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| Name: |
Jorge Alcoz |
| Alias: |
ta0 |
| Location: |
San Antonio, Texas |
| Fav trick: |
Staircase to Heaven |
| Main tools: |
Modded HP, Figaro |
| Top facts: |
Zen Master of this site, World (09 ft) and US (08) Champion |
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| Alias: |
Titi Freak |
| Location: |
Sao Paulo, Brazil |
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| Main tools: |
Bearing King |
| Top facts: |
World-renowned graffiti and mural artist |
| Website: |
www.tfreak.com |
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| Name: |
Mike Hout |
| Alias: |
Spin Preacher |
| Location: |
Miamisburg, Ohio |
| Fav trick: |
Head spin while juggling bowling balls |
| Main tools: |
Spintastics Trompo |
| Top facts: |
Tophat of the annual Whirled Festival of Tops |
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| Name: |
Dave Bazan |
| Alias: |
Buzzon |
| Location: |
Dallas, Texas |
| Fav trick: |
Multiple one-handed trapezes |
| Main tools: |
HP, Elite, Blizzard |
| Top facts: |
World (02, 05) & National (01, 06) champion; owner Buzz-On Industries |
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| Name: |
Miguel Correa |
| Alias: |
Miggy |
| Location: |
Dallas, Texas |
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2003 World & US National champion |
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| Name: |
Dale Oliver |
| Alias: |
Grand Master |
| Location: |
Dallas, Texas |
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| Main tools: |
Quick Silver |
| Top facts: |
92 World Yo-Yo Champion, owner Spintastics, spintop judge |
| Website: |
www.spintastics.com |
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| Name: |
Valery Oliver |
| Alias: |
Val |
| Location: |
Dallas, Texas |
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| Main tools: |
Trompo |
| Top facts: |
Top ranked female player |
| Website: |
www.spintastics.com |
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| Name: |
Alan Gray |
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| Location: |
Nebraska |
| Fav trick: |
Master of the one-handed lasso |
| Main tools: |
Self-made 6-inch wood tops |
| Top facts: |
Creator of Figaro and other fine-crafted tops. Judge |
| Website |
www.woodtops.com |
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| Name: |
Takeshi |
| Alias: |
Mitchell Thomas Red-Cloud Kamisato |
| Location: |
Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Fav trick: |
Takeshi's Top Tangler (t3) |
| Main tools: |
Bearing King |
| Top facts: |
Yoyo moder, videographer and skateboarder |
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| Name: |
Boyd Thomas |
| Alias: |
Boyd Seth |
| Location: |
Oregon |
| Fav trick: |
Cliffhanger |
| Main tools: |
Mjolnir |
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| Name: |
Robert Gray |
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| Location: |
Nebraska |
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| Main tools: |
Alan's custom tops |
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| Name: |
Cliff Coleman |
| Alias: |
CliffSlider |
| Location: |
California |
| Fav trick: |
Long combos |
| Main tools: |
YYJ Gates |
| Top facts: |
Skateboarding pioneer |
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| Name: |
Matt Ritter |
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| Location: |
Tallahassee, Florida |
| Fav trick: |
Ghost catch |
| Main tools: |
Bearing King |
| Top facts: |
3-time World champion (04, 06, 07), US National champion (04) |
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| Name: |
Dick Stohr |
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| Location: |
Springfield, Virginia |
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| Main tools: |
Sidewinder, Blizzard |
| Top facts: |
Top judge at worlds and nats |
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| Name: |
David Buhrmester |
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| Fav trick: |
Magnetic wire |
| Main tools: |
HP, King-Me moded Trompo |
| Top facts: |
Sculptor and maker of super-glue tops |
| Website: |
youtube.com/user/daveid777 |
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| Name: |
Chris Oneil |
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| Name: |
Alex Ayers |
| Alias: |
Apex |
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| Name: |
Tom Connolly |
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| Location: |
Washington DC area |
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Cozmo |
| Top facts: |
Dad of a great yoyoing girl |
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| Name: |
Jeff Smith |
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| Location: |
Kalamazoo, Michigan |
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| Main tools: |
YYJ Topdog |
| Top facts: |
Has dominated the ladder in his age group |
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| Name: |
Jon Gates |
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| Location: |
Denver, Colorado |
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| Main tools: |
Anything with rotational symmetry, specially a YYJ Gates |
| Top facts: |
2-time World (00,08) and 3-time US National (02,05,07) Champion |
| Website |
www.yo-motion.com |
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| Name: |
Joe Fielding-Purdy |
| Alias: |
mtntop |
| Location: |
Denver, Colorado |
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Two-time Colorado champion |
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| Name: |
Darren Kim |
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| Location: |
Denver, Colorado |
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2009 US National Champion |
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| Name: |
Catherine Sampietro |
| Alias: |
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| Location: |
San Francisco, California |
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| Top facts: |
Spintop Mama at The Academy |
| Website |
youtube.com/user/cowgirlSam |
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| Name: |
Eric Wolff |
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| Location: |
Chicago |
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
His superbly crafted tops (and a lathe) |
| Top facts: |
Leader of renowned Chicago Fire Kite Team |
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| Name: |
André Boulay |
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National Yo-Yo Master |
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| Name: |
John Buechele |
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| Location: |
Ohio |
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Spintastics Trompo |
| Top facts: |
Tours the country with his guitar and tops |
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| Name: |
Jean-Marie (Jim) Boehm |
| Alias: |
Lord Jim |
| Location: |
Paris, France |
| Fav trick: |
chin stall |
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| Name: |
Ronan Lelievre |
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| Alias: |
Lapin |
| Location: |
Paris, France |
| Fav trick: |
hand curl |
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| Name: |
Cyril Mermilloid |
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| Alias: |
Le Collectionneur |
| Location: |
near Paris, France |
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has one of the biggest antique top collections in the world |
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| Name: |
Clement Bertaux |
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| Alias: |
Paris, France |
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Second ranked yo-yo player in France |
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| Name: |
Philippe D. |
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| Location: |
Sigy le Châtel, Bourgogne, France |
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
wood lathe |
| Top facts: |
unusual working and artistic wooden tops |
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| Name: |
Jorge Sanjuan |
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| Alias: |
Pulpo |
| Location: |
Madrid, Spain |
| Fav trick: |
elevator |
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| Top facts: |
main top hombre at yoyo4all.com |
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| Name: |
Didier Malherbe |
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| Location: |
Paris, France |
| Fav trick: |
real drumb-beat |
| Main tools: |
drum, flute, sound making stuff |
| Top facts: |
makes music with tops and also collects them |
| Website |
www.didiermalherbe.com |
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| Name: |
Chris S. |
| Alias: |
Secret Agent |
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| Name: |
Felix Avellana |
| Alias: |
Fee-Fee |
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World (01, 09 bt) Champion |
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| Name: |
Chris Neff |
| Alias: |
yophosis |
| Location: |
Jefferson City, Missouri |
| Fav trick: |
Whippersnapper (P213 trick) |
| Main tools: |
homemade Project 213 |
| Top facts: |
Steve's sidekick in How to be a Player Vol. 2 |
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| Name: |
Tyler Severance |
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World (08) and Nat yo-yo champion, counter-weight division |
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| Name: |
Takahiko Hasegawa |
| Alias: |
Taka |
| Location: |
Japan |
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World (02, 05) yo-yo champion, artistic performance division |
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