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Title: Italians hate Nigel
Post by: Fraserjamesjollyjamieson on July 03, 2022, 01:43:11 PM
The contest that just went down, aurilan was clearly underscored on his last trick crowd booed and chanted his name during the us National anthem was hilarious
Title: Re: Italians hate Nigel
Post by: dannyprovolone on July 03, 2022, 01:45:12 PM
nigels tricks were harder he deserved the win
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Post by: Arto!Arto!WakeUp! on July 03, 2022, 01:51:00 PM
never got the 'nigel' joke.

am i missing something?
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Post by: FatGuy92 on July 03, 2022, 02:02:16 PM
never got the 'nigel' joke.

am i missing something?

I think it's autocorrect like Berrics > Berries
Title: Re: Italians hate Nigel
Post by: Mean salto on July 03, 2022, 02:03:47 PM
I know it's way to late to dial back on comps and Olympics and all the rest but is there a way skateboarding can at least not do national anthems? I haven't watched it yet but I'm assuming if there's national anthems there's also people draping flags over themselves like a cape which is another thing I think skateboarding can do without.
Title: Re: Italians hate Nigel
Post by: Atiba Applebum on July 03, 2022, 02:07:50 PM
It’s bc of NyJAHs obvious connection to Selassie of course
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Post by: SneakySecrets on July 03, 2022, 02:12:12 PM
Just another example of their ancient and perpetual hatred of butt doilies. 
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Post by: bohemian on July 03, 2022, 02:31:29 PM
Judges was so bad this contest it was borderline a crime
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Post by: manysnakes on July 03, 2022, 02:52:46 PM
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never got the 'nigel' joke.

am i missing something?
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I think it's autocorrect like Berrics > Berries

Craigtap
Title: Re: Italians hate Nigel
Post by: Lucky_Basek on July 03, 2022, 04:10:43 PM
I know it's way to late to dial back on comps and Olympics and all the rest but is there a way skateboarding can at least not do national anthems? I haven't watched it yet but I'm assuming if there's national anthems there's also people draping flags over themselves like a cape which is another thing I think skateboarding can do without.

Absolutely agree. Skateboarding is the opposite of nationalism, which is about as conformist as human ideologies can be. ' you were born in this patch of turf, that makes you (insert nationality). These are your definonf characteristics and personality traits. Other people born on the same patch deserve your loyalty. When you win at games, you are doing it for these people you have not met draped in a flag also planted during invasions and regime change operations. Those who weren't born on the same patch as you deserve your suspicion and hostility. Oh, and he's a gun in case we ask you to shoot people based on the patch where they were born.'. so hellride
Title: Re: Italians hate Nigel
Post by: Fraserjamesjollyjamieson on July 03, 2022, 04:16:47 PM
Judges was so bad this contest it was borderline a crime

Yeah really really bad there needs to be some meeting with all the world skate judges to explain to them that if you don’t hit a rail or hubba your still able to do a difficult trick all stair set tricks have been getting criminals underscored at tiger comps
Title: Re: Italians hate Nigel
Post by: rukes on July 03, 2022, 04:17:21 PM
You should have to align yourself to a 'style' rather than a country, so like 'Hellride' or 'Tech' or 'ParkDog' or 'Flatground Flippitty Flopper' and then they play the song assigned to that style when you win.
Title: Re: Italians hate Nigel
Post by: keepthefunkalive on July 03, 2022, 04:40:42 PM
skipping through right now... Dude got a 92 basically for fucking up. He was trying a tre nose grind but slid into a weird noseblunt but got scored like that was what he was trying. Still impressive but not executed properly. idk
Title: Re: Italians hate Nigel
Post by: Eric Dolphy on July 03, 2022, 05:00:30 PM
It’s bc of NyJAHs obvious connection to Selassie of course
Gnarred
Title: Re: Italians hate Nigel
Post by: TwisT on July 03, 2022, 05:14:08 PM
If you’re not grinding something you’re getting underscored.
Title: Re: Italians hate Nigel
Post by: Letsfilmavideo on July 03, 2022, 05:21:41 PM
never got the 'nigel' joke.

am i missing something?
https://youtu.be/s29RKnB7l7o
Title: Re: Italians hate Nigel
Post by: bigolboii on July 03, 2022, 05:41:53 PM
Some of the judging was questionable on certain tricks, but I think Nyjah deserved it over frenchy. Felt like Mauro was judged the worst from what I could tell
Title: Re: Italians hate Nigel
Post by: KGB on July 03, 2022, 06:20:07 PM
(https://i.ibb.co/swvmdss/DFCE7-D5-E-4-DAB-4-A99-8-FF9-69-B935-B06741.jpg) (https://ibb.co/swvmdss)
I know it's way to late to dial back on comps and Olympics and all the rest but is there a way skateboarding can at least not do national anthems? I haven't watched it yet but I'm assuming if there's national anthems there's also people draping flags over themselves like a cape which is another thing I think skateboarding can do without.
Title: Re: Italians hate Nigel
Post by: Mean salto on July 03, 2022, 07:06:56 PM
(https://i.ibb.co/swvmdss/DFCE7-D5-E-4-DAB-4-A99-8-FF9-69-B935-B06741.jpg) (https://ibb.co/swvmdss)
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I know it's way to late to dial back on comps and Olympics and all the rest but is there a way skateboarding can at least not do national anthems? I haven't watched it yet but I'm assuming if there's national anthems there's also people draping flags over themselves like a cape which is another thing I think skateboarding can do without.
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Lol oh yeah definatly the same thing....
Title: Re: Italians hate Nigel
Post by: Jehoshaphat Augustus on July 03, 2022, 09:29:07 PM
It’s bc of NyJAHs obvious connection to Sicily of course
https://youtu.be/PcZCGMCDzbU

it always comes down to this, apparently
Title: Re: Italians hate Nigel
Post by: TheWineClub on July 03, 2022, 10:14:12 PM
Americans also hate Nigel
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Post by: somethingmustbreaknow on July 03, 2022, 11:12:55 PM
young romans dance differently than the others...
Title: Re: Italians hate Nigel
Post by: rocklobster on July 03, 2022, 11:26:33 PM
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never got the 'nigel' joke.

am i missing something?
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I think it's autocorrect like Berrics > Berries

Crail > Craig
Title: Re: Italians hate Nigel
Post by: Arto!Arto!WakeUp! on July 04, 2022, 12:50:08 AM
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never got the 'nigel' joke.

am i missing something?
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I think it's autocorrect like Berrics > Berries
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Crail > Craig

lol, ok. that's waaay less sinister than what my snowflake mind was thinking.
Title: Re: Italians hate Nigel
Post by: mtvic on July 04, 2022, 12:55:19 AM
Nyjah deserved this. No one was doing his tricks or anything more difficult. Good for him. Congratulations
Title: Re: Italians hate Nigel
Post by: fineslime on July 04, 2022, 12:56:23 AM
I know it's way to late to dial back on comps and Olympics and all the rest but is there a way skateboarding can at least not do national anthems? I haven't watched it yet but I'm assuming if there's national anthems there's also people draping flags over themselves like a cape which is another thing I think skateboarding can do without.

For the mainstream audience/ population, Skateboarding being include in the Olympics legitimizes it as a sport, and will be treated like every other Olympic sport. There will always be national anthems in these sanctioned events.

Also, not trying to harp or be a dick by any means, but what ever happened to watching/ listening/ researching something before making a statement? "I haven't watched it yet BUT I'M SURE....."
Title: Re: Italians hate Nigel
Post by: HeapsCool on July 04, 2022, 01:20:59 AM
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I know it's way to late to dial back on comps and Olympics and all the rest but is there a way skateboarding can at least not do national anthems? I haven't watched it yet but I'm assuming if there's national anthems there's also people draping flags over themselves like a cape which is another thing I think skateboarding can do without.
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Absolutely agree. Skateboarding is the opposite of nationalism, which is about as conformist as human ideologies can be. ' you were born in this patch of turf, that makes you (insert nationality). These are your definonf characteristics and personality traits. Other people born on the same patch deserve your loyalty. When you win at games, you are doing it for these people you have not met draped in a flag also planted during invasions and regime change operations. Those who weren't born on the same patch as you deserve your suspicion and hostility. Oh, and he's a gun in case we ask you to shoot people based on the patch where they were born.'. so hellride

Bullshit. Skateboarding is as close to a perfect soft power instrument, a kind of cultural imperialism, as America could possibly have. Young men in Plazas throughout the world wearing baseball caps and reading thrasher magazines. The CIA says thank you.
Title: Re: Italians hate Nigel
Post by: Mean salto on July 04, 2022, 01:31:19 AM
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I know it's way to late to dial back on comps and Olympics and all the rest but is there a way skateboarding can at least not do national anthems? I haven't watched it yet but I'm assuming if there's national anthems there's also people draping flags over themselves like a cape which is another thing I think skateboarding can do without.
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For the mainstream audience/ population, Skateboarding being include in the Olympics legitimizes it as a sport, and will be treated like every other Olympic sport. There will always be national anthems in these sanctioned events.

Also, not trying to harp or be a dick by any means, but what ever happened to watching/ listening/ researching something before making a statement? "I haven't watched it yet BUT I'M SURE....."
Seen enough comps in recent years where they rush to the crowd to grab a flag cape it felt like a safe enough call to make.
Title: Re: Italians hate Nigel
Post by: fineslime on July 04, 2022, 02:11:26 AM
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I know it's way to late to dial back on comps and Olympics and all the rest but is there a way skateboarding can at least not do national anthems? I haven't watched it yet but I'm assuming if there's national anthems there's also people draping flags over themselves like a cape which is another thing I think skateboarding can do without.
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For the mainstream audience/ population, Skateboarding being include in the Olympics legitimizes it as a sport, and will be treated like every other Olympic sport. There will always be national anthems in these sanctioned events.

Also, not trying to harp or be a dick by any means, but what ever happened to watching/ listening/ researching something before making a statement? "I haven't watched it yet BUT I'M SURE....."
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Seen enough comps in recent years where they rush to the crowd to grab a flag cape it felt like a safe enough call to make.

I totally get that and it's a fair assumption. I guess what I'm getting at is, outside of this particular situation we're talking about, this line of thinking can lend itself to a lot of misplaced energy, and ultimately, unnecessary hate.
Title: Re: Italians hate Nigel
Post by: rawbertson. on July 04, 2022, 07:30:33 AM
i know it was a circusy trick but the judges couldnt find it in their hearts to score the man 1 extra point to put nigel on blast to make him deliver for 1 final trick? not only is that a disrespect to the skater but it was a complete disrespect to the fans watching it. clown ass bitches
Title: Re: Italians hate Nigel
Post by: NorthShore on July 04, 2022, 07:58:22 AM
i know it was a circusy trick but the judges couldnt find it in their hearts to score the man 1 extra point to put nigel on blast to make him deliver for 1 final trick? not only is that a disrespect to the skater but it was a complete disrespect to the fans watching it. clown ass bitches

Maybe SLS judges would go and create this kind of situation but the judges in Rome actually made a good call. Nyjah was on a roll, that fakie flip nosegrind was messed up and the switch heel NG was also superb.

Not to forget his run! I actually like the new scoring system where one run has to count. Hope they do the same in SLS.
Title: Re: Italians hate Nigel
Post by: dannyprovolone on July 04, 2022, 09:32:58 AM
auralien got a free 92 score for the missed tre nosegrind anyway

nigel handled his business. never seen anyone do a fakie flip nosegrind down something. pretty insane along with his other tricks.
Title: Re: Italians hate Nigel
Post by: rawbertson. on July 04, 2022, 10:11:18 AM
auralien got a free 92 score for the missed tre nosegrind anyway

nigel handled his business. never seen anyone do a fakie flip nosegrind down something. pretty insane along with his other tricks.

that is actually a good point. you shouldnt really win a contest based off an accidental noseblunt.
Title: Re: Italians hate Nigel
Post by: busch on July 04, 2022, 10:19:18 AM
I know it's way to late to dial back on comps and Olympics and all the rest but is there a way skateboarding can at least not do national anthems? I haven't watched it yet but I'm assuming if there's national anthems there's also people draping flags over themselves like a cape which is another thing I think skateboarding can do without.

Not to ruin your day or anything but go ahead and swipe on over to the fifth slide…

https://www.instagram.com/p/CfmQYz3tZ85/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Title: Re: Italians hate Nigel
Post by: Mantracker on July 04, 2022, 11:51:28 AM
I haven't seen any footage of this but just by going off of what is written down I would way rather see a switch heel nosegrind and a fakie flip nosegrind down a hubba than a hardflip late flip over it

I know it's Nyjah but that trick selection is gorgeous compared to Aurelien's. Fakie flip nosegrind is such an elite trick

They're both fucking jocks at the end of the day anyways so who cares
Title: Re: Italians hate Nigel
Post by: busch on July 04, 2022, 12:24:27 PM
I haven't seen any footage of this but just by going off of what is written down I would way rather see a switch heel nosegrind and a fakie flip nosegrind down a hubba than a hardflip late flip over it

I know it's Nyjah but that trick selection is gorgeous compared to Aurelien's. Fakie flip nosegrind is such an elite trick

They're both fucking jocks at the end of the day anyways so who cares

Agreed. Nyjah is nyjah but Aurelian is fucking unbearable in my opinion.

Did someone intentionally scream right as Nigel popped on that fakie flip nosegrind to fuck him up? (Third slide in his Instagram post above) That’s just poor taste no matter who is skating, this shit is dangerous. I don’t want either of these dudes to get hurt, I just want them to go away.
Title: Re: Italians hate Nigel
Post by: Eric Dolphy on July 04, 2022, 01:12:15 PM
I can’t believe I’m saying this but Nigel was my favourite to watch in that. He was switching up his lines and doing shit I never seen him do, seemed to be having fun. Aurelien had a huge bs 360 but that hardflip lateflip was little kid tech deck shit.
Title: Re: Italians hate Nigel
Post by: Watson on July 04, 2022, 01:35:35 PM
Strange, thought I logged onto Slap today but I find myself in a thread about whether Nyjah or Aurelien Giraud should have won an olympic qualifier.
Title: Re: Italians hate Nigel
Post by: rukes on July 04, 2022, 03:00:11 PM
Nyjah won it because he still gets out and films decent street footage. The judges respect that.
Title: Re: Italians hate Nigel
Post by: warmonke on July 05, 2022, 04:58:18 AM
Those stinkin' hardflip lateflips should have scored minus points, geeza deserved to lose as much as I hate to see Nyjah win
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Post by: Kombuch-A-Holic on July 05, 2022, 06:05:57 AM
I watched this run yesterday with some american announcer. He kept saying the run was "a little bit of sketch." Then at the end as they are watching the replay the announcer calls himself out saying "What am I talking about there is no sketch in this run at all."   "A 3 trick combination." LMAO! The whole run was flawless. It was a 13 trick combination run.
Title: Re: Italians hate Nigel
Post by: rawbertson. on July 05, 2022, 06:43:38 AM
Those stinkin' hardflip lateflips should have scored minus points, geeza deserved to lose as much as I hate to see Nyjah win

if aurelian would have bigflipped, or bs 360 kickflip that gap, i think it would have been worth more than that dumb ass trick. he thought he was onto something clever with that shit or something. mahybe was thinking it is worth a lot in THPS cause you get another multiplier.
Title: Re: Italians hate Nigel
Post by: Mantracker on July 05, 2022, 12:32:51 PM
Finally watched it. Nigel skated far better than anyone else

Aurelian tossing his boards into the crowd and hugging everyone only to still come second was such a Leticia moment

Couldn't help but laugh at that.
Title: Re: Italians hate Nigel
Post by: Kombuch-A-Holic on July 05, 2022, 12:50:10 PM
Just watched Aurelian's run.. 7 tricks and a lot of running compared to Nyjah's 13 trick's. We say less is more but not in this case.
Title: Re: Italians hate Nigel
Post by: newguy on July 06, 2022, 05:42:20 AM
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I know it's way to late to dial back on comps and Olympics and all the rest but is there a way skateboarding can at least not do national anthems? I haven't watched it yet but I'm assuming if there's national anthems there's also people draping flags over themselves like a cape which is another thing I think skateboarding can do without.
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Not to ruin your day or anything but go ahead and swipe on over to the fifth slide…

https://www.instagram.com/p/CfmQYz3tZ85/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

hahahahahaha the monster hat is just too perfect.
Title: Re: Italians hate Nigel
Post by: Beeda Weeda on July 06, 2022, 09:33:26 AM
proof all the talent and skill in the world can still look like shit.  skateboarding is art and these guys are not artist.
Title: Re: Italians hate Nigel
Post by: Yonnycage on July 06, 2022, 07:38:53 PM
I can’t hate on Nyjah. One time when I was hanging out with him, I confessed I had never made out with a woman before. Him being the incredible man he is, immediately let me know not to stress about it. It’s okay and not weird, I’m not a weirdo. He then moved closer and offered his mouth as a practice mouth! We are best friends and i’ve seen him skate, so I know many women have kissed him so he’s had a lot of practice. I knew if I wanted to be good, this was my best shot. My best friend, a gold medalist and now the one that made me the incredible kisser that I am today. Him and I are just friends.
Title: Re: Italians hate Nigel
Post by: dakotalofton on July 06, 2022, 08:13:15 PM
i mean i don't mean to hate but those tricks Aurelian's are doing are just gross as hell and illegal he skates like a really good 13 year old. I know its good for the progression of skateboarding, but nyjah just makes it look better.
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Post by: Prostate Exam on July 07, 2022, 07:34:07 AM
What's up with the chat accusing one of the Argentinian finalists (Matias Dell Olio) of abusing women?

🔴 Skateboarding Olympic Qualifier - Finals! - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPY1gQwy9Vc)
Title: Re: Italians hate Nigel
Post by: Banned from the room on July 08, 2022, 02:57:54 PM
I haven't seen any footage of this but just by going off of what is written down I would way rather see a switch heel nosegrind and a fakie flip nosegrind down a hubba than a hardflip late flip over it

I know it's Nyjah but that trick selection is gorgeous compared to Aurelien's. Fakie flip nosegrind is such an elite trick

They're both fucking jocks at the end of the day anyways so who cares

I 100 agree about fakie flip fakie nose grind. It’s definitely one of my favorite tricks in the history of skateboarding. So fun on any obstacle. It almost always locks into round flat bars too. Ad a to forward or SWITCH BiG SPIN!!! Dayem that’s a hammer.

 Same with the opposite trick fakie heel fakie front nose grind. I can still do that on curbs sometimes. To fakie 50 almost every time. Always flips fast and looks good too.

I can’t stand most late flips. I’m not big on hard flips that go vertical. Fakie hard is dope no matter how it flips tho.

Ari should do that hard late flip thing backwards. I’m pretty sure they would win most every best trick contest. Probably depends on if the second trick is caught. No one wants to see an HStreet lick Woodward clip style trick in the Olympics? Is that what we talking about here.

Let’s think about it tho. If you told me at any time in the history of late flips that people would be doing them in the future in an Olympic run.?.!.”

I’d giggle at you and say something like nice one! And roll off to skate alone unless you was giggling too.

I’m not going to watch the mens games tho anyway. I couldn’t care about it less.

I would like to nyja do that fakie flip into fakie 5 oh. That would get me going.
Title: Re: Italians hate Nigel
Post by: Abyss1 on July 12, 2022, 09:02:55 AM
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I know it's way to late to dial back on comps and Olympics and all the rest but is there a way skateboarding can at least not do national anthems? I haven't watched it yet but I'm assuming if there's national anthems there's also people draping flags over themselves like a cape which is another thing I think skateboarding can do without.
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Not to ruin your day or anything but go ahead and swipe on over to the fifth slide…

https://www.instagram.com/p/CfmQYz3tZ85/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
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hahahahahaha the monster hat is just too perfect.

can tell his dad is somewhere loosing his shit everytime he does this
Title: Re: Italians hate Nigel
Post by: TwisT on July 12, 2022, 01:26:17 PM
This fascinating piece of sports analyst from DumbData

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pRPorVT-tU


long story short: Nyjah competitive advantage is playing the judging rule book. Repetition is frowned upon. AG doing multiple hardflip variations in the finals led to diminishing returns from the judging

This will effect my future watches

Title: Re: Italians hate Nigel
Post by: Mean salto on July 12, 2022, 01:30:42 PM
This fascinating piece of sports analyst from DumbData

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pRPorVT-tU


long story short: Nyjah competitive advantage is playing the judging rule book. Repetition is frowned upon. AG doing multiple hardflip variations in the finals led to diminishing returns from the judging

This will effect my future watches
The repetition is frowned upon thing is weird. You could Ollie into every trick or even kickflip into a bunch of stuff and it's fine but heelflip into two tricks and it's like oh fuck this guy all he does is heelflips. (Or in this case hardflips)
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Post by: offkilter on July 12, 2022, 05:05:11 PM
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This fascinating piece of sports analyst from DumbData

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pRPorVT-tU


long story short: Nyjah competitive advantage is playing the judging rule book. Repetition is frowned upon. AG doing multiple hardflip variations in the finals led to diminishing returns from the judging

This will effect my future watches
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The repetition is frowned upon thing is weird. You could Ollie into every trick or even kickflip into a bunch of stuff and it's fine but heelflip into two tricks and it's like oh fuck this guy all he does is heelflips. (Or in this case hardflips)

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