Evan Nagao - 1st Place - 1A Final - 2023 US National YoYo Contest

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[WldGD]

i love how he is having so much fun up there and just singing along to the song while he effortlessly does these amazing tricks

[micahwingell]

bro did a barefoot moonwalk u know that carpet stage is holding on for dear life

[GingieAle]

These comments are brutal dawg 💀

anyways, Evals were inflated asf, feelsbadman

[AGuyWhoCommentates]

I don't even watch yo yo to tell that this a display of showmanship. Which exciting as it is.... Does not deserve 1st. Hunter, great job.

[jckpth]

Put some shoes on please for the love of god

[aronbendet]

Evan made his own song and still couldn't figure out how to choreograph tricks to it. Somehow, this lack of music use and choreography translated into high evaluation scores in the choreography section. Evan's choreography score was 4.25, the highest recorded this year at nationals, which Hunter also achieved. Compared to Hunter's second place freestyle, this looks sloppy and hastily thrown together. Evan also scored the highest evaluation in showmanship which nobody else managed to reach, even though he took time out of his own routine on stage to yell at the audience "Come on guys!!!" to force superficial crowd interaction. Hunter is the real champ.

[jokesable]

He looks like he would be a yoyo champion.

[EvanNagao]

To the people calling me racist: That's extremely short-sighted, and it's sad that you lack common sense in that regard.

Anyways, with that said, this was one of my favorite nationals ever! It's always great spending time with old friends, and meeting newcomers. The crowd was super hyped, and honestly, I think the unjustified hate I've been receiving kinda fueled me to focus harder and make absolute sure that I put on the best show possible. Clearly, there's still a lot of hate coming my way, so you know that means I'll be more motivated than ever to make good content, quality products, and exciting freestyles for all of your entertainment. That's my main priority; to bring joy to people, especially kids. Best believe, I'm gonna keep doing that no matter what!💪

[cdn]

I watched Blazing Teens season 5 and it was mind blowing because it was so difficult, this is even harder.

[quillfy_evans]

Comments are funny but the only thing that matters is he did the trick car wash from yotricks

[TheDudeofYellow]

Wish i could see this in person! Great freestyle Evan!

[edwardbarosky]

a half cooked steak at it's finest.

[yuukifanboy]

negative choreography tbqh... disappointing score sheet

[nme]

This wasnt my favorite freestyle of the contest, but I liked this freestyle a lot more than when you tried to publish a viral clickbait video simping for the KKK and then backtracked and issued an "apology" where you learned absolutely nothing and essentially said "sorry im not sorry!" and reiterated how you thought the KKK was nice and racism wasn't real because people were friendly to you. Maybe eval judges were considering that in their rubric?

[ndetavykp]

if you genuinely believe this deserved to win you need to read the iyyf rules and look at the results. unfair.

[Sky]

I know but how hard to do that and what if your sting is to sort

[KK-gbkb]

I’m Japanese and I’m a bit confused by these comments. Can someone tell me why he is being accused and what has happened so far?

[sirsabo]

Left handed guy, nailed that routine.

[DevrenIsNotCrayCray]

Dang, just like 4 years ago, evan made a song and used it to place 2nd in the world. He might as well use the can i change my mind song to win this years worlds. Edit: Also why tf are people making comments about racism and whatever tf choreography is

[MrWeebus]

Still as mediocre as I remember it being live.