i love how he is having so much fun up there and just singing along to the song while he effortlessly does these amazing tricks

bro did a barefoot moonwalk u know that carpet stage is holding on for dear life

These comments are brutal dawg 💀 anyways, Evals were inflated asf, feelsbadman

evals 💀

He did an amazing routine!! oh my gosh!!!!!

What an absolute mad lad! Insane.

I don't even watch yo yo to tell that this a display of showmanship. Which exciting as it is.... Does not deserve 1st. Hunter, great job.

音楽無しの方が良かった

Comments are funny but the only thing that matters is he did the trick car wash from yotricks

He looks like he would be a yoyo champion.

I watched Blazing Teens season 5 and it was mind blowing because it was so difficult, this is even harder.

Evan Nagao is a monster

#freehunter

NICE!is that the edge 4.0 Porto type!

Evan made his own song and still couldn't figure out how to choreograph tricks to it. Somehow, this lack of music use and choreography translated into high evaluation scores in the choreography section. Evan's choreography score was 4.25, the highest recorded this year at nationals, which Hunter also achieved. Compared to Hunter's second place freestyle, this looks sloppy and hastily thrown together. Evan also scored the highest evaluation in showmanship which nobody else managed to reach, even though he took time out of his own routine on stage to yell at the audience "Come on guys!!!" to force superficial crowd interaction. Hunter is the real champ.

Evan Midgao 💀

Put me out of my misery

this shit is crazy

Wish i could see this in person! Great freestyle Evan!

a half cooked steak at it's finest.

I know but how hard to do that and what if your sting is to sort

Put some shoes on please for the love of god

Gosh dang!!

goat freestyle

That was an incredible routine.

Evan nagao.... Is a good guy i think? Idk you decide. But we can all agree he is one hell of a yoyoer But this freestyle was ok.

Dang, just like 4 years ago, evan made a song and used it to place 2nd in the world. He might as well use the can i change my mind song to win this years worlds. Edit: Also why tf are people making comments about racism and whatever tf choreography is

Love the music

why is he bare footed?

Left handed guy, nailed that routine.

He nice

negative choreography tbqh... disappointing score sheet

Guys, just go ask Gentry. He was the judge.

I’m Japanese and I’m a bit confused by these comments. Can someone tell me why he is being accused and what has happened so far?

How TF did I get here?

Where can i buy your yoyo?

Yoyos favorite racist winning 🥰 I love the how he's the face of yoyo, such a good example of the yoyo community!

🔥

#BYYA

Didnt' he retire after the previous Worlds?

This wasnt my favorite freestyle of the contest, but I liked this freestyle a lot more than when you tried to publish a viral clickbait video simping for the KKK and then backtracked and issued an "apology" where you learned absolutely nothing and essentially said "sorry im not sorry!" and reiterated how you thought the KKK was nice and racism wasn't real because people were friendly to you. Maybe eval judges were considering that in their rubric?

Is he Filipino?

if you genuinely believe this deserved to win you need to read the iyyf rules and look at the results. unfair.

🤢

boooooooooo

This looks like ribbon twirling compared to the dual wielder's style :D

The sheer amount of controversy surrounding the outcome of Evan as the winner is proof that the competitive yo-yo scene needs some kind of objective grading system or objective way to determine who is actually the best in each category. I’m not claiming I know how this would be done but I have high hopes within the next 10 years it will be achieved by AI. Perhaps this super intelligent AI objective grading system will be able to objectively grade past performances proving Evan not the top rank for 2023 and also others.

Everyone hating on the judges, why don't you guys step up and become judges? Travel thousands of miles to volunteer your time for free the whole weekend. All I see is a lot of trash talk but I know for sure 90% of you guys will never judge a contest. Much respect to all the judges.

Cool thumbnail! 😉

To the people calling me racist: That's extremely short-sighted, and it's sad that you lack common sense in that regard. Anyways, with that said, this was one of my favorite nationals ever! It's always great spending time with old friends, and meeting newcomers. The crowd was super hyped, and honestly, I think the unjustified hate I've been receiving kinda fueled me to focus harder and make absolute sure that I put on the best show possible. Clearly, there's still a lot of hate coming my way, so you know that means I'll be more motivated than ever to make good content, quality products, and exciting freestyles for all of your entertainment. That's my main priority; to bring joy to people, especially kids. Best believe, I'm gonna keep doing that no matter what!💪

He does it once again

Still as mediocre as I remember it being live.

Barefeet is mandatory?

I'd like to view with two cameras. I had trouble seeing the action

Does anyone know what the song is in this video? By the way Great job Even!

Umm he is barefoot 😅

what that means

Robbery

overclicked #notmychampion

I honestly don’t think what he did was good but I think he just needs to apologize for it. God can forgive bad people that repent to him. If he could apologize and if he actually regretted it I would forget the past.

It's funny to see that people who claim to be tolerant, turn out to be the most hateful and childish ones in the comments. I am kinda ashamed about the current state of the yo-yo community. The constant negativity surrounding the judging system, the insistence on being 'child-friendly' to participate in yo-yoing, and this fake, too good to be true, 'good guy' attitudes adopted by many individuals. Whether Hunter or Evan deserved first place or not, this freestyle was really impressive. It had a ton of insane tricks, a crowd-pleasing attitude (calling out to the audience, yoyoing while singing, and that sick DNA at the end), and even if it doesn't count in the score, and thats a good thing, he freestyled on his own song. (You must at least respect the dedication) I am pretty sure a lot of people in the comment doesn't even play yoyo lmao. Surrounding the controversy, I think that the video with the KKK member was a terrible idea, and it was obvious that it would generate that kind of reaction. But it wasn't done with bad intent, and I think that right now, Evan has a good mindset about the situation, keeping contact with the community, ignoring some hate, and doing his thing like he did for so many years. And for those who actually play yoyo, let's not forget why we chose this toy in the first place. I don't believe that what's happening right now wass something we wanted back then. Congrats Evan, Congrats Hunter, and congrats to all the participant !

L + fell off + inflated evals + my choreo in 2018 pnwr novice open was better + another L just because

now people are talking about choreography , i remember seeing comment section hating on gentry because he is so good at choreography that he broke the system , now doing tech tricks with good choreography is something bad !! , I wonder when this community will put emotions aside and respect numbers and system

Evan's control over the yoyo never fails to amaze...those 360 regens were INSANE 🤯🔥🐐

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Can your mom do DNA

Any way congratulation Evan you are the champ you are now one of the GOATs with 4 time us national well deserved

So good 😯

So much bias in this comments section going on. Hunter is a phenomenal thrower and it was a pleasure seeing his routine live but he didn't out preform Evan.

Evan you rock, everyone deserves second chance. Can't wait to see you win worlds

G O A T

I’m so glad I got to see this inperson 😎😎🤩🤩

Evan!

The amount of shaming, bullying, and hate being projected in this comment section is foul. You all claim to be anti-hate but everyone is projecting toxic hate. It's the most backwards thing ever. It makes me lose faith in humanity. Where is the positivity?

Absolute monster. But the song was a horrible choice I know he’s trying to push his own music This ain’t it for a yo-yo song

These comments needs to chill out😂😅

Evan is the champ 🎉 He won first by A LOT this time. Clearly the best thrower in NA

Evan if you are reading this than plz it would warm my heart if you did a tutorial on your side style Godspeed plz

People are judges all of the sudden xD

These comments are weird alot of mad ppl here but anyway yo evan! You the goat lol

The boss 😎 ❤

kkk😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂