Battle at the Berrics 6

[Monty Burns]

Is the berrics still popular ? are kids still super into that thing ?

[foureyedjim]

If Suciu played, and actually played seriously, I think he might be able to win it.  He killed it at the Es game of skate several years back, and this:

[ben shraider]

If Suciu played, and actually played seriously, I think he might be able to win it.  He killed it at the Es game of skate several years back, and this:

He definately has the natural ability to figure out every possible skateboarding trick.

[needlejuice]

cory kennedy looks like lip from the tv show shameless. if lip and jim from the office had a baby itd be cory

[doublesteveburger]

I can think of a brand new group of 20 or so skaters who have never been in this thing and are seemingly really good at flat that could make for some really great games. Instead, we get the same goddamn people again and again.

i'm curious, shoot.

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[heckler]

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I can think of a brand new group of 20 or so skaters who have never been in this thing and are seemingly really good at flat that could make for some really great games. Instead, we get the same goddamn people again and again.

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i'm curious, shoot.

1. Geoff Rowley
2. Mark Suciu
3. Tyler Surrey
4. Daewon Song
5. Vincent Alvarez
6. Louie Barletta
7. Josh Matthews
8. Dan Plunkett
9. Jesus Fernandez
10. Madars Apse
11. Walker Ryan
12. Caswell Berry
13. Zered Bassett
14. Jon Dickson
15. Russ Milligan
16. Kenny Hoyle
17. Silas Baxter Neal
18. Jimmy McDonald
19. Lucas Puig
20. Jerry Hsu
(I know those two were both in one game already, but they got skunked, so I'm throwing them in anyways.)

honorable mentions.
21. If he was still around, Lewis Marnell
22. Dennis Busenitz still hasn't won one, so him.
23. Basically, anyone who's already made it into the top 4 once before shouldn't be allowed back in.
24. Didn't The Butcher get third in one of the Es games of skate?
25. I'm sure there's plenty other people who can do more than 5 tricks consistently enough to play a game.

[heckler]

Throw Bobby Worrest on that list too! Dave Bachinsky seems like he's got a pretty deep bag of tricks. And how about Nick Merlino? Something tells me you have to be able to switch b/s 360 on flat before taking it down stairs...

[max power]

r.i.p b.a.t.b.

[Andrew]

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And why would you invite some dude who sucked in the last one, and clearly can't skate flat that great, when theres so many other people out there?

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because: I am mikemo and this is ttheeeeee mikemo .... ahahahahah.

hahahahahahaha. I like mike mo and I see why people like his shoe but I cringe every time I hear him say that

[NowhereInLife]

     I'm always struck by Prod"s good nature and professionalism in the spotlight.   It's not hard to see why he is Nike's golden boy.  He's not my fave to watch by any stretch, but I find him thoroughly respectable.  He, cole, mo, pj, shane, and morgan, are the robot guard of flatground supremacy.  If you can't beat at least two of them (and most know they can't thus show up over it) you ain't winning shite.  I like to see new faces as much as the next dude, but these guys should always be in it, because if you don't beat them, you didn't really win [flatground] skateboarding.

It's interesting to think that it's only a matter of time before someone shows up who's going to be able to abuse them all consistently.  But likely not until age really starts to play a role.

[johntsunami]

BRING IN LIL WILL AKA WILL FYOCK. HE SKUNKED FELIPE GUSTAVO AND BEAT SHANUGGET O NEILL

[johntsunami]

alex mizurov is better then all them, stupid lucky morgan

[doublesteveburger]

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I can think of a brand new group of 20 or so skaters who have never been in this thing and are seemingly really good at flat that could make for some really great games. Instead, we get the same goddamn people again and again.

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i'm curious, shoot.

1. Geoff Rowley
2. Mark Suciu
3. Tyler Surrey
4. Daewon Song
5. Vincent Alvarez
6. Louie Barletta
7. Josh Matthews
8. Dan Plunkett
9. Jesus Fernandez
10. Madars Apse
11. Walker Ryan
12. Caswell Berry
13. Zered Bassett
14. Jon Dickson
15. Russ Milligan
16. Kenny Hoyle
17. Silas Baxter Neal
18. Jimmy McDonald
19. Lucas Puig
20. Jerry Hsu
(I know those two were both in one game already, but they got skunked, so I'm throwing them in anyways.)

honorable mentions.
21. If he was still around, Lewis Marnell
22. Dennis Busenitz still hasn't won one, so him.
23. Basically, anyone who's already made it into the top 4 once before shouldn't be allowed back in.
24. Didn't The Butcher get third in one of the Es games of skate?
25. I'm sure there's plenty other people who can do more than 5 tricks consistently enough to play a game.

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nice, you nailed it.



how fucking awesome would it be if the berrics did a 90's pro batb?
mob kickflips toe drag would count.

[ohyouskatewhocares]

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This was the worst BATB weekend in history.

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[Merked]

I wish they did flow vs. pro.  Dudes be fuckin up.

[fookya]

I can't believe they even put some of these games online for people to watch, there horrible. pro vs flow would have been a much better route to take.

[doublesteveburger]

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I can think of a brand new group of 20 or so skaters who have never been in this thing and are seemingly really good at flat that could make for some really great games. Instead, we get the same goddamn people again and again.

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i'm curious, shoot.

1. Geoff Rowley
2. Mark Suciu
3. Tyler Surrey
4. Daewon Song
5. Vincent Alvarez
6. Louie Barletta
7. Josh Matthews
8. Dan Plunkett
9. Jesus Fernandez
10. Madars Apse
11. Walker Ryan
12. Caswell Berry
13. Zered Bassett
14. Jon Dickson
15. Russ Milligan
16. Kenny Hoyle
17. Silas Baxter Neal
18. Jimmy McDonald
19. Lucas Puig
20. Jerry Hsu
(I know those two were both in one game already, but they got skunked, so I'm throwing them in anyways.)

honorable mentions.
21. If he was still around, Lewis Marnell
22. Dennis Busenitz still hasn't won one, so him.
23. Basically, anyone who's already made it into the top 4 once before shouldn't be allowed back in.
24. Didn't The Butcher get third in one of the Es games of skate?
25. I'm sure there's plenty other people who can do more than 5 tricks consistently enough to play a game.

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nice, you nailed it.



how fucking awesome would it be if the berrics did a 90's VERT pro batb?
mob kickflips toe drag would count.

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[witty pseudonym]

They should just hold the games on a mini-ramp. 

[landCow]

They should just hold the games on a mini-ramp. 

or that red curb

[oyolar]

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They should just hold the games on a mini-ramp. 

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or that red curb

I would love to watch that.

[Budo]

They have done "unsanctioned" games of SKATE before.  They should do random games of skate on all sorts of obstacles separate from BATB.

[foureyedjim]

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They should just hold the games on a mini-ramp. 

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or that red curb

berra vs felix A. off a building

[rawbertson.]

i was genuinely surprised the berrics still existed when i went to it about a month ago. I watched the first two, and the finals of the 5th BATB...

heres a few things that would make it better:

-only allow 4 riders from the US, two from East, two from West
-2 riders from Canada
-2 riders from England
-2 from Asia
-2 from Australia
-2 from rest of Europe
-2 from South America
then we could really see who is the best in the world

-Make it all happen in two days. Have people play simeltaneously during the live event and upload the VOD's for later. So play up to semi's on Saturday and then do grand finals on Sunday.

-Double Elimination. Makes for a better tournament if someone plays a bad game... i think most would agree that the better contender comes out on top in a longer set.

[rawbertson.]

taking top 4 from the previous BATB's would be pretty cool too...

[360 frip]

could it not be all am? get rid of people who don't really want it.

It needs something.

How about a mellow run. little kicker. Then a small euro. a water gap...

fuck!

anything would be better.

The Weazy strippers might help?

[_aminal]

how does the berrics manage to generate content more boring as time goes by?

and all the kids eat it up!

stupid scientology and their mind control techniques...

whats a game of skate without no comply revert?

[jacktharipper]

Did someone already touch on the fact that they refuse to call a varial heel anything but heelflip shuv?

[WeirdBeach]

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The only way these games will get more interesting is by getting rid of those stupid ass rules!

Would be cool to see some wacky no-comply variations instead of those generic flips all the time....

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Word. I was thinking oh shit Johnny Layton can win with those no comply tres. But alas he can't plant those feet.

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Fakie Boneless. Plus, think of the shit the Berrics would come up with for names of the tricks...

fucking right. are the people behind the scenes even skateboarders?
"Backwords Take Your Foot Off Ollie"

[Bruh Man]

matix lord of the lines style contest would be sick

[ben shraider]

http://theberrics.com/gen-ops/this-weekend-2-12-2013.html

Hell yeah the two most exciting matches in the whole fuckin thing are gonna be up this weekend.