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On a string and prayer: Yo-yo masters compete at Seattle Center

Originally published February 29, 2020 at 5:24 pm

Bryson Burgess warms up before competing in the Sport Division of the Pacific Northwest Regional Yo-Yo Championships at the Seattle Center Armory, Saturday. He’s from Kelowna, British Columbia. Top finishers in the regional competition move on to the nationals in Phoenix, in June.
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At vendor’s tables, you can spend five dollars on a wooden yo-yo, or $150 on an aluminum model. The regional yo-yo championships have been held at the Seattle Center since 2005.
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Andy Kim came from Los Angeles to compete in the Northwest Regional Yo-Yo Championships at the Seattle Center Armory, Saturday.
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Ian Bellman, of Fullerton, California, came to the event to watch yo-yo masters, and develop his own technique, including doing the “tangler.”
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