Who was the best skater of 2023 what was the edit of the year who had the best hair what was the best trick who spent the most time upside down what was the biggest block and who’s getting shacked in the morning let’s get into it all the stunts are performed by professionals do
Not attempt this yourself Photoshop handsome edit of the year one of the heavy ones in sixth place you had brain God absolute mind melter of edit I’m surprised he didn’t actually do better than that 99.8% of the vote fifth place was Colin Kelo Colin Kelo edit again I
Thought that was going to be uh better but only 12.5% of the vote fourth was Joe Atkinson San Francisco edit filmed in 2021 but released in 2023 very beautiful flowing edit of vanz like captured everything beautiful a van could film Joe ironing sheets and it’ look amazing really nice to see an edit
Like that make an impression actually cuz it is very different I guess it’s the same as like um brain god making an impression as well very different Stu style of edit so good to see some variety in there in style of edit third Sean Kelo reflect absolutely Stormer at
The end of the year second with 20% of the vote ilas AOS and he different approach it’s not the first time people have done this kind of theme edit before but probably the first time like uh it’s had like a super high level of production and real like I don’t know
Red Bull level stun when that came out people would people were like edit of the century and stuff that and I think a few people would have assumed that this was going to absolutely Cruise the victory lots of people being like that’s going to save rollerblade and this is
Exactly what rollerblade needs this is going to change the course of history but it got beat by Bas them so the cowo brothers again couple of Dyson Hoovers a pair of them just sweeping up Awards left right and Center absolutely crazy edit just insane levels of like uh creativity style the whole production
Behind it the music the filming just absolutely everything about it was wonderful most boiled eggs consumed on a hangover before going skating goes to Heath barley who consumed 12 you’re going to need a lot of eggs 40 plus still trying to go and one of my favorite suggestions from the uh open
Poll for uh category ideas I think you can either take offense to this or you could just reframe it and be like oh people see me as somebody who’s a little bit older but you know still putting my heart and soul into it which is not a
Bad thing nominations ant Medina is he even 40 Miguel Ramos I’m pretty sure he actually nominated himself Mike French Dem George is Dem George 40 as well I’m sure I think he’s borderline Scott Crawford oal UK Legend and 92% of skaters third was Mike French with 10.3%
Of the vote both of the French Brothers have been going hard man putting out some serious stunts in that new edit with uh Jeff Howard second was Dem George a staple a shining example of a man who’s aging but still willing to throw down hammers even if it means he
Won’t be able to like walk for the rest of the month but it doesn’t matter because he’s got a vat full of turmeric which he’s just going to Bath in and snort until his bones connect back together he thinks he’s a Wolverine and your clear winner with
55.6% of the vote is uh 92% of skaters something a comical but probably quite true reflection of rollerblading at the moment if you have just come back to rollerblading yeah is fun to like push the boundaries a little bit but just be mindful of your age like you got
Families and all sorts like most positive influence goes to Rashard Johnson and his channel like getting the kids involved building a community all the videos are top quality I think what he does is great I think it’s better than all the other channels and I think
It deserves to be talked about more the p45 award most likely to get sacked nominations ilas sosen and Martina because of Ilia Saosin kind of prominent though that uh roses have been sold as well so that HR team might be actually looking through uh everybody’s uh credentials going through uh Ila’s
Previous rap sheet and going what on Earth were you thinking like Martina creative director you’re going to have to creatively direct yourself to the job center love oh flame on actually a pretty close one ILO won with 50.2% of the vote and Martina came second with
49.8% of the vote the trick of the Year 2023 Cole is coming in fifth with the Roy royes Roy ji ble coming in fourth with the 450 backside to Al Topo I think that’s only been done once before in street by bellino Third was Joe Atkinson’s backslide at winter clash and
I’ve seen a few people being like ah skate park tricks shouldn’t count and I I kind of I kind of get that say if there was a huge launch ramp and someone did a 1620 it’s still mad but the skate park or setup has made that achievable
It’s played a part in making that more likely in this instance though it really wasn’t that much of a big quarterpipe that was launching them up to this rail also it’s not like the rail was small the rail was absolutely enormous curved rainbow rail I was calling it The for
Rad rail because it looked like it had two eyebrows underneath it so long and like being there in that moment like praying willing that to happen like but it also feeling like it was like inevitable and Joe was going to do it and like there was some sort of Magical
Force keeping him balance in there some sort of spirit to play like the rollerblade Gods making it happen like and when he landed it oh my goodness like the roof lifted off everybody went absolutely berser like May what like my favorite moment from Winter Clash my favorite moment from any like comp I’ve
Ever been to like unbelievable welld deserving or third and I I wouldn’t have battled an isid if that won the if the winner of that comp was based on like beer spillage after a trick Joe will what every second is Chris Farmer’s 360 negative macko and I that’s definitely
Going to cause a bit of controversy cuz people were like there not that’s the best trick of the year like nobody’s ever done it before nobody will do it again but Shan cowo is one with .4% more of the so 26.3% with the faky front talk to fish
To backslide to maio back to front talk to fish has that ever been done before Sean’s done something like that on a Ledge before in the truth 2 maybe no or was it one of the be unique videos something like that um has anybody ever done that on a Ledge
Before I don’t know I think it’s pretty spectacular I think it’s um I think it’s a fair win only just one as well call F award aka the spotted bat award for the most time spent upside down goes to Julian Kudo who clocked in 170 hours the
Wrong way round the BET Lynch Award for best hair let’s do top five Josiah B with 10% of the vote in fifth place he’s got a wild free flowing main looks like a skate looks like a man who’s like living outside of society’s rules just beating him to fourth place is Cody
Sanders similar kind of long Wild and Free hair Flex of gray in there so maybe that sway a few people with Silver Fox Derek Henderson in third 11.1% of the votes just the shaved lid people like it classic look looks really tough looks hard looks like he could skate straight
Through a brick wall looks like he could bend a gerder over his head second with 13.1% of the vote is Robbie Pitts with his bloody gorgeous golden Main like a golden line Tamarind doing it for the gingers every year shout out Robbie pits beautiful man quick little competition
For fun is this my hair Robbie’s hair or a golden L Tamarind hair 3 2 1 it’s golden L Tamarind hair and your winner with 20.5% of the Vote Alex roscar when he had blue hair blue curtains can you count them as curtains normally the hairstyle of uh vegan political students
But also the choice of top level Mastermind rollerbladers TPM award tricks per minute award goes to the cowo brothers for the second year running for base them every 10 seconds somewhere in the world AEL a trick if you’re into the vision you’d like to see me stick around a
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Genuinely does help me me to continue so cheers best wizard skat wizard skating seems to be growing and growing and I feel like you’re seeing more of its uh influence on aggressive skating so it’s definitely worthy of its position within these Awards Billy in fifth Stuart bratty in fourth that’s a bit
Controversial I feel like wizard skaters would actually vote for Stuart like unbelievable wizard skate like definitely one of the best but this is the way polls go isn’t it Mike terz with 17.5% of the vote I think he’s play a key part in promoting wizard skating
Fair play to him Nicolas Chelli 24.3% of the vote in second place like amazing wizard skate he’s getting better and better super stylish really like it when he puts out the street edits definitely brings something a little bit different and your winner I think he won last year
As well junq Park 37.8% of the vote I don’t think he put out any full wizard skating edits but that’s just how good he is tet text award for the roller Bing website that looks most like T text rolling news it’s a visual assault on
The eyes it’s like trying to work out a Magic Eye picture to see what videos have come out it’s like the inside of a Berlin nightclub toilet was it designed by a teenage emo kid in 2005 you need to wear seasickness bands to be able to actually view the website videographers
It’s not all about the skaters it’s about the people who capture your phenomenal skating as well if you’ve got a rubbish videographer or you’re just filming yourself it’s just not going to look that good you’re going to have a cap on what you can achieve third Cody
Sanders I guess that could be seen as quite a controversial one but he does loads of the stuff for Jumbo maybe that’s just a sign of the times like with more YouTube stuff maybe uh there’ll be more of this kind of videographer creeping in there second
Only by like 0.1% is uh Dom West Dom West Dom West who’s the best who’s the best and the winner well the winners actually with 29.1% of the vote is uh the cowo brothers just their their video output production music trick the filming the whole package is
Unbelievable but you know if it’s Sean skating Colin’s filming if Colin’s skating it’s Sean filming and it’s just so good maybe it’s that brotherly connection they just like know exactly where the other person’s going to go I’m sure they’ve talked about having like arguments maybe about their filming and
Stuff but the results just speak for themselves like as a package like like just the output incredible such a a gift to rollerblading [ __ ] is that guy award for Brands I forgot even existed trigger the Kevin Keegan Award for best trainer goes to Kevin Lee for the unbelievable
Team he is training up there Pam biggest idiot award fourth with 12.2% of the vote was uh Travis and the John from interview if you’ve not seen it they got asked what it’s like working for a divisive company and instead of just sticking to that or like quickly getting
Past it going oh you know like bad things happen in the past we’re here to work on the good stuff focus on the good stuff like that’s all settled now no they dug it up they took a JCB Digger and dug back up the levy situation of their own
Accord and then just started blaming everybody else blade media got the blame their response got absolutely rinsed in the comments that there’s actually a pretty good breakdown of it by somebody else third with 20% is cin posting a video that old lady getting knocked off
Her bike n excuses when this got put up were that uh she was also in the wrong but then so was yo y they were both in the wrong but like oh she s have in there she came out of nowhere apparently the spotters weren’t doing their job
Obviously but they posted it Kev probably posted it to be a bit that edgy Edge Lord goth Edge Lord but then they’ve also posted it because they kept in contact with and it’s like oh you know we’re nice this is what we’ve done there was no need to post that you were
Posting that to make yourselves look good that’s why you’re an idiot someone else said that like oh I think it’s good to post it like cuz accidents do happen what do you think bail sections are bail sections from professional skaters the best of the best have Bales that’s the
Only example you need not old deers going around on a bike ride breaking a few rules like not on the not on the cycle track man it just it just came off really bad T from adapt is second 31.2% of the vote and I feel like that’s just
A hangover from last year because I don’t know that he said or done anything ridiculous this year and the Crown Prince of idiocy your wet packet ham crown and thrown away to like Game of Thrones but it’s all just ham um is ilas ofos like obvious is it the blow up doll
Thing the trans thing the apology then going yeah it was my best video I’ve made and I’m pretty sure he’ll be doing all the same this year Snappy snaps best photographer it’s actually a split decision cuz I’m a little bit into decisive I’m going with Sam Cooper who
Took some absolute stunners but also David montz Adia who took some crackers for mesma top diving board the biggest belly blop of the Year seventh was Rosy rf1 frame I just don’t even know what’s happened to that or if anybody’s even bought it uh six 99.2% of the boat was
Uh Rosy’s I M12 heat I’ve just not seen anybody skating them like at all I don’t think they’re the most garish skating in World they look fun like just not seen him anywhere fifth wheel scene fourth the England World Cup team Rosies Bobby Dogma candy Skates 18.4% of the vote
I’ve just not seen anybody really wearing them and I’ve heard they haven’t sold well at all just put it in the bin over there second with 21.4% of the vote and I’m pretty sure this one got the most nominations I actually thought this one was going to win it was uh the James
Drive Buckle just oh man I feel for the guy there was so much like heypee building onto it took a few few delays and stuff like that they finally came out and they were just snapping on people and the winner which I’m pretty surprised about was icon with 22.5% of the
Vote I kind of think you know the skates all right you got like a good team like got Chad in there montre like good skaters and stuff like that but the public just think they’re an absolute flop I hope my te doesn’t get hold of this and just decide to close the book
On that one skater of the Year soty dog 12 was s 11th was John Bolino 10th was Brosco ninth was Levy van rain eighth was Jun Q Park seventh was Sam CR Six jiah B fifth was Nils with 7.5% of the votes I’m sure he had some good comp
Appearances uh his edit for his Pro Skate was at that exceptional level you expect from him so a good year for him Colin Kelo was fourth I’m surprised he’s not a little bit higher up with 10.5% of the votes loads of good deserts this year zepa bam he’s own solo effort
Creativity inventiveness staying relevant after all these years and like not only staying relevant but like setting Trends and pushing skating forward beating in by just over a percent with 11.6% of the votes was oan en who continues his Tech Wizardry his exploration into the weirdest looking grinds and trying to make them appealing
To the general public he also had an absolute Stormer at the NYC comp good to have comp to like allow people who aren’t like traditional Park skaters I guess to still compete and be competitive now the top two kept swapping positions right at the start of the voting process but then towards the
End one of them just started to Edge it a little bit so in second place is Julian Kudo with 20.1% of the vote absolutely phenomenal year competition wise like I was joking before he seemed to be absolutely anything he turn up at your country fate if he knew there was
Some sort of mini ramp there for full credit is deserved for like his motivation his dedication his determination to go out there and like win and push his own skate into the limits by the looks of things sometimes like put his life on the line but your winner by7 of a percent
20.8% of the vote is sha cowo he is your skater of 2023 you had zepha 4.0 you had base them you had his solo section reflect every time he dropped an edit and I realize I’m echoing what I’ve said before here it had a massive impact it had everybody
In the roller baiting industry talking about it and it’s always the same things it’s like the style the creativity the inventiveness like pushing skating forward like him evolving still being relevant after all these years and like even setting the trends but it’s not just the actual tricks it’s the
Presentation of it all the amazing filming the soundtracks the care and love that goes into every single one of those edits I think sometimes technical tricks are undervalued because there’s a lower risk there but you have to consider how many times they possibly try to achieve that trick and look at
Sha kao’s level like the tricks he’s doing an absolutely outrageous best am brackets anyone not pro this one was a little bit controversial because of of the nominations in there when I made a real about this one people kicked off about Josiah ble being in there oh my
Goodness excuse me Josiah used to have a Pro Skate used to be on the Rems pro team people nominated him for this I seen that I knew that information I thought you know what it’s fine because currently he doesn’t have a Pro Skate he
Isn’t on a pro team U I don’t think he has even any like signature products or like a frame a wheel or anything like that which is absolutely Bonkers he’s definitely deser desing of that it’s not some people are like oh what just cuz he’s like not pro now he’s got put down
To am like his skills aren’t good enough like no he’s obviously a perfectly like a capable skater he is on that Pro level he’s probably better than some people that have pro products like absolutely put out some unbelievable skating this year it is purely a reflection of his
Like current status it’s not a diss at him or his abilities at all it’s more a sad reflection of the B blading industry and it’s like inability to support people who are actually Pro worthy you can be like say you play in the Premier League yeah but your team gets relegated
You could still be like a premier league worthy player but it just so happens your team is in the championship or division one also frame it like this all of these other people who are in there yeah say if there was um a spot available in a team there was a pro spot
Available on the team these people would be competing with Josiah cuz he’s currently not on a team so therefore that’s the competition this is let’s just rename this whole thing best skater regardless of them skills being pro worthy and if they’ve had a Pro Skate
And been on a pro team before but who isn’t currently on a pro team doesn’t currently have a Pro Skate and doesn’t currently make a living off of rollerblading award there is also another controversy with this one I’m not going to get into it if you know you
Know and I only recently was put in the know the other day but it’s interesting that quite a lot of people nominated this person so they obviously have the same train of thought as I had but j y phenomenal skater wish we’ seen more of his skating actually love to see like a
Proper street edit of him and just like at more comps because I think he’s unbelievable and could take over that scene pretty soon second is just s believe the uh the proam and the winner with 23.1% of the vote is Jun Q Park just outrageously good skater like good with
The actual equipment knows exactly what he’s doing phenomenal style hope we get to see more and more of his uh footage next year that’s that any grievances with the results please direct them to the comment section below we can discuss it I’m probably going to do a deep dive
Into why sha has beaten Kudo again for the second year running because I’m pretty sure people are going to kick off again and be like he was robbed um thanks to all my patreons for support me simply couldn’t do it without you as I say all the time and it’s genuinely true
So I I love you um here’s a couple of other videos you can watch in the meantime and I’ll see you again soon spoty dog
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