About Harrison Lee
Harrison Nathan Lee is a Canadian competitive yo-yo player and designer from Burnaby, British Columbia. He picked up yo-yoing around 2011 when it briefly circulated as a school fad, and continued after his peers lost interest. By 2013, at approximately age 13, he had won the Canadian National Return Top Championship in the 1A division—his first of three national titles. He competes and performs internationally, representing Canada at the World Yo-Yo Contest and regional events such as the Bay Area Classic.
Lee joined CLYW (Caribou Lodge Yoyo Works) as a sponsored player by at least 2014. His first signature yo-yo, the Orca, was released on March 28, 2015—a 55mm, 67g aluminum design that became one of CLYW’s more commercially successful releases with multiple sold-out colorway runs. A planned Orca 2.0 (2017) was abandoned mid-development after Lee determined the design had become overcomplicated. His second signature, the Otter (April 2021), was a smaller, more technical model created in collaboration with Jeffrey Pang. In November 2024 Lee co-founded Canopy Collection, a joint venture with Coleman Weimer and Reuben Ng, releasing the Canopy AL—a design fusing the Otter and Atmos’s Polaris.
His play style is fast and technical, emphasizing intricate string formations and tight mounts. He gravitates toward undersized throws, a deliberate form-factor choice to stand out in competition. Outside of competition, Lee has performed publicly at major Vancouver events and appeared on CBC Vancouver and Global BC television. He has twice performed on stage alongside the Barenaked Ladies. In 2013 he participated in a “Spinning For Calgary” charitable fundraiser, yo-yoing for eight hours straight for flood-relief donations.
In Their Own Words
From a Global News interview, March 2015:
“When I’m on stage I kind of zone out and let my hands take over.”
“There’s lots of physics in yo-yo design… so many physics.”
From a Global News interview, April 2021:
“You can kind of get lost in it. You’re just playing with the string and mood and it’s like, oh, what shape can I make?”
