| ABOUT ME: |
Hometown: Scarborough,
Maine
Age: 17
Date of Birth: June 9th, 1988
Favorite Yo-Yos: Dark Magic, Matador
Favorite Players: Rodrigo Yokota, Martin
Tomanik, Edu Alba, Rafael Matsunaga, and Danilo Packer
Favorite tricks: Slack tricks
Favorite Style of Music: Underground hip-hop
Favorite
Freestyle- Rodrigo Yokota- Brazil Nationals 2004, 1A
Other
affiliations: Fearless leader of Spin Syndicate
Other hobbies: Chillin' with my girlfriend, martial
arts, juggling, unicycling, snowboarding, aggressive in-line skating,
learning Portuguese
Achievements:
1999: Southeast Massachusetts
Yo-Yo Competition- Novice Division 3rd place.
2000: Northeast International
Yo-Yo Contest- Intermediate Division 1st place. Yo-Yo and Unicycle
Division 2nd place.
2003: Northeast Regionals Maine State title-
2nd place.
New England Yo-Yo Championship- 2nd place.
2004: Maine State Yo-Yo
Competition- 3rd place Freestyle Division, 2nd place Compulsories,
Maine State Title 2nd place.
Northeast Regional Yo-Yo Contest-
12th place 1A, 1st place Sport Division age 15-24, and 1st place
Sport Division overall. World Yo-Yo Contest- 39th place 1A.
2005:
Massachusetts State Yo-Yo Competition- 5th place 1A.
Northeast
Regional Yo-Yo Contest- 5th place 1A.
World Yo-Yo Contest- 28 th
place 1A.
Other facts: Brandon is a 2 nd degree black belt
in Shaolin Kempo Karate and has been taking martial arts since
age 7. He belongs to a children's circus group called the Gym Dandies
from Scarborough, Maine and is also an employee at Northern Sky
Toyz in Portland, Maine and teaches yo-yo classes there.
Advice: Never ever give up on your goals and dreams, and when you reach
them, set higher ones! You can never love what you do too much. |