Yo-yo master stuns crowd with mesmerizing routine to 'Freebird'

He's free as a bird.
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Christine Wang
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Yo-yo master stuns crowd with mesmerizing routine to 'Freebird'
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For most of us, yo-yos are those toys from our childhood that we played with for approximately five minutes before the string got so infernally tangled that we could never play with it again.

But there are a select few magical people who have mastered the yoyo. Those people go to the European Yo-Yo Championship to compete for a chance to make it to the World Yo-Yo Contest.

Evan Nagao from the US was a finalist in the competition, and his epic routine to "Freebird" is one of the most-watched performances from the competition on YouTube. Nothing compares to his calm and fun demeanor while showcasing expert yo-yo control. And almost as good as his performance are the crowd reactions, who are clearly just as much at his mercy as the yo-yo.

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Christine Wang

Christine is a Web Culture Intern at Mashable. She has previously written for FanSided and Saturday Down South. She has a B.A. from the University of California, San Diego and an M.S. from Hunter College. Before she started writing, she worked in education as a teacher and school leader for four years. Her special talents include being able to quote The Office on command, playing non-stop Overwatch for hours, and composing only the wittiest of Tweets (her own opinion).


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