1998

The inaugural Midwest Regional Yo-Yo championships was held in conjunction with the Mondo Jugglefest at the University of Minnesota on February 14, 1998.
Scroll down the page to see all of the details for the event. (Results listed for top 3 only in each division.)

1998 Midwest Regional Results

DivisionPlaceName
Pro-Am1Dave Schulte
Pro-Am2Dustin Haning
Pro-Am3Day Cardonea
DivisionPlaceName
Masters1Ryan McQuillan
Masters2Pat Heinenon
Masters3Nick Gentleman
DivisionPlaceName
Advanced 14 and younger1Ryan Higgins
Advanced 14 and younger2Joel Zink
Advanced 14 and younger3Mikey Johnson
Advanced 15 and older1Brad Arndt
Advanced 15 and older2John Hunter
Advanced 15 and older3Jim McGinley
DivisionPlaceName
Novice1Nick Vu
Novice2Michael Vandelinder
Novice3Alex Desnic

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Trick List:

Novice
Age: 11 & under
1. Throw Down
2. Forward Pass
3. Spinner
4. Break Away
5. Walk the Dog (two ticks)
6. Rock the Baby (1 rock)
7. Around the World
Tie Breaker: Inside loops

Advanced
Age: 14 & under/15 & older
1. Walk the Dog (length of foot)
2. Creeper (min. 2 ticks back to hand)
3. Around the Corner
4. Hop the Fence (5)
5. Tidal Wave
6. Rock the Baby (3 rocks)
7. Flying Saucer
8. Three-Leaf Clover
9. Inside Loops (5)
10. Trapeze (flip-overs allowed)
Tie Breaker: Inside loops

Masters
Age: Open
1. Three-Leaf Clover
2. Creeper (out and back)
3. Pinwheel (3)
4. Brain Twister w/2 somersaults
5. Reach for the moon (2)
6. Trapeze, w/1 somersault
(no flip-overs)
7. Double or Nothing
8. Warp Drive
3 (loop around the worlds)
9. Time Warp,
(forward world-hop-backward world)
10. Atom Smasher
Tie Breaker: Two-handed Pro/Am tricks

Pro/Am
Age: Open
All Masters level tricks plus:
5 repetitions of the following tricks
1. Loops
2. Criss-Cross
3. Milk the Cow
4. Ride the Horse
5. Whirlwind
6. Loop/Reach for the Moon
7. Loop/Punching Bag
8. Outside Criss-Cross
9. Shoot the Moon (2 hands)
10. Punching Bag (2 hands)