Yo-Yo ProfessionalSince 1998.

Yo-Yo Journey & Legacy

I’m a Singaporean yo-yo champion, pioneer, community builder and creative entrepreneur, born and raised in Yishun, Singapore, and now based in Malaysia as a digital nomad.

My yo-yo journey began in 1998 during the Hyper Russell (1st Gen) Yo-Yo era. My first yo-yo was a light blue, Korea-made Hyper Russell, bought by my mom from a 7-Eleven store or Toys"R"Us in Singapore. Inspired by my new hobby, I even designed and made my first yo-yo box using a shoebox. My brother and sister later gave me the yo-yos they had bought for themselves when they saw me learning more tricks and becoming increasingly passionate about yo-yoing.

I was introduced to the Hyper Yo-Yo Club Singapore in Bishan by Joel, my Yishun neighbour, whose mom worked for Bandai and directly handled the official regional distribution of the first-generation Hyper Yo-Yo line in Singapore. This marked my first involvement in an organised yo-yo community.

My earliest influences included Marcia Fontebesso of Team Russell Brazil, Jennifer Baybrook (1998 World Yo-Yo Champion), Noel Popham, Alex Garcia and Takumi Nagase from the THP era, alongside Team Hyper Yo-Yo Singapore. In 1999, I was introduced to ProYo through YoHans (Hans Van Dan Elzen), followed by the ProYo × BP promotions in 2000, which further shaped my early yo-yo journey.

Back in the day, I memorised and learned tricks through yo-yo player 30X trick cards, printed guides, books, trick-name lists on websites and freestyle videos on VHS tapes. I also downloaded freestyle videos in .avi, .mov, .wmv, .mpg, .mpeg and .flv formats over an internet modem, with waiting times ranging from 24 hours to seven days! Some of my early online resources included YeT! - Yama@18, a classic early-2000s Japanese yo-yo community website, and Yoyoing.com by Greg Cohen of Infinite Illusions.

Competition & Professional Sponsorship

A regional competition champion, I won my first Malaysian yo-yo competition at Toyzbar in 2000. Between 2001 and 2002, I helped build Singapore’s early yo-yo community through Team Supernova Raiders at Ulu Pandan Community Club, where I began pioneering 4A Offstring using Henrys yo-yos and 5A Counterweight using the Duncan Freehand FH1.

Influenced by Steve Brown, I received my first professional sponsorship from Duncan Toys in 2002 and represented the brand professionally from 2002 to 2014.

In 2003, together with Firdaus and Ali, I founded Team Freelance Singapore, taking over the Saturday training sessions at Ulu Pandan Community Club. At just 17, I received recognition from the People's Association Youth Movement (PAYM) for my contributions as a youth leader, managing a community of around 50 new and experienced players. This was also when I began coaching and mentoring other yo-yo players.

During this era, Singapore’s yo-yo scene grew through promotional campaigns, Spinworkx, national competitions and its first Asia-Pacific Yo-Yo Championship. I placed 2nd in the X-Division (Offstring) at the 2003 Asia Pacific Yo-Yo Championships, becoming the first Singaporean to reach the podium in the division, narrowly losing to Eiji Okuyama, the 2003 4A World Yo-Yo Champion, by just one point.

Throughout my competitive career, I also achieved multiple runner-up finishes (Vice-Champion) at the Singapore Yo-Yo Championships over the years, competing across different divisions and contributing to Singapore's competitive yo-yo scene.

In 2014, after 12 years with Duncan Toys, I decided to pass on my sponsorship opportunity to a new generation of yo-yo players and depart from Duncan Crew. This marked a new chapter in my journey, as I shifted my focus towards building and developing my own brand, Dement Clothing.

More than a decade later, I returned to the international competitive stage, placing 32nd in the 4A Division preliminaries at the 2015 World Yo-Yo Contest.

From the Iron-Mod and yo-yo modification era of 2004–2005 to modern competitive yo-yoing, I have continued to contribute to the evolution of the sport. As one of the pioneers of Singapore's 4A Offstring and 5A Freehand divisions, my involvement has extended beyond competition into coaching, mentoring, judging, performances and community development.

Dement Clothing & Community Projects

In 2005, I founded Euphorya, starting with graphic design services before expanding the business towards media production, e-commerce, Software as a Service (SaaS) and community building.

One of the brands I developed was Dement Clothing by Euphorya, originally established as Euphorya Clothing in 2005, followed by Throw Clothing in 2008 and eventually Dement Clothing in 2012.

Between 2012 and 2016, Dement recorded over 1,000 units sold across 35 unique designs and collaborative products, generating an estimated total profit of $21,225. Rooted in my Yishun upbringing, the brand carried my “Made in Yishun” spirit and “Fight for Passion!” slogan.

Beyond apparel, Dement also hosted Throw+65 in Singapore, a small community gathering centred around potluck, contests and yo-yo hangouts. The event brought players together over local steamboat food and a bring-your-own-food potluck, creating a relaxed space to share yo-yo knowledge, exchange tricks, discuss techniques and connect with fellow enthusiasts. Other projects included the Dement Yo-Yo Cup in Kuala Lumpur in 2014.

Today, I contribute to the Malaysia Yo-Yo Association (MYYA) through official gear and branding design, coaching framework development and community initiatives. My work includes supporting player development, coaching education, competition preparation, judging and community building. Over the years, my projects and initiatives have helped bring together a community of more than 100 people across Southeast Asia through yo-yoing, spintop, diabolo, jitter ring, kendama, running, cycling, streetwear modelling, action and extreme sports.