FlipSpin Demo for the Southern Regionals

I'm really thankful that our yoyo demo last saturday in SM Dasmariñas (Dasmariñas City, Cavite) was a big succes.

Now, it's 100% sure that we have a free venue for the Southern Regional YoYo Contest 2012.

Thanks to Ms. Marissa, Marketing Manager of SM Dasmariñas, for allowing us, FlipSpin, to have our contest at their mall on April 28-29 2012.

Special thanks to my friend, Manuel Tolentino, for the great hosting and very entertaining 3A freestyle at the SM Dasmariñas' event stage. I really enjoyed our demo together again like we did during the SuperYoYo Demo days.

Thanks to my team mates in String Cola, Meejay Olaybar and Paolo Alto.

Players of FlipSpin Laguna Charles Miagar, Arold Lacdao & Noriel Formarejo, thank you guys for effort in helping us. You guys perform really great! Looking forward to see your freestyles this coming regionals.

Thanks to FlipSpin Cavite, especially to Paul Penuela and Joshua Gawaran, for supporting us on our demo.

Thank you also Preslie Saraza, Kyle Capiral, Jay Nolan, Keats Santiago and Kristine "Sakura" Bare for your time and help for this.

Thank you guys very much for making this possible. I already said this on my text message but I'm very thankful to all of you.

Hope that many players will join the Southern Regionals and it will be a success :)

See you on April 28-29 at SM Dasmariñas.

Check the link about the details of Southern Regional YoYo Contest 2012 http://www.facebook.com/events/109309205865952/

YoYo Mafia Battle 2012 Overview

Another intense yoyo contest happened again last saturday (February 25, 2012), the first YoYoMafia Battle here in the philippines organized by Team YoYoMafia of FlipSpin.


Before the contest starts that day, we gather first at the Gateway Mall in Cubao before going to Antipolo, Rizal where the YoYoMafia Battle was held.

Meejay calling like a boss.

Waiting for the jeep going to Antipolo City, at the terminal.

At the contest venue, me and Manuel set the camera for taking videos of freestyles. Of course, the YoYoNation booth is there for selling yoyos and other stuffs. At the booth, there are YoYoMafia Shirts and YoYoMafia String Cutter for sale also.

Ready to shoot videos for YoYoMafia Battle.

Yoyos for sale.

The players in the venue are practicing their tricks and freestyle. While the organizers are preparing the stuffs they need to start the contest.

 

DJ Allan is in-charge for the music preparation and Kyle Capiral is the host of the event.

YoYoMafia Reymark Zavalla and Team YoYoJam Member Joseph Junsay.

Kerwin the Boy Wonder from Laguna

Manuel preparing his quadruple Sup'stah for his 1a and 3a freestyles.

The stage is set, judges are ready and the players are now going to do their freestyles prepared or not, with or without planned routine and confident or tense, the YoYoMafia Battle 2012 starts now.

Edmund San Antonio, Bryan Jardin and Sean Perez of DUNCAN Crew Philippines together with Kitty String owner, Hiro Koba, are the judges for the contest.

 

Joseph Junsay's opening speech.

Lander of Team String Cola is the first player will be doing a freestyle.

Team CLYW Ernest Kahn's demo during the break time

The contest resumes after the break. Miguel Fernando show his very smooth play in his freestyle.

After all the player's freestyles, the event is not finish yet. The contest proceed to a yoyo battle between the 5A players Cyrel Oregano & Henry Migy Hizon, the two players from Davao James Apolonio & John Elias Ibarra, and the Tropang Potchi Boys Kerwin Coles and Miguel Fernando.

After the crazy and fun yoyo battle, Miguel wins among the players. Thanks to the help of Team String Cola for the very loud and crazy cheers and support for Miguel.

Miguel gets a YoYoMafia Shirt and a yoyo for winning the yoyo battle.

After the yoyo battle and the judges are finished computing the scores of the players' freestyle, time to announce the results and the top players for 1A and X divisions.

X Division:

Patrick Valdez - 3rd place

Henry Migy Hizon - 2nd place

Martin Desamito - 1st place

1A Division:

Preslie Saraza - 5th place

JK Mandawe (me!) - 4th place

Miguel Fernando - 3rd place

Reimarc Pusing - 2nd place

John Elias Ibarra - 1st place

The champion of X division will have some yoyos from DUNCAN Crew Philippines for a year, as his prize. And the winner of 1A division will be sponsored by C3yoyodesign for one year and also get yoyos from them. Congrats to the winners of YoYoMafia Battle 2012.

Most of the players in top 5 in 1A division are members of String Cola. So proud of our team. After announcing the top players in 1A, I couldn't believe that I made into top 5. I think planning my routine early (a month before the contest but I didn't practice that much), really helps me a lot even I messed up in my freestyle. Compare in my past contest before, I didn't plan my routine and I only place below the top 10.

Before the event ends, the Team YoYoMafia annouces the new sponsored player of Crucial, one of the sponsors of the event. Reymark Zavalla is now the new member of Team Crucial.

Reymark's awesome freestyle demo.

 

Joseph's speech closes the event.

The event ends as the back drop fall down by the happy people there. Everyone is tired after the YoYoMafia Battle. The players learn lessons and gain experience after that and preparing for the next yoyo contest.

Here's a short clip of the players' freestyles during the YoYoMafia Battle 2012. See you all next contest!