Sector Y v2.0

Mark is featured/starring in a music video for the song Nero by Little Tybee.

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/8049442[/vimeo]

This was a combination of the Nationals 2001 contest video as well as the second PSY trailer. It featured not only footage from the 2001 National Yo-Yo Contest, but also various clips sent in from around the world. I believe this video was the internet-debut of Arthur Staykov, one of the B3 members from Poland.

Looking back at the video, we start to see the emergent trend of faster tricks as well as more complex string tricks. By 2003, these trends eventually led to a new renaissance in 1A where more emphasis was placed on getting as many string-hits into a single combo as possible. This is one of the last glimpses of the 1A of yesteryear. Aside from the PSY/String Theory DVD, this was one of the last videos I released publicly on the old Sector Y.

Title: National Breakthrough [ Stream | Download ]
Creator: Gabriel Lozano
Date: October 21, 2001
Music: In the End by Linkin Park, One Million Miles Away by J Ralph
Time: 3:53
Resolution: 640×480 (SD)
File Type: Quicktime H.264

A link to download everything at once is located here. Individual freestyles are located below.

All videos shot and edited by Boxthor.

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The original Sector Y website launched October 15th, 1999. It’s been a full decade since then. Over the past 10 years, yoyoing has evolved farther than anyone could have imagined. Contained inside every modern combo or trick are traces of the tricks from yesteryear. We have come a long way in the past decade. It’s time to sit back and reflect over the past 10 years, and think about what the next 10 years holds for us.

This video is dedicated to all players who have helped advance this hobby in one way or another.

Title: Decade (Advance 2010)
Creator: Gabriel Lozano
Download: HD (1280×720, 754 Megs) / Medium (720×405, 308 Megs) / Small (480×270, 114 Megs)
Stream: Vimeo
Music: Flight Test, One More Robot/Sympathy 3000-21, & Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots pt. 1 by The Flaming Lips
File Type: Mpeg-4
Note: Most of this footage comes from the Nationals 2009, some footage shot in Self Edge (San Francisco, CA). The smallest video is iPod/iPhone compatible.

Here’s a presentation of some repeating tricks that have been developed over the past 5 years. It’s interesting to see how time-symmetrical some tricks can be. Tricks are shown forward and in reverse. Some of the changes are very subtle, some look different but just as cool backwards, and some are clearly impossible to do in reverse.

I made this video just to help catalog some of the lesser known repeating tricks. Repeating tricks have taken a backseat over the last few years in light of more complex, technical tricks. The art of making that simple one-or-two move repeating trick has been slowly fading away, but there have been a few strong progressions over the years. This video is here so we don’t forget.

These repeating tricks were filmed during the National Yo-Yo Contest 2009 in Chico, CA on October 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, 2009. Many thanks to those who let me film them.

Title: Things that repeat. [Download | Stream: Youtube or Vimeo]
Creator: Gabriel Lozano
Music: Broken Van (Missing You) [instrumental] by Kno
Time: 2:13
Resolution: 1280×720 (HD)
File Type: Mpeg-4
Note: This is my first attempt at playing around with HD footage. All footage shot on a Canon HF S100. Video created in iMovie.