I think what separates this part from Nyjah’s “Need that” and Tyshawn’s “Play Dead” parts were the diversity of tricks and the way Louie executed them.
I was impressed by the gnarliness of Nyjahs part but he’s got weird jockish movement, kind of like Jagger Eaton that comes off clunky. Contrived is probably the best way to describe it. Like he’s trying to imitate or try too hard to make it look good. Also, while I am not trying to play down Jah’s part, it just didn’t have the most variety. He definitely played his strengths which is totally fine, but wasn’t the most entertaining for me.
For Tyshawn, his skating is more fun to watch than Nyjah, though I’m a sucker for powerful skating, and East Coast spots. However, his style can be a bit stiff. He lands like he’s got Forrest Gump leg braces. As well, he needs to get guys that can film him better. A lot of his clips have been butchered. His style has grown on me, but I feel skeptical about it still, and I feel like it’s because the butchered clips don’t give me a real presentation of his execution. Compared to Lou, not the most variety, but more than Jah, and I have to give him credit. He surprise me with some clips.
After watching Louie’s Cons part, I feel most confident saying he should get Soty this year. He’s got same similarities as two of my favorite SOTY’s of the past. Ishod, and Koston. Dudes that you feel can do it all. Can be creative. Have great trick and spot selection. At a pure talent level, I feel like Louie for sure exceeds the other nominees. He’s the most well balanced. The roll on crooked to half cab wallride thing, the nose bonk slide thing to five o. The gnarly feeble to drop and skating fast. He does everything so well. I’ll have to watch it again, but my biggest complaint would be the choice of his last two tricks for the part. I guess you could blame that on the editing.
Tdlr, Louie won SOTY with this Cons part in my opinion.