SLS Super Crown 2021

[Mariatorresflores]

Women's Finals today at noon est:
 
Men's finals today at 2:30 est:


I'm really not trying to become the contest czar of slap but I didn't see a topic yet and I do so enjoy slaps eloquent critiques of competitions.

qualifiers women's, men's:

[Mean salto]

I feel I'm also becoming the contest dork guy so here's my input.
Hate all the courses they've made this year. Just design half a park then mirror it. Also always basically a big set of stairs.
I predict funa will get robbed in the women's again. Every sls and Olympics she does something that gets scored way lower than it probably should and someone else does some sketchy shit and gets scored really highly.

[cherry]

They score rail tricks so high that’s all anyone tries.

It was sick seeing p-rod switch tre the gap.

Wish someone like dilo could win off insane Manuel combos but once again Johnny long pinch is gunna win on the rail

[Mariatorresflores]

the last couple courses I like a little better, simply because they aren't centered around the exact same big stair/rail combo they've been using for the last few years. This one does look a little small/unvaried though.

Judging yesterday was all over again yesterday though. Starting to believe in this conspiracy that cariuma skaters get a Lil score bump. AG should have definitely made the final, Carlos too. Mota really got boned by the judges with the Kickflip bsts shuv, think he paid the rookie tax on that one. Where's Joslin? did he see the course and say "nah. too small".

Sucks Duran didn't make finals, glad Samaria did though, she's killing it lately.

[Mean salto]

I'm just looking at a pic of the park waiting for it to start and it's basically a set of stairs with long mild kink rails with outrail thing.

There's two of the same (but mirrored) bump to rails and then in the other side just two flat ledges. If they just designed the things so they could be hit from both sides it could have more variety. Maybe a Manny pad (altho seems judges don't want tech stuff) or a wallride
Is Jacksonville where those brick quarterpipe are? Maybe build something that reps the town it's in.
I guess they want to streamline things for tv but the filming hasn't been great either. Maybe it will be better in the finals

[mariolopez]

seems like they always score the guys with 'uncool' sponsors really low to keep the nike/caruma(insert main sponsor here) champion narrative afloat..

[goodatmeth]

Yo sick 5-0 over the cariuma gap

[Mean salto]

Promise I won't just do a running commentary but seems every single time there's been some technical issue. Seems there's no commentary coming thru, which Im actually liking.

Wish someone would teach samaria to skate a park tho. Has similar problem that Alexis used to have. Guess it barely matters now they only do one run.

[conqueso]

the park looks fun after watching people skate it. def seems like if your on carcumbia you get an extra .5 or so on every run/trick

[Mariatorresflores]

Samaria's Tre over the gap was sick. highlight so far. Leal killing it like always, can't imagine gapping to blunt at that age.

[Reed Richards]

These commentators keep blowing it by not pronouncing Brazilian R's as H's. 

[Mean salto]

Olympics are over. Fuck these flags off.

[djsmoothnuts]

rayssa’s villain arc has begun.

[Mean salto]

rayssa’s villain arc has begun.

She's out for revenge on whoever left that space in the fence she fell thru

[formula420]

gifted is commentating on twitch

[Mariatorresflores]

Judging today's been ok so far, no major disagreements from me, surprisingly.

Candy's, Keet and Roos are all getting better, the Dutch women are showing up strong these days. Do they have those skateboarding schools in Holland?
 
Yeah the SLS format really screws skaters who have that street mentality like Alexis, Samarria, Mariah. They're all prone to getting stuck committing to land a harder trick than necessary; they're not into 'strategy' but I appreciate that about them. Like Joslin in the men's comps, kind of an old school approach, just wanting to get the hammers people will remember. Wish every skate comp had a straight up best trick comp.

I'm really liking the women's comps lately, you can see the talent level rising with every event, they're catching up fast!

[Miller92]

samarria was killing it!

only person I care about in the finals is Zigram.  he's been on fire so i'd love to see a win

[Mean salto]

Judging today's been ok so far, no major disagreements from me, surprisingly.

Candy's, Keet and Roos are all getting better, the Dutch women are showing up strong these days. Do they have those skateboarding schools in Holland?
 
Yeah the SLS format really screws skaters who have that street mentality like Alexis, Samarria, Mariah. They're all prone to getting stuck committing to land a harder trick than necessary; they're not into 'strategy' but I appreciate that about them. Like Joslin in the men's comps, kind of an old school approach, just wanting to get the hammers people will remember. Wish every skate comp had a straight up best trick comp.

I'm really liking the women's comps lately, you can see the talent level rising with every event, they're catching up fast!

Not exactly a best trick but I think there is some bonus award for trick of the day. I guess if you knew you were losing its an incentive to still try something hard.

[TheDraught]

YouTube recommended the live stream of the qualifications so I watched a couple of minutes.

The format is strange they kept switching between the top 10 and top 20.

I did see Foy do a cool fakie 5-0 on that long kinked rail.

Then they told the story of some Cariuma kid and I lost attention.

[Mean salto]

Alex midlers looking like Milo Kerrigan

[veritas]

Love how they just cut away from everyone's favorite villain Jagger Eaton as his run is about to start, to a Mike V interview which is literally a Cariuma ad. He's talking about animal suede and the "interviewer" is asking him about the toe cap. How did this visual barf end up in the broadcast

[SneakySecrets]

I'm really not trying to become the contest czar of slap but I didn't see a topic yet and I do so enjoy slaps eloquent critiques of competitions.

Mods change name to “ContestCzarofSlap” plz

[biaherl]

I turn into the biggest sobbing fat baby when I watch the women's comps

It's truly a wonderful thing to watch

[DISTANT RUMOURS]

Roos got WAY better. Pamela killed it though.

Can’t help to admit that Midler is sending out some major prick vibes … more than Eaton.

That mike V ad was thrash. Looks like any generic skateshoe except with that horrible logo on it.

[UselessAsshole]

rayssa’s villain arc has begun.

I'd call her a hero for fucking around with that stupid Cariuma banner at the end.

[TheDingus]

Boycott this “presented by cariuma” bullshit.

[JugeL]

Boys looking hella cute in their Cariuma shirts and Redbull hats

[butterballs for jerry]

Rabelo got underscored for surrrrrre

[Mean salto]

SPOILER
Lucas gap out alley oop front 270 front board thing should of got scored higher. Sure jagger could of then landed his trick and the result end up the same but still

[TheDraught]

This Cambridge University Phd dude is on point:

https://twitter.com/alexichantz/status/1459987136183218179?t=AdkVjZDQZO5A4JxORJ1eZQ&s=19