SOTY Breakdown?

[optimusXgrind]

chris russell

[Jerkstore]

very cohesive list on why each pro is a potential soty

but I really dislike the idea of guy or biebel getting it this
year, purely for the idea that their entire years coverage
consisted of park footage.

I kinda would have liked to have seen clint walker on the list
too, that guy is a freaking animal.

The CK1 hype is real though, he must be sitting on one hell of a part
that he's considered as a formidable contender with relatively no
footage this year.

objectively speaking though, I think it comes down to Ishod, AVE
and Shane.

Ishod primarily though 

[Ronald Wilson Reagan]

Who is Cyril Jackson? Did they mean Cyrus Bennett? He has been having a pretty sick year, I'll vote for him. That's sick of Thrasher to back the young dudes, Cyrus has a mean kickflip!

He's a black guy, you know, part of that culture you brooklyn hipsters pushed out and ignore?

[Madam, I'm Adam]

Gilbert Crockett- "Propeller"/"Salt Life," launched Quasi which by all appearances is an extremely dope and relevant board company, street skated in a stylish and creative fashion, got 30 news tattoos, was beloved of SLAP heads far and wide

"KCCI Channel 8 Iowa: Salt raises blood pressure" over his heart.

Terrible jokes aside, that was a great list!

[posguy]

come on we all know someone in Nike Chronicles 3 will get it..

I sure hope not if only to prevent Nike from being able to claim one of it's riders as SOTY.

[chilllyboy]

Nikejah makes phelps an offer he can't refuse:

[BAZOOKA7]

watabout bucky lasek

[the canadian suit]

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Who is Cyril Jackson? Did they mean Cyrus Bennett? He has been having a pretty sick year, I'll vote for him. That's sick of Thrasher to back the young dudes, Cyrus has a mean kickflip!

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He's a black guy, you know, part of that culture you brooklyn hipsters pushed out and ignore?

"brooklyn hipsters"

I've never even been to New York, my comment was facetious, and Cyril Jackson's skateboarding is not my cup of tea because school yards and benches set up after handrails to make lines just isn't my shit.

[Hash Slinging Slasher]

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come on we all know someone in Nike Chronicles 3 will get it..

[close]

I sure hope not if only to prevent Nike from being able to claim one of it's riders as SOTY.

What are you talking about? They can already claim two riders as SOTY

[Ronald Wilson Reagan]

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come on we all know someone in Nike Chronicles 3 will get it..

[close]

I sure hope not if only to prevent Nike from being able to claim one of it's riders as SOTY.

Nike buys sotys. It doesn't matter if the soty skated for a different company, they'll conquer him eventually.

[corto]

Chris Joslin- "True"/"12 Days in China"/"No Hope," skateboarding's version of an HP Lovecraft monster, a creeping, relentless enemy who will do every flip trick known to man down whatever the fuck he pleases in an utterly boring and style-less manner unless he is stopped but he can't be stopped one day he will kill us all

Luan Oliveira- "Push"/"Mic Check," speed freak, crushed ledges, crushed contests, quick feet and stupid pop, SOTY contender year in and year out for the foreseeable future

Carlos Ribeiro- "1947"/"Primitive Presents Carlos Ribeiro," card-carrying lieutenant in the ongoing Brazilian invasion, cutting-edge ledge combos and consistently progressive street skating, switch flip switch back noseblunt on a full-size picnic table as long as we're counting NBDs

Anthony Van Engelen- "Propeller"/"Boys of Summer"/"FIGHT/FUCK," the betting favorite, FA co-conspirator, on a hideous and extensively documented tear, switch lines for days, switch crook fakie flip out on a picnic table, switch 50 on a triple-stacked bump to bar, extremely gnarly individual

It's probably gonna go to one of these. If AVE wins it, then it's a lifetime achievement thing. 

I voted for Luan. I feel kinda ashamed to say it, cause he's way too much of  a robot/athlete/contest guy to my liking. But the long lines in his Push part are pretty god damn amazing.

[N.L.]

how old is AVE? upper 30s right? i'd like to see him become SOTY for being so good at his age. you could say the same about guy, but i like AVE better.

[Tabletop]

 Guy had that berries doco that ended in a full street part.

I'm tipping AVE or Shane.

[trill danforth]

Guy had that berries doco that ended in a full street part.

I'm tipping AVE or Shane.

"Life on Video" came out in December 2014...

[posguy]

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come on we all know someone in Nike Chronicles 3 will get it..

[close]

I sure hope not if only to prevent Nike from being able to claim one of it's riders as SOTY.

[close]

What are you talking about? They can already claim two riders as SOTY

I shoulda said "another"

[Bread Harrity]

Rowan Zorilla- "Propeller," Baker super-am, slightly kooked it during his big debut part by virtue of a prominently displayed Davy Crockett hat but overall came through with a fun and creative part, put it in front of him and he'll skate it, wallrides to big gaps, seems to generally be killing it at life

are you talking abt Dan Lu?

[Allen.]

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Rowan Zorilla- "Propeller," Baker super-am, slightly kooked it during his big debut part by virtue of a prominently displayed Davy Crockett hat but overall came through with a fun and creative part, put it in front of him and he'll skate it, wallrides to big gaps, seems to generally be killing it at life

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are you talking abt Dan Lu?

I think he means he prominently displayed a Gilbert Crockett hat

[trill danforth]

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Rowan Zorilla- "Propeller," Baker super-am, slightly kooked it during his big debut part by virtue of a prominently displayed Davy Crockett hat but overall came through with a fun and creative part, put it in front of him and he'll skate it, wallrides to big gaps, seems to generally be killing it at life

[close]

are you talking abt Dan Lu?

[close]

I think he means he prominently displayed a Gilbert Crockett hat

hahaha nope, if you check Rowan out in "Propeller" you'll see him carving around with a raccoon on his head. let me clarify that i'm not mad at the kid at all, weirdo shit doesn't really bother me unless it seems contrived or like some kind of act, and to me Rowan comes across as nothing if not genuine

[andocom]

Pedro Barros- "Propeller," ripped transition at mach speeds and prolly won a gang of contests i dunno

Elijah Berle- "Propeller," continued to demonstrate that he's one of the very best ATV kids in the game, skated to the best Circle Jerks song just for bonus points

Brandon Biebel- welcome to 2015. daily NBD's on Instagram, played landlord to a gang of A-listers at his clubhouse, set the world record for bench pressing bottle waitresses

Kevin Bradley- "Boys of Summer"/"Chronicles 3" upcoming, smoked dumb amounts of weed, back tailed the oakland courthouse ledge at ~137 mph super good, prolly could win off the strength of that alone

Gilbert Crockett- "Propeller"/"Salt Life," launched Quasi which by all appearances is an extremely dope and relevant board company, street skated in a stylish and creative fashion, got 30 news tattoos, was beloved of SLAP heads far and wide

Chima Ferguson- "Propeller"/"Through and Through," switch and fakie everything down and across and over everything, excellent at skateboarding but will have to settle for being nominated, will be wild posi and save Dustin Dollin from dying a minimum of three times at the SOTY afterparty

Greyson Fletcher- "In Perdition," turned pro for an increasingly tough to slander Element squad, one-foots and backside ollies that make 70s skate elders openly weep, benefited greatly from the single best filming effort of 2015, most likely to wear a tshirt repping an avowed white supremacist or national socialist splinter group

Jaws Homoki- "Push," managed to stay one step ahead of the reaper for another year, leap-of-faith level drops like it's some kind of hobby, prolly ruined at least one AYC trip blasting shitty music in the bus and for that we can all be thankful

Nyjah Huston- "OMFG," i'll let y'all take it from here...

Cyril Jackson- "Notorious Cyril Killer"/"Bad Luck," turned pro for Baker, late shuv'd black hubba i repeat late shuv'd black hubba, endured copious dirty looks and passive-aggressive remarks from the Boss and did not allow it to deter his weed consumption in any way shape or form

Jake Johnson- "GX1000"/"Trust"/i think "We Are Blood" maybe?, the people's champ, switch wallrides, unheard-of Thrasher cover, unheard-of consensus among core skate freaks as one of the absolute best, unheard-of human being in general

Chris Joslin- "True"/"12 Days in China"/"No Hope," skateboarding's version of an HP Lovecraft monster, a creeping, relentless enemy who will do every flip trick known to man down whatever the fuck he pleases in an utterly boring and style-less manner unless he is stopped but he can't be stopped one day he will kill us all

Cory Kennedy- "Chronicles 3" upcoming, got a pro model on the swoosh and miraculously did not retire on the spot, not a ton of coverage but is generally assumed to have went full the fuck off in the Nike vid, noted Hawaiian shirt enthusiast

Daniel Lutheran- "Propeller," turned in the feel-good part of the year, had the Toy Machine crew out to his house and everybody had a lovely time even Billy Marks, will bring his entire family to the SOTY party and everybody will have a lovely time even Billy Marks

Guy Mariano- "Boys of Summer," stayed flared for a minute there, broke 1994's heart and fled the crail compound for parts known and unknown, elevated fakie 5-0's to previously unknown heights, the only man to win multiple lifetime achievement awards

Luan Oliveira- "Push"/"Mic Check," speed freak, crushed ledges, crushed contests, quick feet and stupid pop, SOTY contender year in and year out for the foreseeable future

Shane O'Neill- "Shane Goes"/rumored awards-season Thrasher part, delivered prolly the best front-to-back part of his career, jumped ship off Skate Mental to the leviathan conglomerate known as Primitive for part-ownership and easier access to crucial software upgrades, switch double 360 flipped the Santa Monica triple set, switch kickflip backside nosebluntslide on the cover of Thrasher, switch i don't even fucking know anymore this dude is on some other shit

Ben Raybourn- "Push"/"Raybourn to Roll," 360s, 540s, lien to tails, properly stalled inverts, all on the tightest transition known to the bowl-skating world, with the craziest ability to roll away from sketchy landings and carry speed into the next wall

Carlos Ribeiro- "1947"/"Primitive Presents Carlos Ribeiro," card-carrying lieutenant in the ongoing Brazilian invasion, cutting-edge ledge combos and consistently progressive street skating, switch flip switch back noseblunt on a full-size picnic table as long as we're counting NBDs

Ronnie Sandoval- "Living Free"/"Our Life"/"Everybody's Clown," Pedro head word to Mike Watt and D Boon, Krooked's resident ATV killer, noted footplant and boneless one practitioner, 19 with the whole world in front of him so he's already a winner

Miles Silvas- "1947," this kid is FUCKED UP good at skateboarding, he's gonna be around for a long-ass time being ridiculously gnarly, he back noseblunted an 18-stair handrail what else do you want from me?

Anthony Van Engelen- "Propeller"/"Boys of Summer"/"FIGHT/FUCK," the betting favorite, FA co-conspirator, on a hideous and extensively documented tear, switch lines for days, switch crook fakie flip out on a picnic table, switch 50 on a triple-stacked bump to bar, extremely gnarly individual

Ishod Wair- "Sabotage 4"/"Push"/"Through and Through"/"The Most Push-up Dudes," footage-stacker extraordinaire, top gun of an absurdly stacked Real team, back smiths, front tails, kickflip 50s, i mean take your pick. the best skater in the known universe and SOTY until further notice but that's just one man's opinion

Kyle Walker- "Propeller"/"Through and Through," went pro on the Deluxe ticket, repped the Oklahoma City Thunder on his first graphic but for that he can be forgiven, locks into front 50s uncannily well and for excessive periods of time, front smith kickflip out over a sidewalk, impeccable trick selection, will be heard from again in these SOTY polls

Rowan Zorilla- "Propeller," Baker super-am, slightly kooked it during his big debut part by virtue of a prominently displayed Davy Crockett hat but overall came through with a fun and creative part, put it in front of him and he'll skate it, wallrides to big gaps, seems to generally be killing it at life

the field is large and the outcome is largely irrelevant but that's where WE come in. have at it, fellas...

Could well be a post of the year contender.

[Brown Thunder]

my vote is for AVE because it's AVE

[skate_spbr]

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Pedro Barros- "Propeller," ripped transition at mach speeds and prolly won a gang of contests i dunno

Elijah Berle- "Propeller," continued to demonstrate that he's one of the very best ATV kids in the game, skated to the best Circle Jerks song just for bonus points

Brandon Biebel- welcome to 2015. daily NBD's on Instagram, played landlord to a gang of A-listers at his clubhouse, set the world record for bench pressing bottle waitresses

Kevin Bradley- "Boys of Summer"/"Chronicles 3" upcoming, smoked dumb amounts of weed, back tailed the oakland courthouse ledge at ~137 mph super good, prolly could win off the strength of that alone

Gilbert Crockett- "Propeller"/"Salt Life," launched Quasi which by all appearances is an extremely dope and relevant board company, street skated in a stylish and creative fashion, got 30 news tattoos, was beloved of SLAP heads far and wide

Chima Ferguson- "Propeller"/"Through and Through," switch and fakie everything down and across and over everything, excellent at skateboarding but will have to settle for being nominated, will be wild posi and save Dustin Dollin from dying a minimum of three times at the SOTY afterparty

Greyson Fletcher- "In Perdition," turned pro for an increasingly tough to slander Element squad, one-foots and backside ollies that make 70s skate elders openly weep, benefited greatly from the single best filming effort of 2015, most likely to wear a tshirt repping an avowed white supremacist or national socialist splinter group

Jaws Homoki- "Push," managed to stay one step ahead of the reaper for another year, leap-of-faith level drops like it's some kind of hobby, prolly ruined at least one AYC trip blasting shitty music in the bus and for that we can all be thankful

Nyjah Huston- "OMFG," i'll let y'all take it from here...

Cyril Jackson- "Notorious Cyril Killer"/"Bad Luck," turned pro for Baker, late shuv'd black hubba i repeat late shuv'd black hubba, endured copious dirty looks and passive-aggressive remarks from the Boss and did not allow it to deter his weed consumption in any way shape or form

Jake Johnson- "GX1000"/"Trust"/i think "We Are Blood" maybe?, the people's champ, switch wallrides, unheard-of Thrasher cover, unheard-of consensus among core skate freaks as one of the absolute best, unheard-of human being in general

Chris Joslin- "True"/"12 Days in China"/"No Hope," skateboarding's version of an HP Lovecraft monster, a creeping, relentless enemy who will do every flip trick known to man down whatever the fuck he pleases in an utterly boring and style-less manner unless he is stopped but he can't be stopped one day he will kill us all

Cory Kennedy- "Chronicles 3" upcoming, got a pro model on the swoosh and miraculously did not retire on the spot, not a ton of coverage but is generally assumed to have went full the fuck off in the Nike vid, noted Hawaiian shirt enthusiast

Daniel Lutheran- "Propeller," turned in the feel-good part of the year, had the Toy Machine crew out to his house and everybody had a lovely time even Billy Marks, will bring his entire family to the SOTY party and everybody will have a lovely time even Billy Marks

Guy Mariano- "Boys of Summer," stayed flared for a minute there, broke 1994's heart and fled the crail compound for parts known and unknown, elevated fakie 5-0's to previously unknown heights, the only man to win multiple lifetime achievement awards

Luan Oliveira- "Push"/"Mic Check," speed freak, crushed ledges, crushed contests, quick feet and stupid pop, SOTY contender year in and year out for the foreseeable future

Shane O'Neill- "Shane Goes"/rumored awards-season Thrasher part, delivered prolly the best front-to-back part of his career, jumped ship off Skate Mental to the leviathan conglomerate known as Primitive for part-ownership and easier access to crucial software upgrades, switch double 360 flipped the Santa Monica triple set, switch kickflip backside nosebluntslide on the cover of Thrasher, switch i don't even fucking know anymore this dude is on some other shit

Ben Raybourn- "Push"/"Raybourn to Roll," 360s, 540s, lien to tails, properly stalled inverts, all on the tightest transition known to the bowl-skating world, with the craziest ability to roll away from sketchy landings and carry speed into the next wall

Carlos Ribeiro- "1947"/"Primitive Presents Carlos Ribeiro," card-carrying lieutenant in the ongoing Brazilian invasion, cutting-edge ledge combos and consistently progressive street skating, switch flip switch back noseblunt on a full-size picnic table as long as we're counting NBDs

Ronnie Sandoval- "Living Free"/"Our Life"/"Everybody's Clown," Pedro head word to Mike Watt and D Boon, Krooked's resident ATV killer, noted footplant and boneless one practitioner, 19 with the whole world in front of him so he's already a winner

Miles Silvas- "1947," this kid is FUCKED UP good at skateboarding, he's gonna be around for a long-ass time being ridiculously gnarly, he back noseblunted an 18-stair handrail what else do you want from me?

Anthony Van Engelen- "Propeller"/"Boys of Summer"/"FIGHT/FUCK," the betting favorite, FA co-conspirator, on a hideous and extensively documented tear, switch lines for days, switch crook fakie flip out on a picnic table, switch 50 on a triple-stacked bump to bar, extremely gnarly individual

Ishod Wair- "Sabotage 4"/"Push"/"Through and Through"/"The Most Push-up Dudes," footage-stacker extraordinaire, top gun of an absurdly stacked Real team, back smiths, front tails, kickflip 50s, i mean take your pick. the best skater in the known universe and SOTY until further notice but that's just one man's opinion

Kyle Walker- "Propeller"/"Through and Through," went pro on the Deluxe ticket, repped the Oklahoma City Thunder on his first graphic but for that he can be forgiven, locks into front 50s uncannily well and for excessive periods of time, front smith kickflip out over a sidewalk, impeccable trick selection, will be heard from again in these SOTY polls

Rowan Zorilla- "Propeller," Baker super-am, slightly kooked it during his big debut part by virtue of a prominently displayed Davy Crockett hat but overall came through with a fun and creative part, put it in front of him and he'll skate it, wallrides to big gaps, seems to generally be killing it at life

the field is large and the outcome is largely irrelevant but that's where WE come in. have at it, fellas...

[close]

tldr

you should though

[pencil]

if rowan wins i hope the reaction he has is caught on camera and made a GIF right away

[Baxter]

my vote is for AVE because it's AVE

[Babby]

Pure speculation, but Kelly Bird's sweetheart deal with Nike promises them an unreleased street part and win for SOTY2015(Guy Mariano).  

Released through Thrasher in the next week or so and backed up with a bump in ad revenue for the mag, solidifying prime placement in the new year for the 9jah announcement/marketing push.

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come on we all know someone in Nike Chronicles 3 will get it..

[close]

I sure hope not if only to prevent Nike from being able to claim one of it's riders as SOTY.

[close]

What are you talking about? They can already claim two riders as SOTY

actually, they have 4 with koston and ba. pretty crazy. vans has 3 and i hope that they get 1 more this year.

i'm surprised they didn't wait for the nike video to drop before coming up with this list. ck1 has really not put out much of anything this year and neither have a lot of the dudes on the list as already mentioned (biebel, guy and jake johnson) tiago should definitely be up for it. i'm voting for ave but, every year that a nike chronicles video has dropped it has ended up being one of their guys so i would not be surprised if it's cory kennedy.

[CRAILFISH TO REVERT]

chris russell

I agree. Very strange he wasn't even on the fucking list.

[ghostofcain]

My top 3 Raybourn, Jaws, and Greyson.

[needlejuice]

DEFINATELY cory or luan. most likely cory bc luan is easily capable of coming through and getting it next year while this seems like its going to be corys last big productive year

glad luans finally getting some attention

[Matt Mazza]

Tiago Lamos gets my vote Ive been waiting to see that switch fs crook across that whole ledge! Finally surfaced in the new DC video

[zippy z]

After the 4Star video, Ishod.