The World Yo-Yo Contest(WYYC) is a contest of yo-yo

Yo-yo

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 competitors from around the worldhosted by Gregory Cohen and YoYoGuy.com. As of 2006, 19 countries fed into the World Yo-Yo Contest from their respective national yo-yo contests. Also in 2006, almost 700 people were in attendance. It is held at the Rosen Plaza Hotel in Orlando, Florida

Orlando, Florida

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 The 2011 contest is set to be held August 4th, 5th, and 6th.

History

The first World Yo-Yo Contest was held in London, England, in 1932. The winner was Harvey Lowe

Harvey Lowe

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. However, the contest was not held annually until 1992, when Dale Oliver started one in Montreal, Canada during that year's annual International Jugglers' Association

International Jugglers' Association

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's (IJA) convention. The contest was held during this convention until 1999, when it was held in Hawaii

Hawaii

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. The 2000 contest was held at Universal Studios in Orlando, but in 2001, the event moved to the Rosen Plaza Hotel, where it is currently held annually.

Contests

The World Yo-Yo Contest has 6 World Title Divisions in 2011.

In addition to these World Divisions, the world Yo-Yo Contest also hosts yo-yo modifying and design contests, known in the field as modding and other yo-yo contests for all age levels that do not carry a world title.

Current contents

Division Name	Other Name	Explanation
The following 6 divisions in Freestyle are sanctioned as the official World Champions.
Freestyle
1A	Single Hand String Trick	The player uses a long spinning yo-yo to perform tricks that typically require manipulation of the string.
2A	Two Hands Looping Trick	The player uses two yo-yos simultaneously to perform reciprocating or looping maneuvers.
3A	Two Hands String Trick	The player uses two long spinning yo-yos and performs tricks with both simultaneously.
4A	Offstring	The player uses an offstring yo-yo, often releasing the yo-yo into the air and attempting to catch it on the string.
5A	Counterweight	The player uses a yo-yo with a counterweight on the other end of the string rather than having it attached to a finger.
AP	Artictic Performance	This is Artistic Performance where the yo-yoer uses any type of yo-yo or other prop in order to perform a freestyle.
The following 7 divisions are not sanctioned as the official World Champions.
Diabolo
DL	Diabolo Ladder
DF	Diabolo Freestyle
Sports
SL	Sports Ladder
SF	Sports Freestyle
Spintop
SL	Spintop Ladder
SF	Spintop Freestyle
Mod
MD	Mod	The player produces and designs a self-made yoyo.

Past contents

Division Name	Other Name	Explanation
SH	Single Hand	1998.
DH	Double Hand	1998.
TM	Team	2000.
CH	Championship	1992 - 1994.
GC	Grand Championship	1995 - 1997.
M	Master	1992 - 1997.
X	Extreme	2000 - 2002. The combined division of current 3A, 4A, 5A because there were not those divisions excluding 1A and 2A.
CB	Combined	2006 - 2009. This is the Combined Division, where players have to compete and demonstrate skill in multiple styles. Due to difficulties with judging, this division was removed in 2010. Shinji Saito remained the only person to ever win this division (winning all three years it was held) .

Current Champions

Style	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place
1A	Marcus Koh	Sebastian Brock	Gentry Stein
2A	Shinji Saito (12th world title)	Yasushi Furukawa	Ryo Yamashita
3A	Hank Freeman	Alex Hattori	Taiichiro Higashi
4A	Naoto Okada (2nd World Title)	Brian Figueroa	Tsubasa Onishi
5A	Takeshi Matsuura (3rd world title)	Takuma Inoue	Samm Scott
AP	Takahiko Hasegawa	Justin Weber	Hironori Mii

External links

• World Yo-Yo Contest The World Yo-Yo Contest Web Site