It was a fun Yo-Yo Contest. I was judging a lot, but did my best to talk with as many people as I could, and I always had my tops with me to try to get people to play.
It was a bit sad to see that at the hotel there were VERY few top players. I did not see hardly anyone playing without me coming up to them to ask or work with them.
I was pleasantly surprised at how many people were good at it. There were quite a few yo-yo players who asked to try out my 3 1/2 delrin fixed top, and were good with it! I cannot remember all the names, but Dave Bazan, Hans, John Wolf, Dennis Shatter, Mike Durdak of course, and I think Philip White??? It was funny, almost anyone who asked to use it was better then me.....but not super interested in competing or pushing the limits of tops.
When at the Performance Center there were more players, Davin, Jose, and even Mark Hayward showed up. It was cool seeing Jose's 3D printed tops. I can see a lot of potential for making larger tops with this technology. Light weight, yet super strong!
I did not get much time to throw at the Center, as that was the time for all of the finals, and I had to judge.
Overall it was a fun time. I wish we could have run the Top contest, but not enough players who are PASSIONATE about tops to run the contest.