McBride's Yo-Yo Tour Photo Album
These are just a few of our favorite pictures.
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Latest Update: 01/25/02
Japan "4/4 Event" & National Competition
~ April 4, 1998 ~
On April 4, 1998, Japan's Bandai Toy Company and Hawaii's HPK Marketing joined forces to host a history-making event at Chiba, Japan's spectacular Makahari Mesa Convention Complex. The event showcased multiple yo-yo companies and some of the finest yo-yo players in the world, and attracted approximately 45,000 yo-yo enthusiasts. It was a marvelous experience, especially for those of us who have grown up with yo-yo play but never dreamed we'd see it rise to the level of popularity and play we witnessed there. We hope these pictures will give you a little flavor of that special day.
A portion of the audience
More of the audience
Dennis on stage ~ Each of the four US National
Yo-Yo Masters were honored, given special red jackets to wear and
asked to do demonstrations and to help judge the National
competition.
Dennis & Carol on stage
Dennis & Carol perform "the kiss"
Giving an autograph is always an honor
National Masters Dale Myrberg, Bill deBoisblanc
& Dennis
The National Masters perform on stage (Dale
Oliver, Bill deBoisblanc & Dennis (Dale Myrberg is off camera
on the left)
Dennis poses with Tom Kuhn's "Big Yo"
Dennis performs double loops
Dennis with National Master sign made
specifically for this event
Japan THP Camp & National Competition
~ April, 1999 ~
Members
of Japan THP Team preparing for competition
Japan THP Members practice striking a pose for
their freestyle routines
1999 World Champion Takumi Nagase and his
mother
Takumi demonstrates for his fellow THP members
Hasagawa coaches his parents
The very serious Judge Watanabe!
Part of the audience at the National
Competition
Carol, Alex Garcia, and Alan Batangan share a
joke prior to their demonstrations
1998 World Champion Jennifer Baybrook on stage
Alex Garcia on stage
Alex Garcia on stage
Alfred Pacheco (Hawaii THP) on stage
Alfred Pacheco (Hawaii THP) on stage
USA THP team on stage (l to r: Kenichi
Nakamura, Alex Garcia, Alfred Pacheco, Alan Batangan, Jennifer
Baybrook)
USA THP team on stage (l to r: Alan Batangan,
Alfred Pacheco, Jennifer Baybrook, Alex Garcia, Kenichi Nakamura)
THP Japan on stage performing Vertical Loops
THP Japan on stage performing "Yo For
It!"
A young THP Japan fan
THP Japan haircut!
Japan National Competition awards ceremony
1999 World Competition, Honolulu, Hawaii
~ August, 1999 ~
Trophy
display
Trophy display
1998 World Champion Jennifer Baybrook graces
the stage
More of Jennifer on stage
Alex Garcia: poetry in motion
More of Alex
Some off-string magic!
More off-string magic!
Matt Harlow wows the crowd
Joshua vanDalen is "On a Mission"
More of Joshua
1999 Single "A" World Champion Joel
Zink earning his title
Mr. Originality, Sky Kyabu weaving his string
magic
The ladies of THP in action
Funz a Poppin's creative and disciplined Mega
Team routine
Winners of the BC Challenge strike a pose. Wood
is good!
Some Yo-Buddies from the Japan Jikkoto Team
Single "A" Division awards
The new World Champion, Takumi Nagasi, rejoices
Takumi hugging his trophy
"AA" Division winners with the judges
Judge Dale Oliver, Champion Takumi Nagasi,
& Judge Watanabe
Precision Team Champions: "Team
Heimlech" of Hawaii (Ryan Lai, Sky Kyabu, Cody Kyabu, Alan
Batangan)
Mega Team Champions: "The Hooters" of
Hawaii
Even old guys can set records (Dennis McBride
setting AYYA World Record for Milking the Cow)
Old guy rejoicing with fellow old guys! (Bill
deBoisblanc, Dennis McBride, Dale Myrberg)
Matt Harlow setting AYYA World Record for
Double Reach for the Moon (Dale Myrberg watching)
New AYYA World Record holders pose with Dale
Oliver and Dale Myrberg
Dennis McBride poses with his adopted yo-son,
Takumi Nagasi at closing banquet
Everything is OK for the new World Champion.
Congratulations to Takumi and all the other competitors. You all
are winners in our book!
Korea Tour
~ August, 1999 ~
Seoul, Korea, from the Seoul Tower
Seoul, Korea, from the Seoul Tower Tramway
Dennis & Carol on Korean Television program
"The Kiss!"
Members of the Korean Yo-Yo Association
Banner announcing one of our in-store
demonstrations
THP team members Jordan Sambueno & Ashley
Pacheco, both from Hawaii
Seoul department store demonstration
Some Korean fans and friends. They were great!
We miss them.
More mugging for the camera
A very supportive fan
Learning Four Flags
Got it!
One-Handed Double Eiffel Tower
Autograph time
Jordan Sambueno at work
Ashley Pacheco
Ashley at work
Lying down on the job!
Touring isn't all fun and games
Korea Tour Poster #1
Korea Tour Poster #2
Korea Tour Poster #3
Korea Tour Poster #4
Korea Tour Poster #5
Korea Tour Poster #6
Various Other Tours & Demonstrations
Some
Los Angeles THP members pose for the camera following a USC
Healthfair demonstration (1999)
Dennis performs at a special pre-release
screening of Disney's Toy Story 2 (2000)
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