We wind up the best yoyo tricks of 2016 so you dont have to. The skill, the beauty, the creativity and the fun, we tried to showcase the breadth of modern yoyo play from all over the world and how much it has progressed since going down and up.
While we focused on 2016 tricks, I'm sure we took a few liberties or simply let a few older tricks slip through. We hope you enjoy them either ways.
Did we get them all? Tell us which yoyo videos of 2016 are your favourites in the comments!
Players & videos in order of appearance:
Hajime Miura • 2016JOYC Final DS Cham...
Shu Takada / bdnssw5kniz
Joey Wong • just for incline from ...
Moyo, Stella (Who Theatre) • 2016World Final AP XX ...
Takeshi Matsuura / bjw6yeab0dl
Arata Imai • 2016JN Final 2A 03 Ara...
Offstring player. Japanese names are hard.
Shota Saga / bdypg50kqxz
Yoyo Yang • 2016 World Yo-Yo Conte...
Yuuki Spencer / bieldn3bkuf
1:05
The Wizard Riccardo Fraolini • #9 - Riccardo Fraolini...
Ki Zizan shot by Ryosuke Kawamura • Ryosuke Kawamura Prese...
Philip White • Philip White - 4A - 6t...
Liu Man Ki • Liu Man Ki (HK): 2A Di...
Janos Karancz • János Karancz - Tricks...
Wayne Xiu • Wayne Xiu (AU): 5A Div...
Evan Nagao • 2016World Final 1A 14 ...
Tessa Piccillo • CLYW Presents: Tessa P...
Rei Iwakura • 2016World Final 4A 01 ...
Zhao Chen • 2016 ShenZhen Yo-Yo Co...
Hajime Miura / bm6h9xghecvwgf1jimjj7e...
2:00
John Wolfe / bhqorqchewk
Sunshine Jimmy • 2016 Canada Return Top...
Charles Haycock • 2016 Canada Return Top...
Akira Kato • 2016JOYC Final DL 3rd ...
Kenta Kushiro • Kenta Kushiro & Shota ...
Ben Conde shot by Beyond Slow Motion • YoYo Wizardry 2: Offst...
Colin Beckford / bme_0reh-mx
Atsushi Yamada, Shu Takada • MAKING OF SHAQLER: 201...
Yuki Uchida • 2016EJB Final 4A 01 Yu...
Quentin Godet • EYYC 2016 4A Finals 3r...
Polo / bokajlqaal_
Liu Zichen • C3yoydesign Presents C...
"Chopsticks Gorilla" Hirotaka Akiba • 2016JOYC Final SS 2nd ...
3:00
Owen Ekblad (We totally lost the link in our library. Can anyone find it?)
OLD SKOOL FAMOUS • 2016World Final AP Ent...
John Ando, Shu Takada • MAKING OF SHAQLER: 201...
John Ando • EYYC 2016 1A Open Fina...
John Ando • FIST SALUD Presents: J...
Shu Takada / bomprmtfzsi
Tomohiko Zanka / bcdwo3_dk9r
Takeshi Matsuura • 2016World Final 5A 01 ...
4:18
Philip White • Philip White - 4A Fina...
The Amazing Paul Kerbel paulkerbelyy...
Keiran Cooper • #4 - Keiran Cooper - A...
Andrew Maider • CLYW Presents: Andrew ...
Kevin Nicholas / bn4cwqjagso
Arata Imai / bnj6nqclfib
Arata Imai • Arata Imai (JP): 1A Di...
Arata Imai • 2016JN Final 2A 03 Ara...
5:04
Alex Hattori • Alex Hattori - 3A Fina...
Liu Man Ki • Liu Man Ki (HK): 2A Di...
Takumi Hakamata • 2016HamaCon X 04 Takum...
Zach Gormley • Emerald City
Anthony Rojas • CLYW Presents Anthony ...
James Reed • #7 - James Reed - Alte...
Shinji Saito • Shion Araya vs. Shinji...
Shu Takada / blry0dal9iz
End Screens
John Ando • FIST SALUD Presents: J...
Anthony Rojas • CLYW Presents Anthony ...
Arata Imai / bnlsarmfncn
Jun Taniguchi • 2016EJB Final 2A 03 Ju...
Disclaimer:
Objectively, it's impossible to choose the most awesome tricks in a year. Let's just get that out of the way. We ended up with 20+ minutes of footage we had to squeeze into 6 minutes, so we apologize if your favorite players are not in there or if your quadruple suicide whip didn't make the video.
If you are the owner of footage in the video and would like it removed, there's no need to call your lawyers, all you have to do is drop us a message on KZfaq and we'll get you sorted.