Jennifer Baybrook won the 1997 National Competition and the 1998 World Competition, becoming the first female to do so, paving the road for the new generation of female yo-yo players. In October of 2001, Jennifer was honored with the title of "National Master" becoming one of only eight National Masters and once again the first and only female to be given this title.

Jennifer has been featured on various television shows around the world including David Letterman, Live with Regis and Kathie Lee and Good Morning America. She has also been featured in numerous U.S. and foreign newspapers and magazines. Jennifer also had the honor of performing at the White House for the annual Easter Egg Roll.

To add to her accomplishments, Jennifer has graduated from the University of Hawaii with a degree in Marketing and now travels the world promoting and teaching yo-yoing.

Member of the American Yo-Yo Association (AYYA) and past member of the board of Directors of the AYYA. Member of  the Spin Doctors Yo-Yo Club.

Three time National Yo-Yo Champion (1994, 95 & 96) and three time World Yo-Yo Champion (1994, 95 & 97).

Has served as a judge at the World Yo-Yo Contest every year since 1999 and at U.S. National Yo-Yo Contest every year since 1997.  Has worked on the contest rules for both Nationals and Worlds since 1997. Continues to judge local and regional yo-yo contests on the west coast.

Currently holds the open AYYA World Records for Milk the Cow (562) and 2-Handed Reach for the Moon (1057). In addition, currently holds six Masters (50 and over) World records.

André has been playing with yo-yos since 2000.
He got his start at the A2Z Science and Learning Store in Northampton Massachusetts where he started teaching their yo-yo classes and competing.

He has placed as high as 5th in the nation and has won both the Massachusetts State Contest and the Northeast Regional Competition. He no longer competes but you can find him at most competitions behind the judges table. He also currently runs one of the largest yo-yo competitions on the East Coast: MAStates.com

In addition he has created one of the most popular yo-yo trick sites on the internet: MasterMagic.NET

André is also a Board of Director for the American Yo-Yo Association where he currently organizes and produces their electronic newsletter: AYYANews.com

He has a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Psychology.
He is currently pursuing a Masters of Neuroscience and Behavior at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Stu Brown has been a yo-yo player for over 20 years now and has been very involved in the yo-yo community.

Judging Experience:
Judge 2006 APs in Malaysia
Judge 2007 Australian YoYo Nationals

YoBoY WebStore owner for last 7 years - www.yoboy.com.au
YoYo Designer and Manufacturer - www.werrd.com -
makers of TwoFatLadies (TFL88)
He also has a large (2000+) yoyo collection specializing in Russels, FreeHands and Metal YoYos.
Australian co-ordinator of Science of Spin tours 2004,
2005, 2006 and a Member of the Australian Toy Industry for almost 20 years!

Nathan is the lead judge for the 5A division.  He currently lives in Sunnyvale, CA where he works as a Mechanical Engineer for Lockheed Martin. 

He has been judging since 2003 and has served as a judge at Worlds, US Nationals, the Bay Area Classic, the Bill Liebowitz Classic , and the Southeast Regional Championships.  Nathan is also the contest director and head judge of the Pacific Northwest Yo-Yo Championships. 

He graduated in June from the University of Washington where he majored in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering and minored in Music.  At UW, he was a member of the Husky Marching Band and served as President of the Zeta Mu Chapter of the Kappa Alpha Order.

SpinMaster Brent Dellinger is 19 years old and a Sophomore at BCCC in El Dorado, Kansas. Brent became the ''NATIONAL CHAMPION'' at the 2002 NATIONAL YO-YO CONTEST in Chico, CA.  He was the runner-up the two previous years.

In March 2002, Brent was invited to stay with a Japanese family and compete in Japan's Naional Yo-Yo Championships.  He took 2nd place, and considers the trip to Japan to be the best experience of his life.

In 2004, Brent was contacted by Playmates Toy Co. to fly to Toronto, Canada, to star in their commercial for their new toy.  The “Yo-Stick” was an adventure that took him across the United States demonstrating from Santa Monica to the New York and Toronto Toy Fairs.

Spinmaster Brent has been performing professionally since February 2000, with his first public appearance.  Since then the public exposure of his performances have been greatly increased by newspapers, radio, and television.  He has since traveled from coast to coast many times, and all over Kansas and surrounding states to perform for a wide variety of audiences.

Information Coming Soon.

Jack Finn is the co-founder of A2Z Science and Learning Store in Northampton, Massachusetts.

Since 1997 Jack has been selling yo-yos, running free yo-yo classes, a yo-yo club, a demonstration team, and the Northeast Regional Yo-Yo Contest (better known as the Z-Games).

You can visit A2Z on the web here: www.A-Two-Z.com

Matt Harlow is 21 and is currently attending the University of Southern California where he is studying to become a lawyer.

Matt was only 16 when he won the world and national yoyo championship!

Matt still works as a professional demonstrator in his spare time.

Age: 31

One of the oldest Japanese players
Creator of soloham trick.

Distributor of yoyo all over Japan.

Running yoyo shop in Japan www.spingear.jp

A yoyo choreographer(worked for Move and many TV programs)

Ninja Yoyo fighter

Age：２８
HomeTown： Osaka, Japan
Play style：２A　
Playing Experience:　１０ years
 
Titles
2001 Y3A YOMEGA WORLD YO-YO CONTEST ２A Division ５th place
2006 ASIA PACIFIC YOYO CHAMPIONSHIPS　２A Division　12th place 　　
2007 NORTH JAPAN YO-YO CONTEST ２A Division 　４th place
 
Judged
2005　 Kansai yo-yo carnival
2006 　Japan National yo-yo contest
2006　 Kansai yo-yo carnival
2007　 Central Japan yo-yo contest
2007 　West Japan yo-yo contest
2007 　North Japan yo-yo contest
2007 　South Japan yo-yo contest
2007　 Japan National yo-yo contest

Tomonari "BLACK" Ishiguro has been playing with yo-yos since 1997.

Though he was originally clumsy,
"An impossible technique becomes possible with the practice. "

He won 2001 World Yo-Yo Contest and became world champion even though it was first time for him to compete.

After that, he founded the Japan Yo-Yo Federation and assumed the position of the board director. He is deeply related to modern Yo-Yo scene as an organiser too.

Now, he is doing shows, workshops and seminars all over the world as a professional performer. He is working for the new possibility of the yoyo performances.

AGE: 39 Years old

President and founder of the Mexican Yo-Yo Association

Since August 2005 Im in charge of judging and organize the national championship in Mexico and other yo-yo contests like summer and winter championships.

EXPERIENCE IN YOYOING: 15 Years

Important Titles:
1990 National Champion "DANCE WITH YOUR RUSSELL COCA-COLA YO-YO"
1995 Beguin to work for Russell Promotions around the world. I have been in 13 diferent countries, like France, Spain, Brazil, Ukraine, Portugal, Norway, Holland, Denmark, New Caledonia, Tahiti,...etc
2004 WYYC FIRST PLACE IN S1 y S2
2005 WYYC FIRST PLACE IN S2 and Judge in AP DIVISION
2006 WYYC FIRST PLACE IN S2 and Judge in AP DIVISION

Ranked first in the Sport Division National Yo-Yo Championship held in Chico, Ca. Oct. 2001

World record holder for longest spinner, masters division, 2001

On the Board of Directors for the American Yo-Yo Association 1993- 2001

One of the Sport Division Judges at The World’s Yo-Yo Championship 2001- 2006

One of the Sport Division Judges at National Yo-Yo Championship 2005

Was a Junior Duncan demonstrator in the 50’s?

Has been teaching and demonstrating Yo-Yoing since 1986

Demonstrated Yo-Yoing in Honolulu Hawaii, Roter Spain, Acapulco Mexico, Oslo Norway and Baton Rouge LA.

Rafael Matsunaga is the president of the Brazilian Yo-yo Association and National Yo-yo Master for Brazil.

He's also a former World Yo-yo Champion in the 5A division and National Champion in the X Division.

Rafael spends most of his time disguised as a computer programmer.

One of eight National Yo-Yo Masters.
2000 World Yo-Yo Champion for the Extreme division.

WORK:
-Head Judge for the Japan Nationals
-Judge for the Worlds, US Nationals, and other contests I attend
-Leader of "Project Team TOP" the world-wide top players team
-WebMaster of GIOY (www.yo-yo.jp) (Japanese Yo-Yo information web site)

TITLE:
-2005 National Yo-Yo Master Award
-2005 World Yo-Yo Contest Artistic Performance div. 2nd
-2002 World Yo-Yo Contest Extreme div. 4th, Artistic Performance div. 2nd
-2001 World Yo-Yo Contest Extreme div. 4th, Team Play 3rd
-2000 World Yo-Yo Contest - Extreme division 1st, Team Play 1st
-1999 World Yo-Yo Contest Single A div. 2nd, Team Play 8th
-2000 Bay Area Classic One-handed Freestyle div. 3rd

Dale Oliver entered his first yo-yo contest in his hometown of Kansas City at the age of 12. He became a part time “yo-yo pro” at 15 and began traveling full time for the Duncan Yo-Yo Company two years later in 1957. For the next 17 years, Oliver’s yo-yo vocation took him throughout North American for a series of personal appearances. He starred in many TV commercials for two different yo-yo brands. He set up the Mexico division of Duncan Yo-Yo in 1973 and has done work as a consultant on design and promotion for various yo-yo and string manufacturers from 1974 to the present.

Dale is presently involved in training other yo-yo players to duplicate his school program in their own states and has set and runs annual national and international yo-yo contests, hoping that someday yo-yoing will become an Olympic event. Dale is currently engaged in world yo-yo tours, promoting the sport of yo-yoing, his educational school program, and sales of Spintastics yo-yos.  

Dave Schulte first picked up the yo-yo in 1993, and began competing in 1995.

He has attained the following awards:
1996 Masters World Champion,
1997 Twin Cities Champion,
1998 Midwest Regional Champion,
1998 North East Regional Champion,
1999 Fixed Axle World Champion, and
2000 Minnesota State Champion.

In October of 2001, Dazzling Dave was named to an elite group of National Yo-Yo Masters and began judging at both World and National level contests.

I'm Tim Simco,

I have been yoyoing since '97.

This will be my 8th worlds and my 3rd one judging. 
I am looking forward to see the progression of A, AAA, and 5A  this year. 

While my main focus has been AAA for quite sometime i still enjoy watching, learning and creating new tricks in all the other styles. 

P.S. if anyone can teach me how to do tangler i will by them a cookie.

I first started yo-ing in Elementary School in Cincinnati OH about 1950. During High School and College it was not cool, so I only yo'ed occasionally.

The 30 years since College include: a year of semi-pro clowning; 26 years of Navy and Naval Reserves including Command of an Aviation Squadron, and Reserve retirement with the rank of Captain; and 21 years as a Defense contractor, with positions of increasing responsibility including election to corporate officer. Volunteer activities included: Lay Leader of the YMCA Indian Guides; coach and referee for soccer; youth groups and choirs at church; and periodic clowning; plus as my wife says "just being a BIG KID".

I got back into yo-ing about 1989. The newsletter, YO-YO Times, led me to a local school with a yo-yo club (Yo-Cobras). In the Spring of 1997 I quit my day job to make a full time career of being a professional yo-yo demonstrator. I now do schools, libraries, and events in PA, NJ, DE, MD, DC, VA, & WV.

During the summer of 1997 I placed 6th of 21 in my division in the World competition at Pittsburgh PA and 4th of 26 in my division in the National competition at Chico CA. The following year I became a judge of the top level contests and have judged every year at US National, World, & International contests. I have also organized, MC'ed, judged many local and regional contests.

Simon is the two time UK National champion having recently defended his title in June as well as holding various regional titles.

His judging experience ranges from judging both A and X events in the UK to judging the Throw Dough contest held at last years World Yoyo Contest.

He has also been involved in school programs promoting yoyoing around the UK as well as filming for daytime TV shows.

I have been involved in the yo-yo community for many years (over 20 now) as a competitor, demonstrator, judge, and now National Master.

I have helped create the modern judging system as well as the widely used Sport Ladder competition.
I am the assistant director of the US National Yo-Yo Contest and coordinate the National Yo-Yo League.
I judge at every contest that I am able to attend.

I have a Masters Degree in Biology and teach classes in Human Anatomy and Human Physiology.
I am a published author - you may remember the Beginner to Spinner book.
I work at Bird in Hand and give tours of the National Yo-Yo Museum daily.

Age:35

From: Hong Kong

Nationality: Chinese

Occupation: Hong Kong Yo Yo Fan Club Honorary

President - Yostation Owner