Evan Nagao - 1st Place - 1A Final - 2023 US National YoYo Contest
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- čas přidán 6. 07. 2023
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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
evals 💀
These comments are brutal dawg 💀
anyways, Evals were inflated asf, feelsbadman
Facts
bro did a barefoot moonwalk u know that carpet stage is holding on for dear life
that aint a moonwalk
He did an amazing routine!! oh my gosh!!!!!
What an absolute mad lad! Insane.
音楽無しの方が良かった
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.
@@Shwavyswindle Pound sand
Why does evan not deserve 1st
@@DevrenIsNotCrayCray Mainly no shoes. But Evans tricks were inferior to hunters. Am I wrong?
What does not having shoes have to do with his overall fs?
@@CedricYoyoMan yea exactly
Evan Nagao is a monster
I watched Blazing Teens season 5 and it was mind blowing because it was so difficult, this is even harder.
Comments are funny but the only thing that matters is he did the trick car wash from yotricks
Fax
lol
Evan taught the car wash trick on yotricks right?
negative choreography tbqh... disappointing score sheet
#freehunter
He looks like he would be a yoyo champion.
Maybe because he won it in 2018
goat freestyle
NICE!is that the edge 4.0 Porto type!
I know but how hard to do that and what if your sting is to sort
That was an incredible routine.
Evan Midgao 💀
Gosh dang!!
this shit is crazy
a half cooked steak at it's finest.
wait so you like your steakes well done instead of medium rare ???
Wish i could see this in person! Great freestyle Evan!
Put me out of my misery
Put some shoes on please for the love of god
them dawgs were not needed to be seen
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.
hijacking this comment to say that evan outscored his freebird routines with this btw
@@hamdogcs and adding to this by urging anyone who is reading these comments to look up the results of 2018 US nationals and check out Evan's winning scores. Compare them to the results for 2023. Then watch the routines back to back. Something should feel very, very wrong.
Ignorant comment
Hunter had a changeout. I want what you're smoking
@@tristanbunke1228 This freestyle received a near perfect score in all of the evals categories when it is clearly worse than many other freestyles in every aspect of the performance which received scores nowhere close to how this scored. This should be much more impactful than a -3 from a swap. The evals were very, VERY biased in his favor. This did not deserve to win.
Where can i buy your yoyo?
Left handed guy, nailed that routine.
He nice
Love the music
What is it called ?
Can I change my mind
why is he bare footed?
its easier to do tricklike the one he jumps over the string, ive done this before and its harder since the string can get caught on your shoes and its harder to jump
How TF did I get here?
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
Because he had a scandal recently involving the kkk and getting kicked from yyf.
@@julesmenard7130 I thought evan himself just left because the factory wasn't helping him design his new yoyos
@@DevrenIsNotCrayCraythe fact is YYF never actually design yo-yo for Evan, Evan produce the yo-yos himself, he still need to pay yyf for using their brand name. Evan said that in the latest live stream
@@DevrenIsNotCrayCrayhe was kicked from the team after he defended his choice to yoyo with an open racist KKK member to post online to his child audience.
@@jckpthWho did he make a video with?
#BYYA
boooooooooo
Guys, just go ask Gentry. He was the judge.
Gentry was a tech eval judge along with myself and a couple others. We were not performance eval judges. Those were separate.
@@JohnDatoy Well, my bad. Then they should go ask him who did performance judge though.
Man you stinky buggers, im not even in the yo yo world and even I can tell you this situation smells like shit. I can see the flies ay!! Sleep well 😐.
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.
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?
It's a yoyo contest, not a freakin' discussion table, i mean u got mad at Evan making stupid mistakes and Criticizing the judges for not penalizing him for his actions that DIDN'T HAVE TO DO WITH THE COMPETITION but u don't care about Betty being a disgusting person with the youngest mexican players? That's something wrong with you guys ://
After looking up this controversy all I'm seeing is that he wasn't simping for anyone but simply said that he performed yo-yo in front of a supposed KKK member. So what? It doesn't mean he's endorsing them. Nagao is not a White person, he's East Asian. His intention may have been to change hearts and minds by letting said person know that it's not logical to be racist.
Didnt' he retire after the previous Worlds?
That was gentry
@@Annonymous2781 wasn't gentry, after world 2019 Netflix made an episode w Evan being the main character and he in fact said he will no longer compete; he later decided that he still could use yoyo to promote his music and vice verca so he completely changed his mind
but true Gentry did retire as well, he wants to focus on promoting yoyo to the world but I believe he will keep that not like Evan
@ Gentry's results were very inconsistent. He won the World title at 1A twice but five years apart in 2014 and 2019. In-between those years he ranked all over the place. He's not up there with the elite players and realizing that is why he retired.
If you notice his recent videos on the 2023 WYYC and/or Mir Kim, he says that he's been reigning world champ for three years and also how he wants Mir Kim to become world champ. It's odd how he never acknowledged Mir's 1A wins at the Online WYYC in 2021 and 2022. Mir was tied for world champ with Gentry Stein before they even met and his was twice in a row and now thrice.
if you genuinely believe this deserved to win you need to read the iyyf rules and look at the results. unfair.
Hunter had 4 points deducted. Not to say it wasn't great but tough to get first with a restart and change out...Do you know the rules?
@@turnersteafan1have you looked at the actual score sheet? Evals are not even remotely accurate
@@turnersteafan1 Click the routines, thats all
@@GoogahgeeHow so? What was Hunter's eval score and what was Evan's?
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?
In short, Evan made a tiktok with a kkk member, didn’t really apologize about it in an instagram live he did later, and now, with people still kinda pissed about the kkk thing, add on top of that the inflated Evals that very well may have caused him to win, and you get the turf war that is this comments section
@@nootnewt7769if the kkk thing never happened would he get this much hate or nah?
Is he Filipino?
He is Japanese
🔥
Yoyos favorite racist winning 🥰 I love the how he's the face of yoyo, such a good example of the yoyo community!
Ignorant
Relax everyone go learn some new tricks and try to get as good as evan
@@Shwavyswindle I wish I were 10% as good as he is
I can't tell if this is a hate comment or smth else based on the replies
@@thegreatbobah it’s a hate comment lol people just salty he won but if that kkk thing never happened nobody would be complaining about the scoring.
Barefeet is mandatory?
Umm he is barefoot 😅
Still as mediocre as I remember it being live.
@@Jomama-ve1vji was, this sucked
@@MrWeebusthats why he won 😂😂😂
Still beat every dang player in the freaking United States 😂
Okay, Gentry Stein
Mediocre? How many tricks did he do if it was mediocre them at least count them but you can’t even do that. The family is legendary his Dad doesn’t have five fingers and he can do epic tricks. No Ka Oi Evan No Ka Oi!!!
🤢
what that means
I'd like to view with two cameras. I had trouble seeing the action
Cool thumbnail! 😉
They stole your flow 💀
@@chair805bar for bar
This looks like ribbon twirling compared to the dual wielder's style :D
He does it once again
Does anyone know what the song is in this video? By the way Great job Even!
It’s an unreleased song by evan nagao
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.
Trying to put objectivity into this sport is why it is where it is at currently. Including AI in it is a weird and not great idea either. You’re talking about a power ranking and that’s used in smash brothers tournaments but will not work in this because it’s not 1 on 1.
Robbery
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.
Word
And with a cummunity with a median age of 12 to 16 , im not surprise about the trash talk ,, they are still kids and basically know nothing in life yet
do you really think it's 12 to 16 year olds who dislike Evan and not the demographic of his fan base? lmao
@@mattlindleydesign I seen one person I recognize as a judge. You think trashing the judges in youtube comments is the proper channel and means to fix this issue?
You saw a movie didn’t like? why don’t you just make a better movie? Do you see how stupid that sounds? Trying to dismiss criticism in the way you are doing now is idiotic.
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!💪
What is the song that you used called? Also You did an Amazing job! Also was the magic school bus in your song!
@@tjmtaiwan Thanks! I composed and sang the song, and it will be out soon! It's called "Can I Change My Mind" by Evan From Heaven (That's my artist name).
Evan, I'm not feeling the joy. In your "apology" vid you declared hate group members aren't racist at all because they were nice to you. Please think about that. I really wanted to be able to cheer you on and root for you, hoping you would show some integrity and understanding here, and make things right before going on stage at nats and acting like everything was fine and people were not hurt and disappointed. Please consider what it means to be a responsible adult and a role model. This isn't about the "haters."
Evan, ignore the hate man. Some people just have to have something to be outraged about. To me you are one of the most genuine dudes. I'm a big fan and always will be. Congrats.
not as short sighted as thinking that song was good LMAO like bffr
overclicked
#notmychampion
Get over it! What does that hashtag even do? Nothing. Lmao!
@@Rucnas didn’t ask
@@emilysakunayou did
@@Caleb-yo-yos it was a statement, not a question for simps
@@emilysakunaYou don't seem to understand the definition of simps. The contest is over, and the judges gave their scores. Hashbrown is delicious.
Can your mom do DNA
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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 !
Good mindset? He flipped off 300 people on ig live.
finally someone not acting kiddish. I'm really concerned about where the friendly, peaceful yoyo community is heading...
@@StringbeanAJ Does he deserve to be shamed and bully to this extent for over two weeks over it? I am pretty confident to say I don't think he's racist. I think he just really messed up and I can forgive him for that.
@turners8689 getting repercussions for saying hateful stuff isn't bullying, it's literally just facing consequences. Where is all of the concern for people hurt by the hate he's supporting?
Regardless, this freestyle wasn't Freebird. Judges want him to win because they think it's beneficial for growing yoyo, and the scores make that clear. Watch the two side by side and tell me this deserved to score as highly on evals.
This is peak fence sitting
L + fell off + inflated evals + my choreo in 2018 pnwr novice open was better + another L just because
Plus ratio
Is this the yoyo community in 2023 ? damn.
I'm happy that I took some distance from it.
Hate to break it to you but none of your freestyles are anywhere close to Evans. Especially the one you are talking about.
Bro wdym fell of, Evans's like the most popular yoyoer rn
@@jetxmaelnah he’s just clownin because Evan was racist
Any way congratulation Evan you are the champ you are now one of the GOATs with 4 time us national well deserved
So good 😯
Evan's control over the yoyo never fails to amaze...those 360 regens were INSANE 🤯🔥🐐
Fax
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.
I agree, and he did apologize for it
@@multiskill25 he did not
@@multiskill25no he didn’t
What did he do
@@DevrenIsNotCrayCray he said the kkk arent racist and then made a terrible apology flipping off his fans
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
The issue isn’t that he did good choreography and won, the issue is that he did mediocre choreography and scored higher in both choreography/musicality than most freestyles ever have, causing him to win. These eval scores are higher even than his 2018 freebird freestyle, which this is not even close to in quality/presentation. The community DOES care about the rules, and would like competitive integrity.
@@GoogahgeeHe still wins if they give him 0 in choreography. He won by a margin of 4.64. You can shave off more than 1 point from more than half of whatever evals and he still wins because the next highest score had -4 major deductions.
@@turnersteafan1 This is incorrect. The next highest score STILL had a higher tech score WITH -4 major deductions.
@@nme1337 total overall score was like 90 compared to 86
G O A T
I’m so glad I got to see this inperson 😎😎🤩🤩
same
Evan you rock, everyone deserves second chance. Can't wait to see you win worlds
Evan!
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.
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?
Seriously. The way he handled the situation was incredibly stupid, but I’ve seen some completely irrational comments being made, and people seem to be just using what happened as an excuse to dump their pent up anger on this one guy.
Hey buddy this isnt very difficult to figure out. Its called intolerance of intolerance. Being "anti-hate" does not include white supremacist simps and people who carry water for them and other HATE GROUPS. There is no positive and loving way to REJECT SIMPING FOR THE KKK. Go look up the paradox of intolerance. Noodle on this issue. And then maybe delete this stupid fucking comment. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance
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 if you are reading this than plz it would warm my heart if you did a tutorial on your side style Godspeed plz
Evan is the champ 🎉 He won first by A LOT this time. Clearly the best thrower in NA
this is objectively wrong, he won first by a lot last year lol.
@@Jomama-ve1vj blud hasn't seen the scorecard 🗣🗣
@@Jomama-ve1vj evan won by 4 points that is a close margin. He didn't win by a ton and frankly with the performances I'm surprised hunter didn't win.
@@Jomama-ve1vj scorecard diff
The boss 😎 ❤
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
kkk😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂