Asia Pacific Yoyo Chamionship 2011 Freestyles

Full Results:

Thanks everyone that attended AP2011.
Congrats to SY Reps Christopher Chia & Darrell Mitchell!
You guys did us proud! Christopher you made it! Darrell, you almost nail it!

Congrats Marcus Koh! 2nd,  but you're still in the top 3.

Hiroyuki! you have good sportsmanship! you still did great, look forward to your World's freestyle!

Congrats Shinji Saito for defending your Champion title!
Takuma's great too! thanks for the little chat we had with Taka and Hironori!

Of course also Thanks Taka and Hironori for helping to call Takuma over and with the translation!

Congrats Liu Man Ki, I see huge improvement! I have not really talked to you but yea, i think you're great!

Congrats Minato, you don't look your age, crazy!

Finally met Daisuke Shimada, nice person, 1996/97 rep!

Congrats Onishi, Crazy Tricks! deserve the title! nice meeting!

Rei Iwakura, funny and nice person! and love your performance! Congrats on 2nd!

Lim Aik Hwee, Thanks for at least joining this year~ great seeing you back to compete! know you're sick, hope you can make it at Worlds or AP next year?

Futoshi! Crazy! Great meeting you! Love your playstyle!

Congrats Takeshi Matsura for defending your title! cute as usual, crazy tricks as usual, sick!

Congrats to Bryan Jardin!!! FAST!
and Ron Chan~ really good! sick!

Finally Met Team C3YoyoDesign and Team! it was nice meeting you guys, really love the DarkStar, i even competed with it! didn't get to try the H(5), tried the Winning Bird from WeiXuan's, it's great! your kids have potential too, Peter is good, Lowhand too!

Team YYF, Slusny, Vashek, one of the nicest and friendliest foreign players i've talked to~

Race with Ben to the foodcourt was pretty dumb, come to think of it, yea we lost, LOL.

Gacek is tall, didn't talk to you at all! WHY?

Kuyos Chen, nice Yoyo! Hop King, didn't try yours, i tried Alan's.

Vong Kin Ian, we didn't talk much this year, everyone's busy!

Taiwan!

Tsao Jung Ting! one of the CRAZIEST OffString Player I've Seen, IN THE WORLD!!!! SICKNESS! i'm really really glad you manage to make it this year to AP! It was GREAT watching you freestyle! NICE NEW CONCEPTs! Definitely a Top3 material! but misses too much, but you know you're good!!!!

Harry~ pretty clean freestyle you have there, i want to see more crazy tricks! brain storm brain storm! hope to see you with more crazy tricks next time!

Wu Shang Ren, best from TW! 2A's really tough, and you're already very good! i hope you get even better the next time i see you!

Hou Yu Chiun, young and talented! same to you, i hope you wow me even more the next time i see you! POTENTIAL!

JEI~~ you REALLY improve ALOT, getting smoother each time! becoming more and more original, you're Great! hope to see you next AP!!!

and the rest of the TW crew~ y'all awesome! sorry we didn't get to hang out much!

Malaysian Crew!
what should i say? we're like... we see each other too much, LOL, some of you know Singapore better than us! Dimi, SYYC? Shakeel, produce more yoyos! rest of Msia, great meeting you guys, we're just side by side, hope we'll meet soon again, at any event!

Stu Brown, thanks for the counter weight, it is COOL!
surprise by your arrival at the hotel~ great meeting you!

Pat Cuartero, 2nd time meeting you, more talking than last year~

handshakes! hang outs! hope you enjoy your trip~!

many things that i can't think of now!

and of course, HUGE THANKS to SPINWORKX, Sponsors and Co-Sponsors!

Thanks Colin and gang, for making this event happen.

fast uploads of freestyle. the after party. everything. all the hardwork.
thanks!

Thanks Roy, Hans, Andrew and the Ladies, and whoever i've miss out!

SHAQLERS' AP Performance!

AP2010 by Jayson

 AP2010, "in the eye" of Jayson. yes.

didn't get enough good trick footage, my bad, didn't get tricks from as many players as i should, my bad, but here i have with me some footage that i took during the whole of AP. some tricks, some footage back in the hotel, back at the event during breaks, etc, and here's the outcome, i didn't wanna make them into individual clips, i wanna make a video showing how the days were spend in the whole event period...  kinda docu-ish, diary-ish kind of video. this video has players speaking different languages with no subtitle, mandarin, english, japanese, i think thats all. i'm pretty sure there'll be people complaining about how long this video clip is, but this is the way i wanna do it, so i hope u enjoy it.

infinity icecream singapore

infinity icecream singapore, an AP2010 video clip by Kengo Kido, what a weird title for a video...

maybe because of that free-flow ice cream we had at Dhoby Ghaut?

AP2010 clip by Ewin

AP2010 Throwdown

Opening...

Lim Aik Hwee vs Takehi Matsuura

Lim Aik Hwee vs Rei Iwakura

 


Takahiko Hasegawa!



and more to come from Huang Lin-Kai's Youtube!

some yoyo pictures from AP.

not those u can see through the glass panel or any shop.

these are Takahiko's collections, didn't take alot photos this year, sorry about that.

anyway over here is a acrylic Hayabusa, not meant for playing, more for displaying!

and a modded Duncan Wheel, there's many bearing wheel mod around, this is just another variation.

reshaped FHZ, painted, probably by NB?

and recessed.

and Taka wants to let u guys knows they start making yoyo sling, I've to check with him on this one about who's the maker of it.

Thanks Taka for letting me photograph them!

AP2010 Stream

For you guys that can't make it to AP, Takahiko Hasegawa have provide a live stream for u!

do visit the link!

http://www.ustream.tv/user/Takayoyo

if u've miss the preliminaries, its ok, the next days will be the finals!

watch players like Hiroyuki Suzuki, Shinya Kido, Shinji Saito, Kentaro Kimura, Rei Iwakura, Takeshi Matsuura and more compete!

AP yoyos? #4

AP YYJ Speeder

and also Dingos, yes u've seen the pictures but it just reach here.

only available on AP.

AP yoyos? #3

Saw these at OneDrop's Flickr!

AP Edition OneDrop Dingo.

loving it?

lemme see... there's 55 of it here, there's maybe like 200+ players coming to AP... u want this u better act fast! local players not sure if u wanna get this? no fear, u may get to try it very soon! Thanks David!

AP2010

Less than 10 Days to AP2010, are u guys ready?

been practicing enough? ready to have LOTSA FUN?

Saved enough money for exclusive stuff?

prepare your white tee, yoyos, whatever u have and ask for your idol player's autograph!

First timers! bet u can't wait to meet Hiroyuki Suzuki the 3 times World Champion and 5 times AP Champion, Shinya Kido the 2009 World Champion, Shinji Saito the Godly 2A player(i don't even need to mention his titles), Shuhei Kanai AP2008 Champion, Kentaro Kimura 2009 World Champion, Rei Iwakura 2008 World Champion, Takeshi Matsuura 2008 World Champion, all the World/Asia/National Champions are coming, for a first timer, you guys are hella lucky! bring your camera, take pictures, u won't wanna miss this chance!

lets have a look at AP2008 video by HereWeYo!

lotsa fun yea? well this year its WHOLE LOT MORE fun!

be sure to come down! what? stage fright? no tricks? who said u got to compete?

just come down and have fun!

AP yoyos? #2

Yet another one spotted at Lin-Kai's FB.

AP yoyos?

one of few AP edition yoyos.

u love it.

photos from SPINGEAR!

Asia Pacific Yoyo Chamionship 2010: UPDATES

Dear Spinners of Asia,
Some updates regarding AP.

1. The competitor lists for the 5 main divisions are posted. Please visit the AP site and check that your name is there if you are competiting. Please let us know asap if you do not see your name. We will use the list to start planning the sequence of the qualifying freestyles. 

2. The hotel does not have that many twin rooms (2 single beds) so for some of you, you may have to share a double bed with your room mate. We understand may not the most ideal case. We will put up the room allocation list over this few days so you can check and let us know if you have any violent objections. We have limited twin rooms so we seek your cooperation to compromise on this matter.

3. We mentioned that there will be major changes to the format of the AP Team Battle. We have uploaded a short demo video of how the battle should look like. Please watch it to get a better idea and you should start forming your teams now. Please read through the rules carefully (under Categories link), especially the part where you cannot have 2 members from the same country. Start looking for team members via Facebook, MSN or your preferred means.

4. The sponsors logos are up on the website. As you can imagine, it wasn't easy to organise AP and it was only made possible with the support of these sponsors. Please familiarize yourself with them and thank them when you see them during AP!

5. The AP facebook page is little quiet! We hope to see more posts and interactions from different countries or is everyone too busy polishing their yo-yos? Post up your training photos, share your thoughts and well wishes. 

Thats all for now. This is going to be the first AP featuring so many world champions and they will give everyone else a run for their money! Let us know if you have any other questions and we have 17 days left to AP!

Best,

AP Crew
AP 2010 Website
Official AP Facebook Page

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10 pieces only. price not confirmed yet.

contact SPINWORKX for info.

by the way. i heard Shinji Saito is coming AP2010. hell yea.

AP2010: New Team Battle Rules, Official Letter, etc‏

AP Crew:

Dear Spinners of Asia,
1. Have you registered for AP yet? Please do so as soon as possible if you have not. Even for those who are coming to support and not compete, we will appreciate if you can register as a visitor. We are working something out to benefit those who register as visitors.

2. This year's AP Team Battle is going to be totally different! We are experimenting with a totally new concept and we need your help to read the new rules carefully so you can plan and form your international team in advance. Basically the team has to make up of members from different countries / group. We hope that through this, it will help to create new experiences and foster ties between spinners of different countries. Make use of facebook, MSN, etc to contact one another now!

3. If you are a student and require an official letter from us stating that you will be participating in AP, please reply back with the following details:
1. Full Name
2. Passport Number
3. Name of School / Company
4. Address of School / Company
5. Your home mailing address  

4. After you have submitted your registration, please send us a high resolution photo of yourself and your freestyle music (only MP3 or iTunes AAC) format to jeddy@asiapacyoyo.com
Some of you have sent us your pictures but we may not use them if the quality is too low for print. We will also try to use AP08 photos if necessary.

5. For AP10, there will be 2 days of preliminaries so the schedule will not be as packed as the last. If you can't reach Singapore by the 24th, you can still arrive on the 25th March and join in on the 2nd day. We will try to spread out as much as possible so you can have more time to catch up with one another, prepare for Team Battle and Country FAST Challenge.

6. The official AP facebook page is now up! Visit it and be a fan now:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Asia-Pacific-Yo-yo-Championships-Official-Page/322548919343

If you have any feedback or questions, please reply and let us know. We will try to address them in the next update. Enjoy the weekend.

26 days left to AP!

AP Crew
http://www.asiapacyoyo.com

questions? please email info@asiapacyoyo.com

AP2010: Registration

Hi guys!

If you're attending the Asia Pacific Yoyo Champions 2010, and have not register yourself,

Please do so ASAP.

after registration, Please also send a high resolution photo of yourself to jeddy@asiapacyoyo.com AND roy@spinworkx.com

the photos are for publication in the AP booklets as well as other print / multimedia mediums.

All photographs should be around 3mb in size and should reach us no later than 2nd March 2010.

(We apologize for the short notice, but we are running on a really tight schedule so your kind understanding is greatly appreciated.)

 Any Questions please email to info@asiapacyoyo.com

Jayson: ok guys, i got asked alot about the registration for AP so here goes,

  IF you're a LOCAL VISITOR to AP, AND NOT STAYING in any hotel, then you do not need to register, you can still go and buy stuff there.

IF you're LOCAL VISITOR to AP AND PLANNING TO STAY IN BUDGET HOTEL, yes, u need to register, and select the room type, so the organizer can liase with the hotel.

IF you're a foreign citizen player/visitor, YES, you NEED TO register yourself, and select hotel where applicable.

regarding PHOTOS, only Competitors need to send in their Photo to the email addresses stated above.

KEEP CHECKING THE AP SITE, it will be updated.

any questions please email info@asiapacyoyo.com

Asia Pac 2010 sites

If any of you have not heard about Asia Pacific Yoyo Championship, here's what it is about.

X marks the spot.

The Asia Pacific yo-yo championships 2010 is going to be the biggest one yet! Past champions as well as current World champions will battle head to head against each other to be crowned the AP champion this year. Come expecting to make new friends, learn and create new tricks, hang out with some of the Worlds best players and check out the mind-blowing, spectacular performances on display.

Now after many requests, the competition will feature ALL 5 of the standard divisions (1A, 2A, 3A, 4A, 5A), as well as the country FAST challenge and the new AP Team Battle. Will this year see any major upsets, or will the past champions continue to blaze through the competition?

A star-studded event will not be completed without the likes of a fabulous location, and what better way for Singapore to host the regions best players than to hold it in the biggest, newest and most exciting mall in town, ION Orchard. AP 2010 is an event you CANNOT miss!

Being the sixth Asia Pacific contest being organized, it is going to be a whole lot of fun! Whether you are from the Asia Pacific region or not, come on down and experience AP for yourself, it will definitely be an unforgettable experience, and one in which you will keep wanting to come back for more.

Finally, it is time to awaken the giants, and to conquer our foes in the spotlight of the grandest yo-yo competition in Asia.

Become a Fan of the AP Official FB page, and also join the SPINWORKX FB group & account for more updates!

also Bookmark the Official AP Website!

only less than 30days left to AP, are you ready?

AP2010: infos

 

 

Hi All, the AP2010 site have been updated!

here's some important stuff i thought i might as well post here.

first of all, Registration is up, PLEASE go to the Registration page to register now.

note: ALL Competitors and Visitors please fill in the registration form.

the Organisers need your information.

if you're not here to compete, just check "visitor" under the "competing division" section.

the information is VERY IMPORTANT, Especially if you're foreign player/visitor.

DO NOT WORRY, ONLY Competitors need to pay the registration fee.

Visitors NEED NOT PAY.

and yes, there'll be 3A division for all you 3A rockers out there!

see other categories!

for the Event rundown, please keep visiting the Schedule page, it'll be updated!

Hotel, yes, the details are out.

you can choose to stay at the Economy Hotel which the Organizers have liase with, 

Hotel Bencoolen. or you can choose to plan your own accommodation.

Lastly, if u have any feedback/visitor enquires, please email the Organizer at info@asiapacyoyo.com

if u have any questions regarding the AP rules and seeding system, please email Roy at roy@spinworkx.com

if any Yoyo Company out there would be willing to sponsor AP2010, please email Colin at c1@spinworkx.com

If you are interested to be an official photographer, media liaison, please also contact Colin at c1@spinworkx.com

thanks all for reading!

AP2010: Updates

IMPORTANT Msg from Roy:

Hi Guys,

I really need some info of players from all over Asia who ARE coming for Ap10 for seeding.
Here's the list of players that ARE seeded for Ap10, pass this info around.
Help to fill in the blanks for me if you know any info of seeded player coming but are not inside my list

AND YES, there WILL BE 3A this year!!! I will need to know how many people will take part in 3A before deciding if there's going to be qualifying/seeding etc...it's the first time we're having 3A so some things to work out...

WORLDS 2009 Seed  
Name   Country   Division
Shinya Kido   Japan   1A 1st  
SAITO, Shinji   Japan   2A 1st
OKADA, Naoto   Japan   4A 1st
INOUE, Takuma   Japan   5A 1st
  
AP2008 Winner  
Hiroyuki Suzuki   Japan   1A
Shuhei Kanai   Japan   2A
Lim Aik Hwee   Singapore   4A
Sojun Miyamura   Japan   5A

THIS LIST CONTAINS PLAYERS THAT ARE CONFIRM COMING FOR AP10

China
Vong Kin Ian   1A
   ?   2A
   ?   4A
   ?   5A

Singapore
Marcus Koh   1A
Alex Yao   2A
Sean      4A
Iskandar Shah      5A

Hong Kong
Chan Man Fai 1A
Yiu Siu Ho   2A
?  4A  
Ng Wang Kit   5A

Australia
? 1A
? 2A
? 4A
? 5A

Malaysia
Shakeel   1A
Arif      2A
Shakeel   4A
Shakeel   5A

Taiwan
? 1A
? 2A
? 4A
? 5A

Japan
Hiroyuki Suzuki   1A
?      2A
Rei Iwakura      4A
Takeshi Matsuura      5A

Brunei
? 1A
? 2A
? 4A
? 5A

Korea
?   1A
?      2A
Lee Min Woo      4A
?      5A

Thailand
? 1A
? 2A
? 4A
? 5A

Philippines
? 1A
? 2A
? 4A
? 5A

Indonesia
Kevin Tandean   1A
Osshe      4A

pls email Roy roy@spinworkx.com

or me jayson@singaporeyoing.com

or go to the Spinworkx Forum!