The level of riding is fucking crazy....
It's good to see a lot of the entries featuring different styles and approaches, feels like kids are no longer doing tricks just to prove they have them, and are instead doing the tricks that they want to do.
Gun to my head, don't think I could make the pick, but I really like Darblon, Cedrik, Dane, and Yan. Austin and Gaute were both dope and tech, just not necessarily doing the sorts of tricks that I feel like would bring much more diversity to their squad.
In my opinion, Level 1 should abandon the notion of finding the "best" am each and every year. As each year goes by, the gap between pros and ams shrinks...shit...the gap between the illest in the game and kids winning X and kids entering SU is pretty small (relatively speaking of course). Instead, they should approach SU like the NFL draft, meaning that they should look to fill a gap on their roster. That's why I thought Logan was such a good pick...might not have the biggest bag of jump tricks or whatever, but he brought some new shit to the table—the shots he contributed to the flick couldn't/wouldn't have been snagged by anyone else, and that's why they were tight.
Anyway, again, Level 1 has a really tough decision on their hands, props to all the finalists and HM's, it's been a blast watching all of these.
P.S.
I was hoping Collin Collins was going to enter...I really would like to see Level 1 scoop a new BC jibber/ripper (yes I understand that the SU winner earns an invite to a park shoot/urban shoot).
