Dennis McBride is one of the four U.S. National Grand Masters. Written by Joe Mitchell with some portions from Dennis' website. (www.yoyomaster.com) Dennis began his yo-yo career at the age of eight, and as a child earned more than 15 yo-yo titles. He competed in many Duncan contests in his native California through the local parks and recreation departments- from playground level contests, to city level contests, to the county level and finally in California State contests. He competed until 1960, when he retired at the "ripe old age of 15" Dennis is no relation to Mark McBride.