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We discussed Tech with Nehemiah Peterson in this episode and what he views as technical yoyo play, the future of his group Tech Creators, and his perspectives on yo-yoing in general.

Thank you to our sponsors CLYW, Yoyoexpert.com and Recess Intl. 

Thank you to Ky Zizan for the music.

Episode 1: An Extremist for Tech

Here are the links we mention near the end:

Japan Open YoYo Championship - http://japanyoyo.com/
International Yo-Yo Federation Rules - http://iyyf.org/rules/
Japan Open Freestyles - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHQ6lHXqRiWq9xj0muz6-OQ

Minisode: Japan Open Yoyo Contest Recap

Episode 2: Interview with Chris Mikulin of Caribou Lodge

Episode 3: Sponsorships

Links to freestyles: 
Shion EJA - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXiEn_fmy-8
Masahiro EJA - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag2SsGS1iS8
Yamato EJA - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFiPuZEuaDM
Ginji EJA - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8A1GZtDbaE
Yusuke CJ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0zTahM0owo
Arata CJ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=443OKKUT08E

Episode 4: 2017 Japan Regionals - 1/3 Recap

Interview with National Master and all-around yo-yo legend Steve Brown! Listen here to hear about his experiences with running the 2016 World Championships, insights for running contests, and other interesting information from one of the smartest in the industry!

Episode 5: Steve Brown on WYYC 2016

Scales members Mark Mangarin and Colin Beckford recap a few of their favorite freestyles from the last four regionals in Japan. Give it a listen to hear who they think has a shot at the 2017 JN title!

Freestyles mentioned:
Ayumu - EJB - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBrLKWoczY4
Daiki - EJB - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un65pdtR5rc
Izuru - WJ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y35jJiWQ2y8
Yuki - WJ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJCqSOwkGT8
Takumi - WJ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1rbSTgaw-U
Tskuasa - SJ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uWZalj7-T8
Ryota - SJ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4-IBqhLwjc
Hirotaka - NJ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UapPIXHYvy8
Kohei - NJ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nxV0BdCh1w

Link to Gentry's Trick Theory - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1sGfcn6pPU

Episode 7: 2017 Japan Regionals - 2/3 & 3/3

Tressley Cahill is one of the staples of trick development in the mid 2000s. As described in the introduction, his yo-yoing is so different than today's scene; and it is also beautiful. Outside of his yo-yoing, Tressley is also a designer. He has worked with companies such as our sponsors Recess International and Caribou Lodge, as well as more around the world for creating good looking yo-yo merchandise. In this episode, Scales has a casual discussion with Tressley about the development of yo-yo tricks over the years, as well as talking about what it's like to design in yo-yoing.

Interview by Andrew Bergen and Mark Mangarin
Introduction by Colin Beckford

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Link to Tressley's new venture in yo-yoing -https://www.instagram.com/noyoofficial/

Thank you to our sponsors: YoYoExpert, Recess International, CLYW!

Episode 8: Interview with Tressley Cahill on Trick Development and Design

We talked to yoyo video connoisseur David Ung about his take on the place of yoyo videos in the current meta of the yoyo world. David is a legend in the world of yoyo filmmaking, creating some of the most iconic yoyo videos of all time. 
Check out some of David's work:
Your Future's With Us: https://vimeo.com/4162373
Daydream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QESLKXU2-60
Broke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8dX5N06P4g

Episode 9: David Ung

We met up with Tyler at the Beast of the East contest way earlier this year. Tyler isn't safe for work unless he's working at your school, in which case he's moderately safe for a work environment, like heavy machinery. 

Tyler owns Recess Intl, and is a good guy. We like Tyler, he's a real good guy.

Episode 10: Tyler Severance (NSFW)

We sat down with Iceland Native and CLYW Team Member Palli to discuss some pro tips related to the upcoming world yoyo contest! 

Support WYYC: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/world-yoyo-contest-2017#/

We're stoked to support great companies like:
YoyoExpert: www.yoyoexpert.com
Recess INTL: www.recessintl.com
CLYW: www.clyw.ca

Episode 11: Worlds Travel Tips with Palli

Link to our video for this episode - 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXS1mfuSYcY

Scales member Colin Beckford runs through some of the contenders and favorites to win 2017 US Nationals this weekend. 

Featuring -
Michael Kurti - 1:07
Remy Baskin - 1:48
Chandler Steele - 2:31
Anthony Rojas - 2:56
Nate Dailey - 3:38
Keiran Cooper - 4:30
Michael Ferdico - 5:06
Evan Nagao - 6:06
Gentry Stein - 6:36

Thank you to our supporters YoYoExpert, CLYW, and Recess Intl.

2017 US National YoYo Contest Preview

Scales members Colin Beckford, Patrick Canny, and Mark Mangarin recap the recently held 44festival contest in Japan. 

Featuring:
Takumi Shirasaki - 1:23
Yoshinori Kawamura - 2:45
Takumi Hakamata - 3:18
Daiki Tanaka - 4:36
Hajime Miura - 5:04

Check out full freestyles here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdXyfI2SQPE_Huxxkksz8wA

Check out the video version here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3VIo72nr-U&feature=youtu.be


Thank you to our sponsors YoYoExpert, CLYW, and Recess Intl.

44festival 2017 Recap

Video version here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmo6TzI1gaA&feature=youtu.be

Scales members Colin Beckford, Andrew Bergen, Patrick Canny, and Mark Mangarin recap the recently held US Nationals. 

Featuring:
Angelo Aguirre - 1:18
Nate Dailey - 2:23
Keiran Cooper - 5:12
Michael Ferdico - 8:23
Evan Nagao - 10:05

Check out full freestyles here: 
https://www.youtube.com/user/nationalyoyocontest

Thank you to our sponsors YoYoExpert, CLYW, and Recess Intl.

US Nationals Recap

Scales members Keiran Cooper and Mark Mangarin recap the 2017 Japan Open Yo-Yo Championships (japanyoyo.com)

Featuring:
Yamato Murata: 5:44
Hirotaka Akiba: 7:10
Takeshi Matsuura: 7:54
Toru Miyazaki: 9:09
Shinji Saito: 10:01
Hajime Miura: 11:30
Mizuki Takimoto: 12:21
Yuki Uchida: 12:54
Takumi Hakamata: 13:58
Hajime Miura: 14:54

Link to all freestyles: 
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzUGYmB5Qo3IP67_hOfwiAA

Link to video version of this episode:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0vlLj_PRXg

Thank you to our sponsors YoYoExpert, CLYW, and Recess Intl.

JOYC 2017 Recap

Scales members Colin Beckford and Mark Mangarin discuss each of their top 5 favorite freestyles in the 2A-5A divisions (X) throughout 2017.

Link to video version of the episode - http://bit.ly/top5xdiv2017

Thank you to our sponsors YoYoExpert, CLYW, and Recess Intl.

Top 5 X Division Freestyles Of 2017

Scales boys talk about the meta, 5a, judging, and more!!

Scales Live - Episode 2

Scales members Colin Beckford and Mark Mangarin each discuss their top 5 favorite 1A routines throughout 2017.

Link to video version -

Yuki Nishisako BAC - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvNUP8ZIYKM
Masahiro Terada EJ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag2SsGS1iS8
Nate Dailey PNWR - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYxc_McUK2Q
Shion Araya EJ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXiEn_fmy-8
Nate Dailey US Nats - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slDdKqkwuzk
Andrew Bergen WYYC - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bS3YKZkULAA
Arata Imai CJ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=443OKKUT08E
Ethan Cheung WYYC - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BquQRKn_pDI

Thank you to our sponsors YoYoExpert, CLYW, and Recess Intl.

Top 5 1A Division Freestyles of 2017

Scales interviews Zafran Aqil on his perspective of the yo-yo world. 

Zaf is a 2x Malaysia national champion who currently resides in New York as a student in the US. He's also a sponsored player by Recess, and has some pretty great tricks too!

Interview with Malaysia National Champion Zafran Aqil

Nate Dailey is one of the greatest in the game right now, Placing 5th at US Nationals in 2017 and 1st at PNWR 2017, he's coming into this contest season as one of the fan favorites. With PNWR coming up this weekend, we decided to talk with Nate about how he's achieved his success.

Thank you to our sponsors:
CLYW (clyw.ca)
YoYoExpert (yoyoexpert.com)
YoYoFactory (yoyofactory.com)
G Squared (gsquaredyoyos.com)
SF Yoyos (sfyoyos.com)

Nate Dailey reveals his keys to success

Michael Kurti and Bergy discuss Kurti's new endeavour : Good Life Yoyos. They discuss why he left CLYW to start his own company, the difficulties of producing a yoyo, and get a bit nostalgic.

Michael Kurti explains why he left CLYW to start his own company

Bergy has a conversation with the anonymous SF Yoyos and makes progress in the ongoing mystery of who is behind the company..

Thank you to our sponsors - 
YoYoExpert
CLYW
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YYF
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SF Yoyos: Secrets Revealed... Who are THEY?

The most important thing in yoyoing is the people you meet. You can swing this object around all you want, but without people, as Chuck might say, you’re just playing catch with yourself.

Charles is co-founder of A-RT and trick innovator of the year. A-RT has been putting out amazing content recently, you should check out their YouTube channel, and watch the video with Sunshine Jimmy if you haven’t already, as a lot of this conversation is Bergy’s unnecessarily deep analysis of that video. 

Enjoy this episode featuring a legend.

Charles Haycock talks A-RT, Costco, and Sunshine Jimmy

Evan Nagao is a good dude, and the World Champion. We dig him and his thoughts on yoyoing, we think you will as well. Get to know Evan a little better with Mark and Bergy.

World Champion Evan Nagao Reveals Master Plan and Talks about STOLEN TRICKS.

Becko, Canny, and Levi talk prep for going to yo-yo contests. If you're a competitor or just a casual contest-goer, you probably can't remember everything when it comes to getting ready for a competition (we can't either). We got you covered!

Thanks to our sponsors:
YoYoExpert
YoYoFactory
CLYW
SF
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How to Capitalize on Your YoYo Contest Experience

The Scales Podcast is back for 2019!

In this interview, Bergy has a discussion with Graeme about emceeing - how Graeme got started, some relevant moments he's had behind the mic, and more. Check this episode out to get the perspective of one of the hardest jobs at a yo-yo contest.

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The Monthly Throw

Graeme Steller talks about his most cringeworthy moments behind the mic

A few weeks ago, Bergy interviewed Lophiile - that name may not be too familiar to you as he is not a world-class competitor or #trickcircle god, but he is one of the most accomplished people in the yo-yo world. Find out why that is in this episode, along with what its like playing with a toy in the music industry.

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CLYW
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Lophiile Interview - Grammy-Winning Producer & Yo-Yo Player

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The Scales crew sits back and talks about ways to make yourself more valuable in the yo-yo world. 
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Increasing Your Value in the Yo-Yo World

in this episode, Mark & Colin give a few tips regarding travel, food, and sights to see for the National Yo-Yo Contest in Philly.

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2019 US National Yo-Yo Contest Travel Tips

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