Women’s street skateboarding

[Zilo44]

Am I the only one who came out unimpressed by the product. It feels like a couple of guys from my former highschool could have competed

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[Pink Mist]

Am I the only one who came out unimpressed by the product. It feels like a couple of guys from my former highschool could have competed

Yeah I agree, the men and women's street was a little underwhelming. It's basically what I see locals do during my lunch break downtown - though obviously they land a lot more tricks. The park event though should be a lot more interesting, I think.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

I'm pretty sure I could have gotten a better score than Alana Smith.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

Yeah I agree, the men and women's street was a little underwhelming. It's basically what I see locals do during my lunch break downtown - though obviously they land a lot more tricks. The park event though should be a lot more interesting, I think.

The men were a lot more pragmatic. They'd only try and get creative for fun when they were out of it, like Shane O'Neill trying to Lazer Flip a stairset. Or that one Belgian dude pulling a FS flip over a rail. Guys in the running were just getting repetitive on the massive handrail.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

Also, I don't know how many skateboarders are here, but the men were often using different stances (Nollie, Switch) to pull off tricks, which is much harder than just skating in your regular stance. The women, for example, have all strictly skated in their regular stance as far as I know.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

Bufoni should not go through but might get some brand name goodwill here.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

Bufoni's out. She Nyjah'd it.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

Happy to see Sublone through. She was the most street out of the whole bunch.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

Am I the only one who came out unimpressed by the product. It feels like a couple of guys from my former highschool could have competed

I missed the first hour and a half because I was out skateboarding (lol) but the Japanese girls are definitely at a level that the average street skater is not at. Hitting bigspins front boards down handrails is massive.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

Japan should easily get two medals here. Forget homecourt, they're a clear cut above the rest.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

Sablone with her best run to start the finals. Competitors should f*** with gaps more.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

Sad that Sablone isn't getting a medal. She pushed herself.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

Japan gets two medals. Called it. They're getting Gold and Silver and another Gold in men.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

*Gold and Bronze

 

[Spring in Fialta]

Two girls of 13 get medals. Amazing.

 

[TaLoN]

*Gold and Bronze

That Brazilian skater was pushing for gold until that last miss. She was putting down huge scores, had she landed that last one, she'd have taken it, and she didn't miss pulling it off by much. Impressive run.

 

[Zilo44]

Two girls of 13 get medals. Amazing.

Also goes to show the level of competition

 

[Spring in Fialta]

Also goes to show the level of competition

How?

 

[TaLoN]

Also goes to show the level of competition

Some sports favor the flexibility of the young... skateboarding has always been a sport where the very young can make an impact. Hell, didn't a 12yro just make skateboarding competition history in the X games recently in the halfpipe vert event, first ever to land a 1040 in competition to win gold?

Tony Hawk took the skateboarding world by storm when he was only 14. It wasn't because of a lack of competition either.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

Some sports favor the flexibility of the young... skateboarding has always been a sport where the very young can make an impact. Hell, didn't a 12yro just make skateboarding competition history in the X games recently in the halfpipe vert event, first ever to land a 1040 in competition to win gold?

Tony Hawk took the skateboarding world by storm when he was only 14. It wasn't because of a lack of competition either.

Exactly. Seeing a kid killing it in skateboarding is as old as skateboarding itself.

 

[Zilo44]

I get what you say. Although seeing Alana Smith perform last night made me cringe. Pierre de Courbertin must be crying in his grave seeing the lack of drive and desire to win this competition provided

 

[Spring in Fialta]

I get what you say. Although seeing Alana Smith perform last night made me cringe. Pierre de Courbertin must be crying in his grave seeing the lack of drive and desire to win this competition provided

I get that she qualified but there was a gulf between her and the rest of the competitors. She pretty much just cruised on one of her runs. And ollieing an 8 stair-set seems like a weak move for an Olympic event. But I would have dug it if she'd been able to kickflip over from the ramp, over the rail and unto the kicker. That was a sweet move she was attempting.

 

[NineteenSixtyFive]

Bufoni should not go through but might get some brand name goodwill here.

She's gorgeous.