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[funeral_tuxedo]

The thing about Jamie is he's consistent.. regardless of what his trick selection is or how people feel about it. When the heat is on, he's on the streets.. and doing his thing landing on those bolts.  It's quite extraordinary .  I'm biased to this only flat ground thing but he has been on it and has a good vibe.

&& on the other hand forgot to read the instructions on how to operate his magical dragoon flight deck. 
He has been marketing it for what seems to be the last year and his special wheels he invented (but really just slight redesign of some classic powell wheels)  and everything he said that made XYZ easier.. did not pan out for him , quite the opposite.   The flubbed attempts are truly tricks that are cursory basic (duh) .  He brought a witch to the event as well with the tits out and fake smile - another problem but they are ultimately his problems. Some guys out there may know this kind of problem with witchy women looking for supply.

I don’t like Jamie Griffin or Andy Anderson but you sound like a complete fucking creep.

[WhoCareZ]

But only one, shining, helmeted weirdo who did his best to get into the Olympics just so he could troll the entire world with a freestyle routine at the end.

He didn’t troll anyone he just looked like an idiot before the broadcast cut from his shenanigans mid routine. && is doing his thing making money but he’s also a kook.

[Tom Pearl]

he obviously threw that game on purpose which means other people are throwing games which means i not even watching this shit anymore

[heinzketchup]

imagine having actual really intersting skaters in this again, like back in the day
i think of games like jacopo against cyrus, hjalte against kader or something, that would be such a treat to watch

[JANUS]

The thing about Jamie is he's consistent.. regardless of what his trick selection is or how people feel about it. When the heat is on, he's on the streets sheds..

[pizzafliptofakie]

The thing about Jamie is he's consistent.. regardless of what his trick selection is or how people feel about it. When the heat is on, he's on the streets.. and doing his thing landing on those bolts.  It's quite extraordinary .  I'm biased to this only flat ground thing but he has been on it and has a good vibe.

&& on the other hand forgot to read the instructions on how to operate his magical dragoon flight deck. 
He has been marketing it for what seems to be the last year and his special wheels he invented (but really just slight redesign of some classic powell wheels)  and everything he said that made XYZ easier.. did not pan out for him , quite the opposite.   The flubbed attempts are truly tricks that are cursory basic (duh) .  He brought a witch to the event as well with the tits out and fake smile - another problem but they are ultimately his problems. Some guys out there may know this kind of problem with witchy women looking for supply.

damn they really just let anyone post on the internet these days, huh?

[SquintinTarantino]

i just watched part of that and he says he grew up skating with other kids but messed around in the shed a lot because of the rain

Bro he was alone in that shed for YEARS.  Of course he came up with “friends” to keep from going insane.

Haven’t you even seen castaway?

Jamie hangs up the phone and excitedly shouts "Guys, I'm going to LA for battle at the berries!"

No response. He is alone in the shed. His friends are phantoms, fading into the Irish mist outside. There is no one to cheer for Jamie.

His only friend is a bar of Irish Spring

[GAY]

he obviously threw that game on purpose which means other people are throwing games which means i not even watching this shit anymore

I appreciate the "It’s still real to ME DAMNIT!" energy here. Well played Tom Pearl.

[Noble Experiment]

imagine having actual really intersting skaters in this again, like back in the day
i think of games like jacopo against cyrus, hjalte against kader or something, that would be such a treat to watch

I can totally see that. That’s part of what made the first couple BATB so good. They had games that you actually wanted to check out. Matchups that sounded interesting. Arto vs Chico, Getz vs Crockett, Reynolds vs PJ, etc.

[frontsideNECKTIE]

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imagine having actual really intersting skaters in this again, like back in the day
i think of games like jacopo against cyrus, hjalte against kader or something, that would be such a treat to watch

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I can totally see that. That’s part of what made the first couple BATB so good. They had games that you actually wanted to check out. Matchups that sounded interesting. Arto vs Chico, Getz vs Crockett, Reynolds vs PJ, etc.

Hermann Stene vs Westgate is the modern game i wanna see, BATB aside

[Sizzle]

He brought a witch to the event as well with the tits out and fake smile - another problem but they are ultimately his problems. Some guys out there may know this kind of problem with witchy women looking for supply.

[Uncle Flea]

I figured out how to flip forward flips but I can't get both feets on usually.

It's basically a one foot with your toe dangling straight down almost. Like intentional retardation of a kickflips. They are easier switch maybe. Probably because my kickflips are so developed. I had bad 80s kickflips then I fixed it through hard work.
I can't actually say it's easy till I'm getting on 1/4. It's easy to flip. I'm not really interested in chasing it tho.

I'll learn them in defense if I ever play skate again. It's how I learned Lazer flips. BT told me about them when he was a little kid. I could flip immediately but it took a crazy long long long time to land

[RoaryMcTwang]

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i just watched part of that and he says he grew up skating with other kids but messed around in the shed a lot because of the rain

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Bro he was alone in that shed for YEARS.  Of course he came up with “friends” to keep from going insane.

Haven’t you even seen castaway?

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Jamie hangs up the phone and excitedly shouts "Guys, I'm going to LA for battle at the berries!"

No response. He is alone in the shed. His friends are phantoms, fading into the Irish mist outside. There is no one to cheer for Jamie.

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His only friend is a bar of Irish Spring

Get off his back people, whatever else you can say about him there’s no denying that he sheds.

[SquintinTarantino]

After the && debacle, now we gotta deal w/ the Legion of Doom.

Bummer too, becuase it's always fun to watch Leo skate

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwUjdGRCbXU

[MrDuckey]

Deep down I knew Leo vs Luan was too good to be true. Too hardcore for the lame shit the berrics puts out

[JugeL]

That ain't no bigger flip

[whoismiked]

May as well skip this entire weekend

Leo hurt, so legion of snooze game

Now Carlos Ribero is out with an injury, so Koston is subbing for him which we know he wont even try and just make a mockery and joke out of the game.

Lame

[JugeL]

May as well skip this entire weekend

Leo hurt, so legion of snooze game

Now Carlos Ribero is out with an injury, so Koston is subbing for him which we know he wont even try and just make a mockery and joke out of the game.

Lame

I mean should they make them skate hurt/sick? Shit happens in the real world and atleast we are even getting games.

[Uncle Flea]

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i just watched part of that and he says he grew up skating with other kids but messed around in the shed a lot because of the rain

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Bro he was alone in that shed for YEARS.  Of course he came up with “friends” to keep from going insane.

Haven’t you even seen castaway?

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Jamie hangs up the phone and excitedly shouts "Guys, I'm going to LA for battle at the berries!"

No response. He is alone in the shed. His friends are phantoms, fading into the Irish mist outside. There is no one to cheer for Jamie.

[close]

His only friend is a bar of Irish Spring

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Get off his back people, whatever else you can say about him there’s no denying that he sheds.

I'd love to see Andy skate irl. I think he's amazing and I love the energy he's brought us. His projected views on things are pretty cool..

I just think modern skatebloarding in general is abandoning switch.
Andy has the power to push skatebloarding where ever he wants. I personally feel like kids seeing him working on switch would help reignite interested in the art.

I would like to see him continue to challenge himself while inspiring kids to do the same.

I was late to switch. Dan would give me shit about it all the time when he was a kid. It lit a fire in me. After I left Marblehead and moved to Gloucester I really started working it out.

When I moved to Boston I started doing things with my left hand as much as possible.

The most helpful thing for my switch was spray painting left handed.
Using the computer mouse left handed.
My left-handed cowboy grip was my Dom so I started choking it switch every morning after my homophobic racist halfway house roommate would get up for the early bird meeting across town.

Switch skatebloarding is connected to everything....
I believe that it's accessible to everyone who wants it.  Especially Andy.
We just have to uncomfortable and committed for about 3weeks straight. Maybe 6 months.

Skating switch is the obvious final frontier for every skater tho some are lucky enough to been born with it.

I have seen the greatest street skater in the world become that from a short distance away.
It was hard work and discipline that got him there.

Side note. I have my switch front 270s to 50 ba k because of an Andy video.

He was throwing a medicine ball at the wall and explained why. He was dead right. Before I had a training method for 360s that took a crazy amount of effort and weeks to perfect

I spent half an hour pretending to throw a medicine ball and boom. I had switch front 270s back. I am forever grateful.

I wish I could be an Olympic coach. I got mad (g rated) tools for skateboarding training that everyone has access to and don't require a skateboard. I'd like to teach others them.

By the time it's done I'd have all the Olympians rocking burners on freights with their toes

[Uncle Flea]

Oh we talking about Griff.

He could use the medicine ball for sure

[whoismiked]

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May as well skip this entire weekend

Leo hurt, so legion of snooze game

Now Carlos Ribero is out with an injury, so Koston is subbing for him which we know he wont even try and just make a mockery and joke out of the game.

Lame

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I mean should they make them skate hurt/sick? Shit happens in the real world and atleast we are even getting games.

Of course not, but I have to think there are other guys who would have loved to fill in given the opportunity, rather than the someone who doesn't even want to be there and would also be more entertaining for us viewers with at least a chance at a decent game of skate.

[SquintinTarantino]

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May as well skip this entire weekend

Leo hurt, so legion of snooze game

Now Carlos Ribero is out with an injury, so Koston is subbing for him which we know he wont even try and just make a mockery and joke out of the game.

Lame

[close]

I mean should they make them skate hurt/sick? Shit happens in the real world and atleast we are even getting games.

[close]

Of course not, but I have to think there are other guys who would have loved to fill in given the opportunity, rather than the someone who doesn't even want to be there and would also be more entertaining for us viewers.

Maybe they could try to get whoever lost to the person who's injured to fill in for that spot.  I agree that the LoD is lame. Koston could make it a good game, but he usually doesn't give a shit. Both will be quick ones.

[Uncle Flea]

Next time you watch x games or sls watch what happens when the tech gawd ooma ref goes back to the green room after his run.
Every lady in his path give him the poker face. It's no surprise that cheating came up around him. I know he's down with OPP.

I can go back and get photos of two ladies giving him the hi sign from within their BFs arms.

Go look if you doubt my psychology

[DarkPools]

Shouldn't ALL legion of doom skaters NOT be currently in the competition??? Isn't that a HUGE conflict of interest in fair sportsmanship/etiquette for bracket development?? Its not fair to sub an existing contestant in to play in a different match in order to unfairly produce an ideal bracket further down the road.  It's disingenuous.

If someone is already knocked out but was in it prior to LoD match, that is slightly more acceptable, but still

Tyler Peterson and Lucas Rabelo being shown as part of it is undermining to the integrity of competition format. Its unfair to include them, but Berrics have thrown integrity out the window long ago, so who fuckin cares

[Sativa Lung]

Next time you watch x games or sls watch what happens when the tech gawd ooma ref goes back to the green room after his run.
Every lady in his path give him the poker face. It's no surprise that cheating came up around him. I know he's down with OPP.

I can go back and get photos of two ladies giving him the hi sign from within their BFs arms.

Go look if you doubt my psychology

Oh we talking about Griff.

He could use the medicine ball for sure

Please never change. Your open ended conversations are one of the reasons we love you Flea.

[frontsideNECKTIE]

@DarkPools I was gonna say you're reading too deep into this, but....

Its unfair to include them, but Berrics have thrown integrity out the window long ago, so who fuckin cares

LoD is a fucking gimmick

This has been the most tired BATB in a string of tired BATBs. Berger vs Joslin has been the best game so far. i bet the rest of the matches are largely gonna be blowouts

[Tireeedd]

who fuckin' cares at this point

[RoaryMcTwang]

who fuckin' cares at this point

Username checks out

[Uncle Flea]

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Next time you watch x games or sls watch what happens when the tech gawd ooma ref goes back to the green room after his run.
Every lady in his path give him the poker face. It's no surprise that cheating came up around him. I know he's down with OPP.

I can go back and get photos of two ladies giving him the hi sign from within their BFs arms.

Go look if you doubt my psychology

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Oh we talking about Griff.

He could use the medicine ball for sure

[close]

Please never change. Your open ended conversations are one of the reasons we love you Flea.

I love you too.

Did you know that Jim Greco has the best back 3? Dudes back three is like a Cards front grind. Perfection. No need for the medicine ball

[JugeL]

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