Scales Podcast

in this episode, Mark & Colin give a few tips regarding travel, food, and sights to see for the National Yo-Yo Contest in Philly. Thanks to our sponsors! YoYoExpert YoYoFactory Duncan UNPRLD SF Yoyos G2 The Monthly Throw Unspoken CLYW Yoyorecreation

scalescollective.com The Scales crew sits back and talks about ways to make yourself more valuable in the yo-yo world. Thanks to our sponsors for this episode! YoYoExpert SF YoYos G2 YoYos YoYoFactory Duncan UNPRLD Monthly Throw Unspoken CLYW Yoyorecreation

A few weeks ago, Bergy interviewed Lophiile - that name may not be too familiar to you as he is not a world-class competitor or #trickcircle god, but he is one of the most accomplished people in the yo-yo world. Find out why that is in this episode, along with what its like playing with a toy in the music industry. Thanks to our sponsors! YoYoExpert YoYoFactory Duncan Toys CLYW SF G2 UNPRLD Monthly Throw Zipline Strings Unspoken

The Scales Podcast is back for 2019! In this interview, Bergy has a discussion with Graeme about emceeing - how Graeme got started, some relevant moments he's had behind the mic, and more. Check this episode out to get the perspective of one of the hardest jobs at a yo-yo contest. scalescollective.com Thanks to our sponsors: YoYoExpert Duncan YoYoFactory CLYW G2 SF UNPRLD YoYoRecreation Unspoken Core Co Smashing Zipline The Monthly Throw

Becko, Canny, and Levi talk prep for going to yo-yo contests. If you're a competitor or just a casual contest-goer, you probably can't remember everything when it comes to getting ready for a competition (we can't either). We got you covered! Thanks to our sponsors: YoYoExpert YoYoFactory CLYW SF G2 Smashing Core Co Monthly Throw Lowkey Throws Zipline Strings

Evan Nagao is a good dude, and the World Champion. We dig him and his thoughts on yoyoing, we think you will as well. Get to know Evan a little better with Mark and Bergy.

The most important thing in yoyoing is the people you meet. You can swing this object around all you want, but without people, as Chuck might say, you’re just playing catch with yourself. Charles is co-founder of A-RT and trick innovator of the year. A-RT has been putting out amazing content recently, you should check out their YouTube channel, and watch the video with Sunshine Jimmy if you haven’t already, as a lot of this conversation is Bergy’s unnecessarily deep analysis of that video. Enjoy this episode featuring a legend.

Bergy has a conversation with the anonymous SF Yoyos and makes progress in the ongoing mystery of who is behind the company.. Thank you to our sponsors - YoYoExpert CLYW G2 Yoyos SF Yoyos YYF Smashing Yoyos Duncan Toys Core Co Yoyos

Michael Kurti and Bergy discuss Kurti's new endeavour : Good Life Yoyos. They discuss why he left CLYW to start his own company, the difficulties of producing a yoyo, and get a bit nostalgic.

Nate Dailey is one of the greatest in the game right now, Placing 5th at US Nationals in 2017 and 1st at PNWR 2017, he's coming into this contest season as one of the fan favorites. With PNWR coming up this weekend, we decided to talk with Nate about how he's achieved his success. Thank you to our sponsors: CLYW (clyw.ca) YoYoExpert (yoyoexpert.com) YoYoFactory (yoyofactory.com) G Squared (gsquaredyoyos.com) SF Yoyos (sfyoyos.com)

Scales interviews Zafran Aqil on his perspective of the yo-yo world. Zaf is a 2x Malaysia national champion who currently resides in New York as a student in the US. He's also a sponsored player by Recess, and has some pretty great tricks too!

Scales members Colin Beckford and Mark Mangarin each discuss their top 5 favorite 1A routines throughout 2017. Link to video version - Yuki Nishisako BAC - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvNUP8ZIYKM Masahiro Terada EJ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag2SsGS1iS8 Nate Dailey PNWR - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYxc_McUK2Q Shion Araya EJ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXiEn_fmy-8 Nate Dailey US Nats - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slDdKqkwuzk Andrew Bergen WYYC - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bS3YKZkULAA Arata Imai CJ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=443OKKUT08E Ethan Cheung WYYC - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BquQRKn_pDI Thank you to our sponsors YoYoExpert, CLYW, and Recess Intl.

Scales boys talk about the meta, 5a, judging, and more!!

Scales members Colin Beckford and Mark Mangarin discuss each of their top 5 favorite freestyles in the 2A-5A divisions (X) throughout 2017. Link to video version of the episode - http://bit.ly/top5xdiv2017 Thank you to our sponsors YoYoExpert, CLYW, and Recess Intl.

Scales members Keiran Cooper and Mark Mangarin recap the 2017 Japan Open Yo-Yo Championships (japanyoyo.com) Featuring: Yamato Murata: 5:44 Hirotaka Akiba: 7:10 Takeshi Matsuura: 7:54 Toru Miyazaki: 9:09 Shinji Saito: 10:01 Hajime Miura: 11:30 Mizuki Takimoto: 12:21 Yuki Uchida: 12:54 Takumi Hakamata: 13:58 Hajime Miura: 14:54 Link to all freestyles: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzUGYmB5Qo3IP67_hOfwiAA Link to video version of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0vlLj_PRXg Thank you to our sponsors YoYoExpert, CLYW, and Recess Intl.

Video version here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmo6TzI1gaA&feature=youtu.be Scales members Colin Beckford, Andrew Bergen, Patrick Canny, and Mark Mangarin recap the recently held US Nationals. Featuring: Angelo Aguirre - 1:18 Nate Dailey - 2:23 Keiran Cooper - 5:12 Michael Ferdico - 8:23 Evan Nagao - 10:05 Check out full freestyles here: https://www.youtube.com/user/nationalyoyocontest Thank you to our sponsors YoYoExpert, CLYW, and Recess Intl.

Scales members Colin Beckford, Patrick Canny, and Mark Mangarin recap the recently held 44festival contest in Japan. Featuring: Takumi Shirasaki - 1:23 Yoshinori Kawamura - 2:45 Takumi Hakamata - 3:18 Daiki Tanaka - 4:36 Hajime Miura - 5:04 Check out full freestyles here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdXyfI2SQPE_Huxxkksz8wA Check out the video version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3VIo72nr-U&feature=youtu.be Thank you to our sponsors YoYoExpert, CLYW, and Recess Intl.

Link to our video for this episode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXS1mfuSYcY Scales member Colin Beckford runs through some of the contenders and favorites to win 2017 US Nationals this weekend. Featuring - Michael Kurti - 1:07 Remy Baskin - 1:48 Chandler Steele - 2:31 Anthony Rojas - 2:56 Nate Dailey - 3:38 Keiran Cooper - 4:30 Michael Ferdico - 5:06 Evan Nagao - 6:06 Gentry Stein - 6:36 Thank you to our supporters YoYoExpert, CLYW, and Recess Intl.

We sat down with Iceland Native and CLYW Team Member Palli to discuss some pro tips related to the upcoming world yoyo contest! Support WYYC: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/world-yoyo-contest-2017#/ We're stoked to support great companies like: YoyoExpert: www.yoyoexpert.com Recess INTL: www.recessintl.com CLYW: www.clyw.ca

We met up with Tyler at the Beast of the East contest way earlier this year. Tyler isn't safe for work unless he's working at your school, in which case he's moderately safe for a work environment, like heavy machinery. Tyler owns Recess Intl, and is a good guy. We like Tyler, he's a real good guy.

We talked to yoyo video connoisseur David Ung about his take on the place of yoyo videos in the current meta of the yoyo world. David is a legend in the world of yoyo filmmaking, creating some of the most iconic yoyo videos of all time. Check out some of David's work: Your Future's With Us: https://vimeo.com/4162373 Daydream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QESLKXU2-60 Broke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8dX5N06P4g

Tressley Cahill is one of the staples of trick development in the mid 2000s. As described in the introduction, his yo-yoing is so different than today's scene; and it is also beautiful. Outside of his yo-yoing, Tressley is also a designer. He has worked with companies such as our sponsors Recess International and Caribou Lodge, as well as more around the world for creating good looking yo-yo merchandise. In this episode, Scales has a casual discussion with Tressley about the development of yo-yo tricks over the years, as well as talking about what it's like to design in yo-yoing. Interview by Andrew Bergen and Mark Mangarin Introduction by Colin Beckford Scales Collective scalescollective.com https://www.facebook.com/scalescollective https://www.instagram.com/scalescollective Link to Tressley's new venture in yo-yoing -https://www.instagram.com/noyoofficial/ Thank you to our sponsors: YoYoExpert, Recess International, CLYW!

Scales members Mark Mangarin and Colin Beckford recap a few of their favorite freestyles from the last four regionals in Japan. Give it a listen to hear who they think has a shot at the 2017 JN title! Freestyles mentioned: Ayumu - EJB - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBrLKWoczY4 Daiki - EJB - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un65pdtR5rc Izuru - WJ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y35jJiWQ2y8 Yuki - WJ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJCqSOwkGT8 Takumi - WJ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1rbSTgaw-U Tskuasa - SJ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uWZalj7-T8 Ryota - SJ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4-IBqhLwjc Hirotaka - NJ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UapPIXHYvy8 Kohei - NJ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nxV0BdCh1w Link to Gentry's Trick Theory - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1sGfcn6pPU

Seth Peterson is one of the most influential yo-yo players of all time, but unlike most, it's for more than just his tricks. Seth led a very inspiring yo-yo movement called Save Deth, in which he had travelled with Dave Poyzer all over the United States and filmed amazing yo-yo content, whether it be at contests or just in a casual scene. On top of this, Seth's attention to design and detail in all aspects such as clothing and content is something that lots of people worldwide learned and stemmed off of. To call him an innovator is an understatement; he is a pioneer. Interview by Keiran Cooper and Patrick Canny Introduction by Mark Mangarin Scales Collective http://scalescollective.com/ https://www.facebook.com/scalescollective/ https://www.instagram.com/scalescollective/

Interview with National Master and all-around yo-yo legend Steve Brown! Listen here to hear about his experiences with running the 2016 World Championships, insights for running contests, and other interesting information from one of the smartest in the industry!

Links to freestyles: Shion EJA - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXiEn_fmy-8 Masahiro EJA - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag2SsGS1iS8 Yamato EJA - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFiPuZEuaDM Ginji EJA - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8A1GZtDbaE Yusuke CJ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0zTahM0owo Arata CJ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=443OKKUT08E

Episode 3: Sponsorships

Episode 2: Interview with Chris Mikulin of Caribou Lodge

Here are the links we mention near the end: Japan Open YoYo Championship - http://japanyoyo.com/ International Yo-Yo Federation Rules - http://iyyf.org/rules/ Japan Open Freestyles - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHQ6lHXqRiWq9xj0muz6-OQ

We discussed Tech with Nehemiah Peterson in this episode and what he views as technical yoyo play, the future of his group Tech Creators, and his perspectives on yo-yoing in general. Thank you to our sponsors CLYW, Yoyoexpert.com and Recess Intl. Thank you to Ky Zizan for the music.

This is the first promotion for the Scales Podcast brought to you by Yoyoexpert.com, Recess Intl, and CLYW. Yoyo news and information by people who know what they're talking about.