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[TwisT]

They need to make this shit shorter.

I don’t appreciate everyone coming together to make something and leaning in on the cheekiness. Especially with the judge.

[Unkle Fleak]

Way too long. It’s team bust or bail but everyone’s too busted to have Gary handing off Benjamin’s on the landing.

They need to just get a roll on grind spot.

[raise_hell_drink_fairlife]

Potential improvements:

- Shorten to 3 rounds
- add music
- take those corny ass “jerseys” off. Make the jerseys actullay fly or let skaters dress themselves
- add a diversity of obstacles (gap + hubba + rail) maybe teams could be structured so that there’s a grind specialist and a flip trick specialist?

I would watch that again. But no way in its current format is a non skater sitting through more than 5 minutes.

[GnarAlarm]

Potential improvements:

- Shorten to 3 rounds
- add music
- take those corny ass “jerseys” off. Make the jerseys actullay fly or let skaters dress themselves
- add a diversity of obstacles (gap + hubba + rail) maybe teams could be structured so that there’s a grind specialist and a flip trick specialist?

I would watch that again. But no way in its current format is a non skater sitting through more than 5 minutes.

Agreed except I think it has to be at least 4 rounds so both teams get two shots on offense.
Definitely scrap round 5 though.
That or just scrap rounds altogether and have the teams take turns, or only get one bail instead of three, and just play to 10 points or something. Allowing three bails lets shit happen like the time Nyjah and Zach were on offense for like 15 minutes and racked up 8 points. Got pretty boring.

Or max how many points can be scored in one offensive turn, every other sport has that, can't score more than 8 points in one offensive turn in football. Just say in one round each team has three bails and three available points to score, whichever comes first. That'd make for a max game score of 12 which nobody hit in this game anyways. Keep the shit moving a lil faster.

[Ilya Oblomov]

Each round could be on a different obstacle if they go to four rounds. For gnarly skaters it could be stairs, hubba, rail, and maybe back to stairs on the last round to not be moving the crowd around in a small venue. Or flat, ledge, manual, flat bar for another style of skater. The current format will get more boooooooooring if it is just one obstacle for the whole thing.

[AceBoogie]

This could succeed if they:

• cut it down to 3 rounds
• take the mic from gary
• Get some decent sponsorship
• get some girls up in there

Nobody likes a sausage fest

[Southernmost]

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Potential improvements:

- Shorten to 3 rounds
- add music
- take those corny ass “jerseys” off. Make the jerseys actullay fly or let skaters dress themselves
- add a diversity of obstacles (gap + hubba + rail) maybe teams could be structured so that there’s a grind specialist and a flip trick specialist?

I would watch that again. But no way in its current format is a non skater sitting through more than 5 minutes.

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Agreed except I think it has to be at least 4 rounds so both teams get two shots on offense.
Definitely scrap round 5 though.
That or just scrap rounds altogether and have the teams take turns, or only get one bail instead of three, and just play to 10 points or something. Allowing three bails lets shit happen like the time Nyjah and Zach were on offense for like 15 minutes and racked up 8 points. Got pretty boring.

Or max how many points can be scored in one offensive turn, every other sport has that, can't score more than 8 points in one offensive turn in football. Just say in one round each team has three bails and three available points to score, whichever comes first. That'd make for a max game score of 12 which nobody hit in this game anyways. Keep the shit moving a lil faster.

Sorry, not trying to debate you but for each round both teams play offense and defense. Similar to innings in baseball. Team 1 goes, then team 2 goes, then the next round starts. Also most sports here don’t have a mercy rule. Baseball, football, basketball. I do agree with speeding things up but limiting scores doesn’t sound as exciting. The 8 stair huckfest did feel kinda repetitive after a bit. I think incorporating at least one more obstacle or alternating obstacles each round would be a little more interesting.

[Sick Duck]

How does every other sport limit how many points you can score? Even football you can score 10

[streetmeat]

i dont really understand where they are going to host more of these in the future. theres only so many private parks with boring and predictable obsticles. i dont see how this grows...

[GnarAlarm]

How does every other sport limit how many points you can score? Even football you can score 10

What? It's impossible to score 10 points in one offensive possession in (American) football.
The absolute max you could score in one offensive possession is 8 points (TD + 2pt con) before you have to give the ball back to the other team and play defense.
Take basketball too, when your team has the ball, the most you can score is a three pointer before you have to give the ball back to the other team. (I guess unless you get fouled and get free throws)

Doesn't apply to all sports, obviously a baseball team could just keep scoring forever if they never got any outs.

[Dooky-shoes]

Totally agree with too many rounds, mercy rule, jerseys etc…but what we saw with the mano-a-Mano is the switch off every turn gets confusing for everyone. Something like that needs to happen but not sure what. Maybe set amount of tricks per round and switch over early after 3 bails?

I will watch again but this format won’t keep me interested.

[ryanrockmoran]

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How does every other sport limit how many points you can score? Even football you can score 10

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What? It's impossible to score 10 points in one offensive possession in (American) football.
The absolute max you could score in one offensive possession is 8 points (TD + 2pt con) before you have to give the ball back to the other team and play defense.
Take basketball too, when your team has the ball, the most you can score is a three pointer before you have to give the ball back to the other team. (I guess unless you get fouled and get free throws)

Doesn't apply to all sports, obviously a baseball team could just keep scoring forever if they never got any outs.

I wonder what would happen if the offensive team just ran out of tricks they could think of to attempt...  Maybe that's sort of a mercy rule

[D10S]

 stair se seemed so boring, maybe add a handrail? or copy kasso...

[Fast_Freddie]

Three rounds
x2 misses per team (one per skater)
definitely needed music, looked very sterile

[SatanicPanic]

I watched. It was boring

[HeavyAndExpensive]

Needs to be shorter, and needs a variety of obstacles.

[aleksander]

I love all skate media.
I try to take in as much as I can. I don’t discriminate against contests / Olympics / berrics games of skate etc, regardless of my moral standing.

This was excruciating.
I applaud Mike Mo for trying something new - but no way in hell this is going to attract a non-skating audience if the most gung-ho skate enjoyers are bored.

I think there isn’t enough at stake, so it’s tough to become emotionally involved. Maybe with a few revisions to format this could progress - but I still don’t think it will accomplish the goal that he has in mind which is to bring in those who have no vested interest in skateboarding

If that's what they're going for, this thing is dead in the water. Non-skaters aren't going to know or care that these are relatively well-respected pros, they're just going to have to endure some flip trick shit that all looks the same to them.

I liked those fake Hubba Hideout style contests way more than this. Real Street is better. That Woodward miniramp thing is better. This was ass.

[Abyss1]

They can't be for real with that shit...a 2 hour competition on a park stair set?   

Why was Gary there? how long has it been since skateline got cancelled and this is the best he could do...damn

[Sk8 Prick]

Part of the appeal of professional sports is to see the highest level of skill in that particular domain. It's too hard for the average person to understand the difficulty of most tricks because they have no concept of stance, or the fact that if you miss the flick on a nollie heelflip the board goes directly into your ass credit card mode. I feel non skaters mostly judge whether or not a skateboarding maneuver is impressive based on the level of potential danger, circus tricks, or gimmicks.

So either make the obstacles huge and dangerous, or really creative and unique in a way that resonates to the public like heath and klein did skating the blockbuster sign in the end, etc.

Or just make them all skate some obnoxious MXC type obstacles over a water hazard while wearing inflatable sumo suits.

[Rick Trapasso]

3 rounds instead of 5

each team gets 2 failed tricks on offense instead of 3 before switching. Could always increase these numbers for more significant matches, finals, whatever.

Each round is a different obstacle

Loser picks the next obstacle maybe?

Need a lot of obstacles for this to be interesting, the more the better imo.

[radcunt]

Tighten it up


Do a stair round, ledge round, rail round


Fuck Gary off


Hate the fake X Games / ESPN kinda vibe. 


Wish they went less corny, but look at who's involved I guess, all the biggest grifters in the biz

[ralf_]

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Three rounds
x2 misses per team (one per skater)
definitely needed music, looked very sterile

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I’m pretty sure Mike Mo is on record saying he literally doesn’t listen to music, like at all.

he said he likes billie eilish though

[TheAmericanAntique]

I would like to see the skate Dice come out where it tells you stance, trick and rotation. That would definitely speed shit up.

[RoaryMcTwang]

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How does every other sport limit how many points you can score? Even football you can score 10

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What? It's impossible to score 10 points in one offensive possession in (American) football.
The absolute max you could score in one offensive possession is 8 points (TD + 2pt con) before you have to give the ball back to the other team and play defense.
Take basketball too, when your team has the ball, the most you can score is a three pointer before you have to give the ball back to the other team. (I guess unless you get fouled and get free throws)

Doesn't apply to all sports, obviously a baseball team could just keep scoring forever if they never got any outs.

[close]

I wonder what would happen if the offensive team just ran out of tricks they could think of to attempt...  Maybe that's sort of a mercy rule

For the audience

Or just make them all skate some obnoxious MXC type obstacles over a water hazard while wearing inflatable sumo suits.

This is it!

[Eddy Mitchel]

all this sound really crispy.The wacky athletic type logo, Mike Mo on command...Cannot wait!

[back smith]

all this sound really crispy.The wacky athletic type logo, Mike Mo on command...Cannot wait!

I wouldn't call it an "athletic type logo". It's a straight ESPN knockoff. They're gonna get sued, if this thing pops off.

[CrappybsflipDownthe5stair]

I think it could be worth a watch. Drags on a bit, need more obstacle variety, but it's a bit different.

[neonbrown]

That whole thing was complete dogshit and I don't see how anyone who actually loves skateboarding could derive any pleasure from watching these dipshits in their Burger King employee shirts slide out at the bottom of P Rod's polished concrete skatepark steps. This made the Olympics look dynamic. Everything spontaneous and joyful about skateboarding was stripped by people who spend every weekend watching the NFL Sunday Ticket. It was truly awful.

And can someone please install a new personality in Gary Rogers? His Dave Chapelle chip has been overclocked for too long.

[Dooky-shoes]

I would like to see the skate Dice come out where it tells you stance, trick and rotation. That would definitely speed shit up.

This is the solution

[PalaceButtPlug]

This was really enjoyable, the nonverbal communication between the competitors regarding strategy and confidence with particular tricks made me like this way more than I thought I would. A breath of fresh air in a stinky world of flatground games of skate on youtube.