{"id":20283,"date":"2018-08-14T01:32:33","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T08:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/?p=20283"},"modified":"2018-08-15T11:17:06","modified_gmt":"2018-08-15T18:17:06","slug":"new-world-yo-yo-champion-sport-21-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/2018\/08\/14\/new-world-yo-yo-champion-sport-21-years\/","title":{"rendered":"The new world yo-yo champion has been in the sport for 21 years!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Remember when I told you about yo-yo champion Evan Nagao <a href=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/2017\/10\/11\/yo-heres-winner-2017-national-yo-yo-contest\/\">last October<\/a>? Back then he had won Nationals. Now, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/videos\/comments\/96xs03\/after_yoyoing_for_21_years_i_finally_accomplished\/\">I&#8217;ve just learned<\/a>, he&#8217;s won the WORLD Yo-Yo Contest!! He said he&#8217;s been in the sport for TWENTY-ONE years!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s his winning performance<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<div class='flex-video widescreen'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2018World Final 1A 01 Evan Nagao\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mgsj_c2Ht44?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class='flex-video widescreen'><\/div>\n<p><strong>I&#8217;ll ask the same question I did last year, what does it take to be this good?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Well first, start early&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17944\" src=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/evan-nagao-tonight-show-.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<p><strong>That&#8217;s Evan, at 5 years old, on <em>The Tonight Show with Jay Leno<\/em> in 2001.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>He started yo-yoing at age 1 and by age 3, had graduated to tricks where he would wield a yo-yo in each hand, Nagao said. His talent led to TV appearances on \u201cThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno,\u201d \u201cRipley\u2019s Believe it or Not,\u201d and \u201cAmerica\u2019s Most Talented Kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nagao then took a six-year break to \u201cjust be a kid\u201d before picking up the activity again in 2009 while on a family vacation in Los Angeles.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Yo-yos were the family business! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/asian-america\/honolulu-yo-yo-pro-evan-nagao-sets-sight-world-championship-n791216\">Evan&#8217;s dad marketed them<\/a>, so there were plenty around to pick up and play! His story is pretty spectacular&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/evannagao.com\/story\/\">check it out<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"296\" height=\"331\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17946\" src=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2017-10-11-10.23.50.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<p><strong>Second, practice a lot. 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