BATB12

[Lou Strux]

I can't recall a match where both skaters were so awful at skating switch as these two.

Berra's really trying to fill those brackets. Nothing notable about either one of them.

Real talk, though: who even are these guys?
Are they IG guys, or just a couple of Berrics park locals with elevated thetan levels?
I am seriously not getting it.

[butterballs for jerry]

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I can't recall a match where both skaters were so awful at skating switch as these two.

Berra's really trying to fill those brackets. Nothing notable about either one of them.

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Real talk, though: who even are these guys?
Are they IG guys, or just a couple of Berrics park locals with elevated thetan levels?
I am seriously not getting it.

They are warm bodies. Berra just needs content for caffeine, doesn't matter if the games are shit, people have already downloaded the app and clicked on the video by the time they figure out they've been duped

[SubCurban Commando]

Seen that Ray kid skating on Dan Corrigan's channel with the Powell team all the time (yes I watch his channel, sad I know). He's noticeably nowhere near as good as the rest of the team but seems to be on flow, he's always had Nike's on before so I assume he was buying them and just got given the Thetan shoes for this matchup.

[Olympus Mons]

One dude kept doing this thing with his hands after every remotely sketchy landing as if to signal like 'hey I didn't touch the ground, right?' Didn't love that.

[Cool Ceith]

there are several pros in this who are injured right now. I hope they get better soon  but I bet we'll see more subs in the next two weeks.

[Ghost Face]

there are several pros in this who are injured right now. I hope they get better soon  but I bet we'll see more subs in the next two weeks.

If Berra called me up I'd get injured ASAP.

[Allen.]

Yet again, a classic case of Berra somehow fucking up incomprehensibly more than if he had done nothing at all. And yet, I can’t look away.

[pizzafliptofakie]

If you squint at that last game those two kids look more alike than the time Heath literally played himself.

[Cool Ceith]

If you squint at that last game those two kids look more alike than the time Heath literally played himself.

That fucking Sawcon tweet in your sig cracks me up every damn time 

[pizzafliptofakie]

it's my proudest moment :')

[ilchymis]

When you know slap is gonna question the indentity of your "skaters" so you get two hired moms to read the rules.

Beautiful work!

[Lou Strux]

When you know slap is gonna question the indentity of your "skaters" so you get two hired moms to read the rules.

Beautiful work!

I get a kick outta how the two moms seemed to think this spot on BATB12 was some kind of “big break” for their respective kids, rather than the expressway to skate purgatory.

[fineslime]

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When you know slap is gonna question the indentity of your "skaters" so you get two hired moms to read the rules.

Beautiful work!

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I get a kick outta how the two moms seemed to think this spot on BATB12 was some kind of “big break” for their respective kids, rather than the expressway to skate purgatory.

But it does have the potential to be a huge break. Cody Cepeda got his break through the contest. It's put a bunch of other dudes on the map. If you did something that had potential to get viewed literally hundreds of thousands of times you wouldn't consider that a break? If my son was in this contest I'd be proud of him too.

Skate purgatory? What are you even saying dude...

[JANUS]

I’ll bite, who did battle at the berries put on the map?

[fulltechnicalskizzy]

a bunch of dudes who’ve spent the last decade or so in skate purgatory

[oyolar]

 

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When you know slap is gonna question the indentity of your "skaters" so you get two hired moms to read the rules.

Beautiful work!

[close]

I get a kick outta how the two moms seemed to think this spot on BATB12 was some kind of “big break” for their respective kids, rather than the expressway to skate purgatory.

[close]

But it does have the potential to be a huge break. Cody Cepeda got his break through the contest. It's put a bunch of other dudes on the map. If you did something that had potential to get viewed literally hundreds of thousands of times you wouldn't consider that a break? If my son was in this contest I'd be proud of him too.

Skate purgatory? What are you even saying dude...

Cody Cepeda is your example? Really?

[fineslime]

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When you know slap is gonna question the indentity of your "skaters" so you get two hired moms to read the rules.

Beautiful work!

[close]

I get a kick outta how the two moms seemed to think this spot on BATB12 was some kind of “big break” for their respective kids, rather than the expressway to skate purgatory.

[close]

But it does have the potential to be a huge break. Cody Cepeda got his break through the contest. It's put a bunch of other dudes on the map. If you did something that had potential to get viewed literally hundreds of thousands of times you wouldn't consider that a break? If my son was in this contest I'd be proud of him too.

Skate purgatory? What are you even saying dude...

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Cody Cepeda is your example? Really?

As far as someone who was pretty much unknown and then broke into the industry on some level, yes. He's a perfect example of that.

[JANUS]

I think referring to bryte and cariuma sponsorships as breaking into the industry, even with the qualifier “at some level,” is a stretch.

[Eric Dolphy]

I think also Diego Najera. I hadn’t heard of him before batb and he seemed to ride a wave after that, got his name on an adidas shoe, then couldn’t maintain the momentum idk

[WavyDavy]

I’ll bite, who did battle at the berries put on the map?

Didn't Benny Fairfax win the first batb? He was on stereo and won against PJ Ladd

[fineslime]

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I’ll bite, who did battle at the berries put on the map?

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Didn't Benny Fairfax win the first batb? He was on stereo and won against PJ Ladd

Mike Mo won it but Benny was in the finals.

@janus I wasn't necessarily referring to their sponsors but the platform of the berrics does have potential to break people into the industry or at the very least bring exposure to someone 

Corey Kennedy broke out because of the Bang Yo Self 2 contest. I'm sure he had sponsors at the time but he was nowhere close to being a household name or as well known as he was after that contest.

[oyolar]

Corey Kennedy was well on a path to having a career without the Berrics - hence how he never relied on it after getting on Girl to do anything - and he would have had a career without the Berrics. He didn't even make it that far after that game with Ramondetta that everyone talked about. Benny Fairfax started his career before the Berrics and maybe BATB1 turned him pro, but that was a super different time in skating where Berra and his little pet projects weren't (rightfully) cordoned off into their own space driven by an egomaniac. Corey was in a similar position - he was already getting stuff before he entered that contest and his name winning that contest just sped up a trajectory he was already on and then never relied on to maintain.

Your definition of "a huge break" is insane by any understanding of the skate industry. It's bound to, essentially, "having more footage in Berrics stuff," which is the only metric by which Cody Cepeda entered the skate industry. His only board sponsor was through the Berrics and his only major part in an article was in The Skateboard Mag after Ththee Berrics bought them advertising a part he filmed for a Berrics project.

[Lou Strux]

Corey Kennedy was well on a path to having a career without the Berrics - hence how he never relied on it after getting on Girl to do anything - and he would have had a career without the Berrics. He didn't even make it that far after that game with Ramondetta that everyone talked about. Benny Fairfax started his career before the Berrics and maybe BATB1 turned him pro, but that was a super different time in skating where Berra and his little pet projects weren't (rightfully) cordoned off into their own space driven by an egomaniac. Corey was in a similar position - he was already getting stuff before he entered that contest and his name winning that contest just sped up a trajectory he was already on and then never relied on to maintain.

Your definition of "a huge break" is insane by any understanding of the skate industry. It's bound to, essentially, "having more footage in Berrics stuff," which is the only metric by which Cody Cepeda entered the skate industry. His only board sponsor was through the Berrics and his only major part in an article was in The Skateboard Mag after Ththee Berrics bought them advertising a part he filmed for a Berrics project.

Fax!

[bssmithslide]

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When you know slap is gonna question the indentity of your "skaters" so you get two hired moms to read the rules.

Beautiful work!

[close]

I get a kick outta how the two moms seemed to think this spot on BATB12 was some kind of “big break” for their respective kids, rather than the expressway to skate purgatory.

[close]

But it does have the potential to be a huge break. Cody Cepeda got his break through the contest. It's put a bunch of other dudes on the map. If you did something that had potential to get viewed literally hundreds of thousands of times you wouldn't consider that a break? If my son was in this contest I'd be proud of him too.

Skate purgatory? What are you even saying dude...

What decade are you in holy fuck

[WPG]

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When you know slap is gonna question the indentity of your "skaters" so you get two hired moms to read the rules.

Beautiful work!

[close]

I get a kick outta how the two moms seemed to think this spot on BATB12 was some kind of “big break” for their respective kids, rather than the expressway to skate purgatory.

[close]

But it does have the potential to be a huge break. Cody Cepeda got his break through the contest. It's put a bunch of other dudes on the map. If you did something that had potential to get viewed literally hundreds of thousands of times you wouldn't consider that a break? If my son was in this contest I'd be proud of him too.

Skate purgatory? What are you even saying dude...

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What decade are you in holy fuck

2014 Batb 7 Pros vs Joe's just ended and he's been listening to Gangnam style all week

[BALARGUE]

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When you know slap is gonna question the indentity of your "skaters" so you get two hired moms to read the rules.

Beautiful work!

[close]

I get a kick outta how the two moms seemed to think this spot on BATB12 was some kind of “big break” for their respective kids, rather than the expressway to skate purgatory.

[close]

But it does have the potential to be a huge break. Cody Cepeda got his break through the contest. It's put a bunch of other dudes on the map. If you did something that had potential to get viewed literally hundreds of thousands of times you wouldn't consider that a break? If my son was in this contest I'd be proud of him too.

Skate purgatory? What are you even saying dude...

he went nowhere after his win
he was only good at doing bad manners / ugly tricks. might be a good reason to end up on Cariuma and maybe Bryte

[Donkey Lips]

Never forget The Berrics tried to put Josiah Gatlyn on the map. Fortunately for us all that was a map of nowheresville.

[lamfordie]

This is better than any game they've had all year minus the dumb color commentating

[Yonnycage]

Never forget The Berrics tried to put Josiah Gatlyn on the map. Fortunately for us all that was a map of nowheresville.

Josiah Gatlyn was sick you’re buggin

[Alan]

Benny Fairfax was already an established skater in the industry before the first BATB. He was in Way Out East, Static II, etc.