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| Pictures in chronological order. Click on the images for uncroped and larger or different pictures |
| Name: |
Jorge Alcoz |
| Nickname: |
ta0 |
| Location: |
San Antonio, Texas |
| Fav trick: |
Staircase to Heaven |
| Main tools: |
Modded HP, Figaro |
| Top fact: |
Zen Master of this site, World (09, 15) and US (08, 15) Champion |
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| Name: |
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| Nickname: |
Titi Freak |
| Location: |
Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Bearing King |
| Top fact: |
World-renowned graffiti and mural artist |
| Website: |
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| Name: |
Mike Hout |
| Nickname: |
Spin Preacher |
| Location: |
Miamisburg, Ohio |
| Fav trick: |
Head spin while juggling bowling balls |
| Main tools: |
Spintastics Trompo |
| Top fact: |
World (11 ft) Champion |
| Website: |
Whirled Festival of Tops |
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| Name: |
Dave Bazan |
| Nickname: |
Buzzon |
| Location: |
Dallas, Texas |
| Fav trick: |
Multiple one-handed trapezes |
| Main tools: |
HP, Elite, Blizzard |
| Top fact: |
World (02, 05) & US (01, 06) champion |
| Website: |
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| Name: |
Miguel Correa |
| Nickname: |
Miggy |
| Location: |
Dallas, Texas |
| Fav trick: |
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| Top fact: |
World (03) & US (03) Champion |
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| Name: |
Dale Oliver |
| Nickname: |
Grand Master |
| Location: |
Dallas, Texas |
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Quick Silver |
| Top fact: |
92 World Yo-Yo Champion, former owner Spintastics, spintop judge |
| Website: |
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| Name: |
Valery Oliver |
| Nickname: |
Val |
| Location: |
Dallas, Texas |
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Trompo |
| Top fact: |
Top ranked female player |
| Website: |
www.scienceofspin.com |
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| Name: |
Alan Gray |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Omaha, Nebraska |
| Fav trick: |
Master of the one-handed lasso |
| Main tools: |
Self-made 6-inch wood tops |
| Top fact: |
Creator of Figaro and other fine-crafted tops. Judge |
| Website |
www.woodtops.com |
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| Name: |
Takeshi |
| Nickname: |
Mitchell Thomas Red-Cloud Kamisato |
| Location: |
Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Fav trick: |
Takeshi's Top Tangler (t3) |
| Main tools: |
Bearing King |
| Top fact: |
Yoyo moder, videographer and skateboarder |
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| Name: |
Boyd Thomas |
| Nickname: |
Boyd Seth |
| Location: |
Oregon |
| Fav trick: |
Cliffhanger |
| Main tools: |
Mjolnir |
| Top fact: |
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| Name: |
Robert Gray |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Nebraska |
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Alan's custom tops |
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| Name: |
Cliff Coleman |
| Nickname: |
CliffSlider |
| Location: |
California |
| Fav trick: |
Long combos |
| Main tools: |
YYJ Gates |
| Top fact: |
Skateboarding pioneer |
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| Name: |
Matt Ritter |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Tallahassee, Florida |
| Fav trick: |
Ghost catch |
| Main tools: |
Bearing King |
| Top fact: |
World champion (04, 06, 07) and US (04) Champion |
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| Name: |
Dick Stohr |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Springfield, Virginia |
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Sidewinder, Blizzard |
| Top fact: |
Top judge at worlds and nats |
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| Name: |
David Buhrmester |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
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| Fav trick: |
Magnetic wire |
| Main tools: |
HP, King-Me moded Trompo |
| Top fact: |
Sculptor and maker of super-glue tops |
| Website: |
youtube.com/user/daveid777 |
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| Name: |
Chris Oneil |
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| Name: |
Alex Ayers |
| Nickname: |
Apex |
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| Name: |
Tom Connolly |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Washington DC area |
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Cozmo |
| Top fact: |
Dad of a great yoyoing girl |
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| Name: |
Jeff Smith |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Kalamazoo, Michigan |
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
YYJ Topdog |
| Top fact: |
Has dominated the ladder in his age group |
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| Name: |
Jon Gates |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Denver, Colorado |
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Anything with rotational symmetry, specially a YYJ Gates |
| Top fact: |
World (00,08) and US (02,05,07) Champion |
| Website |
www.jongates.com |
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| Name: |
Joe Fielding-Purdy |
| Nickname: |
mtntop |
| Location: |
Denver, Colorado |
| Fav trick: |
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| Top fact: |
Two-time Colorado champion, Ultimate Battletop of the Universe winner |
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| Name: |
Darren Kim |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Denver, Colorado |
| Fav trick: |
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| Top fact: |
World (10) and US (09, 10) Champion |
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| Name: |
Catherine Sampietro |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
San Francisco, California |
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
Spintop Mama at The Academy |
| Website |
youtube.com/user/cowgirlSam |
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| Name: |
Mark Hayward |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Topdog, Chubby |
| Top fact: |
Creator of the Ultimate Battletop Championship of the Universe |
| Website |
www.markhaywardismyhero.com and www.markhayward.net |
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| Name: |
Eric Wolff |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Chicago |
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
His superbly crafted tops (and a lathe) |
| Top fact: |
Leader of renowned Chicago Fire Kite Team |
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| Name: |
André Boulay |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
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| Fav trick: |
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| Top fact: |
National Yo-Yo Master |
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| Name: |
John Buechele |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Ohio |
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Spintastics Trompo |
| Top fact: |
Tours the country with his guitar and tops |
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| Name: |
Jean-Marie (Jim) Boehm |
| Nickname: |
Lord Jim |
| Location: |
Paris, France |
| Fav trick: |
chin stall |
| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Name: |
Ronan Lelievre |
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| Nickname: |
Lapin |
| Location: |
Paris, France |
| Fav trick: |
hand curl |
| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Name: |
Cyril Mermilliod |
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| Nickname: |
Le Collectionneur |
| Location: |
near Paris, France |
| Fav trick: |
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| Top fact: |
has one of the biggest antique top collections in the world |
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| Name: |
Clement Bertaux |
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| Nickname: |
Paris, France |
| Location: |
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| Fav trick: |
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| Top fact: |
France national yo-yo champion |
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| Name: |
Philippe D. |
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| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Sigy le Châtel, Bourgogne, France |
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
wood lathe |
| Top fact: |
unusual working and artistic wooden tops |
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| Name: |
Jorge Sanjuan |
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| Nickname: |
Pulpo |
| Location: |
Madrid, Spain |
| Fav trick: |
elevator |
| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
main top hombre at yoyo4all.com |
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| Name: |
Didier Malherbe |
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| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Paris, France |
| Fav trick: |
real drumb-beat |
| Main tools: |
drum, flute, sound making stuff |
| Top fact: |
makes music with tops and also collects them |
| Website |
www.didiermalherbe.com |
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| Name: |
Chris Sandt |
| Nickname: |
Secret Agent |
| Location: |
Raeford, NC |
| Fav trick: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Felix Avellana |
| Nickname: |
Fee-Fee |
| Location: |
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
World (01, 09 bt) Champion |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Chris Neff |
| Nickname: |
yophosis |
| Location: |
Jefferson City, Missouri |
| Fav trick: |
Zorro, Whippersnapper |
| Main tools: |
Strummol8, homemade Project 213 |
| Top fact: |
World (11 bt) Champion, How to be a Player DVD
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Tyler Severance |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
World (08) and Nat yo-yo champion, counter-weight division |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Takahiko Hasegawa |
| Nickname: |
Taka |
| Location: |
Japan |
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
World (02, 05, 11) yo-yo champion, artistic performance division |
| Website |
www.spingear.jp |
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| Name: |
Bob Rule |
| Nickname: |
Mr. Yo-yo |
| Location: |
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
Duncan demonstrator; at one time he was also known as Mr. Spintop |
| Website |
www.mryoyo.com |
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| Name: |
Rick Osbourne |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Tampa, Florida |
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
Royal national yo-yo & spintop champion, Duncan demonstrator |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Steve Brown |
| Nickname: |
Elvis |
| Location: |
Cleveland Heights, OH |
| Fav trick: |
Bermuda Triangle |
| Main tools: |
10" SB2 |
| Top fact: |
National Yo-Yo master. How to Be a Player DVD |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Omar Garza |
| Nickname: |
Mexico |
| Location: |
Orlando, FL |
| Fav trick: |
Regens, wire walking |
| Main tools: |
Custom Hybrid QS, 5 estrellas |
| Top fact: |
Invented "corkscrew sandwich" |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Rob Tsou |
| Nickname: |
robtsou, Dr. Nick |
| Location: |
Atlanta, GA |
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Lathe |
| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Dave Schulte |
| Nickname: |
Dazzling Dave |
| Location: |
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
battling tops |
| Top fact: |
Ultimate Battletop of the Universe & 1st lightbulb battletop winner |
| Website |
www.dazzlingdave.com |
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| Name: |
Kevin McKlusky |
| Nickname: |
yocephus |
| Location: |
Raleigh, NC |
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
camera, diet rc |
| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Kevin Newell |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
freestyled at worlds 2010 |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Sam Niemeier |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
Pizza spinner |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Stu Branoff |
| Nickname: |
Stupendous |
| Location: |
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
diabolo |
| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Petr Kavka |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Czech Republic |
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Seth |
| Nickname: |
waxyaxle |
| Location: |
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| Fav trick: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
John Higby |
| Nickname: |
half of the Yo-Yo People |
| Location: |
Amherst, Massachussetts |
| Fav trick: |
Yoyoing while unicycling |
| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
Tours the world with Rebecca performing with skill toys |
| Website |
www.yoyopeople.com |
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| Name: |
Beau Compton |
| Nickname: |
runBMC |
| Location: |
Nashville, Tennessee |
| Fav trick: |
Roadrunner |
| Main tools: |
Strummol8 |
| Top fact: |
youngest player to throw Figaro |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Chris |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
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| Fav trick: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Hank Freeman |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Cleveland, OH |
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
Yo-yo 3A US national champion |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Bryan Hemingway |
| Nickname: |
hemingsoft |
| Location: |
Cincinnati, OH |
| Fav trick: |
Whip |
| Main tools: |
UC HDPE top |
| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Tai-Min Liu |
| Nickname: |
TML |
| Location: |
Cincinnati, OH / Taiwan |
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
UC HDPE top |
| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Aaron Wade |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Cincinnati, OH / Florida |
| Fav trick: |
regenerating suns |
| Main tools: |
UC HDPE top |
| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
John Markus |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Cincinnati, OH |
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Lathe, 10" tops |
| Top fact: |
builder of the Cincy giant tops |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Patrick Malsom |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Cincinnati, OH (Michigan-bred ) |
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
UC HDPE top |
| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Javier Fortes |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Mollina (Andalucía), Spain |
| Fav trick: |
barrel rolls |
| Main tools: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Sebastián del Pino |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Antequera (Andalucía), Spain |
| Fav trick: |
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| Top fact: |
Top collector and popularizer |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Jack Ringca |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Jacksonville, FL |
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Bearing King |
| Top fact: |
Duncan pro-demonstrator, 95 yo-yo nats champ (5A), musician |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Hans Van Dan Elzen |
| Nickname: |
YoHans |
| Location: |
Phoenix, AZ |
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Throwback |
| Top fact: |
Founder of Yoyofactory. Top collector |
| Website |
Yoyofactory. |
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| Name: |
Brian Caster |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Salinas, CA |
| Fav trick: |
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| Top fact: |
2 times US National Champion |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Paul Kyprie |
| Nickname: |
Zeemo |
| Location: |
Whitmore Lake, Michigan |
| Fav trick: |
getting rebooked for a show! |
| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
professional performer |
| Website |
www.zeemoshows.com |
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| Name: |
Rick Prevett |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Lincoln, Nebraska |
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
force behind Flatland |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Chad Lunders |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Lincoln, Nebraska |
| Fav trick: |
Saturn Rings |
| Main tools: |
string epoxi shell with hard foam core top |
| Top fact: |
makes own tops, films in 3D |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Jek Kelly |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Omaha, Nebraska |
| Fav trick: |
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| Top fact: |
Founder of Flatland Festival, (Australian) boomerang ace |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Mike Hickerson |
| Nickname: |
shootist |
| Location: |
Cropwell, Alabama |
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Strummol8 Giulia |
| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Austen Hickerson |
| Nickname: |
Cropwell, Alabama |
| Location: |
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| Fav trick: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Jared |
| Nickname: |
Bucsfan |
| Location: |
Orlando, Florida |
| Fav trick: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Tim Simca |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
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| Name: |
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| Nickname: |
Free |
| Location: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Branden |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Orlando |
| Nickname: |
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| Name: |
Zac |
| Nickname: |
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| Name: |
Noah |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Drew |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Justin Goss |
| Nickname: |
SirBoot32 |
| Location: |
San Antonio, Texas
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| Fav trick: |
One hand lasso to Texas Cowpoke |
| Main tools: |
Trompo Grande (Salvador tip), Cuper 360 (Ti tip) and Diet BK |
| Top fact: |
Lucky guy |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Gustavo Castro |
| Nickname: |
Gus the King |
| Location: |
Mexico City, Mexico
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| Fav trick: |
Very high suicides |
| Main tools: |
Cometa tops |
| Top fact: |
Father of the modern Mexican style of play, creator of Wheel of Fortune (bastones), Orbits/Half-Orbits, etc., etc. |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Salvador Martinez |
| Nickname: |
Huitzinakantli |
| Location: |
Mexico City, Mexico
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| Fav trick: |
Ikzitl |
| Main tools: |
Jumbo |
| Top fact: |
Master of on-string regens and foot kicks |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Cautín |
| Nickname: |
Tururú |
| Location: |
Mexico City, Mexico
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| Fav trick: |
Speedy Gonzales |
| Main tools: |
Cometa tops |
| Top fact: |
Likes convertibles |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Salvador de la Rosa |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Mexico City, Mexico
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Cometa tops |
| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Carlos Solis |
| Nickname: |
Nica / Nasdravie |
| Location: |
Mexico City, Mexico
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Cometa tops |
| Top fact: |
World 2012 Champion, originally from Nicaragua |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Omar Lemo |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Mexico City, Mexico
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Cometa tops |
| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Omar de la Rosa |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Mexico City, Mexico
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Skyy tops |
| Top fact: |
Owner of Skyy tops, brother of Salvador |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Miguel Angel Chavez |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Mexico City, Mexico
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Cometa tops |
| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Raúl Sanchez |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Mexico City, Mexico
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Cometa tops |
| Top fact: |
Cometa demonstrator |
| Website |
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|
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| Name: |
Humberto Hernandez |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Mexico City, Mexico
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Cometa tops |
| Top fact: |
Cometa demonstrator |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Eli Hickerson |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Cropwell, Alabama
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Giulia |
| Top fact: |
2019 World Spintop Champ |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Tony North |
| Nickname: |
tonysauce |
| Location: |
Provo, Utah
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| Fav trick: |
killer throw |
| Main tools: |
battletop |
| Top fact: |
Ultimate Battletop of the Universe winner 2010 |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Kenneth |
| Nickname: |
MechTop |
| Location: |
Austin, Texas
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
John Bozung |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
Ultimate Battletop of the Universe winner 2008 |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Mike Owens |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
San Antonio, Texas
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
Large collection of peg tops |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Larry DiBiase |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
New York, NY
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Cincy tops |
| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Don Olney |
| Nickname: |
The Toycrafter |
| Location: |
Rochester, NY
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Spintop cart |
| Top fact: |
The Toycrafter made millions of tops, massive top collection |
| Website |
Moving Wood Studio |
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| Name: |
Jason Rodriguez |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Geneva, NY
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Brad Wyman |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Necedah, WI
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
Pass the Props co-owner |
| Website |
www.passtheprops.com |
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| Name: |
Jim Neff |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Buffalo, NY
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Cyclone, kongzhu |
| Top fact: |
Carries the largest number of spinning toys |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Jeff Peden |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Rochester, NY
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Tyler Young |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Brno, Czech Republic (originally from US)
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
S8 tops |
| Top fact: |
2014 World Champ |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Alejandro Torres |
| Nickname: |
Alex |
| Location: |
Mexico City, Mexico
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Cometa tops |
| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Marietta Slezak |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Hungary
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Cometa tops |
| Top fact: |
One of very few female Cometa pros |
| Website |
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|
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| Name: |
Jakub Konecny |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Czech Republic
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
S8 tops |
| Top fact: |
2017 World Champion, several European championships |
| Website |
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|
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| Name: |
Daniel Konecny |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Czech Republic
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| Fav trick: |
To Hell and Back |
| Main tools: |
S8 tops |
| Top fact: |
Czech and European Champ |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Jan Kloubec |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Czech Republic
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Alfredo Mascali |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Madrid, Spain
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
Founder Spanish Yoyo association |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Otvirak |
| Nickname: |
Bottle Opener |
| Location: |
Brno, Czech Republic
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Tomáš |
| Nickname: |
Tomorex |
| Location: |
Czech Republic
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Jan Dvorák |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Czech Republic
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
Father of Czech spintop play |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Maurizio Petruccioli |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Cormons, Italy
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
Creator of Strummol8 tops |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Nick Civitello |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Kansas City
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Yuki |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
Two-time world yo-yo champion |
| Website |
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|
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| Name: |
Fernando Turegano |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Cancun, Mexico
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
Past demonstrator of many Mexican spintop companies |
| Website |
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|
|
| Name: |
Shigeo Matsushita |
| Nickname: |
Beigoma Master |
| Location: |
Japan
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Exquisitely modded beigomas |
| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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|
|
| Name: |
Yoshihito Fujita |
| Nickname: |
Koma no Ochan (spinning top uncle) |
| Location: |
Nagoya, Japan
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| Fav trick: |
Koma on sword |
| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
Owner of the Nagoya spinning top museum |
| Website |
Koma Museum |
|
|
| Name: |
Keita Watanabe |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Nagoya, Japan
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
Japanese National Champ 2013 |
| Website |
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|
|
| Name: |
Shogo Ichikawa |
| Nickname: |
Rupan |
| Location: |
Nagoya, Japan
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
Koma performer |
| Website |
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|
|
| Name: |
Kazuhito Miki |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Itami (Osaka), Japan
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Chonkake koma |
| Top fact: |
Expert chonkake performer |
| Website |
|
|
|
| Name: |
Tsutomu Takeda |
| Nickname: |
Koma no Takechan |
| Location: |
Tokyo, Japan
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| Fav trick: |
Double katana (sword) and komas |
| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
Main performer on Nagoya Museum's instructional DVD |
| Website |
komanotakechan.wiki.fc2.com |
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| Name: |
Ryoichi Katsukawa |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Kobe, Japan
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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|
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| Name: |
Yukino Watanabe |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Nagoya, Japan
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Ondra Sedivy |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Czech Republic
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
Head honcho of Czech yo-yo association |
| Website |
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|
|
| Name: |
Quentin Godet |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Paris, France
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
European yo-yo (4A) champion |
| Website |
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|
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| Name: |
Toshiaki Nakamura |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Chiba, Japan
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
John Wolfe |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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|
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| Name: |
Vasek Kroutil |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Czech Republic
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
Czech yo-yo star |
| Website |
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|
|
| Name: |
Fajar Siddiq |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Singapore
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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|
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| Name: |
Rusty Steubing |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
San Antonio, Texas
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
1963 Duncan US National Champion |
| Website |
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|
|
| Name: |
Davin |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Anaheim, California
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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|
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| Name: |
Derek |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Anaheim, California
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
S8 bearing tops |
| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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|
|
| Name: |
Ian Smith |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Kelseyville, California
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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|
|
| Name: |
Daniel Lassanske |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Atascadero, California
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
One of the largest spintop collections around |
| Website |
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|
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| Name: |
Lynn |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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|
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| Name: |
Owen |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
Juggler |
| Website |
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|
|
| Name: |
Mike Durdark |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Ohio
|
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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|
|
| Name: |
Kirk |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Smyrna, Georgia
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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|
|
| Name: |
Rachel |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Smyrna, Georgia
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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|
|
| Name: |
Marco Palma |
| Nickname: |
Cuper |
| Location: |
Guadalajara, Mexico
|
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
Manufacturer of Trompos Cuper |
| Website |
|
|
|
| Name: |
Nakayama Ko |
| Nickname: |
Ko |
| Location: |
Nagoya, Japan
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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|
|
| Name: |
John Marcus |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Grayslake, Illinois
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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|
|
| Name: |
Alan C |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Austin, Texas
|
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Taiwanese tops |
| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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|
|
| Name: |
Lourens Bas |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Hoorn, Netherlands
|
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Antique spinning tops |
| Top fact: |
Huge collection of antique spinning tops |
| Website |
www.artofspinningtops.com |
|
|
| Name: |
Jose Madrigal |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Ridgecrest, California
|
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Relampago 3D printed tops |
| Top fact: |
2019 World Spintop Champ _ Three times US National Champ. |
| Website |
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|
|
| Name: |
Tom Kunkel |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Ridgecrest, California
|
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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|
|
| Name: |
Chris García |
| Nickname: |
The Spin Force |
| Location: |
San Francisco, California
|
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Monobolo |
| Top fact: |
Expert diabolist, performer |
| Website |
|
|
|
| Name: |
Jeremy McCreary |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Denver, Colorado
|
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
LEGO spinning tops |
| Top fact: |
Builds anything with LEGO |
| Website |
www.youtube.com/c/JeremyMcCrearyTechnicalLEGO |
|
|
| Name: |
Roberto Castiblanco |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Medellín, Colombia
|
| Fav trick: |
Calculadora (Suicide) |
| Main tools: |
Tops from his lathe, 17lb top |
| Top fact: |
Father of modern top scene in Colombia |
| Website |
|
|
|
| Name: |
Antonio Díaz |
| Nickname: |
Don Antonio |
| Location: |
Medellín, Colombia
|
| Fav trick: |
Trompo a la uña |
| Main tools: |
Trompos from his lathe |
| Top fact: |
Famous maker of Antioquia trompos |
| Website |
|
|
|
| Name: |
Farid Bermudez |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Madrid, Colombia
|
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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|
|
| Name: |
Alvaro Rivera |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Chia, Colombia
|
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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|
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| Name: |
Bruna Stella |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Facatativá, Colombia |
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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|
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| Name: |
Juan Manuel Ruétalo |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
Threw a spintop in Antarctica! |
| Website |
|
|
|
| Name: |
Tomás Álvarez |
| Nickname: |
Tomaldo |
| Location: |
Montevideo, Uruguay
|
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
His own turned tops |
| Top fact: |
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| Website |
|
|
|
| Name: |
Luis Palavecino |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Montevideo, Uruguay
|
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
His own turned tops |
| Top fact: |
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| Website |
|
|
|
| Name: |
Christophe Mermilliod |
| Nickname: |
Mermouy |
| Location: |
Lille, France
|
| Fav trick: |
Staircase to Heaven |
| Main tools: |
Relampago |
| Top fact: |
Co-organizer of the top festival in Loon Plage, France |
| Website |
www.spintricks.org |
|
|
| Name: |
Ludovic Petit |
| Nickname: |
Ludo |
| Location: |
Marines, France
|
| Fav trick: |
Boomerang to Elbow |
| Main tools: |
Superlatoo |
| Top fact: |
Organizer of the Festival Toupies du Monde, Marines, France |
| Website |
http://lesventsdutao.com |
|
|
| Name: |
Emmanuel Napoli |
| Nickname: |
Emma |
| Location: |
Valenciennes, France
|
| Fav trick: |
Boomerang to lasso |
| Main tools: |
Quicksilver |
| Top fact: |
Skill toys instructor |
| Website |
|
|
|
| Name: |
Renaud Gras |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Tourcoing (Lille), France
|
| Fav trick: |
His own orbits |
| Main tools: |
Diabolo |
| Top fact: |
Has a traveling diabolo museum |
| Website |
www.museediabolo.fr |
|
|
| Name: |
Thomas Locoche |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Valenciennes, France
|
| Fav trick: |
Corkscrew |
| Main tools: |
Any unbroken top |
| Top fact: |
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| Website |
|
|
|
| Name: |
Thierry Georges |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
France
|
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
Large ball juggler |
| Website |
|
|
|
| Name: |
Benjamin Bacharach |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Brussells, Belgium
|
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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|
|
| Name: |
Thierry |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Berck-plage, France
|
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Whip tops |
| Top fact: |
Best top games tables instructor |
| Website |
|
|
|
| Name: |
Attila Olàh |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Budapest, Hungary
|
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Strumbol8, Cometa |
| Top fact: |
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| Website |
|
|
| Name: |
Nobuyoshi Hasegawa |
| Nickname: |
Nobu |
| Location: |
Tokyo, Japan
|
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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|
|
| Name: |
Jun Shimamura |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Osaka, Japan
|
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Spingear koma |
| Top fact: |
2023 (Tokyo) world spintop champion |
| Website |
|
|
|
| Name: |
Kanta Tani |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Nagoya, Japan
|
| Fav trick: |
kenkoma |
| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
2018 (Shangai), 2021 and 2022 (online) world spintop champion |
| Website |
|
|
|
| Name: |
Joe Mauk |
| Nickname: |
Spintop Preacher |
| Location: |
Philippines
|
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Largest top in the world |
| Top fact: |
Preaches the Gospel using tops |
| Website |
|
|
|
| Name: |
Donald Berner |
| Nickname: |
Mailman |
| Location: |
Rochester, NY
|
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Website |
|
|
|
| Name: |
David Everly |
| Nickname: |
Butterfingers |
| Location: |
Penfield, NY
|
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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|
|
| Name: |
Renee Harlow |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Louisville, KY
|
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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|
|
| Name: |
Steven Cahlander |
| Nickname: |
Softspin |
| Location: |
Mineapolis, MN
|
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Website |
|
|
|
| Name: |
Alex Maldonado |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Sogamoso, Colombia
|
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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|
|
| Name: |
Oscar Cortes Cardona |
| Nickname: |
El Maestro del Juego |
| Location: |
Bogotá, Colombia
|
| Fav trick: |
El Espagueti |
| Main tools: |
Trompo de madera y cordel espina de pescado |
| Top fact: |
Colombia Tierra de Tromperos |
| Website |
www.facebook.com-oscar.c.cardona |
|
|
| Name: |
Hugo Giovanny Hernández |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Bogotá, Colombia
|
| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Website |
|
|
|
| Name: |
Herney García |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
San Vicente Ferrer, Antioquia, Colombia
|
| Fav trick: |
Body corkscrew |
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| Top fact: |
Over 10 times Colombian national champ |
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| Name: |
Nestor Macías |
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| Location: |
Sogamoso, Boyacá, Colombia
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| Name: |
Vladimir Molina |
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| Location: |
Bogotá, Colombia
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| Fav trick: |
Top on the pole |
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| Name: |
Brian Felipe Gaspar |
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| Location: |
Bogotá, Colombia
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| Top fact: |
2020 World Tradional Freestyle champ |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Alejandro Rivera |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Colombia
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| Top fact: |
Uses very long strings |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Jhon Lopez |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Both traditional large wooden and small plastic tops |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Jader Mona |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Caldas, Antioquia, Colombia
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| Name: |
Esteban Jaramillo |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Caldas, Antioquia, Colombia
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Andrés Arbelaez |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
San Vicente Ferrer, Antioquia, Colombia
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Trompos he turns himself |
| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Faber Padilla |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Colombia
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Edilberto Franco |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Colombia
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Wilson Gomez |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Nobsa, Boyacá, Colombia
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| Fav trick: |
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| Top fact: |
Owner of Juguetes de Mi Tierra Sumercé |
| Website |
www.facebook.com/losjuguetesdemitierrasumerce |
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| Name: |
Edilberto Echeverría Silva |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Boyacá, Colombia
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| Fav trick: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Jose Angel Simón |
| Nickname: |
Pepe |
| Location: |
Madrid, Spain
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Relámpago |
| Top fact: |
Expert unicyclist |
| Website |
www.441malabares.com www.monociclos.com |
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| Name: |
Javier Caballero |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Domeño, Valencia, Spain
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Trompo's Space |
| Top fact: |
Owner of Trompos Space |
| Website |
http://www.tromposspace.eu |
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| Name: |
Miguel Ángel |
| Nickname: |
Miguelanchelo |
| Location: |
Valencia, Spain
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| Fav trick: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Javi Caballero |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Valencia, Spain
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Trompos Space |
| Top fact: |
Demonstrator Trompos Space |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Bethany Kivela |
| Nickname: |
Beth |
| Location: |
Ohio
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
koma |
| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Mark Kollecker |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Ohio
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
koma |
| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Beau Besançon |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Ohio, USA
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
2019 World Sport division champ |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Mark Leithead |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Ontario, Canada
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| Fav trick: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
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| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
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| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
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| Fav trick: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Scott Surface |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Jefferson City, Missouri
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
James Palma |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Guadalajara, Mexico
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Trompos Cuper |
| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Kelvin Yerena |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Guadalajara, Mexico
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Trompos Cuper |
| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Sandeep Kate |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Satara, India
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
Founder of the Satara Marathon and Games of the Soil Festival |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Francisco Valls Ordinas |
| Nickname: |
Xisco |
| Location: |
Mallorca, Spain
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| Fav trick: |
Aborigen |
| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
performer |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Guillem Vizcaíno
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| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Mallorca, Spain
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
big baldufas |
| Top fact: |
2020 World freestyle champion |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Celso Pereira |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Spain
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
Circus performer |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Jolien Tomme |
| Nickname: |
Hydrona |
| Location: |
Belgium
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Grandpa's top |
| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Agus Mat Djani |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Indonesia
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Gasing |
| Top fact: |
Director Indonesia Gasing Association |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Rocco Cosca |
| Nickname:Il Trottolaio |
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| Location: |
Italy
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| Fav trick: |
Boomerang to the hat |
| Main tools: |
Wooden pegtops |
| Top fact: |
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| Website |
http://www.iltrottolaio.it/ |
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| Name: |
Armin Kolb |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Germany
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Lathe |
| Top fact: |
Turner of esquisite finger tops |
| Website |
http://www.spinningtop.de |
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| Name: |
Kostas Mougolias |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Greece
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Lathe |
| Top fact: |
Maker of colorful tops |
| Website |
www.svoures.gr |
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| Name: |
Dorien Dewaele |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Lille, France
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Taiwanese-French tops |
| Top fact: |
Top maker |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Joseph Thieffry Bersée |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
France
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Reid Belstok |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
USA
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Any top on top of a unicycle |
| Top fact: |
Part of the Smirk duo |
| Website |
www.reidbelstock.com |
| Top fact: |
Top maker |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Marcus Heineck |
| Nickname: |
Texture |
| Location: |
Wisconsin, USA
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
2021 US National Champion |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Victor Thomas |
| Nickname: |
Happy the Clown |
| Location: |
Tipp City, Ohio
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
Coach and juggler |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Iago |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Mallorca, Spain
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Wooden Baldufas |
| Top fact: |
Slack walking |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Alberto Segale |
| Nickname: |
Uomoludico e Mastro Trottolaio |
| Location: |
Cremona, Italy
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
Presidente Energia Ludica |
| Website |
https://www.energialudica.it/ |
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| Name: |
Gianni Casalino |
| Nickname: |
Il Signore delle Trottole |
| Location: |
Bologna, Italy
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
Large collector of tops |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Renato Agosto |
| Nickname: |
I Trottolai di Roccavignali |
| Location: |
Roccavignali, Italy
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| Fav trick: |
Top on spoon in mouth |
| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
President of the Fiat 500 Italian club |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Massimo Naldini |
| Nickname: |
The Poet of the Top |
| Location: |
Rome, Italy
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
Author and collector |
| Website |
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| Name: |
José |
| Nickname: |
Trompillo |
| Location: |
Valladolid, Spain
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
TZ tops |
| Top fact: |
Half of TZ tops |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Matías Donoso |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
São Paulo, Brazil
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| Fav trick: |
Anaconda |
| Main tools: |
Baldufa Mallorca |
| Top fact: |
Part of the trio Nutar |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Pablo Potocnjak |
| Nickname: |
El Senyor de les baldufes or El Butifarra |
| Location: |
Barcelona, Spain
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Giant top |
| Top fact: |
Spintop artist from Chile |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Jorge |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Alicante, Spain
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
World class windsurfer |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Marcelino Sampayo Ruiz |
| Nickname: |
El Profe |
| Location: |
Lugo, Spain
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
Half of the peonzas.es collecting team |
| Website |
www.peonzas.es |
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| Name: |
Mercedes Pena Gomez |
| Nickname: |
La Profe |
| Location: |
Lugo, Spain
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
Half of the peonzas.es collection team |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Jean Christophe Thieffry |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Loon Plage, France
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
Organizer of the biannual Loon Plage festival |
| Website |
wellouej.com |
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| Name: |
Gianluca Sudano |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Italy
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Rocco's Trottola |
| Top fact: |
Makes ceramic tops |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Luis Miguel Ramas Ramirez |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Coruña, Spain
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| Fav trick: |
Top on the needle |
| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
Uses tops for physical education, author of top books |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Yahir Ortega |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Mexico City, Mexico
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
2023 & 2024 World Online champion |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Braham Cortes |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Mexico City, Mexico
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
2023 Youth World Online champion |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Aldo |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Mexico City, Mexico
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Chido nylon |
| Top fact: |
2023 Youth Mexican National champion |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Teo |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Mexico City, Mexico
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Chido Trompo |
| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Santiago |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Mexico City, Mexido
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Saul |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Mexico, City
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Eric |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Mexico City, Mexico
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
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| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Mexico
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Amilcar Rosado |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Mexico
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Martín Godínez |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Colima, Mexico
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
Director Circo ContempoRaro |
| Website |
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| Name: |
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| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Mexico
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Naoto Yasumura |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Japan
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Zero Teruya |
| Nickname: |
Zero |
| Location: |
Japan
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
Sprint runner, koma player |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Mr. Hito |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Yurugawa, Japan
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Lathe |
| Top fact: |
Kyokugoma and Edo Koma crafstman |
| Website |
edo_kyokugoma@instagram |
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| Name: |
Ayako Watanabe |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Japan
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Lathe |
| Top fact: |
Mr. Hiroi's apprentice |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Lin Senhai |
| Nickname: |
Ahai-Shi |
| Location: |
Taiwan
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| Fav trick: |
Throwing 8 tops simultaneously while riding a unicycle |
| Main tools: |
Giant tuolos of Daxi |
| Top fact: |
Most viral videos on youtube |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Tomohiro Tokunaga |
| Nickname: |
Tock |
| Location: |
Osaka, Japan
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Chonkakegoma |
| Top fact: |
2023 World Traditional Spintop Champion |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Komatan |
| Nickname: |
Komatan |
| Location: |
Japan
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
Professional performer |
| Website |
Komatan@instagram |
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| Name: |
Koutaro Akasaka |
| Nickname: |
Kotaro |
| Location: |
Japan
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| Fav trick: |
Koma on ring |
| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Kazuhiro Akasaka |
| Nickname: |
Ramen |
| Location: |
Japan
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Skye Cerdà Bota |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Sevilla, Spain
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Baldufa from Mallorca |
| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Mimasu Monemon |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Japan
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| Fav trick: |
Koma on sword |
| Main tools: |
Kyokugoma |
| Top fact: |
Professional kyokugoa performer |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Komataro |
| Nickname: |
Komataro |
| Location: |
Japan
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
Professional kyokugoma performer |
| Website |
Komataro1@instagram |
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| Name: |
Akihiro Hidaka |
| Nickname: |
Sushi |
| Location: |
Japan
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Shiro Yamazaki |
| Nickname: |
Dr. Spinning Top |
| Location: |
Tokyo, Japan
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Metal finger top for Taisen competition |
| Top fact: |
Science popularizer, president of the Koma Taisen association |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Hiroko Fujita |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Nagoya, Japan
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Komas |
| Top fact: |
The other half of the Nagoya Koma Museum |
| Website |
Nagoya Koma Museum |
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| Name: |
Daniel Quesada |
| Nickname: |
Oso |
| Location: |
Playa del Carmen, Mexico
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| Fav trick: |
Wheel of fortune |
| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
Circus performer, hand-stands and comedy |
| Website |
osocirqueando@instagram |
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| Name: |
Devadip |
| Nickname: |
Krumpirklawn |
| Location: |
Sagreb, Croatia
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| Fav trick: |
Dominadas |
| Main tools: |
Neff tops |
| Top fact: |
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| Website |
kumpirklawn@instagram |
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| Name: |
Andrea Malvezzi |
| Nickname: |
Malve |
| Location: |
Arquata Scrivia, Italy
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| Fav trick: |
Orbits |
| Main tools: |
Rocco's tops |
| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Mareike Schwarz |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Germany
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Komas |
| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Shâm Petit |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
France
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Paola Napoli |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Lille, France
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Ortwin Schenker |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Göttingen, Germany
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Levitron |
| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Jordi |
| Nickname: |
Jordivermut |
| Location: |
Mataró, Spain
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Baldufa from Mallorca |
| Top fact: |
Circus artist |
| Website |
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| Name: |
Alan Luciano Marquez La Rosa |
| Nickname: |
Aperinio |
| Location: |
Milano, Italy
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brush |
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Painter and grafitti artist, originaly from Peru |
| Website |
ap3rino@instagram |
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| Name: |
Daniel Simão |
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| Location: |
Guarda, Portugal
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| Fav trick: |
Boomerang under leg |
| Main tools: |
Pião |
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Multidisciplinary artist |
| Website |
tokajogar |
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| Name: |
Carolina |
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| Location: |
Barcelona, Spain
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| Top fact: |
Other half of El senyor de les baldufes |
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| Name: |
Török Bíborka |
| Nickname: |
Baba |
| Location: |
Budapest, Hungary
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| Main tools: |
S8 Alice and Rocco's tops |
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| Name: |
Carlos Lozano |
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| Location: |
Houston, Texas, USA
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| Fav trick: |
Crazy 8s |
| Main tools: |
Koma |
| Top fact: |
Unicycle, juggling and freeline skates |
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| Name: |
Chris Jost |
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| Location: |
Boulder, Colorado, USA
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| Fav trick: |
Whip catch |
| Main tools: |
Sweetle and Giulia |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Ty Wilber |
| Nickname: |
FatherManatee |
| Location: |
San Antonio, Texas, USA
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| Fav trick: |
Crazy 8 |
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| Top fact: |
yoyoer |
| Website |
tylermwilber@instagram |
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| Name: |
Jon |
| Nickname: |
Razerface |
| Location: |
Ohio, USA
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Strummol8 tops |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Judith Schulz |
| Nickname: |
The Top Lady |
| Location: |
Burlington, Wisconsin, USA
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Antique tops |
| Top fact: |
Top expert for My Summer Story, owner Spinning Top Museum |
| Website |
https://topmuseum.org |
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| Name: |
Sina |
| Nickname: |
Sina |
| Location: |
Pollensa, Mallorca, Spain
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| Fav trick: |
One-handed lasso |
| Main tools: |
Baldufa Mallorquina |
| Top fact: |
Musician |
| Website |
Embaldufats@instagram |
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| Name: |
Christoph Baumer |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Berlin, Germany
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| Fav trick: |
Wheel of Fortune |
| Main tools: |
Chido Nylon |
| Top fact: |
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| Website |
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| Name: |
Marco Belloni |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Pavia, Italy
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| Fav trick: |
Boomerang |
| Main tools: |
Trottola Quebracho from Rocco |
| Top fact: |
Straight razor blade collector |
| Website |
marco.belloni0155@instagram |
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| Name: |
Eleazar Sierra |
| Nickname: |
Trom |
| Location: |
Mexico City
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| Fav trick: |
Giraboli |
| Main tools: |
Chido Nylon |
| Top fact: |
Designer of Trompos Trom and Chido Trompos |
| Website |
www.facebook.com/trompos.trom/ |
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| Name: |
Jordi Zh |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Mallorca, Spain
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| Fav trick: |
Whip |
| Main tools: |
Delrin from Rocco |
| Top fact: |
Expert slack line highline |
| Website |
jordi_zh@instagram |
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| Name: |
Emerson Noise |
| Nickname: |
Chacho |
| Location: |
Sao Paulo, Brazil
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| Fav trick: |
Balance on elbow |
| Main tools: |
Nylon from Guillem |
| Top fact: |
Member of the trio Projeto Nutar |
| Website |
projetonutar@instagram |
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| Name: |
Valentin Flamini |
| Nickname: |
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| Location: |
Sao Paulo, Brazil
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| Fav trick: |
High Giraboli to pocket |
| Main tools: |
Nylon from Guillem |
| Top fact: |
Fileteador porteño, 1/3 Projeto Nutar |
| Website |
valentinflamini@instagram |
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| Name: |
Kevin Axl Yobanolo Martinez |
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| Location: |
Mallorca, Spain (from Chile)
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| Fav trick: |
La Cobra Taka Taka |
| Main tools: |
Baldufa Mallorquina |
| Top fact: |
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| Website |
kelsinaxl@instagram |
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| Name: |
Dani |
| Nickname: |
El Trotas |
| Location: |
Jordi de Mataro, Barcelona, Spain
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| Fav trick: |
Wire walker |
| Main tools: |
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| Top fact: |
Clown and story teller |
| Website |
circdejocs@instagram tintero.pledeversos.isomriures@instagram |
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| Name: |
Sidonie Couedel |
| Nickname: |
Sido |
| Location: |
La Grave, Alpes, France
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| Fav trick: |
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| Main tools: |
Baldufa Mallorquina |
| Top fact: |
Musician and circus performer |
| Website |
sidocoue@instagram |
