It's because this is what there told to do. Sports media are encouraged to hype up the stars because they bring in the rateings. Just like they act like every shot labron James makes is the best shot they ever seen. They know that 85% of the people tuning in are najha Houston fans and they are hoping he wins. So to keep people tuned in and comeing back they hype the star up. All sports media does this. It's not Houston's fault.
@VIII 666 naw!! I totally understand it completely. I am a Houston fan. He is my favorite modern skater. But it's a fact that the stars are the ones who make it popular which brings in the money and make it grow. It's just a fact.
Why is this being only limited to the middle hubba section of the park? That’s stupid they should be allowed to put down “best tricks” anywhere inside the park 🤷🏻♂️
I mean tbh nyjah is a in another league than the majority of dudes in this content. Yuto is one guy who I think is on his level. U can’t really down play how good nyjah is dude tho... judges do sometimes give him the benefit of the doubt I’ll give u tht but he also does land some of the hardest tricks plain and simple.
This segment consisted of a few tricks, a lot of bails, and 20 minutes of the announcers trying to convince the viewers not to change the channel. Edit: Correction. The announcers spent 34:42
Why are they calling this a “jam” format when only one skater goes at a time? A jam is more or less a free for all where all the skaters do whatever, wherever, and whenever... This is just like any other contest!
It would be very difficult to judge each person on whatever trick they landed when a judge is focused on someone else. Therefore we have this. It actually makes a lot of sense if you think about what goes into judging a competition.
not really technical though , myjah deserved it in my opinion.However i do think joslin would have a BIG chance if the spot was bigger , specially talking about best trick.
@@livelogikal nah he didnt get robbed. I'm not a nyjah fan or anything, in fact joslin is my fav skater, but as a skater I know that nyjah's and yuto's tricks were way harder and more technical
he doesn't have many tricks, he'd just do a ghetto bird or some type of hardflip and if any of these skaters landed their best tricks it would beat Aureliens tricks. When nyjah lands his best tricks nobody can beat him except for maybe Shane O Neil or Kelvin Hoefler
Nyjah is getting favourite all the time! admitted he is madly good but he is clearly getting favourited and scorer points on his name... but thankfully the new upcoming talents are coming for him, he is already facing some serious competition with several skaters...
It's not just realizing that video parts take hours worth of tries for one trick, it's also realizing how big stuff is in person. I'll travel to spots, take one look and think "There's no way."
Uh ok. Dont project your inability onto everyone else. If you're skating ability is as bad as your comment leaving skills, you're right to think there's no way. I bet if you had your razor you would kill every spot..
@@canag0d yah at the end after they gave him the gold the dudes like is it true you were at the airport? hes like yeah i actually took the same uber back
Why are they hitting the most boring feature??? Everybody wants to see dashawn slide up the handrail or foy slaughtering the double kink and instead... this?! Jokes...
I know it was a massive wasted opportunity. I was desperate to see that boardslide so badly! Also having only this section of the course avaliable doesn't take into account that the various skaters all have different styles. This layout may suit some, but others are at a disadvantage. Making all the park skateable next year would improve this event so much
Do a 25 minute open course jam everyone at once just skating the park like every other day if you’re a skater. Afterward, start the street contest. While that is going on have a group of judges watch back the footage and give medals for overall best jam session. Don’t forget that you can still give a medal for best trick within the session. That way if a skater wants to focus on just a nbd trick or being consistent with the park. Idk just thinking
McCrank mic’d up would be real cool. XGames can include more of skateboarding’s amazing personalities that everyone already loves like Frank Gerwer, TK, Mike V!!!, Templeton, Bobby Puleo, Louie Barletta, David Gravette and of course The Nine Club crew with Eldy and Steezus.
Glad to see best trick back but some things are wack like only tricking the middle obstacle. Foy was screwed by that. Silver and bronze medals would also make the skaters strategize differently and put down more tricks.
how hard is it to rate the difficulty level? im asking because of the top 3 guys, its hard for me to judge who had the best trick? So, did the judges get it correct?
Pretty much. I don't watch any street skate because of him. BMX street/park, and skate park are the only things I've watched. I stay away from skate street.
This was hard to watch, so many bails seemed like something was throwing off the skaters. Was there enough wax on those rails and ledges? also maybe couldn't get enough speed for the big gap tricks that joslin is used too
This reminds me of a Safeway Parking lot when I was in grade 8. Just filled with a bunch of skaters not landing anything. Good thing they don’t limit this to three attempts else the best trick would be a drop in.
7:26 All the commenters proved them right. They just don't understand skateboarding and realize that Nyjah is doing the hardest and best tricks when he wins all the time.
Yeah, nyjah is just plain good. Look at what he lands and then tell me he gets special treatment. He also takes switch tricks and make them look like he's skating his regular stance and making it look super easy. He's just that good
Where was this even broadcasted? I have been watching ABC the whole time and there was actually a BMX vert replay....? Where can I watch the BMX best trick?
It's not hate against nyjah, its watching the runs and not understanding how other people aren't getting the same scores with arguably just as hard if not harder tricks. That being said i think he deserved the best trick win, but when you watch the run section its hard to understand how he gets the scores he does compared to other people.
every time the camera switches to Nyah i wonder if he was in an Uber yesterday. glad the commentators remind me.
Haha
ikrr
@@EggZema_ _
Starts at: 3:52 - Actually skip to 31:35 to see the top 3 tricks landed...
Legend
Good looks
Hit the mute button for better viewing as well.
Appreciate the heads-ups....saved half hour of any viewers life 👌🏼
They should pin this comment.
Did you guys know that Nyjah was in the Uber on the way to the airport yesterday?
That sucks. Someone got dropped off by a Uber driving a pt cruiser over here a couple of days ago
Really?
@@milkcollins4764 Yes and then he decided last minutes to skate best trick!
If they didn't say it a 100 times I probably wouldn't have known
They still riding his D.
Let’s be honest Nyjah got mad and wanted to go home haha
Exactly
Super Sloppers because of the japenese skateboarders
Agreed. Spoilt brat..😭
crunch berry u thought they said he had a prior engagement?
@crunch berry What are you talking?
Pretty much two dudes talking about Nyjah the whole sesh.
It's because this is what there told to do. Sports media are encouraged to hype up the stars because they bring in the rateings. Just like they act like every shot labron James makes is the best shot they ever seen. They know that 85% of the people tuning in are najha Houston fans and they are hoping he wins. So to keep people tuned in and comeing back they hype the star up. All sports media does this. It's not Houston's fault.
@VIII 666 naw!! I totally understand it completely. I am a Houston fan. He is my favorite modern skater. But it's a fact that the stars are the ones who make it popular which brings in the money and make it grow. It's just a fact.
No
yea pretty annoying.
Because he is the best.
Why is this being only limited to the middle hubba section of the park? That’s stupid they should be allowed to put down “best tricks” anywhere inside the park 🤷🏻♂️
I know I really wanted to see Jordan land the boardslide up the rail!
Jacob Bolton ya for sure I wanted to see him land that laser flip too 🔥
@@ConstantinoMusic Yeah its a shame he didn't land the boardslide in his run, or he could of maybe threatened the top 3
I hear you! X games is all about the cameras.
@@jakeyb25 He did that in Shangai
"Just makes me wanna do good so much better" - Alec Majerus 2019
Byrd Nelson ahahahahaha ahhhhh
Im glad you commented this lmfao
13:00 " if he goes noseblunt I am walking out". Gary, getting you fired it's like xgames gold medal for life
Thanks for uploading it so fast.. I literally went to the grocery store to pick up a few things and missed the whole event
Hope you didn't forget anything!
Did this just happen today?
@@erikrodriguez7239 Yes it was today
@@XGames lmao i did
that'll teach you for being responsible and getting your errands done.
"its not favoritism when it comes to Nyjah" "Nyjah,Nyjah,Nyjah,Nyjah,Nyjah,Nyjah,Nyjah,Nyjah,Nyjah,Nyjah,Nyjah,Nyjah,Nyjah,Nyjah,Nyjah,Nyjah,Nyjah"
I mean tbh nyjah is a in another league than the majority of dudes in this content. Yuto is one guy who I think is on his level. U can’t really down play how good nyjah is dude tho... judges do sometimes give him the benefit of the doubt I’ll give u tht but he also does land some of the hardest tricks plain and simple.
Congrats Nyjah! But all the homies out there killed it! Congrats to you all!
Especially with Nyjah and Jamie, two of the most prolific rail killers in the world.
Only 4 dudes landed tricks lmao
18:12
"These are the top skateboarders in the world."
😂
I lost it there haha, that was comedy gold. That timing x'D
I can't believe it ! I've seen dozen of young guys in the streets doing 10 times better than this! It's a joke!
Srsly tho who is the fat boy who is struggling to do a 50 grind and was practicing how to ollie. ....
@@Blood0cean I think you're referring to jamie foy, SOTY 2018, one of the gnarliest dudes to ever step on a board.
I'm not feeling this course......bro.
No one is
Brett D ya past two years it has sucked
Agreed. This course was total garbage.
You skating it then? lol
Irl would probs be fun to skate though
"All in a leotard"
"So he can get techy wechy"
"That wheel is dead bruh"
"If he cab flip noseblunts I'm walking"
- Gary Rogers
Aussie True is that fr gary rodgers?
Chris cole should be talking at these xgames too
Him alone would be better then whoever they had speaking
@@mrlesirisacuck2236 yeah its gary rogers from skateline and since he works with thraher they want him for some reason
Chris Cole is at SLS.
Bring back Sal Masekela lol
I agree .
This segment consisted of a few tricks, a lot of bails, and 20 minutes of the announcers trying to convince the viewers not to change the channel.
Edit: Correction. The announcers spent 34:42
Definitely would have seen more tricks go down if they could skate the whole park
When you're put on spot for 20 minutes attempting really hard tricks. This tends to happen. Welcome to the world of skateboarding
@@austinneveau9387 don't patronize me. I could out skate you any day.
Hold my wig.
And these comments consist of people that don’t skateboard.
Is this a 30 minute fail comp?
Why are they calling this a “jam” format when only one skater goes at a time? A jam is more or less a free for all where all the skaters do whatever, wherever, and whenever... This is just like any other contest!
Not a jam, and not executed well on the livestream. Good skating through the weekend though
I see... 👍
certaindiaster59 I agree with you maybe they call it a jam because it’s only one one obstacle
It would be very difficult to judge each person on whatever trick they landed when a judge is focused on someone else. Therefore we have this. It actually makes a lot of sense if you think about what goes into judging a competition.
I felt bad for Joslin...after all that effort he got nothing. his bigger flip was fire
This happened today and Joslin deserved podium
@@livelogikal No Joslin is a street skater he doesn't compete in the park event :)
not really technical though , myjah deserved it in my opinion.However i do think joslin would have a BIG chance if the spot was bigger , specially talking about best trick.
@@pierremaldonado7447 if he would of done it over the obstacle than maybe
@@livelogikal nah he didnt get robbed. I'm not a nyjah fan or anything, in fact joslin is my fav skater, but as a skater I know that nyjah's and yuto's tricks were way harder and more technical
Street league is definitely better than actual Xgame street competition.
dekadd BIG FACTS
What is xgames?
DEFINiTELY BETTER ! Of Course !
And we can ALL thank Rob Dyrdek for SLS . The inventor of the comp.
"There is no best in skateboarding"
"You're looking at the best freestyle skateboarder, Nyjah Huston"
28:22 my stomach when I’m hungry
Aurelien Giraud would have been a great best trick competitor
his dew tour best trick was impressive...but c'mon sora did a 540 gazelle or ghetobird whatever that was & didn't even place.
@@apexscape those are very different tricks.
@@CaneCorso45 makes sense
he doesn't have many tricks, he'd just do a ghetto bird or some type of hardflip and if any of these skaters landed their best tricks it would beat Aureliens tricks. When nyjah lands his best tricks nobody can beat him except for maybe Shane O Neil or Kelvin Hoefler
@@GrowingDownUnder not even
I’m really starting to believe the judges have something against Joslin. Consistently underscored.
Till this day they hate on joslin
11:03 that barely left his feet jesus
It would have been nice to see *all* semi-finalists in this best trick contest, and yes, on any obstacle of the course
great bail compilation!
13:07 "I'm giving everyone what they wants... silence" YES PLEASE
Thank you Gary for actually announcing the tricks!
Met Alec at an Adidas event. Homie kicked it and drank beers like i knew him since Kindergarten. My type of skater!
C M was the the best foot contest Chicago??
Nyjah and Berger lookin like spy vs spy
look how much fun they're having
Nyjah is getting favourite all the time! admitted he is madly good but he is clearly getting favourited and scorer points on his name... but thankfully the new upcoming talents are coming for him, he is already facing some serious competition with several skaters...
Big ups to Joe Rogan and Eddie Bravo on commentating this years x-games!
I'm just saying... look into it
Pull it up jamie
I watched this documentary...
That's weird
We need best trick at every x games
It's not just realizing that video parts take hours worth of tries for one trick, it's also realizing how big stuff is in person. I'll travel to spots, take one look and think "There's no way."
Uh ok. Dont project your inability onto everyone else. If you're skating ability is as bad as your comment leaving skills, you're right to think there's no way. I bet if you had your razor you would kill every spot..
@@dustinsharber95 Who are you?
@@VintageBalderdash I don't know what you're asking. You answered your question before you even asked it. Soo... ya. I'm a professional scoot bunny.
Legend has it that Nyjah was in an Uber on the way to the airport, but then changed his mind and came to the jam.
X Games and Uber have a deal together. Nyjah ACTUALLY took a Lyft.
Nah, he said in the interview it was an Uber. Good try at the joke, though.
seymourglass26 Oh he mentioned that he took an Uber? I must have missed that!
What a sellout
@@canag0d yah at the end after they gave him the gold the dudes like is it true you were at the airport? hes like yeah i actually took the same uber back
What u mean AHCKTUALLY and then not back it up with anything...
Why are they hitting the most boring feature??? Everybody wants to see dashawn slide up the handrail or foy slaughtering the double kink and instead... this?! Jokes...
I know it was a massive wasted opportunity. I was desperate to see that boardslide so badly! Also having only this section of the course avaliable doesn't take into account that the various skaters all have different styles. This layout may suit some, but others are at a disadvantage. Making all the park skateable next year would improve this event so much
I bet that the filmers couldn’t keep up if everyone was skating different parts of the course. They had a terrible camera crew this year
@Ali Desch ^owned
True, watching sls is better than this
Nyjah looks more like a soundcloud rapper than a pro skater.
He probably listen to soundcloud rappers on his earpods
@@Blood0cean reading this gave me terminal cancer
Well, Nyjah is on the thumbnail image. Spoiler? Let’s see...
But not with the winning trick tho
i got spoiled everytime .... fck x games
Bro don't say bro anymore please
Ok bro
but bruh
Bro
Ok
But why bro?
@@gabrielcesar96 bra
Homie dresses to skateboard like he’s hitting the gym. What a bro.
X X it’s an Olympic sport now, gotta treat it like one lol
Dudes at the gym be dressing like they about to skate
Bro bro bro
I'm happy for nyjah being rich and comfortable, but his fashion sense is lol🤣😂
I actually think its on point, but whatev..
On that low key, ghey point!
Keefy Gizzle 🧢
he looks like MS13 thug now
You're a guy why do you care what another man wears? You fruit cake lol worry about what you wear loser
this announcer is hilarious im watching just more just for him 😁😄
Do a 25 minute open course jam everyone at once just skating the park like every other day if you’re a skater. Afterward, start the street contest. While that is going on have a group of judges watch back the footage and give medals for overall best jam session. Don’t forget that you can still give a medal for best trick within the session. That way if a skater wants to focus on just a nbd trick or being consistent with the park. Idk just thinking
Had to watch this on mute dude is so annoying..
Chad Bucio bro that guy is terrible
Alec looks like smiegol before he became gollum lmao
Nyjah looks like he needs his mom to start dressing him again
thats the problem she probably is looks at them nike sponsors
Doesn't look bad in my opinion and 3 million from nike just to wear that in the finals doesn't sound bad either
@@lfrizzlyl2244 Nike would still pay 3 million to him for wearing a basic SB shirt too though
Lol
@@abadmixtape it is his style an i think it fits him and he gets paid more if his entire outfit is from nike
3:38
*After a pause* "Kobe had 81 points" idk why that made me laugh haha RIP Kobe ❤️
Jamie Foy makes me feel better about my skating.
You obviously have never seen a Foy part...
Nyjah looks like he's gonna take an Uber to a Halloween party after the contest..
This is probably the funnest thing i have seen today, "best in the world" fail to get any tricks for a solid 20 minutes.
Was Nyjah gonna go home?
9:28 yuto and nyjah back to back
9:27 DAMN!
10:00 DAAMN!
27:45 DAAAMN!
29:52 DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAH...
Y'all can skip from the 15:00 mark to like 7:45. It's I don't think a single trick was landed in that time frame.
In which direction are you watching, exactly?
When Gary Rogers said #bringbackbesttrick in the end, i left it.
McCrank mic’d up would be real cool. XGames can include more of skateboarding’s amazing personalities that everyone already loves like Frank Gerwer, TK, Mike V!!!, Templeton, Bobby Puleo, Louie Barletta, David Gravette and of course The Nine Club crew with Eldy and Steezus.
For real. These commentators are tough to listen to.
What do they do with the coarse when the contest ends?
I just wish they would stop putting the winner in the thumbnail
Dry snitching 😂
damn you
@@AsapMilk They do it in almost every video I can't be the only one who noticed
@@Psycat123 I didn't know 😢
"silver don't look good on him" had me cracking up.
Chris Joslin's trick was waaaay harder.
is there a name for this trick at 6:18, drop into the ramp while riding?
It would just be like an ollie drop in
Who is in charge of this UA-cam account you guys are driving me crazy. This was not streamed on here
Master Roshegotcakes they probably weren’t allowed because they had a viewing deal with abc & espn. It’s most likely an ad revenue thing.
love that xgames 05'(ithink) by the staples center 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Glad to see best trick back but some things are wack like only tricking the middle obstacle. Foy was screwed by that. Silver and bronze medals would also make the skaters strategize differently and put down more tricks.
They should of had the whole course for best trick. Would of been sick to have seen some of the stuff down on the big and long rail
Foy sucks
This format is brutal.
The Co-commentator is simply NOT one you ever want to hear again.
RASIST!
@@dustygooch170 STFU even black people hate Gary Rogers
2:36 beautiful moment, he’s a lucky dude to have a family like that !
Who's doing the commentary kickflip "Front Side" Crook 3:58 🤦🏾♂️
how hard is it to rate the difficulty level? im asking because of the top 3 guys, its hard for me to judge who had the best trick? So, did the judges get it correct?
Even though I know nyjah Is the best skater I do think he’s a bit favored at times I got the same feeling with bmx pro Ryan niquist
Littlebuddy G Ryan Nyquist is a legend. Watch his clips and you will change your opinion.
So I didn't get the jam session how did that work ? Cus it just seemed like they started placing randomly, like how are they scoring ? By applauds lol
SLS commentary crew makes these guys sound sooooo amateur. Listening to Chris Cole talk about skateboarding is very enjoyable
This is true , these 2 guys are cringe
Does anyone know what tank top Nyjah is wearing?
This one announcer has to go. I’m done watching these videos if I hear him again
Pretty much. I don't watch any street skate because of him.
BMX street/park, and skate park are the only things I've watched. I stay away from skate street.
@@blokin5039 nah, that commentator literally ruins the whole experience for me.
Yeah. Dude is a total shaft job.
I just mute it & put some tunes on
This was hard to watch, so many bails seemed like something was throwing off the skaters. Was there enough wax on those rails and ledges? also maybe couldn't get enough speed for the big gap tricks that joslin is used too
This reminds me of a Safeway Parking lot when I was in grade 8. Just filled with a bunch of skaters not landing anything. Good thing they don’t limit this to three attempts else the best trick would be a drop in.
7:26
All the commenters proved them right. They just don't understand skateboarding and realize that Nyjah is doing the hardest and best tricks when he wins all the time.
Man what’s up with Ishod?? He used to be the man, now he looks like he doesn’t even want to be there.
Where did they find these commentators? They sound like dude bros who are just talking while watching a skating video
So we’re just going to ignore how smooth 22:51 was?
fr
I didn't know nyjah was in the backstreet boys.
2:59 the notable contestants list is insane
Jamie Thomas all time favorite skateboarder ever.🥇
...Jamie Thomas, of Pacific Beach, California; who stuck a 50-50 grind to wrap up the title.
@@sologuitardeath ✊
Damn how many times did Ishod's board go into that hole??
I lost count at how many times that commentator said bro, bro.
BRUH
Yeah, nyjah is just plain good. Look at what he lands and then tell me he gets special treatment. He also takes switch tricks and make them look like he's skating his regular stance and making it look super easy. He's just that good
bruh nyjah dri fit wear makes me laugh im dying bruh lmao
Heartless_Paris shits clean affff
0:15 whats that trick called cause its' not a full 360 but it's not a 180 either
180 back boardslide
Where was this even broadcasted? I have been watching ABC the whole time and there was actually a BMX vert replay....? Where can I watch the BMX best trick?
Here's the full BMX Vert show ua-cam.com/video/ZpuplKFgwS0/v-deo.html
ESPN 2
BMX best trick hasn’t happened yet
@@XGames Thanks dudes
@@DaveMahoneyVG I know, but I was wondering where it will be streamed
Pretty cool and what happened to wearing a helmet?
It's not hate against nyjah, its watching the runs and not understanding how other people aren't getting the same scores with arguably just as hard if not harder tricks. That being said i think he deserved the best trick win, but when you watch the run section its hard to understand how he gets the scores he does compared to other people.
You gotta realize alot of the stuff he does is switch or nollie not fakie or his normal stance
Lol actually he doesn't do anything switch most of the time. He is goofy footed.
Also fakie is arguably harder than nollie depending on the trick 😂
that stadium is beautiful MN!
They should have Muska commentate
That might be dope..
😂 they probably don’t want a lawsuit. Muska would be fire
Most bails I have ever seen in a competition
I wish this was streamed live so the thumbnail didn’t spoil it ☹️
Whoa are the commentators? I loved the reactions
Sounds like HomeMadeWaffles on the mic. Gets me hype