SEATTLE — What does it take to be named the world's greatest yo-yo'er? Gentry Stein says Practice, practice, practice. 6 to 8 hours a day. “I started yo-yo-ing when I was about eight years old,” he ...

CHICO — Local yo-yo champion Gentry Stein can once again add “world champion” to his list of titles. He won the title at the 2019 World Yo-Yo Contest in Cleveland, Ohio on Saturday. Over 200 qualified ...

CHICO — Chico resident and long-time yo-yo competitor Gentry Stein came away as the 2019 1A National Yo-Yo Champion in a competition July 6-7 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Players from all over the ...

To most people, a yo-yo is just a toy. But to Gentry Stein, the whirling bundle of string, plastic, and precision ball-bearings can become much more in the right hands. “It is a simple toy,” he admits ...

In this episode of Obsessed, Gentry Stein shows off the wild tricks that helped him become a world yo-yo champion. so yo-yoing was just kind of one of those things. [Host] And it's an easy hobby to ...

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Tessa Piccillo has certainly had her ups and downs in life. But she's certainly on an upswing this week. The 17-year-old Castro Valley High student was dubbed the top female yo-yo-er at the 2014 World ...

American Gentry Stein brought the World Yo-Yo Championship title back to the United States for the first time in 6 years with his mind-boggling routine seen above. The 18-year old Stein beat out Japan ...

We’re in the middle of, by far, the worst time of year for sports fans. The dreaded gap between the NBA Finals and the start of football season can be excruciating — almost enough to make you want to, ...

Inside an enormous circular room in a Los Angeles performing arts center, the 2016 National Yo-Yo contest is underway. To my left is the reigning U.S. champion, Gentry Stein, surrounded by several of ...