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Teaching yoyos in the Dominican Republic and Haiti

Long time again since I updated! But I have been busy. If pictures are worth a thousand words, what about a video and some pictures? This was an immersion trip dealing with social justice issues in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

I had 4 yoyos when I arrived. When I left, I had 1. These kids needed it more than I did. The trip humbled me. But I still managed to "change lives with a yoyo!" (That should be my slogan!)

Redondo Contest is over and was FUN!

Been a while since I've updated...but there has been a lot of things going on! I worked with Grant Johnson last weekend and I have to say, he is going to be a good 2A player if he wants to be. You can see a lot of character when you teach somebody something. I see a lot of potential with Grant.

In a way, I feel like I've grown and moved on from the "competitor-looking-for-a-mentor" aspect to actually becoming the mentor now. After all, if it wasn't for all my experience working with others who guided me in the yoyo community, I could not be able to pass it down to Grant last weekend, or to anyone for that matter.

Anyway, I almost have $0 in my name. I really want to go to Santa Cruz for Stu's yoyo club! I'll see if Dad feels better and I can drag him along...or maybe he could just lend me the car! Or I could find someone to give a ride there and back? Who would be interested? Hmm...I don't want to ruin the 3 consecutive weeks doing something yoyo related.

February 21 - Pacific Northwest Competition
February 28- Spindox Yoyo club
March 7----- Redondo Beach contest and Grant's house
March 14--- Santa Cruz yoyo club?????

Alright, enough updating. Time for some videos! This is what I mean by Grant can be AMAZING in 2A if he wants to be:

Redondo Beach Contest this SUNDAY

I was done tutoring and decided to submit my online timesheet. I watched some new yoyo contest videos in Japan then stumbled across yoyonation (www.yoyonation.com) for no reason at all. I hardly check any yoyo board except for Greg's board (www.yoyoing.com)

Anyway, on the yoyonation board there was a quote that made my ENTIRE WEEK better;

I feel nervous when meeting pros. When I was talking to Joseph Harris, I was stuttering like crazy!

There was a lot going on with me this week aside from the regular school (midterm), work, internship, tutor. There were some personal issues that affected me this week but after I read what the person wrote, my face lit up. ^_^

The Redondo yoyo contest is this Sunday, I'll be leaving after my class ends at 9PM once again. Can you believe this is my 4-5th (I lost count!) time back in SoCal the past two months? Talk about being a dedicated yoyo pro. What's funny about it all is that I am a YOUNG pro yoyoer that only does performances PART-time. If I could make a living out of this, that would be great. Let me rephrase that and shoot for the moon;

If I can make a GOOD living out of being a professional yoyo player, that would be great.

Because everybody in the world knows that the label of a professional yoyo player falls under the category of 'starving artist.' That's why I'll have 2 bachelor's degrees to fall back on. Once I am accepted into Business school and earn my MBA, I'll have that to fall back on too. That is of course, if the 'PRO YOYO PERFORMER' thing never works out. =P

That's called having a plan. That's my plan...Other than that, this yoyo pro is out. Oh, here's the most recent yoyo performance of me; it was my 1st place freestyle at the Pacific Northwest Regional


PNWR 09 - 2A - Joseph Harris from Box thor on Vimeo.


THANK YOU BOXTHOR (aka Matt) for the video. Great quality! Enjoy.

Joseph Harris. American Yoyo Association Board of Director

Sounds good! I am using that title to make some changes in the yoyo community right now!

Also, the gig was great last night! Loads of fun, I even had my OWN TSHIRT JUST FOR THE EVENT!




Not only that, it was a success all around. The email when I came back to SF;

You were amazing!!! Thanks so much for being there and jazzing everyone. Good to meet you too. You were easy and charming to work with. Best of success.

Yeah, that's a good look;

National yoyo champion.

Board of Director for the American Yoyo Association.

More Scholarships that need VIRAL ATTENTION!

Who is Your Hero? Brickfish

What Tempts You? Brickfish

Moving up in the 1A ranks...

Here are the results from the 2009 PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGIONAL COMPETITION

2009 Pacific Northwest Yo-Yo Championships Offstring Results

Place Players Name State Final Score
1 Bryan Figueroa CA 100.00
2 Connor Swan AZ 71.95
3 Ryan Lai HI 50.91
4 Kyle Hedges WA 39.90
5 Jacob Jensen OR 4.47
6 Joseph Harris CA (0.36)


2009 Pacific Northwest Yo-Yo Championships 3A Results
Place Players Name State Final Score
1 Ryan Lai HI 100.00
2 Josh Yee CA 57.43
3 Joseph Harris CA (4.59)
4 Jacob Jensen OR (8.74)

2009 Pacific Northwest Yo-Yo Championships 1A-Prelims Results
Place Players Name State Final Score
1 Jensen Kimmitt AB 100.00
2 Tyler Severance DE 69.51
3 Joseph Harris CA 58.87
4 Miguel Correa TX 48.22
5 Charles Haycock BC 47.79
6 Ryan Lai HI 45.07
7 Chris Mikulan AB 40.53
8 Mark Allen TN 38.87
9 Josh Yee CA 36.31
10 Kyle Hedges WA 34.00
11 Jacob Jensen OR 32.34
12 Kyler Burnett WA 31.17
13 Sean Vanzandt LA 27.50
14 Reed Smith AZ 25.65
15 Branden Moreau WA 23.13
16 Ben McPhee AZ 16.30
17 Carson Sablan WA 15.16
18 Jeromy Nguyen OR 14.91
19 Dalan Kerr ID 14.66
20 Paul Dang OR 11.24
21 Clint Armstrong OR 6.89
22 Clifton Crimefighter OR 3.42

2009 Pacific Northwest Yo-Yo Championships 1A Results
Place Players Name State Final Score
1 Jensen Kimmitt AB 99.81
2 Tyler Severance DE 81.49
3 Grant Johnson CA 69.01
4 Joseph Harris CA 53.75
5 Miguel Correa TX 52.66
6 Ryan Lai HI 51.00
7 Charles Haycock BC 45.62
8 Josh Yee CA 42.94
9 Sterling Quinn WA 42.61
10 Mark Allen TN 41.81
11 Boyd Seth OR 34.08
12 Justin Deal ID 33.36
13 Chris Mikulan AB 32.46
14 Kyle Hedges WA 31.55
15 Jacob Jensen OR 29.93
16 Kyler Burnett WA 15.67

2009 Pacific Northwest Yo-Yo Championships 2A Results
Place Players Name State Final Score
1 Joseph Harris CA 100.00
2 Grant Johnson CA 56.14
3 Ryan Lai HI 54.74
4 Dave Bazan ID 34.45
5 Josh Yee CA 25.63
6 Kyler Burnett WA 5.74
7 Jacob Jensen OR 1.23

Yes, I did receive negative scores (the parenthesis indicates a negative score) but I did not prepare routines for those divisions. Only my 1-hand and double hand freestyles were prepared. It takes a lot of effort to appear effortless. Offstring would be cool to work on...

Anyway, yoyo gig on Wed. So I have to be a college student for a few days until the next yoyo get-away! I'm gone...