Well... was it smashing?

[Glory_Freestyle]

Hey man, it was only foggy Sunday morning.the rest of the weekend, including Friday was AMAZING!

That's what he meant. We were all gonna ride early Sunday morning before heading to the Comp.


BTW, in case I haven't said it enough yet, Thanks for all you did this weekend.

 

[sicki]

After the 28 hour drive there... put the ski in the water and ran fine for 10 minutes and died, couldnt get it running for 2 days.. cleaned carbs, replaced stator... all to find out my gas (2 weeks old) was growing algae and clogged my fuel filter. So I only got 1 decent ride in allll 4 days I was there which sucked bad. The waves were crazy, never ridden in stuff so big before and it honestly scared the $hit out of me.

I'm a pretty quiet person, so I don't get go around starting conversations usually... but there were some great people there this weekend... the entire O'Side Crew were really cool and also the Colorado folks, everyone was extremely helpful with my ski.

The competition, was insane... I watched Serlin ride pre-competition and was amazed, I didn't know he went that big and was that smooth. I was rooting for him since watching him pull the double on Friday. However, my only complaint about the comp. is when Serlin went againt Pierre Maxient in the Semis. I thought it could have been considered the Final the way both were riding, Pierre was soo smooth and never lost his boat.. he pulled a 1ft/1hand backy and 3 barrel roll re-entrys... Serlin pulled the only double barrel in the comp. in that round which I guess gave him the win, but I thought the overall routine that Pierre put up was better. It could be argued either way, so dont flame me on it.

The Final round was judged correctly in my eyes, for anyone that thought there might be biased opinions on JKenney being 'favored'.

From a stand point in the tower... those BR re-entries were only scored as BRs. They were not landed in front or on the face of the wave. So there fore they cannot be a BR re-entry. The judging was strict in this aspect. If you didnt land it and ride away, your score was not as high. The judges were all surf riders themselves and know exactly what each trick is and needs to be to be scored properly.

 

[yamaslut]

From a stand point in the tower... those BR re-entries were only scored as BRs. They were not landed in front or on the face of the wave. So there fore they cannot be a BR re-entry. The judging was strict in this aspect. If you didnt land it and ride away, your score was not as high. The judges were all surf riders themselves and know exactly what each trick is and needs to be to be scored properly.

he was doing those sideways rolls in O-side last year... some were calling them BRRE, but like Joe said, they really are not... technically

 

[sicki]

he was doing those sideways rolls in O-side last year... some were calling them BRRE, but like Joe said, they really are not... technically

thank you. this over scoring in past comps needs to be addressed and it was this time. Just like a straight backie is not the same as a backie off axis, which i believe is a higher score.

PS JK won this comp fair and square and every rider after him earned their final position. So if i hear any naysayers. im flying to your house... taking names and kicking ass!!!

 

[Mike Serlin]

Most people just do a BR parallel to the wave. JK is the only person I've ever seen do an actual BR re-entry. Its a re-entry 1st and a BR 2nd.

 

[Glory_Freestyle]

thank you. this over scoring in past comps needs to be addressed and it was this time. Just like a straight backie is not the same as a backie off axis, which i believe is a higher score.

PS JK won this comp fair and square and every rider after him earned their final position. So if i hear any naysayers. im flying to your house... taking names and kicking ass!!!

I agree. I think the judging was great, except for that Gesicki guy. He's hurt too much to remember what riding is like, so it's kinda hard to judge it. :biggrin:

PS. After you fly out to kick my ass, can ya stuff me in your luggage so I can go back out there?

 

[sjetrider]

When there are questions about who was best in the end and after scoring then you know it was close and must have been off the freekin hook. The SO.CAL MFR' S go so friggin big its SICK. Wish I could have been there to see this. Should have flown out and bummed a ski off RMBC (NIEL). I will for sure next time.

 

[sicki]

I agree. I think the judging was great, except for that Gesicki guy. He's hurt too much to remember what riding is like, so it's kinda hard to judge it. :biggrin:

PS. After you fly out to kick my ass, can ya stuff me in your luggage so I can go back out there?

if an ass kickin and flying in a duffel bag is worth a trip to cali.. then i think i can help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hope to see you another time bro when i can ride with ya!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[eschberg]

Thanks for clarifying Sicki. I thought he landed them, but I guess not. I can't wait for the vid to come out so I can see everyone goin HUGE again. Even though I only rode for about 30 minutes out there, I'd still do it all again. Pismo is the SHIIIZZZZ!!! Hopefully there will be more cross-country travelers next year for the event.

 

[willycrumb]

thank you. this over scoring in past comps needs to be addressed and it was this time. Just like a straight backie is not the same as a backie off axis, which i believe is a higher score.

PS JK won this comp fair and square and every rider after him earned their final position. So if i hear any naysayers. im flying to your house... taking names and kicking ass!!!

JK scewed the results.........just kidding.....pissed didnt make it.:crutches: