Is Jamie Griffin Playing Dirty? | BATB 13 Reaction

[@dtothej4044]

"Playing dirty" makes no sense to me at all. WHATEVER trick the person before you does thats what you have to do. If someone takes time to learn and get consistant at tricks that no one else does, doesnt mean your dirty, means you put in more time than most. People just hating

[@173jaSon371]

I get where they are coming from honestly. The only reason Jamie practiced these weird tricks is because he was stuck in his dumpy little garage for years while other guys were able to use their regular trick arsenal while out skating in the streets. You're never going to see most of these tricks done on some of the gaps that guys like Jamie Thomas or Cole or Joslin or Milton Martinez have skated. Good luck doing a merlin twist on a spot that Brandon Westgate is skating lol.

[@dtothej4044]

@@173jaSon371 Playing dirty is stacking the competion deep on Jamie. Almost all his opp. have won in the past

[@nicholaspossinger7993]

There wasn't a single thing dirty about that match either. Jamie skated well, his 360s look way better than last year, theres nothing to argue.

[@tmjones212]

I would argue they should never count the garbage 360 sliding when the other guy does what luan did but I get why they have to count it

[@gandhimahatma3304]

@@tmjones212I’m guessing you’ve never done a 360 on a skateboard because it is not easy to spin a full 360 on flat in any stance

[@tmjones212]

@@gandhimahatma3304 exactly. Rotating the entire 360 is a completely different trick than 270 and sliding 90. The Merlin twist is a hard trick too but if Jamie does one, everyone else has to or they get a letter…

[@donovanhays]

​@tmjones212 it's pretty universally accepted that most 360s on flat are like 250+ degrees with a pivot. Last year though Jamie was trying to pull 180s with a 180 degree slide lmao

[@cyclopsentertainment517]

He literally did a pressure flip lol

[@timmyle8741]

i love how fast luan is going while he does the trick

[@exuperioama4181]

not that fast anymore. God nerfed him by making him fat

[@chillmanyas]

@@exuperioama4181 Are you an artificial intelligence or someone personality-deprived copying bad jokes?

[@exuperioama4181]

@@chillmanyas im a luan fanboy

[@i-never-look-at-replies-lol]

@kjdacod champion of what? does it come with a trophy?

[@red_rose_redemption]

there’s level to this shit, luan is a masterclass of speed, pop, perfection. jamie got the crazy flat but luan is far more appealing to watch imo.

[@emmanueljames1329]

First Battle at the Berrics and that kid almost gets his life taken away!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@bovedli]

I got a personal story with that last trick. About 12 years ago I learned switch ff impossibles and then the nollie version and eventually the merlin and the nollie merlin. One day I was skating at the most frequented spot in my hometown of Budapest, Hungary. So I was just messing around and then the undisputed best hungarian skater ever, Zsolt Karkossiak comes by and greets me and quickly challenges me to play a game of skate. So I win the ro sham bo and I started off with the nollie bs 180 back foot impossible. He immediately said “okay man I’m done” and proceeded to go on just skating. One of the best stories of my skate carreer because I obviously wasn’t that big of a deal at skating. Just fun to remember. Nothing but good times!

[@KevinYellow]

Jamie back to back calling it too

[@benllewellyn1887]

It's a no contest at this point.

[@sandhanitizer15]

I think that if anyone's going to do tricks that are considered "dirty" to some people like pressure flips or whatever, as long as the trick is done properly and actually looks legit, then go ahead. If they're clearly doing stuff like 360 shuvs and calling it an impossible, that's when things get sketchy.

[@hofx666]

I wish they brought back spencer Barton, that’s the only person I see that could be Jaime.

[@philipandersson4932]

Since when is it dirty to be a more technically skilled skater ? 😂

[@jbraz8]

Ain't nothing dirty about it! What, a wizard's not supposed to use his spells! Lol

[@KidRaiden]

jamie played fair

[@brocksamson9737]

Griffin simp detected

[@jimeneazy5999]

Luan is clearly the better skater. You only get that type of speed and precision from religiously mastering the fundamentals for years and years. Regardless, this is a game and Jamie was well within the boundary of the rules. Won fair and square.

[@Philzoid]

Not better at skate tho is he...

[@acexayaphet786]

luan has accomplished so much in skating. from parts dropped to the tricks he has done Street related. but jamie is literally flat ground king. lol

[@arlo1481]

@@Philzoidskate is like a warmup for people before a sesh and adding a little competition, being better at skate but worse at skating is like always winning the coin toss but losing the football game

[@Philzoid]

Anything you do on a skateboard is skateboarding including playing skate. @@arlo1481 And your analogy is utter dog poo.

[@glueggelz3997]

​@@arlo1481except in btb this is the football game.

[@averageskater900]

That was a good length game I think. Jamie wasn’t just doing circus tricks but at the same time he can’t the luan take back control if he wants the win. Once you get a couple letters it’s fair game to do what you have to do

[@ryanrowe1975]

Jamie Griffin continuing to becoming a street skater of comparing Rodney Mullen and Jonny Gieger

[@YorraPenae]

EXACTLY, HE IS ICONIC THAT NOLLIE FRONT FOOT IMPOSSIBLE 180 IS MY FAVORITE DEATHBLOW EVER!!! LITERALLY WATCHED IT 99 MOMENTS IN A ROW

[@alexweschler9470]

Are you ESL? You don’t look it

[@er4182]

Dumb data should count how many times you say like.

[@zhdrums3872]

Luan was Straight Blasting Every trick! Seems like Before the start, Luan told himself, "Must pop higher than 2 decks for trick to count."

[@ericsharp5079]

Luan does everything twice as fast as anyone! Fair play but we all know the skater we wanna be! Lol

[@josejacintopimentel4827]

best batb was prod vs sewa

[@williamrafter2312]

It’s great to watch someone watch something that I watched

[@W4RM4T]

At least there weren't any crap calls or poor sportsmanship in this game. Tyler should've have called that toe drag on himself, defense or not.

[@SadMach1n3]

I love the long games too (as long as I’m watching n not playing) lmao. Playing skate is exhausting now 😂

[@thezetes]

15k for the winner if anyone still wonders

[@jerexe]

this is like the opp channel to giftedhater

[@davidwagner5583]

I was rooting for luan (because who doesn’t root for luan) but Jamie is a beast and there’s no denying that

[@KlvnGamez]

I feel you on hating the intro. Like I said before. If Luan would have slowed down and tooo it alil more serious he had openings to probably win. Really wanted him to win

[@frostbytes8906]

The only "dirty" tricks were on Jamie's defense turn; the 360 and the switch tre flip. Luan did them so much cleaner, the tre flip specially, Jamie's barely got off the ground. Still though, as much as love Luan's skating, it was much cleaner match than other ones so far

[@bainesontoastz1]

ngl full 360s on flat are hard but they do need to crack down on the pivots they do either do a full one or give them a letter and that switch tre barely looked like one

[@camstaysteezy8035]

that was a whole ass mortal combat finisher

[@YorraPenae]

🎳🥋🎳

[@EDCsteals]

They used to get 10k for the win but not sure if they do that anymore. I wanna say in the really early seasons 2nd place got $5k. In one of the championships with p-rod that was definitely the case

[@Doodlelini]

It's great hearing another person's perspective.

[@acexayaphet786]

i think jamies weakness is Switch. he can do it. but... hes seems sketch about a few tricks.

[@EliWeaver93]

And some fakie tricks

[@JohnSmith-ef2sx]

That's why I make sure I can't see how far in the video it is I don't want to know how much longer the video is it's kind of a spoiler.

[@mattstoyles423]

Jamie left hop king and has been riding blank boards on his socials, I'm curious whether his time in L.A and batb has something to do with it. Maybe he's just hoping to get hooked up by a bigger brand but I'm pretty sure something is in the pipeline has been posting old clips 🤷

[@LilCrispyBoi]

Jamie isn’t skating dirty, in my opinion. He’s just boring. If every second offensive set is some random trick no one cares to learn, you’re trying way too hard to win the game quickly. That’s why old battles with established pros used to be so entertaining. It was them running through every fundamental trick until they ran out and only then they went to double flips and pressure flips. The game had a natural ramp up of trick difficulty which heightened the tension and watch factor. If you play skate against any random skater at a park and start throwing only your death blows from the word go they’ll think you’re an asshole.

[@bergerman487]

What's wrong playing to win? Damn, so many Jamie haters just because he can do weird tricks. You guys have no issues with Mike Mo or Sewa. Even early 2000s Eric Koston did more weird tricks than Jamie.

[@LilCrispyBoi]

@@bergerman487 there’s actually nothing wrong with playing to win. It just lacks the entertainment factor of games that ramp up the difficulty by going through all the basics and getting progressively more technical. Sewa’s matches used to sometimes be boring as well because you knew he would just throw tre, tre double, 540 flip, 540 shuv and hardflip variations until the other skater was on E. What I’m getting at is I just prefer long games that are won through consistency not immediate trick difficulty. That’s how I play skate so it’s how I like to see it played. Purely personal preference. I want to see jamie run through the straight 8 and 180 16 before going for a double flip or flip body varial.

[@173jaSon371]

@@bergerman487 Find me an old game of SKATE where Mike Mo does a 360 underflip in the first 3 or 5 tricks. You won't find it. Mike Mo was an incredible flat skater but he wasn't hucking weird tricks on the first set of the game. Sewa is a different story, but I do get why guys like him do it. They were gaining a lot of notoriety from BATB whereas Mo was like THE up and comer back in the day and was already set in the skate industry.

[@outerworld100]

its bc he does his tricks so hard on offense then he dials back on defense and thats why its messes up his flow he's a great skater but game of skate is soooooo crazy precise every trick back 2 back

[@cdxx_503]

Why is the rule reader so shaky

[@AlCasu1888]

First time in Batb haven't been rooting for Luan. Small country energy, we're diehard for anything Irish but Luan is a legend and impossible not to like.

[@goasupreme4804]

Imo Jaime does not follow the pop the trick rule (if it is still a rule)

[@scaregrow1927]

Yeah i wrote a comment under the final Video!! It was an one eighty 😂

[@NeuralNetProcessor]

Idk what this video is trying to accomplish. He's a good skater, end of story.

[@justiceizzy82]

Jamie may have won but we can all agree that we’d rather watch Luan skate flat over anyone

[@JNU92]

I mean yeah Jamie has tricks but it really comes to style at the end of the day 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@fatjackson8816]

Its really like basketball and playing horse you not supposed to dunk if you know the other person cant 😂😂😂

[@brendonnschoeman8673]

clickbait champ

[@grripptape]

🔥vid

[@flip_shifty]

get Sponsorblock addon bro, auto skips intro and whatever u want it to.

[@fhixi]

JAMIEEEE

[@choppinyacht9033]

I thought I was the only one that hated the intro shit hurts my fucking head looking at it 🤣

[@mrsickwick]

It wasn't necessarily dirty, but there wasn't much etiquette towards the end in my opinion. I can't hate on Jamie though, gg.

[@exuperioama4181]

nothing dirty. he won because he played a nerfed Luan 😂

[@sirr.krugerr]

Luan and Johnny Giger look similar. Just pointing that out

[@Brian-cb3ce]

its the mustache😅

[@ces444r]

Jimmy griffin went off🔥🔥

[@marvj8255]

Chill bro Jamie is built separate

[@brocksamson9737]

No he's built cheap. He wins every time with the same time 5 finisher tricks. He needs to try something new. It's getting old.

[@snowzZzZz]

@@brocksamson9737 but doing the same kickflip tre flip variations every time isn't old?

[@ghettomenik9211]

He’s just good lol end of story

[@greenmoxy]

You never see bs nollie varial heels on BATB. It's strange because I'm not that good but they are easy for me.

[@gaspackgary1157]

Wtf is a bs nollie varial heel? 🤣

[@greenmoxy]

​@@gaspackgary1157 5:07 this is a nollie varial kickflip. Just youtube Nollie Varial Heelflip with Chico Brenes. They are easy with correct foot placement.

[@nicholaspossinger7993]

Got 5 beans on Jamie to repeat!

[@vtscll4]

Nick > Chris Tyler > Jamie Tyler > Nick Thats my prediction. Although Jamie is gonna fucking win again anyway...

[@trumantoni4057]

It was fair game on high level.

[@newbiegamersoul972]

Lason!

[@okbro1239]

Nah bro he wasnt playing dirty it was fair and square bro

[@JustinTibbetts-i9d]

He will be the one and only to be b2b

[@alejorag]

PJ Ladd already won back to back on V and VI though, it'd still be amazing if Jamie also pulled it off!

[@inelectron]

Click bait ?

[@itsnotduy7182]

Jamie is not dirty, he's just trying too hard to win

[@koekie4]

jamie is so boring to watch lmaoo

[@solomonbacon8893]

Dirty???? Bro is just nasty

[@bloodstainedchasm]

just my 2cents but use that transition more sparingly. i mean the one with u in the corner and u fullscreen it breaks to much attention imo

[@pablomarquez-nj8ql]

I really just want to see Tyler lose

[@j9o30s94h]

First and foremost I agree this intro is trash and way to long!!! Jamie normally plays a lil dirty but he was solid up until last trick so no disrespect on this… it was somewhat a gentleman’s game…

[@robertbonsall6896]

clickbait title

[@BryanArnettGaming]

It literally says exactly what the video is 💀💀 and then we talk about Jamie’s trick selection

[@leondodus]

Nah jamie played cool

[@badcolonies2477]

JAmie skating is so boring

[@snowzZzZz]

i feel it is dirty for skaters to do uncommon tricks in games of S.K.A.T.E, especially if they are hard to do it's not even a competition so no reason to take it so serious, it's just a game where someone wins and someone loses and there's money on the line idk I just feel like he always does the same tricks, would be nice to see something different like a kickflip or tre flip variation or something and I just find niche things really cringe basically anything different from typical mainstream skateboarding is really cringe to me, it even makes me angry I hate to see my counterculture get ruined by a bunch of countercultures idk I just feel that him doing tricks that are hard for his opponents to do is really disrespectful in a game of S.K.A.T.E maybe that's just me

[@arcticlight232]

Man.. it's just you

[@snowzZzZz]

@@arcticlight232 mannn, damn

[@Bleseddd1]

Jamie’s a virgin

[@arcticlight232]

I doubt it : D

[@SLIME-qo1hf]

Jamie has no style

[@HD-iq7np]

I hate jamie, literally praying on his downfall

[@brandonburrow1569]

Arnett is most cringe youtube skater out

[@baileymaytum31]

get ur money up

[@brandonburrow1569]

Lol telling that to the wrong person homie..truth hurts.. 😭😭😭

[@nam-xv9oe]

Hating on another grown man for what 😂