PHOTO GALLERY: Yo-yo contest draws competitors, fans

By Tom Hickman/Missourian reader

May 30, 2012 | 4:44 p.m. CDT

This was the inaugural year for Mid-Mo Yo Yo Expo, a yo-yo contest, designed to bring together players from Columbia, St. Louis, Kansas City and surrounding areas.

Mike Curry, from Junction City, Kan., is shown competing in the Open Freestyle division of the Mid-Mo Yo-Yo Expo. He placed third in that division and second in the 1A division. | Tom Hickman/Missourian reader

Kevin Eulalia from St Louis placed first in the Division 1A Freestyle of the Mid-Mo Yo-Yo Expo. | Tom Hickman/Missourian reader

Mid-Mo Yo-Yo Expo 1A Division winners, from left: First place Kevin Eulalia, Host Chris Neff, second place Mike Curry, third place Ray Godefroid. | Tom Hickman/Missourian reader

Watching the yo-yo competitors are, from left: Spencer Berry, man of mystery; Blake Freeman, member of Square Wheels yo yo company; and Rick Wyatt, national yo-yo master. | Tom Hickman/Missourian reader

Jacob Surface, 12, from Jefferson City, does the Eiffel Tower trick at Saturday's expo. | Tom Hickman/Missourian reader

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