David Mellons



60.61

6

Doc Pop



55.06

7

Matthew Fernandez



50.46

8

Joshua Yee



44.7

9

Zachary Lytle



40.45

10

Tyler Hsieh



37.24

11

Nathan Crissey



33.35

12

Caroline David



26.49

13

Joey Vitalari



23.65

14

Tin Nguyen



22.95

15

McCleod Benson



15.02

16

Rick Cobb



4.04

Fixed Axle Freestyle

1

Joseph Harris


CA

100

2

Bill deBoisblanc

Oakland

CA

67.1

3

Alex Kim

Torrance

CA

48.84

4

David Capurro

Berkeley

CA

42.27

5

Nathan Crissey

Sunnyvale

CA

31.1

6

Joshua Yee

San Francisco

CA

30.9

7

Rick Cobb

San Francisco

CA

15.27

8

McLeod Benson

Hermosa Beach

CA

3.41

9 Chris Allen Lincoln CA 1.67

2008 California State Champion in the HOUSE!



AND...


Check out the press I've been getting recently (^.^):

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=6374083

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/04/NSHS12L6G6.DTL&hw=exploratorium&sn=001&sc=1000

http://www.asianweek.com/2008/09/05/toy-story-gravity-defying-yo-yo-tricks-on-display-at-california-state-yo-yo-championships/


Thank you EVERYONE in the yoyo community for making this possible. Especially David Capurro, aka "Cappy." He recommended me to the media. And thanks to Joshua Yee for recording my first ever California State Championship routine!
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