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When:
Saturday, July 5, 2008

9:30am- Registration and the Rookie Division begins
10:00am- Registration for Freestyle divisions closes, 1-minute Preliminaries begin
High Noon- Rookie division and 1-minutes end! Lunch break.
1:00- 3-minute finals begin
3:30pm- Winners crowned

Where:
Plummer Park In West Hollywood (see map at the bottom of the page)

Entry fee (all are suggested donations):
$5 for Freestyle divisions, Rookie division is $3

Divisions and Rules:

Rookie- You get up there and do tricks for 1 minute. A panel of 3 judges will give you a score based on how good the tricks were and how many you completed. No need to be fancy, this is the Rookie division.

Freestyle- All competitors can enter to do an “A” freestyle and/or an “Open” freestyle. An “A” freestyle is restricted to Single A style play. “Open” freestyles are not restricted to any style of play or to a single style of play; competitors can and are encouraged to do multiple styles of play in a routine.

All players are required to a 1 minute freestyle to DJ selected music. One minute freestyles will be judged by a panel of 3 judges who will score the freestyle on the basis of profieciency, technicality and innovation. The top 5 players in each freestyle division will move on to the 3 minute freestyle round. Where freestyles will be judged by a panel of 5 judges, each judging a specific criteria:

-Proficiency (x2)- competency, tricks completed/missed, diversity of tricks, and overall command of yo-yo
-Technicality- Difficulty of tricks and routine as a whole
-Innovation- originality, creativity, and newness of tricks and routine
-Presentation- smoothness, style, flow and stage presence

What this means is that you will get a score for how proficient your routine is, another score for how technical your routine is, another score for how innovative your routine is, another score for your presentation and a second proficiency score. Then these scores will be tallied and an over-all score generated from that by normalizing the scores per judge and then totaling each judge. (If you have a question on the score processing, please contact Mark McBride at the beginning of the contest or at 2008 at popartmogul.com).
The 4 freestyle divisions are:
Independent A- Single yoyo tricks done by players who are NOT on a company team.
Independent Open- Any style yoyo play done by players who are NOT on a company team.
Sponsored A- Single A yoyo tricks done by players who are on a company team.
Sponsored Open- Any style yoyo play doen by players who are on a company team.
Awards:
Rookie division will have top player awarded for 3 age bracekts: Under 10, 10-13, and Over 13
Freestyle divisions will have First through Third awarded for each (Inde.A, Inde.Open, Spons.A, Spons.Open)
Regional First through Third in A and Open division (Top players from SoCA, AZ and NM, regardless of sponsorship)
(Regional awards breakdown is subject to change, stay tuned for developments)

Special Features:

There is stuff in the works.

Directions:
Plummer Park
7377 Santa Monica Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90046

NOTE: AVOID PARKING IN THE FRONT LOT!
The front parking lot has a 3 hour limit that they enforce. The north parking lot (off of Fountain Blvd, near the tennis courts) does not have this time limit and there is often a lot of street parking in the neighborhood around the park.


Hotel Info for out of towners:

Hotels close to the park:
Closer-
EconoLodge
7370 West Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90046
323 876 0330

Better-
Saharan Motor Hotel
7212 W Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90046
(323)874-6700


Other events:
Friday July 4: Yoyo Bar-B-Q at Echo Park. Look for flying yoyos and bring fireworks!

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Saturday, July 5 after the contest we all walk down the street to Zeke's Smokehouse for Bar-B-Q and hanging out.


Late night July 5: The Pocket Circus
4414 Second Street LA, CA 90004
A show of things you thought were only for kids! Jugglers, Yo-yo Players, Comedy and mayhem! Doors are at 9pm, funs tarts at 10.

Sunday July 6: Redondo Beach Pier!

Anything else:

Contact the organizer at 2008 at popartmogul.com.