We wind up the best yoyo tricks of 2016 so you dont have to. The skill, the beauty, the creativity and the fun, we tried to showcase the breadth of modern yoyo play from all over the world and how much it has progressed since going down and up.

While we focused on 2016 tricks, I'm sure we took a few liberties or simply let a few older tricks slip through. We hope you enjoy them either ways.

Did we get them all? Tell us which yoyo videos of 2016 are your favourites in the comments!

Players & videos in order of appearance:
Hajime Miura    • 2016JOYC Final DS Champion Hajime Miura  
Shu Takada www.instagram.com/p/BDnssw5KniZ
Joey Wong    • just for incline from Joey Wong  
Moyo, Stella (Who Theatre)    • 2016World Final AP XX Lin Hsing Yu WHO The...  
Takeshi Matsuura www.instagram.com/p/BJw6yeAB0dl/
Arata Imai    • 2016JN Final 2A 03 Arata Imai YoYoFactory ...  
Offstring player. Japanese names are hard.
Shota Saga www.instagram.com/p/BDyPG50KQxz/
Yoyo Yang    • 2016 World Yo-Yo Contest AP Division - Yoy...  
Yuuki Spencer www.instagram.com/p/BIelDN3BKUf/
1:05
The Wizard Riccardo Fraolini    • #9 - Riccardo Fraolini - Alternative Frees...  
Ki Zizan shot by Ryosuke Kawamura    • Ryosuke Kawamura Presents : Ky Zizan  
Philip White    • Philip White - 4A - 6th Place - 2016 World...  
Liu Man Ki    • Liu Man Ki (HK): 2A Division Finals  - Asi...  
Janos Karancz    • János Karancz - Tricks to Beat  
Wayne Xiu    • Wayne Xiu (AU): 5A Division Finals  - Asia...  
Evan Nagao    • 2016World Final 1A 14 Evan Nagao  
Tessa Piccillo    • CLYW Presents: Tessa Piccillo x Kodiak  
Rei Iwakura    • 2016World Final 4A 01 Rei Iwakura  
Zhao Chen    • 2016 ShenZhen Yo-Yo Contest X Division 1st...  
Hajime Miura www.instagram.com/p/BM6H9XghecVWGF1Jimjj7Ev_qMl2_M…
2:00
John Wolfe www.instagram.com/p/BHqOrQcheWK/
Sunshine Jimmy    • 2016 Canada Return Top Classics - Sunshine...  
Charles Haycock    • 2016 Canada Return Top Classics - Charles ...  
Akira Kato    • 2016JOYC Final DL 3rd Akira Kato  
Kenta Kushiro    • Kenta Kushiro & Shota Saga join Recess  
Ben Conde shot by Beyond Slow Motion    • YoYo Wizardry 2: Offstring (Ben Conde)  
Colin Beckford www.instagram.com/p/BME_0REh-Mx/
Atsushi Yamada, Shu Takada    • MAKING OF SHAQLER: 2015 World Yo-Yo Champion  
Yuki Uchida    • 2016EJB Final 4A 01 Yuki Uchida  
Quentin Godet    • EYYC 2016 4A Finals 3rd - Quentin Godet  
Polo www.instagram.com/p/BOkAjLQAaL_
Liu Zichen    • C3yoydesign Presents CYCC2016 1A Final 1st...  
"Chopsticks Gorilla" Hirotaka Akiba    • 2016JOYC Final SS 2nd Hirotaka Akiba aka "...  
3:00
Owen Ekblad (We totally lost the link in our library. Can anyone find it?)
OLD SKOOL FAMOUS    • 2016World Final AP Entertainment Award OLD...  
John Ando, Shu Takada    • MAKING OF SHAQLER: 2015 World Yo-Yo Champion  
John Ando    • EYYC 2016 1A Open Finals 5th - John Ando  
John Ando    • FIST SALUD Presents: John Ando is Back  
Shu Takada www.instagram.com/p/BOmPRMTFzsi
Tomohiko Zanka www.instagram.com/p/BCdWo3_Dk9r
Takeshi Matsuura    • 2016World Final 5A 01 Takeshi Matsuura  
4:18
Philip White    • Philip White - 4A Final - 1st Place - 2016...  
The Amazing Paul Kerbel www.facebook.com/paulkerbelyyf/videos/vb.615772425…
Keiran Cooper    • #4 - Keiran Cooper - Alternative Freestyle...  
Andrew Maider    • CLYW Presents: Andrew Maider - The Blizzard  
Kevin Nicholas www.instagram.com/p/BN4cwQjAGsO/
Arata Imai www.instagram.com/p/BNJ6nqClFiB/
Arata Imai    • Arata Imai (JP): 1A Division Prelim  - Asi...  
Arata Imai    • 2016JN Final 2A 03 Arata Imai YoYoFactory ...  
5:04
Alex Hattori    • Alex Hattori - 3A Final - 1st Place - 2016...  
Liu Man Ki    • Liu Man Ki (HK): 2A Division Finals  - Asi...  
Takumi Hakamata    • 2016HamaCon X 04 Takumi Hakamata  
Zach Gormley    • Emerald City  
Anthony Rojas    • CLYW Presents Anthony Rojas  
James Reed    • #7 - James Reed - Alternative Freestyle - ...  
Shinji Saito    • Shion Araya vs. Shinji Saito — CoC Finals ...  
Shu Takada www.instagram.com/p/BLRY0dal9Iz/
End Screens
John Ando    • FIST SALUD Presents: John Ando is Back  
Anthony Rojas    • CLYW Presents Anthony Rojas  
Arata Imai www.instagram.com/p/BNlSArMFNCN/
Jun Taniguchi    • 2016EJB Final 2A 03 Jun Taniguchi  

Disclaimer:
Objectively, it's impossible to choose the most awesome tricks in a year. Let's just get that out of the way. We ended up with 20+ minutes of footage we had to squeeze into 6 minutes, so we apologize if your favorite players are not in there or if your quadruple suicide whip didn't make the video.

If you are the owner of footage in the video and would like it removed, there's no need to call your lawyers, all you have to do is drop us a message on YouTube and we'll get you sorted.