SOTY FINALISTS:
Austyn Gillette
Nyjah Huston (WTF Thrasher)
Tyshawn Jones
Chris Joslin
Milton Martinez
Oskar Rosenberg
Evan Smith
Zion Wright
So fucked up... Where is Nassim Guammaz? Mason Silva? I mean who gives a fuck about SOTY, but still...
Unpopular opinion: Tyshawn had a great part but doesn't deserve SOTY...
But these finalists made it easy for him (if votes count) : if you forget about the olympic skaters there are 5 skaters:
- Austyn Gilette: magnificient when he skate but was not his year
- Oski: Euro skater, the polar video did not get featured on thrasher so less views and impact on people that don't keep up
- Milton Martinez: So fucked up. Probably the most thrasher of them all. Would deserve it for sure... But fuck he doesn't have a style that fits 2019, and since it's 16 yo voting...
So in the end it's pretty much Evan Smith VS Tyshawn Jones.
Smith has the freak vibe, Jones has the cool boy vibe.
Skateboarding is now a cool boy wannabe thing (supreme) , not a freak thing (element) anymore : probably Tyshawn SOTY .
Unless the Phelps rigs the votes to make a california dude win, or maybe Element n DC gave more money in print commercials than Supreme and Addidas haha
But when you see what the last SOTY had to put out in term of coverage and part before earning the title, don't tell me TJ is SOTY material. (But closing the Supreme vid, probably the VOTY for a lot of people, obviously gets you a pass)