@@augustvong7057 doing the same banger over and over doesnt make it less of a banger, it just shows his skill level. Nobody had a problem with the back flip every run
I'm far from an expert, but from what I've seen, Gui's run was the most consistent and well executed. It lacked some Innovation, but still it was more than enough to be the best
@@JoaoCarvalho-ib1veand this is why you aren’t an expert lol. Innovation is a big thing when it comes to judging. Also, height on the ramp, difficulty, and not repeating tricks.
Seems like the judges played a little bit of favoritism here. As much as Gui overly does 900's, I still feel like his run was heavily underscored compared to Edouard's run. Edouard's run was pretty repetitive with the back to back kickflip grab spins.
@@skahlerthat's dumb. No one else have 9's because they are waay more difficult than 5's. The fact that he has them down, should be more impressive. A kick 9 should net a 100 points, it would be the craziest trick done in a run
2 thoughts: 1. Gui's first run push progression the most out of any of the landed runs and I feel like should have won. 2. At the same time, Eddy's run, while the exact same as last year, is still unbelievably difficult and I can understand why it one. If he threw down the same line with the 900 at the end there would have been no question in my mind.
It’s tough but I think Gui gets pretty heavily underscored. There was vert best trick (vert alert) recently where he did a perfect nollie 900. They either didn’t even give him a medal or only gave him bronze which was a ridiculous robbery. The nollie was properly done too, I’ve never even thought of a nollie 9 but that was hands down the craziest trick I’ve seen on vert in years
I don't think i've ever seen a clearer robbery in skateboarding. Its not like you can even say Gui didn't go as high. This is absolute madness, he will forever be the 2023 gold medal winner to me.
It was the best lap shot. I found it very strange that Penarrubia didn't get the medal and the score of 75, even after the best maneuver, was kept at 75. There was a mess in this test.
What does Khury have to do to get a good score? Dude got screwed in Japan, getting screwed in Cali.. I don't understand why Damestoy keeps getting such insane charity from the judges. Dude is sick and his run was amazing but Khury is a step ahead and not getting love for it.
Obviously needs more variety, kid is a prodigy and will destroy everyone for sure when he develops more tricks. But all he does is 900s, masterfully yes but it's 2 repeats already. Good for a best trick but not in a run. And he just won vert best trick with a 900 so here you go Damestoy had a better run because he scored higher in all 3 criteria
@@skahler kids half their age and his power is compareable if not equal. should be rated higher just for being even at half their age. kid did 3 first try 900s this weekend
My goodness what gui just did was incredible. It feels like he is on another level. It is even more sick to think that all other competitors should be his idol but seems the opposite.
The kids make it look so easy. Just like Tom and Mitchie when they were younger. Both look like they are struggling a bit mentally I think. Maybe because it feels harder compared to when they were kids and shredding.
I honestly miss big air. I know megapark is an extension to big air basically but big air as its own event is just different imo. I do enjoy megapark though.
I'm only through first runs and that Eduardo guy gets a higher score than Gui?? That hand drag alone should put him low 80's. Judging ruins watching these if you're an actual skateboarder..
This event is awesome to watch, but they really need to bring back the normal mega ramp! This event was the best when it was in front of a large crowd, and especially when it used to be at Staples Center. Please @xgames bring the mega back for the fans!!!
Gary should stick to on the course interviews. That’s where he does best. The interactions between him and the skaters is great. His type of hype though, just doesn’t translate the best over to vocal commentary. Jason’s hype does.
Gui’s 900s are a piece of performance art, he makes them look so freakin good. I think if he had waited to pull the back to back 9s for a later run it would’ve given him the win. Judges have a tendency to score early runs lower and save the higher scores for later in the comp.
Not sure if there was a qualifier for this event but at Xgames Japan they said he'd broke/injured his wrist/forearm badly and only recently recovered. He wasnt himself at Vert in Japan, struggled to land much and cradling the wrist after tricks, may be he chose to take time off to recover and build his confidence and execution back up
Merci Edouard pour ce que tu es ! Tu vends du rêve mec ! 🇫🇷🇫🇷 (je suis pas très compet' mais en vrai tu rends fier!) Congratulations to all riders ! It was amazing!! 🇺🇲🇧🇷
Edouard Damestoy is a freaking legend, what an amazing run. Also, seeing Tom Shaar all grown up is crazy, seeing how when we first saw him he was a kid.
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39:17 It was the best lap shot. I found it very strange that Penarrubia didn't get the medal and the score of 75, even after the best maneuver, was kept at 75. There was a mess in this test.
Gui Khury got robbed. Just because you’re the first to stick a line doesn’t mean they should start scores in the 80s. If 88 is the mark for a run with 2 clean 900s and a 720 over the gap, everything else has to beat the mark to outscore It. As soon as the guy got a 91 for a run with a HAND DRAG, I was livid. Seems rigged.
Honestly, it’s that flat 900s aren’t what they used to be anymore. It doesn’t get judged the same when the difficulty level is different nowadays. Some of these kids have pulled 1080s before.
@@asthecitysleepsofficial just because the young guys can do 900s now doesn’t mean that trick isn’t out of most of the other guy’s league. I can’t think of a precedent in any other sport in which the more difficult progression of the sport is rewarded first with high scoring, then punished a few years later.
turned it off after the judges robbed Khury on his first run. what's the point of a competition if it seems rigged against the best skater who clearly had the sickest run? no room for Red Bull at your monster party? shameful to the sport. Damestoy is awesome too. but Gui really should've had gold here.
I love how they call it a 30 minute Jam, but they hold each skater for 3 minutes between runs and then take commercial breaks. Like it should be every 30 seconds you have to go or you lose pass on your turn.
this feels like your watching an online video game tournament. The “map” (insane skatepark in a backyard) and insane tricks being thrown and landed, just dont look real
If theres 1 thing watching X games has taught me its i have no idea how the judging works. The kid had a killer run to come in at 88 his 900s seem to count for less
I don't skate so I'm not familiar, but to me it looked like alot of people had wheel bite on the same spot on the ramp. I wonder if something was up with the ramp
Weird how much commentary hypes Edouard’s 900 as pushing the sport but penalizes Gui for doing two 900s including a body varial. I guess he could switch it up and not just skate backside but he had the hardest tricks.
It’s the combination of those tricks together that push the progression so much. No trick in that line is filler, and the kickflip 5 to kickflip 3 is more technical
@@ethansandy2347 Gui could learn to do Edouard's run way before Edouard could ever do Gui"s. This result is going to push Gui to do so and I am not for it. Gui won by far. Also no hand drag!!!
@@Ajwritescrypto it’s not cause he’s not on monster. If anything it would be cause he’s young and it’s easier for him to spin. However, it’s always been about speed and height as well. Being that he’s younger, he’s not gonna go as high or as fast as the other guys too
So glad Ellis is on the mic. The way x games skateboarding should be🤘🤘🤘
I miss the Sal and Jason combo.
The TRUTH MY BRO,💯% RESPECT TO YOU AND YOIURS.🤘
FACT!
@@SaltyE6 Frig no. Mix it up especially with legends like Ellis who doesn't come across as a corporate stooge while on the mic.
True. I didn't enjoy Amelia so much when she joined in the mix. Seemed to tamp down the vibe. Just IMHO. No disrespect.
Please keep jason Ellis on the broadcast. He did so well and made it more entertaining to watch
Jason Ellis deserved an announcer seat for so long.
@@mymomsbasement69 totally agree. Hope we see more of it
1000%
He showed some genuine enthusiasm and thats always what gets me :)
He deserves to be cohosting every skate comp, men’s and women’s. The guy is just a straight up rad dude.
Ellis on the mic is as it should be!!!
The stoke from Ellis is the most skateboarding thing 🔥 🔥🔥
Gui Khury's 1st run was the most insane thing I have ever seen on a skateboard in my 24 years skating. 😮
Ellis deserves this job, such a hard worker! Super likeable and friendly, very knowledgeable and he’s funny! : )
That last run by Italo... AMAZING!!
Not sure how Gui gets an 88 and silver after landing 9 back to back 900s 😅
Little dude got robbed
He’ll be dominating soon enough.
There will be a point where 900s will be not enough.
Yeah I don't either. Daemstoy was clean and had bangers. Additionally, Gui threw the body varial 900 for his run ender perfect.
He does the same flatspin over and over again, with variation. It's something new, but ... Skateboarding isn't ice skating.
@@augustvong7057 doing the same banger over and over doesnt make it less of a banger, it just shows his skill level. Nobody had a problem with the back flip every run
Gui got robbed its pretty simple that this win comes down to which sticker is on the helmet.
Did you see the Japan vert comp? Same exact scenario. Gui gets screwed and Damestoy gets gold handed to him.
Damestoy's run was super sick - BUT -> How in the world did/could they give Gui an 88 for that first run!?!?
& Ellis rules on the mic! 👍
I'm far from an expert, but from what I've seen, Gui's run was the most consistent and well executed. It lacked some Innovation, but still it was more than enough to be the best
@@JoaoCarvalho-ib1ve - Well - I am an expert and I am saying he didn't beat Gui haha :P Cheers!
@@JoaoCarvalho-ib1veand this is why you aren’t an expert lol. Innovation is a big thing when it comes to judging. Also, height on the ramp, difficulty, and not repeating tricks.
@@asthecitysleepsofficial Agreeing with the judges is your expert opinion? Genius, we must now all bow to the skate god
Gui put down 2 900s and people barely seemed to care, Damestoy attempts an Indy 9 and everyone goes nuts. It's like it counts for less
Seems like the judges played a little bit of favoritism here. As much as Gui overly does 900's, I still feel like his run was heavily underscored compared to Edouard's run. Edouard's run was pretty repetitive with the back to back kickflip grab spins.
@@skahlerthat's dumb. No one else have 9's because they are waay more difficult than 5's. The fact that he has them down, should be more impressive. A kick 9 should net a 100 points, it would be the craziest trick done in a run
Adding in flips while spinning adds to the difficulty though.
2 thoughts:
1. Gui's first run push progression the most out of any of the landed runs and I feel like should have won.
2. At the same time, Eddy's run, while the exact same as last year, is still unbelievably difficult and I can understand why it one. If he threw down the same line with the 900 at the end there would have been no question in my mind.
It’s tough but I think Gui gets pretty heavily underscored. There was vert best trick (vert alert) recently where he did a perfect nollie 900. They either didn’t even give him a medal or only gave him bronze which was a ridiculous robbery. The nollie was properly done too, I’ve never even thought of a nollie 9 but that was hands down the craziest trick I’ve seen on vert in years
I don't think i've ever seen a clearer robbery in skateboarding. Its not like you can even say Gui didn't go as high. This is absolute madness, he will forever be the 2023 gold medal winner to me.
Make Brodka a permanent commentator!
Gui should have won. He got robbed
Gui got snoubbed
As sure as the sky is blue, Rony Gomez will do *very slow* switch backside 180s.
As sure as the sky is blue, Elliot Sloan will struggle trying to get just one full run
The worst thing is, Elliot for sure lands those runs at home. He knows he can do them. But as soon as it’s a contest….
39:17 for hands down the most mind melting run of the whole contest!
It was the best lap shot.
I found it very strange that Penarrubia didn't get the medal and the score of 75, even after the best maneuver, was kept at 75.
There was a mess in this test.
What does Khury have to do to get a good score? Dude got screwed in Japan, getting screwed in Cali.. I don't understand why Damestoy keeps getting such insane charity from the judges. Dude is sick and his run was amazing but Khury is a step ahead and not getting love for it.
Stop doing 9s because clearly The judges dont Like
@@SilvioPimentel93 If Damestoy landed the 900 on the last wall they probably would have given him a 98. Insane favoritism.
They’ll give Gui a win when he turns 18 😂
Obviously needs more variety, kid is a prodigy and will destroy everyone for sure when he develops more tricks. But all he does is 900s, masterfully yes but it's 2 repeats already. Good for a best trick but not in a run. And he just won vert best trick with a 900 so here you go
Damestoy had a better run because he scored higher in all 3 criteria
@@skahler kids half their age and his power is compareable if not equal. should be rated higher just for being even at half their age. kid did 3 first try 900s this weekend
Hearing all the announcers heartily rooting for everyone on the last wall got me so pumped!
Jason Ellis is such a good commentator. Please please keep him for all the skateboard events. He's positive and informative.
My goodness what gui just did was incredible. It feels like he is on another level. It is even more sick to think that all other competitors should be his idol but seems the opposite.
The kids make it look so easy. Just like Tom and Mitchie when they were younger. Both look like they are struggling a bit mentally I think. Maybe because it feels harder compared to when they were kids and shredding.
next year you'll know: ''if you want gold medal, you can use your hand for landing''
Thumbs given for Jason Ellis
Mind blown 🧠💯, Ellis keep bringing that stoke!
I honestly miss big air. I know megapark is an extension to big air basically but big air as its own event is just different imo. I do enjoy megapark though.
Bring Back Big Air!!! Also Gui is clearly the 2023 winner
I'm only through first runs and that Eduardo guy gets a higher score than Gui?? That hand drag alone should put him low 80's. Judging ruins watching these if you're an actual skateboarder..
we need ellis and Zitser in the booth for every broadcast lol
This event is awesome to watch, but they really need to bring back the normal mega ramp! This event was the best when it was in front of a large crowd, and especially when it used to be at Staples Center. Please @xgames bring the mega back for the fans!!!
Bummed that neither this or big air is a part of X Games Ventura 2024.
SUPER! love when got time to watch. just makes me so happY
Not sure how the hand touch won. My first impression was Gui's first run was the best.
Wasn't even that close to me. 2023 Winner is Gui.
Good to see Mike escamia and Jason Ellis. Both are worthy and deserve the positions
They should rename this competition to x robbery games!
I know Ellis isn’t too familiar in street skating but let’s have him over Gary 😂
Lets have him and Gary. They've both got a screw or 2 loose 😂😂
Gary should stick to on the course interviews. That’s where he does best. The interactions between him and the skaters is great. His type of hype though, just doesn’t translate the best over to vocal commentary. Jason’s hype does.
Mitchie Brusco!!!! "Brusco for president" NW native for life.
Gui’s 900s are a piece of performance art, he makes them look so freakin good.
I think if he had waited to pull the back to back 9s for a later run it would’ve given him the win.
Judges have a tendency to score early runs lower and save the higher scores for later in the comp.
that 2nd part of the ramp is fire i didn't know they added 2 more tricks to big air.
Ten point red bull helmet deduction is apparently a thing
Why isn’t clay Kriener in it ? He rips that ramp
Not sure if there was a qualifier for this event but at Xgames Japan they said he'd broke/injured his wrist/forearm badly and only recently recovered. He wasnt himself at Vert in Japan, struggled to land much and cradling the wrist after tricks, may be he chose to take time off to recover and build his confidence and execution back up
Jason is an og, remember watching xgames back in the 90s and early 2000s. Down to earth guy, a lot of these skaters are. Love from Va Beach 757
I was about to close the video, heard Ellis commenting, and stayed for the whole thing.
Merci Edouard pour ce que tu es ! Tu vends du rêve mec ! 🇫🇷🇫🇷 (je suis pas très compet' mais en vrai tu rends fier!)
Congratulations to all riders ! It was amazing!! 🇺🇲🇧🇷
I would love to see what burnquist and way could bring to the table in their later years.
Not much, unfortunately ... When 720's and 900's is standard tricks.
@@augustvong7057 I'm more interested in no-grab tricks
Vista is so beautiful, perfect backdrop to this park.
Dope as my brothers,love this to rad........RESPECT FROM NEW ZEALAND....
Is 1080p ever going to be a thing?
Edouard Damestoy is a freaking legend, what an amazing run. Also, seeing Tom Shaar all grown up is crazy, seeing how when we first saw him he was a kid.
Bien joué Édouard 🤙🤙🤙c'est qui le patron !!!!..🤙
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Ellis represents everything I love about skateboarding
Ellis did. Nice job
Good job
Yea an ice bath, and a freaking megapark in your back yard 😂
That was awesome. I miss aggressive inline on the xgames. The new stuff looks crazy and the base grew again but I think it has a spot here again.
I both skate and rollerblade and would love to see it. The level of skill has risen tremendously.
39:17 It was the best lap shot.
I found it very strange that Penarrubia didn't get the medal and the score of 75, even after the best maneuver, was kept at 75.
There was a mess in this test.
Awesome yeeeeeaaaahhhh!!!!!
Who are the judges? They needed to be introduced....
Blatant conflict of interest...
Can’t have a fair competition that’s being held in one of the competitors backyard. Notice the commentary at 2:15-2:30. Facts.
Yes Ellis makes the commentary so much better!
That was gnarly give them a gold medal. Wow.
Great competition. Great tricks. 30 Ads in 30 minutes lol
Competition starts at 3:00
so sick, ya ellis!
Really wanted to see that kickflip body jar
I know I've seen footage of this ramp before, anyone know who owns it?
Lol
@@Bryanbkk Do you know? I'm pretty certain it's in a back yard.
Jason Ellis is the best man. Such a great energy
That’s what up! Hella pro 🔥
coolest comp ever
As Jason said gui made it look to Easy, the other dude squated and made it look super hard. Thats why points was different.
Gui needs to fake difficulty lol
This is a great competition in the mega park great between the skaters this is so sick!!!
I skipped ahead originally to get past the first runs but then I realized ellis was commentating. I went back to the very beginning
No way Khury's first run was not a 100. Every trick was sick and he landed each one flawlessly.
gotta bring it back to mn
Gui this good at 14, trying a kick flip 900. 41:15
Gui Khury got robbed. Just because you’re the first to stick a line doesn’t mean they should start scores in the 80s. If 88 is the mark for a run with 2 clean 900s and a 720 over the gap, everything else has to beat the mark to outscore It. As soon as the guy got a 91 for a run with a HAND DRAG, I was livid. Seems rigged.
Honestly, it’s that flat 900s aren’t what they used to be anymore. It doesn’t get judged the same when the difficulty level is different nowadays. Some of these kids have pulled 1080s before.
@@asthecitysleepsofficial just because the young guys can do 900s now doesn’t mean that trick isn’t out of most of the other guy’s league. I can’t think of a precedent in any other sport in which the more difficult progression of the sport is rewarded first with high scoring, then punished a few years later.
ELLIS FREAKING KILLED IT ON THE BROADCAST!!! Oh and the skaters did good too.
40:13 i can not believe he landed that
Jason Ellis is a treat on the mic
Killer comp! Ripping!!! Ellis all day........
"Elliot Sloan, given this is your backyard, do you feel you have an advatage?"
"No."
WHAT? Total BS.
Didn't help though, did it! Dead last.
Bravo Edouard !!! Tu es un tueur c'est mérité !!!! Cocorico!!!
26:05 was that a bigger gazelle flip??
Italo brought a hint of Even Flow.
gui's english has gotten so good!
turned it off after the judges robbed Khury on his first run. what's the point of a competition if it seems rigged against the best skater who clearly had the sickest run? no room for Red Bull at your monster party? shameful to the sport. Damestoy is awesome too. but Gui really should've had gold here.
Yeah Ellis, young wing 🪽
40:00 you have to see this!!!
guys come on - its 2023 and we get 720p?
I love how they call it a 30 minute Jam, but they hold each skater for 3 minutes between runs and then take commercial breaks. Like it should be every 30 seconds you have to go or you lose pass on your turn.
this feels like your watching an online video game tournament. The “map” (insane skatepark in a backyard) and insane tricks being thrown and landed, just dont look real
i feel so bad for my neighbors, i was literally shouting during gui's first run
If theres 1 thing watching X games has taught me its i have no idea how the judging works. The kid had a killer run to come in at 88 his 900s seem to count for less
damestoys first run had me making weird noises and squeezing my skull
I love Jimmy Coleman so much.
Ellis made this broadcast!
I don't skate so I'm not familiar, but to me it looked like alot of people had wheel bite on the same spot on the ramp. I wonder if something was up with the ramp
Their trucks are tight as anything no chance for wheel bite
Nope
Weird how much commentary hypes Edouard’s 900 as pushing the sport but penalizes Gui for doing two 900s including a body varial. I guess he could switch it up and not just skate backside but he had the hardest tricks.
It’s the combination of those tricks together that push the progression so much. No trick in that line is filler, and the kickflip 5 to kickflip 3 is more technical
@@ethansandy2347 Gui could learn to do Edouard's run way before Edouard could ever do Gui"s. This result is going to push Gui to do so and I am not for it. Gui won by far. Also no hand drag!!!
@@Ajwritescrypto it’s not cause he’s not on monster. If anything it would be cause he’s young and it’s easier for him to spin. However, it’s always been about speed and height as well. Being that he’s younger, he’s not gonna go as high or as fast as the other guys too
Khury is amaizing
Wish ellis would also commentate the street skateboarding, would actually get good information and he doesn't interrupt with non sense
Came here for the second man to clear a mega !!
you NEVER should've gotten rid of inline
Ellis is the best ,he lives skateboarding