Eastern State Throwdown 2012 in Pictures

**All photos were taken and courtesy of Mr. Tony Wong-Jensen (Official Event Photographer)**

Eastern State Throwdown 2012 Freestyle Videos

Spinner 1A Champion - Lester Leong

Spinner 2A Champion - Nor Hidayat

Spinner 4A Champion - Marcus Hoe

Spinner 5A Champion - Ian Loh

Professional 1A Champion - Chua Wei Xuan

Professional 2A Champion - Wong Wei Da

Professional 4A Champion - Lim Aik Hwee

Professional 5A Champion - Lee Wei Ting

Check out the rest of the EST 2012 videos here:

Eastern State Throwdown 2012 Freestyle Playlist

Eastern State Throwdown 2012 Results

The Eastern State Throwdown 2012 starts the new contest season here in Singapore, as well as being the last competition in 2012, with the winners from the Professional Divisions getting the seed to the Singapore Yo-Yo Championships 2013. New champions, new spinner competitors and a whole bunch of new and exciting tricks, the 2013 contest season is going to be yet another AWESOME season!

Keep practicing and brace yourselves for 2013!

Here are the results:

Eastern State Throwdown 2012 Competitor Sequence List

Spinworkx King of the Spin 2012: H-O-R-S-E Tournament

Seeing how it is the September School Holidays and everyone needs a little break and to have some fun, the all time favorite H-O-R-S-E was played in a Tournament style, with 16 competitors, at the Spinworkx store.

The competitors were:
1) Andre
2) Marcus Koh
3) Muhd I'zzun
4) Darren
5) Darrell Mitchell
6) Jason Cheow
7) Keshvinn
8) Jarett
9) Li Tiancheng
10) Muhd. Hafiq
11) Jeremy Tan
12) Lex
13) Marcus Hoe
14) Ian Loh
15) Lee Weiting
16) Chen Kun

The sequence of the Tournament was a head-to-head battle and the first round battles had the following individuals competing to move on to the quarter-finals. A draw was made to determine the first round battles and the battles were:

1) Andre VS Marcus Koh
2) Muhd. I'zzun VS Darren
3) Darrell Mitchell VS Jason Cheow
4) Keshvinn VS Jarett
5) Li Tiancheng VS Muhd. Hafiq
6) Jeremy Tan VS Lex
7) Marcus Hoe VS Ian Loh
8) Lee Wei Ting VS Chen Kun

The first round saw some epic battles. One was the battle of the 1A powerhouses Darrell Mitchell & Jason Cheow, two of the most original players Singapore has to offer. Another 'big' battle pitted Lee Wei Ting, 5A extraordinaire, against Chen Kun, 3A Maestro.

In the end, the quarter-final matches were as follows:

Marcus Koh (1) VS Muhd. I'zzun (2)
Darrell Mitchell (3) VS Keshvinn (4)
Li Tiancheng (5) VS Jeremy Tan (6)
Marcus Hoe (7) VS Lee Wei Ting (8)

The quarter-finalists were more focused and geared up to what needed to be done to overcome their opponents. Marcus Koh sticking to his world-reknowned Single A bangers, Darrell switching it up and competing with mostly 2A, Tiancheng & Jeremy both sticking to one-off Single A tricks and Wei Ting destroying the competitor with his technical 5A tricks.

At the end of the quarter-finals, the following competitors remained, to show-down in the semi-final round.

Semi-finals: Marcus Koh VS Darrell Mitchell
Semi-finals: Jeremy Tan VS Lee Wei Ting

The Battle of 2 of the best Single A players in Singapore, and the battle between the new upcoming superstars in the Singapore contest scene. Once again, Darrell exploited his 2A prowess and competed with 2-handed exclusively, outwitting the 2011 World Champion Marcus Koh. The battle between Jeremy and Wei Ting was more fiercely contested, with the match being even throughout most of the battle. But in the end, Jeremy's perseverance and determination prevailed against the 5A master, Wei Ting, setting the final H-O-R-S-E battle between:

Finals: Darrell Mitchell VS Jeremy Tan

Again, Darrell exploited his versatility with both 1A and 2A, choosing to compete exclusively with 2-handed, out-gunning Jeremy and winning the first ever Spinworkx H-O-R-S-E Tournament!

Jeremy Tan: First Runner-up

Darrell Mitchell: Champion

Congratulations to Darrell, who completely owned the tournament with his skills, versatility and technique.

Look out for the next Spinworkx H-O-R-S-E Tournament happening sometime in November/December!

Spinworkx H-O-R-S-E Tournament Rules

H-O-R-S-E has always been a favorite game/activity amongst the local players here in Singapore. What better way to have fun this September School Holidays than to have a mini Tournament of this creative and exciting game!

The Rules for the H-O-R-S-E tournament are as follows:

1) Players can take part using any Division/Style (1A, 2A, 3A, 4A, 5A) or even a combination of Divisions.

2) At the start of each round, a coin will be flipped to determine the competitor that goes first.

3) The competitor going first does a trick. If the trick was missed by the first competitor, it is now the opponents turn to do a new trick. If the trick has been hit by the first competitor, the opponent will need to do the exact same trick. If the opponent misses, he will receive a Letter 'H'. If the opponent hits the trick, no one gets any Letters and now it will be the opponents turn to try a new trick. 

4) This battle goes on until one competitor gets all the Letters making up H-O-R-S-E. The competitor who gets all 5 Letters loses.

5) Do note that for H-O-R-S-E, only Yo-Yo Tricks, and not combos are allowed. This means that in a Trick that any competitor does, there cannot be more than 3 String Hits, 2 Sommersaults or Barrel Rolls, 3 repetitions of a movement like looping, etc.

6) In the event that the 2 competitors are not able to determine whether the Trick performed is legitimate, the other competitors & person running the Tournament will make the call.

7) If after 3 tries of trying to set a trick and the competitor missed all 3 tries in a row, that player will be penalized with a Letter.

8) Before attempting a trick, players are allowed to learn the trick from their opponent but they are not allowed to try the trick. If they do attempt to 'test' the trick out, it will be considered an attempt and should they miss, they will be penalized with a Letter.

9) Do remember for H-O-R-S-E, show off and be creative!

Tournament structure: