the history of Bassie and his yo-yo`s...



first week:
happyness, I bought my new yo-yo... I couldn`t really do anything interesting with it yet, but at least I had a Russel-yo-yo (better then one of Moose`s yo-yo`s...)

second week:
I heard of competitions... well, actually, I read about them in the newspapers... but I didn`t know where they were held, so I kept on practising... I learned to do some minor tricks like "over-the-falls" and the "spinn"...

third week:
I`m definetley entering one of those competitions this week... don`t really know where it is, but Dmoug will take to the place... he knows how to find it... competition1: got nervous as hell, "spinn" went well, "walking-the-dog" failed... competition over for me, became 5th... and I met Terry, the Irish champion...

fourth week: entered the competition for the 2nd time... didn`t get nervous like last time, reached the 4th place... everything went well, till I got to "jump-the-fence"... the yo-yo kept slipping away... game over... more people entered then last week...

fifth week: I learned all basic tricks... including "rockin`-the-baby"... heheheh... I`ll teach them... entered the competition again.. did all tricks, with no hesitation... became 3rd, cuz I didn`t make much "loop-the-loops", but I won the discman, cuz the first 2 guyz already won it before... I`m the happiest chicken alive... learned a major trick: the "Eiffel-Tower" (yeah, the french thingie...^_^)

sixth week: entered the same competition again, was the last of the normal one`s today... next week the Semi-Finals begin... gotta practise like hell for it... I made 32 loops... broke my personal record... was pretty proud of it... too bad the first made 140 or so loops... and the 2nd made 82 of `em... I`m not happy...

seventh week: entered the Semi Finals... you could actually win a playstation here... about fifty people entered, mostly crap... you had to do all 8 tricks, 10 points if you did them in the first try, 5 if in the 2nd... I got 70 points (I failed the "shamrock" twice...), so I didn`t win the playstation... and I didn`t make it to the finals... or so it seemed... Terry broke the rulez just for this time... there was a third place in the finals to win, and I had to do "loop-da-loops" against the kid who got 140 last week... my record then was 50... he broke his record during the past week, he got 170... but this time, it went a lil different... he was nervous as hell... he went first... he got just 15 loops... my heart was filled with joy, but I wasn`t there yet... I had to get 16 or more... the crowd was quiet like hell, and Dmoug was eating crisps, making as little sound as possible... I started... by the 14th loop, my yo-yo hit some steel bar at the ceiling... everyone was shocked... time stood still... but I kept on trying to make loops... AND I DID!!!!!!!!!! I MADE 17!!!!!!!!!!!! I`M IN THE FINALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

eight week, aka FINALS: I`m not nervous... I`m just happy to make it there... we had to leave 7am, got there at around 10:30.... we had to travel all the way from alkmaar, a bit in the north/north-west, to Den Bosch, way down south in Holland... we went with three guys... Dmoug, lil_Stefan and me, Bassie... to make thinks short, we`ll skip most of the stuff and begin with the competition... it was the same "formula" as in the semi`s... I went 3rd... failed that crappy "shamrock" again, but got all 70 points at the other tricks... but it wasn`t enough... to make it through, I had to get 75, or a perfect score... so I became a joint-tenth, I won nothing... a whole day in an amusement park, and I wasted it on a competition where I practised two months for... I felt f*ckin angry... dissapointed... and, of course. wet... cuz it was raining... the international yo-yo team is gone now, but they`ll be back... and so will I... for I AM

BASSIE, THE YO-YO CHICKEN!!!

hope you like my story, cuz this is my story... my version... I would like to thank all the little people... weren`t they great in the Wizard of Oz?, and all the people who supported me all the way to the finals (Dmoug, my family, Terry, my class a little... no thanx to the Black Union, cuz they didn`t allow me to yo-yo there...)