Full trick inspiration and credits list: 1:06 Anthony Rojas and Ben Gates 1:16 Takeshi Matsuura 1:18 Ethan Cheung/Keiran Cooper (Idk who was original creator) 1:28 Zach Gormley 1:47 Charles Haycock 1:56 Andrew Bergen/Shion Araya (Idk who was the original creator) 2:09 Collin Ellingson 2:10 Jensen Kimmitt 2:14 Ilya Agarishev 2:26 Gentry Stein and Nate Dailey 2:31 Literally Eric Koloski's trick though i didn't hit it haha 2:37 the Evan Nagao special haha 2:48 The "Owen Triangle" made by Owen Ekblad. It's OP af. 2:55 When we were in Seattle for the Pacific Northwest Region, Gentry Stein was like, "Bro, when you go into that speed combo, you need to do a knee slide like a rock star shredding guitar." Best competition advice I ever got. 3:08 Literally Yamato Murata's trick 3:19 Remi Baskin/Colin Beckford although many others have done similar tricks 3:51 Kevin Nicholas' trick with some extra spice 4:02 Jason Zichen Liu 4:05 Ryuichi Nakamura Thank you for all those who have inspired me over the years to help me make this lifelong dream a reality. Also thank you to all the fans who support me. You motivate me to keep making epic freestyles. P.S. Takeshi deserved this title just as much as I did.
Man this takes me back. I remember when I stopped yoyoing for a while this guy was the last person I had watched. It's been a year now. It's really amazing to see how far he has gotten. I'm now motivated more than ever to try and get to speed with all the professionals
The Brandon Vu lmao no that’s just a trick I made up in February this year, it’s a no-risk triangle suicide. It’s not an actual green triangle, it’s a different mount that looks exactly like a green triangle suicide but if you miss it doesn’t knot.
One thing I realised is that whenever US gets the world title, it's always the japanese that gets 2nd and 3rd, and this is evident as seen in worlds 2014,2015 and 2018
Just saw this on Reddit and it's very impressive! Some of those moves are lightning fast! Also, you were very cool under pressure. The tangle seems like no big deal. Great showmanship!
Joseph Lee, there used to be an evaluation called “rareness” which addressed this exact topic. But it was removed because it was too objective and hard to score accurately. And Ham Dog, clicking is only meant to reflect difficulty, not originality. So if a judge is clicking based on originality, he is doing it wrong.
Connor Seals I think originality is built into difficulty. I think if a judge sees an original concept, it may be perceived as difficult due to it being an unknown trick and something never seen before. So I agree with you, but I do think that originality is implicitly built into the clicking process.
Took me back to the late 70's/early 80's when me and my older Brother were learning to YoYo. Same music playing too (HaHa)... YoYo, Rubik,Chess,Ping Pong (and even Hula-Hoop) were all the craze !!! Not only Insanely fun (and so hard at first to learn) But Incredibly fun to watch !!! Gotta pretty cool bit for you if you're interested. It would take alot of work, but you're no stranger to that.....
I did this same exact routine in my bedroom once on my 3rd day of a methamphetamine binge. Then I couldn't find my yo-yo because I've never owned one. Thing that make you go hum.
This is super cool. Could we possibly run this video on Metro.co.uk and its social media channels? With credit and links back to Evan and the competition? This is mesmerising - thanks!
Full trick inspiration and credits list:
1:06 Anthony Rojas and Ben Gates
1:16 Takeshi Matsuura
1:18 Ethan Cheung/Keiran Cooper (Idk who was original creator)
1:28 Zach Gormley
1:47 Charles Haycock
1:56 Andrew Bergen/Shion Araya (Idk who was the original creator)
2:09 Collin Ellingson
2:10 Jensen Kimmitt
2:14 Ilya Agarishev
2:26 Gentry Stein and Nate Dailey
2:31 Literally Eric Koloski's trick though i didn't hit it haha
2:37 the Evan Nagao special haha
2:48 The "Owen Triangle" made by Owen Ekblad. It's OP af.
2:55 When we were in Seattle for the Pacific Northwest Region, Gentry Stein was like, "Bro, when you go into that speed combo, you need to do a knee slide like a rock star shredding guitar." Best competition advice I ever got.
3:08 Literally Yamato Murata's trick
3:19 Remi Baskin/Colin Beckford although many others have done similar tricks
3:51 Kevin Nicholas' trick with some extra spice
4:02 Jason Zichen Liu
4:05 Ryuichi Nakamura
Thank you for all those who have inspired me over the years to help me make this lifelong dream a reality. Also thank you to all the fans who support me. You motivate me to keep making epic freestyles.
P.S. Takeshi deserved this title just as much as I did.
Flawless. Well done Evan!
Not quite but good enough haha.
I'm a huge fan. The wEDGE and EDGE are my favourites. Most of my tricks are inspired by you.
Evan Nagao This is the best comment anywhere on the internet, period.
Congratulations
thanks for this Phil!
Reddit sent me. I wasn't disappointed. Amazing brother keep it up.
Ali Khan so Evan naggo sent you then, he posted it heh
Jacob Evan yeah 😅
me 2
phillip defranco sent me
All around youtube yoyo videos I always see him commenting on them and probably learning from them. He definitely deserved this years worlds title
CONGRATS EVAN!
I believed that you would win Nationals and you did! I was really hoping you win the world and you did it again! CONGRATS MAN!
Man this takes me back. I remember when I stopped yoyoing for a while this guy was the last person I had watched. It's been a year now. It's really amazing to see how far he has gotten. I'm now motivated more than ever to try and get to speed with all the professionals
same, i will always remember him as the dude who rolled on the floor at the U.S. nationals
The 4y old boy on Jay Leno too
"I LOVE YOU"
"I LOVE YOU TOO"
"I wanna be a Yo Yo Man!" he cried, "Make me a Yo Yo Man!"
But the Yo Yo Master did not answer. He just kept on Yoing.
He said "Iloveyoutoo" tho?😂
Yo do me yoyo master, I want you to do it because your the yoyo guy
This routine made me smile the entire time I watched it. Truly a great performance and a great routine. Congrats.
Bruh... 2:49 , if that aint divine intervention idk what is.
You mean the Fact he snapped his fingers and the Knot dissappeared Nagao is God
The Brandon Vu lmao no that’s just a trick I made up in February this year, it’s a no-risk triangle suicide. It’s not an actual green triangle, it’s a different mount that looks exactly like a green triangle suicide but if you miss it doesn’t knot.
Owen Ekblad Fake GT suicide?
Luke Franse yes sir! The idea is to fake the judges into thinking it’s a real triangle, when in reality there’s absolutely no risk involved.
Owen Ekblad exposed
For the next 15 years WYYC will need to have drug test...
What why
Idk why but watching this video makes me feel glad. Its just good for him, his passion can be felt trough the video.
Watching the whole thing at 0.25 speed is the correct way.
Gentry
Zach
Now Evan , welcome to the dream team
Hamad Ahmad n8 ta gr8 next
I'm waiting for Keiran cooper
Thank you reddit.
piss off
Yo whats up dude
Wtf you everywhere....even in minor hobby that rarely founded(sorry freakin bad english)
what the FUCK Justin
Justin Y. What’s your profile pic cause I feel like I see it every where
Never has a yo-yo performance almost bring tears to my eyes.. Until now. Well deserved #inspirstional
Rumor has it, there is a footlong sandwich and a full head of lettuce in his stomach
Anthony Throws *BURGER KING FOOT LETTUCE*
I've never watched a yo yo video before. But watching his happiness at the end made me completely get it.
Crowd is unbelievably hype. Well deserved!
The riskiest freestyle I’ve ever seen.
This gave me motivation to start yoyoing again
I was there at Worlds. I was in the audience and saw this awesome freestyle
Most humble guy in the community, so happy for you Evan :)
Evan I always thought u were the GOAT man!
Thank you, Phil, for showing me that yoyo is still cool in 2018!
Way to go kid. Your enthusiam is inspirational.
He is 45 years old.
@@HellenicBM bruh wtf lmao
This is by far the best song with the best gitar solo, great music choise.
It's so smoothing watching him doing it so effortlessly
I've never been so amazed by a cylinder on a string before, you keep doing you man, keep doing you!
Ya Evan your the man i can not believe it you win the world yo yo contest , you are favorite yo yo players i got to say you did Evan good job
When the main character started his freestyle
Was sent here by Philip DeFranco! Thumbs up if you're a beautiful bastard too!
One thing I realised is that whenever US gets the world title, it's always the japanese that gets 2nd and 3rd, and this is evident as seen in worlds 2014,2015 and 2018
This is the most enthusiastic crowd I've ever heard.
Just saw this on Reddit and it's very impressive! Some of those moves are lightning fast! Also, you were very cool under pressure. The tangle seems like no big deal. Great showmanship!
Man that's a hard song to do a routine to! Mad respect! One day I'll be there with you I just know it!
anyone else sad that the audio is gone?
ye
Although this brought him his world champ title, I still think his 2018 US performance tad better. It feels like he was going all out on that one
He was also going all out on this one, he was just sick.
DAMN. Never thought a yoyo coukld make me cry!
You looked so happy and proud of yourself at the end! Gave me goosebumps!!
How is this not an Olympic sport yet?!?!
0:30
Evan is the Keanu Reeves of the yoyo community
Well both are Hawaiians
Not related to this video in particular, but I feel like there should definitely be a judging category for Trick Originality
Tricks should be judged in a vacuum at regular contests. At events like 44clash that's okay.
There isn't in evals, but some judges if they see really original tricks they will give them extra clicks.
Joseph Lee, there used to be an evaluation called “rareness” which addressed this exact topic. But it was removed because it was too objective and hard to score accurately. And Ham Dog, clicking is only meant to reflect difficulty, not originality. So if a judge is clicking based on originality, he is doing it wrong.
Connor Seals I think originality is built into difficulty. I think if a judge sees an original concept, it may be perceived as difficult due to it being an unknown trick and something never seen before. So I agree with you, but I do think that originality is implicitly built into the clicking process.
Took me back to the late 70's/early 80's when me and my older Brother were learning to YoYo. Same music playing too (HaHa)... YoYo, Rubik,Chess,Ping Pong (and even Hula-Hoop) were all the craze !!! Not only Insanely fun (and so hard at first to learn) But Incredibly fun to watch !!! Gotta pretty cool bit for you if you're interested. It would take alot of work, but you're no stranger to that.....
Another viral video in the process
Perfect song choice, it’s like a rock concert!
Gloves keep your fingers from getting burns etc?
Andrew Tolmasoff yep.
I did this same exact routine in my bedroom once on my 3rd day of a methamphetamine binge. Then I couldn't find my yo-yo because I've never owned one. Thing that make you go hum.
Thank you Phil, you made us see the truth with Yoyos that are free as birds. You can't change this PhillyD!
Thanks Phil
When i heard the song freebird i knew i was in for some speed
world champion 2018 evan! yyf! just announced
And I thought being able to do 'walk the dog' was impressive...
Jeez, if anyone ever tells you there's no reason to have more than 60 fps, show them this video!
Deserved. Dudes been throwing for so long. Congrats dawgie.
I wasn't expecting to hear free bird here
Funny thing is that there is no Hawaii in BG map(where the logo and sponsors are shown) but a *legend* from Hawaii wins
A true master of the Yoyo
Thank you Phily D for this. Your secret links rarely disappoints
Nice job Evan!
amazing vid worth the watch, and a classic song in the bg.
SO COOOOOOOL
This is super cool. Could we possibly run this video on Metro.co.uk and its social media channels? With credit and links back to Evan and the competition? This is mesmerising - thanks!
I can't even get the yoyo to come back up.
Thanks, Philip DeFranco!
yoyoyoyoyyo... yoyo... yo!
Tere ghar
1x miss but nice
I love this
Hard to find perfect in 2018
Oh my god Such a good routine
This guys energy was awesome. Good for him,
thank you phil. i didn't know it got this crazy
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Evan Nagao, the guy who plays 1A like 4A haha
The Hajime Miura of 1a. When did Evan become such a Handsome dude, good looking and Electrifying Performance!!
Steve Loewen he always been mr steal yo girl
A real PlaYor I bet
Chee Hoo!!!! Hawaii isn’t on the map for the yoyo championship in the background. Evan Nagao just put Hawaii on da map!
evans tricks are crazy
Wow, people are really into this stuff
I love the crowd
Wow, I didn't know stuff like this was even possible!Philly D sent me here.
Yes baby he won
I've never seen so much hype around a yoyo before lol
So much enthusiasm, congratulations!
I was here before this video had millions of views.
The song playing in the background is in GTA V 1:33
#PhillyDSecretLinkClub
It's actually in GTA: SA, and it's called Free Bird.
It's back!!
That's amazing! Fantastic!
He's got that YoYo down pat, now all he needs is a Pineapple to give Katia Managan a run for her money!
Can't believe you're done competing.
Congratulations bro, you deserve it!! Amazing routine man, keep it up!! 😉
Who's here from Phillyd??
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What equipment are you using for this performance?
Thwapwhacket yoyofactory Edge Beyond and Yoyostringlab Plutonium string
Pretty good, but can he walk the dog?
My headphone cord tied itself into a knot while watching this.
0:30 someone said i love you
and girls love it too
I love u Evan!!!
ITS BACK UP
Good call Papa DeFranco. Did he win btw?
Yes.
Congrats, that was amazing
Congrats, that was amazing
Excellent song choice, amigo!
Killing loudly w/ a smile, rock on man