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Yo-Yo Club: Join us for our Yo-Yo Club every Sunday from 3-4 pm and experience weekly storefront contests as well as tips and tricks for all skill levels from beginner to advanced.Learn the tricks you need to know for this year's Yo-Yo Championships. Click here for club details and discount information.

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It's time again for the 12th annual Rocky Mountain and Colorado State Yo-Yo Championships. This year it will take place on Saturday June 28th. Registration starts at 11am. Rules and tricks are as follows or you visit yo-motion.com or The National YoYo League. See you there.

11 a.m. Registration

Noon:
State Championships
Spin Top Competition
Advanced preliminary Freestyle

1:45 p.m. Freestyle Championships

3:30 p.m. Awards Presentations

State Championships
Division One: Ages 10 and under
Division Two: Ages 11-16
Division Three: Ages 17 & up

Competitors in each division will need to execute both the 1S and 2S  
trick ladders. Only one attempt is allowed on each trick. As each  
trick is made, the competitor continues down the list and attempts the  
next trick. If one trick is missed, the competitor continues down the  
list. When a second trick is missed, the competitor is finished for  
that trick ladder. The competitor's score will be the number of  
combined tricks made from both trick ladders. The winner will be the  
player with the highest combined total from both the 1S and 2S ladders.

Spin Top and State Championships Trick Ladder

There will be one open division only. Contestants will perform tricks  
from the trick ladder. Contestants will have only one chance to make a  
trick. If they miss a trick, they will continue on to the next trick.  
When they miss a second trick they may continue,on the third miss they  
are done. The competitor's score will be the number of tricks made.

Advanced Freestyle Competition

Each competitor will execute a one (1) minute routine of as many  
different tricks as they can complete. They will be judged on the  
difficulty and accuracy of the tricks.

The top six competitors from the one-minute routines will advance to  
the finals and become the judges for their fellow finalists. These six  
finalists will then perform a three (3) minute routine. The three  
minute routine will be executed with music supplied by the contestant.  
Points will be awarded by the judges for a) technical execution and b)  
performance style and yo-yo artistry. Technical execution points will  
be awarded for: advance level tricks completed, trick difficulty,  
originality, and transitions between tricks. Performance style and yo-
yo artistry points will be awarded for elegance of yo-yo control,  
speed control, stage presence and choreography.

Specific rules for executing tricks:
1. The yo-yo must be caught with one hand and not trapped against the  
body.
2. If more than five inches of string remains outside the yo-yo when  
caught, it is considered a miss.
3. Any throw made while in the trick box counts as a try 4. Only the  
following tricks may be done while the contestant is on deck (on stage  
but outside trick circle):Throwdown, spinner, forward pass, a single  
Loop the Loop, or string adjustments. Practicing a contest trick  outside the circle or box once the contest starts shall count as a miss.
5. Loop the Loop must be done with feet in the trick box.
6. The judge's decision is final and not subject to appeal.
7. Any yo-yo may be used or changed. Contestant must have yo-yo  
present during competition.

Sport String Trick Ladder (1S)
1. Sleeper (3 seconds)
2. Walk the Dog (1 foot)
3. Breakaway (shoulder to shoulder)
4. Rock the Baby (3 full rocks)
5. Flying Saucer (1 side)
6. Dizzy Baby (3 rocks & 3 spins)
7. Brain Twister (1 somersault)
8. Trapeze
9. Double or Nothing
10. Split the Atom(3somersaults)
11. Double-On Trapeze (Lindy Loop)
12. Advanced Split the Atom (3-3-3)
13. Mach 5 (3 Reps)
14. Boingy Boingy (5 Reps)
15. McBride Roller Coaster
16. Eli Hops (3 Reps)
17. Cold Fusion
18. Gerbil
19. Pop n' Fresh (2 Reps)
20. Kwijibo
21. Shock Wave (1 Rep)
22. Spirit Bomb
23. Suicide Catch (2 Reps)
24. Iron Whip (2 Reps)
25. Slack Trapeze

Sport String Trick Ladder (2S)
1.Forward Pass
2. Inside Loops (3 Reps)
3. Tidal Wave
4. Time Warp
5. Hop the Fence (3 Reps)
6. Planet Hop (3 Reps)
7. Inside Loops (10 Reps)
8. Sidewinder (Both Sides)
9. Warp Drive (3 Regenerations)
10. Reach for the Moon (3 Reps)
11. Inside/Outside Loops (10 Reps)
12. Planet Hops (10 Reps)
13. Vertical Punches (10 Reps)
14. Punching Bag (10 Reps)
15. Fountain (3-3-3)
16. 2-Hand Loops (10 Reps)
17. Milk the Cow (10 Reps)
18. Ride the Horse (10 Reps)
19. Loop/Moon (10 Reps)
20. Warp Drive/Time Warp
21. 2-Hand Vertical Punches (10 Reps)
22. Sword and Shield (3 Reps)
23. Clione
24. Staircase
25. Kurukuru Milk (5 Reps)

Spin Top

Trick Ladder
1. Spinner
2. Target
3. Big Scoop
4. Sky Rocket
5. Boomerang
6. Merry-go-Round
7. Wire Walker
8. Kick Up
9. Arm Walker
10. Trapeze
11. Subway
12. Rock the Baby
13. Foot Stall
14. Around the World
15. Dive Bomber
16. Crazy 8's
17. Hop the Fence
18. Between the Legs Boomerang
19. Rollercoaster
20. Lasso Boomerang
21. Drum Beat
22. Jester Kick
23. Joker Choker 3x
24. Blizzard
25. Behind the Back Trapeze

Click below for Champion lists and pictures from the last three Rocky Mountain Championships.

2003 Rocky Mountain Yo-Yo Championships

2004 Rocky Mountain Yo-Yo Championships

2005 Rocky Mountain Yo-Yo Championships

  Click here for a picture gallery of last year's contest courtesy of Jeff Kouri.  Thanks Jeff!

Collectible Cards Games & Tournaments: The Wizard's Chest has an open play area for learning any and all of the games we carry. One of the more popular uses for the area has been for playing the vast array of collectible card games, such as Yu-Gi-Oh, Magic: The Gathering, and Legend of the Five Rings. The area also plays host to our weekly collectible card tournaments. For more information on these tournaments please see our At The Castle page.

Here at the WC, we’ve a long tradition of clubs and activities. Juggling Club, Yo-Yo Club, and the Chess/Old World Games Club are just some of them. Now, with a new year dawning and fresh possibilities on the horizon, new clubs are also on the horizon. But, for that to work, we need your help. Our clubs need the involvement of people who not only want to be a part of them, but who also want to help the WC out in making sure the clubs are run right. If this sounds like fun, drop us a line or come by and see us. Because the best clubs are the ones we build together.