I was there all weekend, watched the 5 hours of qualifying, (with quite a few hiccups), and the actual contest. I have to say, this contest/format was pretty good. The scoring was shit. I saw some of the gnarliest shit ever get thrown down only to see it get scored a 5.1 out of 10. The highest score for the weekend was a 7.5 and it was down the big rail, and before that the highest was a 6.9. How can you really score a trick on a flat bar or flat ledge on the same level as a 12 stair hand rail/hubba? How gnarly can you really get on that flat bar compared to a giant 12 stair? And what would you have to do to get a 10 on a flat bar, or is it even possible to do something crazy enough on a flat bar to score a 10?
I could go on and on about the wacky scoring, but overall, it was a really good contest, much more fun to watch with one dude going at a time as opposed to a mish mash of carnage all going down at once...
And Nyjah fucking ripped, he just needs to skate faster. But other than that he deserved the win for sure...