Double post.

. One difference is the fact that in addition to preparing for World's itself, we have to balance our work lives (and possibly family life too). This is very different compared to physically travelling to Worlds and not having to think about work since we are most likely on vacation. I agree with t...

I agree that Dominik beats Taishi, but I don't think that's a shock to anybody including Taishi. Dominik has looked like the favorite in this event since the very first video, and honestly anybody paired up against him would be a massive underdog. Props to Taishi for all the good videos; no shame in...

Rafal vs. Peter

Not all of the pairings are up yet, but they should be soon. For now I'll post the pairings I've found on YT.

First up is Pawel vs. Ken:

Ken do like me, play at 5am! I wish I could.  I'm unable to play on an empty stomach and I also am no good on a full stomach, so I need to eat and then wait about an hour to play well.  I did my best to put myself in a good position this morning by waking up at 5, finishing breakfast by 6, and head...

LOL, when I posted that Vasek video I thought: "Nice to post a non-Ken video for a change."  Upon my 5th or 6th rewatch of it though I realized I'm in the background of a bunch of those clips.  I wonder what 2004 Vasek/Ken/Honza would say if we told them they'd still be competing at Worlds 16 years ...

The heat is supposed to relent a little over the next 2 days In good news, the heat retreated a bit today!  I was able to get out to shred though I had to work around some logistical hurdles (work call, construction detours on the road to my spot) which cost me a good chunk of time.  Still, I manag...

Yeah, this heatwave is no joke.  I played last Thursday in the afternoon and ended the session retching from the heat, with zero usable clips to show for my efforts.  I had a ton of water on site and was in the shade between runs but it didn't make a difference.  I played again on Saturday at 10 in ...

I've finished all my Worlds videos. Congrats! That must be a relief. I have a weird love/hate with them myself. Like, on one hand I can't wait to be done with them, but on the other hand I know I'll be sad once it's all over. . Unfortunately for me, I went off the screen on the last contact. I feel...

Did it, got a solid dropless entry, ...possibly trying harder routine in the rest of the days if my body lets me Congrats Mathieu!  That must be such a relief.  I have a very similar plan but am a lot further behind than you.  I'd kill to have a solid dropless routine in the bank already.  Good luc...

Nice work on the Round of 16 Shred Off; the increased density and difficulty were very noticeable.   

Tjuggles wrote: ↑

12 Jul 2020 13:04

. I think the alpine smoke may have been a first for me.

Props!  It stood out as my fav trick in the video for sure.

It looks like the Top 8 for shred off has been announced. The results have been pretty clear as day in terms of who the judges voted for, with the exception of a few. Just to clarify, the Worlds Team kindly provided the scoring cards for every matchup so we could see how each judge voted for each m...

Last pairing from this round:





Results have already been posted showing who won each matchup, and who the matchups are for the round of 8.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CCjQFAFI4f1/

acxel22 wrote: ↑

11 Jul 2020 09:13

Battle for beantown, a hard one too!

Agreed, there are a bunch of close matchups. If I were judging, I'd need to make detailed notes to get it right.

On that note, here's Kemmer and Dante:

Denver is in the middle of a brutal heat wave which has really hindered my efforts on the Worlds videos front.  The average high for the past 10 days has been in the mid 90s, and that is also the forecast for at least the next week.  Pretty rancid timing.  Judging on several other competitors' video...

Looks like some of the remaining pairings only have one of the two clips up, so I'll hold off until I can post both at the same time (if anybody sees a pairing go up before I do, feel free to post it of course). When the matchups for this round were announced, I was most excited for Kemmer-Dante, wh...