Zach Gormley - 1A Final - 2nd Place - 2016 US Nationals - Presented by Yoyo Contest Central

The 2016 U.S. National Yo-Yo Championship 1A Finals were held in Los Angeles, CA on September 17th at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center.
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Videography directed and edited by Ben Gates ([e-mail]) and powered by YoYoTricks.com yoyotricks.com/
Intro logo animation created by / yoyomexico
Intro music by Mansardian (freesound.org)
Lighting design by McLeod Benson
Special Thanks: Patrick Borgerding and Piotrek Smietana
“A” Camera Operator: Sam Schulman
“B” Camera Operator: Ben Gates

[@thc_freebaser]

Zach is a funny way of spelling "should've won"

[@SMH24.7]

So is kurti

[@ericktsidina9645]

0:49 when you smell some food from a distance

[@jones_plup]

xD

[@Forehead_Fergus]

This is the guy who inspired me to start yoyoing, his video with devinsupertramp was incredible

[@SuicidalLemonade]

as good as gentrys performance is, this is much better. this was cleaner than his worlds run, and gentrys was not as clean, yet the judges scored it higher. its kinda disappointing imo.

[@TheDemonsunleashed]

Watch the video again. I personally prefer Zach's style over Gentry's but you can clearly see several misses. If you're watching in 1080p HD you can clearly see a knot in the string towards the end of the freestyle. Gentry was hands down cleaner.

[@jamoyothebadger906]

what he's saying is that this was cleaner than his performance at worlds which scored higher than gentrys. gentry was less clean than his worlds yet scored higher than zachs at nats. both had the same freestyle so it doesn't really make sense

[@TheDemonsunleashed]

Jamoyo The badger Theres always different judges. Scoring isn't super reliable these days.

[@SuicidalLemonade]

yea that ^^

[@Luckmydude]

Suicidal Lemon gentry was also judging.

[@ILoveToYoYo2]

knot or not, FREAKING AMAZING

[@nitanylion1018]

I can here the Yoyo spin

[@pancakes246]

This man is the best (edit: still competing because Jensen will never not be GOAT)

[@frankcoguidaben7554]

Jensen is GOAT to remember that

[@c3yw776]

Shoes?

[@machufajita4044]

u could see the knot

[@gloriaborger2396]

Lol that knot

[@SacredFireGaming]

I love Zachs stage presence so much more than Gentry's this year.. And I"m a huge Gentry fan. I call favoritism in the judges panel.

[@SMH24.7]

Sacred Fire Gaming, gentry was a judge

[@nictheperson6709]

IMO 2012 Gentry was the best

[@markb.7478]

One of the camera men are so captivated by the real scene that they can't keep track of the videography lol.

[@thericefarmer2271]

what song did he use?

[@pengin6035]

My body is a cage - Peter Gabriel

[@prestoisakilla813]

after watching the first place guy....this was so much better than his. so much cleaner and technical. and easier to follow for someone like me who doesnt watch this" stuff. only thing i think that gave him the win was the "performance". just alot more energetic.

[@leminhtri180278]

How long is Zach's string ?

[@pipledo5615]

V. E at 1:51 it looks like it is from about his neck

[@firhanrizani96]

no horizontal play? no backplay?

[@brunobarbieri3871]

No, only in a few of his performances there are horizontal or even a front style combos... That's one of the thing i love about zach, cause in my opinion he gives more importance to the artistic side of the performance than the competitive one. This is only my own opinion though

[@TrancerB7]

he looked half asleep and still placed 2nd

[@samyoyos6755]

what yoyo was he using

[@SMH24.7]

Sam Yoyos clyw blizzard

[@davidsalvador9409]

Sam Yoyos a Clyw blizzard

[@davidtriune8028]

that would suck if a wind blew by

[@BrazenBullXXX]

I wonder if he would have taken it if he didn't miss a couple of his kickers.

[@cedr7c]

Did he use the Borealis

[@jalecoproductions3355]

khong cedric no the clyw blizzard

[@tw6532]

Why did he use the blizzard

[@tw6532]

Shouldn't he be using the borealis

[@kristoledo3438]

Mr Manatee33 he just wanted to use it probably lol

[@LorenzYoCubing]

If you pause at 0:50 he looks wasted

[@LorenzYoCubing]

I mean possessed

[@joym9061]

Ah... No!

[@theodora-2670]

Imagine his moves without the yoyo. 😂

[@Dan-dg2pc]

Theodora Băncilă u r dumb

[@asoggyfooton2588]

4th commet!