Step 1: Watch 13:24 Step 2: Watch it again. Step 3: Go to your eye doctor, get a new prescription, and watch it again. Step 4: Accept that you will never believe what your eyes are seeing.
not going to lie, i watched the 540 ollie that came afterwards more times than i watched the front flip late shuv, but they're both baller tricks. he rules.
@@lildallas9425 So is choosing Evan Smith on the character menu. Just because you can skate AS him doesn't mean you can skate LIKE him. I'll refer you to the Hunter S. Thompson quote posted elsewhere in these comments.
Give this man SOTY Hammer after hammer for 14 minutes Creativity that only a man who's dabbled with intense levels of psychedelics can imagine Unique spots instead of rail after rail Style for days And likeable to boot He's everything skateboarding should be
I love it when the public reactions are positive, especially the guy in the green shirt right after 13:39. His little clap is like "pretty good--that was pretty good".
Best part I’ve seen in 35 years of skating. He rides w the passion, grit, and commitment of Cardiel, but has tech ability like Cole and creativity like Simon . Special dude.
This guy has all the aspects to be the soty. Style, Overall Heshness, and A unique bag of tricks. Like come on let's give evan the credit he deserves 👏
Just looked this cat up because the band All Them Witches mentioned him in one of their videos. I gotta say. He skates as incredible as they rock! ATW!!! Best band of right now by far!!!
Buggle Magnum baby girl I do finger flips and that was yes with the fingers but he didn’t grab and flick so it was a hand flip like when you slap someone it’s with the hands 💁🏻♀️
business is business, doesnt matter how street or rebel our sport is marketed, reality is the other guy is in a big market and is more brandable ... there is no reasonable comparison in talent between the two.. this guy is just unstopable .. i think he knows this and that he is the real SOTY
8:43 I’ve heard stories about how impossibly hard this spot is to skate. Those banks are practically vertical. And he’s varial heeling to fakie on it? That Shits bananas
Love how he never gets angry or frustrated about falling or not landing it, and when he does he's so loving. Seems like a really nice guy instead of a cocky ass-hole.
Erich Quinones they have that now? I know when I busted my chin they super glued the cut and then it healed and I was alright and I still got the scar to show off
Skankwave yeah, milton is fucked in the head (and it's so amazing) but i don't agree about zion going harder. not in the least. evan skates up and down some of the steepest shit and is the wallride king. he also does not bail elegantly. dude takes some HARD slams.
Evan still hasn't put out what Joslin did this year! The fact that Joslin put out a 5 minute part a month after his 12 minute epic in Etnies Album really certified him. Not to mention his Real Street section, and the fact that he's killing it in BATB
@@greens294 yea but most of these clips are leftovers, so they couldve also taken them and put out a new 4 minutes part. That wouldve sealed the deal for SOTY..
I've been out of skateboarding for about 10 years and just started back. Never heard of Evan until another pro mentioned him as being the best and he wasn't wrong. My God.
I love this dudes skating so much. Everything is just popped so fucking precisely but looks out of control at the same time. Gets me hyped to go outside and just ride my board
MetaLuda28 when did evan smith get so fucking popular? jeez. i can't have anything to myself. well, he's just that fucking awesome. every time he graces a board i know i'm about to have my mind blown. but seriously, was it KOTR?
For real though...and it seems like it's getting harder and harder every year lately. I've been skating for almost 22 years now and it wasn't until the past few years where pros all started really gunning for that SOTY. In years past, everyone just skated and whoever won, won. It was like whatever but nowadays it seems that SOTY has become like winning an Oscar Award in the skate world-everyone wants it now. And you can tell the difference if you've been skating long enough. You can tell more and more pros are going out their way to stand out and get it. Especailly during the last half of every year. They start throwing out a shit ton of banger footy after summer months, or from the summer until the end of the year.
Yeah, these days the progression is quicker. In the 80s you had to know someoene who knew the tricks. The pros get good very quickly in the modern era, and they have great skaters around them. It will get more and more difficult to pick SOTY in the coming years 👍
YOU MAD MAN?! Overlooking all those weird spots, crazy tricks, life threatening wall rides and pure sound of the wheels and board slapping, without music...but the speed at which all the tricks are performed? astonishing. 4:50 for the “time looped ninja get back up” move! ;)
The most versatile skater in the business. The man does whatever he wants on a skateboard.
the creativity of richie jackson and the gnar of milton martinez?
In the business ?
Sgt.Skinner Catfishing nah dude Daewon never hit sets or handrails
Versitaile maybe but miles Silva’s is my favorite that marathon line is the best part I’ve seen just how the flow is love it he shreds for a miles
@@RlxRlx1 it’s an expression
11:02 Shoutout to the jogger, for both getting out of the way and giving Evan afterwards props for the amazing shit pulled.
One of the best skateboarders of all time!!!
And he loves to trip 😂
Holy shit, I may never need another vid! Bless you Evan and high five for running this with just the sweet sound of skating and no music! SOTY!
I agree. It was a breath of fresh air to not have music. I don't mind the music, but still.....
you might wanna see the hour long interview we just uploaded with him tho 😎
Hard to leave a single comment that encapsulates what it's like to watch him skate. Gnarliest style ever in my eyes
№ ℥ milton martinez is gnarlier imo but evan is like a gnarly richie jackson, creativity wise. that's why he's my favorite skater.
Step 1: Watch 13:24
Step 2: Watch it again.
Step 3: Go to your eye doctor, get a new prescription, and watch it again.
Step 4: Accept that you will never believe what your eyes are seeing.
the shoes make it trippier
Haha yea
not going to lie, i watched the 540 ollie that came afterwards more times than i watched the front flip late shuv, but they're both baller tricks. he rules.
Bryan arnett could do that too u know
his spot and trick selection is always on the money
The difference between Evan and Nyjah is that no matter how realistic skateboarding videogames get, you will never be able to skate like Evan.
And while kids are too busy skating within the confines of a video games physics
uhm you actually can in skater xl
@Karen Sanders Yeah, I suppose they do give you 2 different colored shoes.
FraKctured that’s just a setting to get used to using the different analogs for both feet, you can turn it off
@@lildallas9425 So is choosing Evan Smith on the character menu. Just because you can skate AS him doesn't mean you can skate LIKE him. I'll refer you to the Hunter S. Thompson quote posted elsewhere in these comments.
just give him the damn soty
Exactly
what is soty?
@@MatiusVerranchiel skater of the year award
@@codyowings9895 pretty sure joslin isn't a finalist this year
Tyshawn if you know you know.
Skates better every year. Skates fast, big, technical, and stylish. Incredible boundary pushing stuff.
Give this man SOTY
Hammer after hammer for 14 minutes
Creativity that only a man who's dabbled with intense levels of psychedelics can imagine
Unique spots instead of rail after rail
Style for days
And likeable to boot
He's everything skateboarding should be
#FACTS
He stayed in a tent at the Tampa pro/am
seriously
Tyshawn is sick. But Evan shoulda won it in 2018.
Yup
I love it when the public reactions are positive, especially the guy in the green shirt right after 13:39. His little clap is like "pretty good--that was pretty good".
Evan squared up real quick with dat dog 😂
Lmaoooo
THAT WAS ONE OF THE FUNNIEST THINGS I HAVE EVER SEEN
All bark no bite
Real dog shit right there haha
He probs knew it wanted to play
Best part I’ve seen in 35 years of skating. He rides w the passion, grit, and commitment of Cardiel, but has tech ability like Cole and creativity like Simon . Special dude.
Evan always killing it
sick
Thanks
Evan Smith, unstoppable, powerfull, creative, one of the most underrated dudes in the business
I swear this man is actual Jesus on a skateboard, gets my soty vote for sure.
His skateboarding died for our sins......he's the lord and savior of skateboarding.
I could keep going but you get the point.
If u take enough mushrooms u start to look at skate like Jesus.
He kinda looks like Jesus too
watching evan skate is poetry in motion. Def the funnest skater to watch in my opinion.
This guy has all the aspects to be the soty. Style, Overall Heshness, and A unique bag of tricks. Like come on let's give evan the credit he deserves 👏
I could watch Evan and Tiago lemos all day. Goats.
such an inspiration skate on bro
I like it when they include some bails in their montages. Gives a more real feel to it knowing that even the pros fail sometimes.
Wtf? This dude just keeps getting better and better!
people should get world recognized awards for there 100% effort into videos like these. absolutely amazing
He's definitely winning soty
pivot cup hell ya he better
Sorry man but Joslin is winning SOTY
@@Pantouflable I disagree, My man Evan is gonna bring it home
pivot cup I hope so but I’m predicting a tyshawn win. Back to back FL soty would be amazing for me
A lot of people calling different people for SOTY so I honestly have no idea who is going to take it. I voted for Milton.
Just looked this cat up because the band All Them Witches mentioned him in one of their videos. I gotta say. He skates as incredible as they rock! ATW!!! Best band of right now by far!!!
No comply handflip board was so dam epic!!!
how are you gonna call THAT a handflip he literally gently flicked it with his fingers thats a finger flip
Buggle Magnum baby girl I do finger flips and that was yes with the fingers but he didn’t grab and flick so it was a hand flip like when you slap someone it’s with the hands 💁🏻♀️
@@Mogely Lets call it a Slap flip. Or an Evan flip.
even and pedro delfino pushed the no comply game it on another level
eerr evan
EvenSmith man... keeps striving for the best of him and of others. What a human being
Half of this wasn’t even used and they’re incredible clips
This is just unbelievable> Truly art, and insanity. Progression has never looked so good.
Man, I'm about Tyshawn but Evan got straight up robbed of SOTY. Dirty.
business is business, doesnt matter how street or rebel our sport is marketed, reality is the other guy is in a big market and is more brandable ... there is no reasonable comparison in talent between the two.. this guy is just unstopable .. i think he knows this and that he is the real SOTY
@@mariaviaja exactly. Evan Smith is the peoples champion. Humble, and wild. Style and flow. Not robotic.
@@jgrullon32 tell that to Shane O Neil ?
I don’t think people realize just how athletically gifted Evan actually is.
8:43
I’ve heard stories about how impossibly hard this spot is to skate. Those banks are practically vertical.
And he’s varial heeling to fakie on it? That Shits bananas
He's summat else alright
they look steep, but not vertical, maybe 45+ and was a hard flip
Dude that hard flip was crazy
@@user-sw1wq8lh2w they are easily 60+
Love how he never gets angry or frustrated about falling or not landing it, and when he does he's so loving. Seems like a really nice guy instead of a cocky ass-hole.
Even for soty he's been killing it forever he deserves it
I love this guy’s constant positive energy
Just in time for soty
butter milk 2 YEARS IN A ROW!
he better win
Just in time to lose
Actually they tried giving it to him he wouldn't take it so they say. I say supreme and the Carlyle group paid thrasher for soty
Dyl Bre supreme paid for soty? No way. Tyshawn deserved it
He's one of the few people that literally has it all
Please thrasher ! do the obvious and make this man SOTY. no one comes close .
4:54 shows what an incredible athlete Evan is. Most pro ball players can’t even do that. Dudes a monster at life
Evan smith is the best
Love the sound of raw skateboarding. Favorite genre of music to listen to for skate vids
SKATER OF THE YEAR
Robbed
evan has so much talent and creativity. you literally can't tell what he's going to do at each spot.
I would never put superglue that close to my eye jeeez
Might have been liquid band-aid
Erich Quinones they have that now? I know when I busted my chin they super glued the cut and then it healed and I was alright and I still got the scar to show off
Syxx G0d I honestly didn’t know you could superglue a cut
i love his full speed charge on everything, all terrain, all the time. soty 2018 for sure.
Hahaha dog is barking at Evan and he gets off his board and starts chasing the dog. I love it hahaha.
Man bites dog
Nice profile picture. Carl Sagan was the man.
right?! hahah
Best skateboarder and best dude. A savage with a golden heart !
Soty for sure !
Why even dislike that? Evan skates so well. Moving skateboarding forward
6:40 those three lines were insane
Does anyone embody the spirit of Thrasher more than Evan does?
It's time for this dude to get it
MakoXL it's BEEN time, but sadly he got robbed AGAIN.
Evan Smith is one of my favorite skaters not only because of his skating skills but because he is genuinely a great person
YUP even if he fails he just smiles through it
BARCELONA DESTROYED
Best skater right now on this earth!
I love Zion I love Jamie Foy but no one goes as hard as Evan Smith
Zion and Milton go a lot harder but Evan got the flowy steez
@@skankwave5245 his pop is just unreal
Darrin R joslin goes way harder than all the above
Skankwave yeah, milton is fucked in the head (and it's so amazing) but i don't agree about zion going harder. not in the least. evan skates up and down some of the steepest shit and is the wallride king. he also does not bail elegantly. dude takes some HARD slams.
How do you leave joslin out of that statement lol .. wtf
literally the best part ever
I landed my first kickflip right after watching this
Some of the best footage I've seen lately. Keep it up if you're reading this.
He's like a MerMan surfing the land
the crust of a tan man imbibed by the sand soaking up the thirst of the land?
He just gets better and better, knarley, tech, original and has style for days
i already know this video is tight without even watching it
2:10 my favorite trick in this is when he somehow casually spins around and pops skateboard up so effortlessly.
I'm sorry Joslin, Evan is gonna win SOTY
Evan still hasn't put out what Joslin did this year! The fact that Joslin put out a 5 minute part a month after his 12 minute epic in Etnies Album really certified him. Not to mention his Real Street section, and the fact that he's killing it in BATB
its gonna be tyshawn...
@@greens294 not to mention he fucking tre flipped Davis gap and nollie flipped an insanely huge 9 flat 9 up in Canada. Joslin is on another level.
skating is out of this world and all i wanna do is smoke with the guy he seems chill
That was 14 minutes of things that I didn't know were possible
favorite skater of all time for me, his style and ambition is insane
Dead ass thought he came out with a new 14 minute part to win soty
yea was a bit disappointed, would have rather seen a totally new 5-6 min part than this. Shouldn't complain though
This isn't exactly a new part. Its raw files of a part we've already seen
@@greens294 yea but most of these clips are leftovers, so they couldve also taken them and put out a new 4 minutes part. That wouldve sealed the deal for SOTY..
King Garoo shit my bad. Misread your comment (wasn’t 100% at the time). But yea, that woulda no doubt sealed the deal for him!
B-sides
I love watching this dude skate. This is awesome!!
11:14 sounds like his special bar was full and he did a special trick lol
No shame in his game!! Everything is huge. Love this guys style.
evan smith always makes me smile
btw SOTY #soty
What a great style.. and the tricks this man can do unreal
“Do you even skate?”
Evan: *Hold my acid*
I've been out of skateboarding for about 10 years and just started back. Never heard of Evan until another pro mentioned him as being the best and he wasn't wrong. My God.
SOTY for the win.
best creative hardcore skateboarder!
SOTY 2K18
Hands down best part I’ve seen in a while !!
SOTY in our heart
This rough cut is so sick, Evan is a freak of nature.
If he don’t get SOTY I’m suing
as a man, evan smith is my man crush.
SOTY Lets get it❤️
I love this dudes skating so much. Everything is just popped so fucking precisely but looks out of control at the same time. Gets me hyped to go outside and just ride my board
SOTY!
Give this guy an award already!
How is Evan Smith not your favorite skater ??
MetaLuda28 when did evan smith get so fucking popular? jeez. i can't have anything to myself. well, he's just that fucking awesome. every time he graces a board i know i'm about to have my mind blown. but seriously, was it KOTR?
Never knew Evan had such a dope flip trick game. Switch big flips, switch 360 heels & the list goes on
Its gonna be a tough call for SOTY this year.
For real though...and it seems like it's getting harder and harder every year lately. I've been skating for almost 22 years now and it wasn't until the past few years where pros all started really gunning for that SOTY. In years past, everyone just skated and whoever won, won. It was like whatever but nowadays it seems that SOTY has become like winning an Oscar Award in the skate world-everyone wants it now. And you can tell the difference if you've been skating long enough. You can tell more and more pros are going out their way to stand out and get it. Especailly during the last half of every year. They start throwing out a shit ton of banger footy after summer months, or from the summer until the end of the year.
Yeah, these days the progression is quicker. In the 80s you had to know someoene who knew the tricks. The pros get good very quickly in the modern era, and they have great skaters around them. It will get more and more difficult to pick SOTY in the coming years 👍
TheRickyp83 well then in that case Evan smith is the Leonardo DiCaprio of soty nominees
agreed; really hard to argue with four or more dudes
Evan is the best thing to happen to skateboarding in a long time
my soty
YOU MAD MAN?! Overlooking all those weird spots, crazy tricks, life threatening wall rides and pure sound of the wheels and board slapping, without music...but the speed at which all the tricks are performed? astonishing.
4:50 for the “time looped ninja get back up” move! ;)
SOOOOOTY
Huge fan of this part. The dudes vibe jumpes over and make me grab my board everytime i watch the video ✌
SOTY
They really just glued this guys head back together
Peace + KOTR= SOTY
That was the best, most raw part I’ve seen in a minute. Soty