About the World YoYo Contest 2008
The 2008 World Yo-Yo Contest ran July 31-August 2, 2008 at the Rosen Plaza Hotel in Orlando with seven championship divisions (Single A, Double A, Triple A, Off-String, Counter-Weight, AP, Combined), four sports divisions, spinning tops, diabolo and a Mod contest, plus the YoYoFactory Fast Challenge and Salvation Army Invitational Freestyle. John Ando (USA) won 1A with 94.61; Takuma Yamamoto won 2A over Saito; Hiroki Miyamoto scored 100.00 in 3A; Rei Iwakura won 4A; Takeshi Matsuura won 5A; John Higby won AP; Shinji Saito won Combined.