NORTHWESTS BEST YO-YOERS SPIN THEIR MAGIC IN SEATTLE
Joseph Harris, (L), jokes with E.J. Knoll at the National Yo-Yo League's Pacific Northwest Regional Championships in Seattle on February 23, 2008. Over 40 competitors from California, Oregon and Washington competed in five freestyle divisions by looping, spinning their off-string and freehand tricks to move on to the nationals, which will be held in Chico, California in October. Harris took first place in the 2A Freestyle Division. (UPI Photo/Jim Bryant)
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