Boyd Seth from Edinburg Makes it into The 2008 World Yo-Yo Contest

When: July 31st, August 1 and 2 - 2008

Where: Orlando, Florida.

This year Boyd Seth from Edinburg, TX has earned his place to fight among the best in the world for the Title of World Yo-Yo Champion. He is going to Orlando Florida to test his skills against over 200 Yo-Yo Players coming in from over 22 countries to vie for the coveted title of World Yo-Yo Champion. This annual contest that started 76 years ago has been bringing the best of the best from every corner of the globe since the first World Yo-Yo Contest was won by Harvey Low in London England in 1932.

This contest is fed by a network of other contests. In the USA, winners from state contests get seeded into regional contests that get seeded into to the U.S. National yo-yo contest that then gets seeded into the World Yo-Yo Contest. This system works similarly in 28 different countries around the world.

You can see this competition for your self, the 2007 contest is about to be aired on Fox's "the Best Damn Sport Show Period." This will air on FSN available in most cable markets on either July 28th or 29th.

Yo-Yos have changed a lot over the past 36 years. They have come from 10 cent pieces of wood on a string to high tech models made of exotic metals and complex synthetic string. A high end competition grade yo-yo can cost upwards of $400, but quality standard yo-yos are still available for under $20.00.

The world yo-yo contest has 7 Divisions divided by different yo-yo styles. These include Single A (one yo-yo traditional), Double A (two yo-yos looping) Triple A (Two yo-yos sleeping tricks) Off-String (Where the string is tied to your finger but not to the yo-yo) Counter-Weight (Where the string is tied to the yo-yo but not to your finger) , Artistic Performance and Combined (The decathlon of yo-yoing).

This contest is supported by the worlds best yo-yo manufacturers including Duncan, YoYoFactory and Yo-Yo Jam. Each of which sponsors players to this contest.

Since 2000, the World Yo-Yo Contest has been chaired by Gregory Cohen of Tallahassee, Florida.