KING OF MACBA 5 - Giovanni Vianna VS Jorge Simöes - Battle 15 (final)

King of Macba is a game of skate where anything in the plaza count (ledge, stairs etc...)
It's one attempt each until the word MACBA is spelled out.
Spots must be alternated when in command, so you cant pick the same spot two times in a row.
Defence has 2 tries and 3 tries on the last letter.
The picnic table must be used one time in the game.
Featured skaters: Giovanni Vianna, Jorge Simöes
Video: @entresuelofilms
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[@asx_dnb]

Great skating aside, I love Jorge's attitude. He's all fun and smiles. That's the way to go. :)

[@maxkost9805]

Giovanni Vianna - King Of Picnic Table

[@edgarmejia7877]

All smiles but still competitive, I love it.

[@edgarmejia7877]

@@maxkost9805fr tho

[@gracsk8175]

Both are great. It doesn't matter that much who wins when I see those smiles on their faces. It's just pure joy

[@rhonin420]

everybody wins

[@maxkost9805]

Giovanni Vianna - King Of Picnic Table

[@bargerkenneth]

The simple fact that a dude can do a switch back tail on a picnic table on defense tells you all you need to know about the level of skating today. So many rippers in this event, both men and women. These dudes are animals!

[@heyman620]

I mean, this dude is an anomaly but being an anomaly seems more common nowadays :)

[@AaronJBlack]

And Nollie 180 Crook

[@frozennorth3426]

and the King of MACBA is… half cab!

[@westlife1221]

and he is 2023 SLS Super Crown champ

[@zibel5007]

Nice game, but not the best of the season! Jorge missed more than he could afford at this game, and Giovanni was more consistent, so no wonder he won. I really like Jorge's style though, I hope we'll see him again next year! Ah, and I understand that halfcab into everything was Giovanni's strategy, but as a viewer I'd love to see more variety, but it still was a solid game, it's just it was not as interesting to watch compared to some other battles of the season. Thank you, Macba Life and everyone involved, and congrats on 50k again! I hope we'll see more videos on the channel, maybe a monthly edit of the best tricks at Macba or something like that 🤤

[@RKLS90]

I was hoping Giovanni wasn’t gonna play like that but I guess he couldn’t help himself. Tiago did that same wack shyt last year. Every trick he did was something u needed to pop 3ft high. In my opinion it’s a dirty way to play & lane for us to watch. This is just one of many reasons why Battle at the Berrics will always be better in my eyes *side note. They need to rematch the girls final. Julia never attempted any trick on the picnic table & she did like 3-4 flatground tricks on offense

[@jeroenretsok]

Ahhhhhh i was hella rooting for you Jorge!! Good job on the winner, thanks macbalife!

[@Turtleboykid]

just when you think Giovanni only has that fakie game he does the switch back tail and nollie 180 switch crooks with ease. Loved the competitors this year, everyone went in.

[@firtythive]

Looking forward to next year's King Of Picnic Table

[@notacloutchaser7407]

😂

[@firtythive]

@@notacloutchaser7407 turns out thats exactly what it was 🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️

[@runeolsen3556]

Congrats to Giovanni. Next year proposals: Limit on use of picnic table and maybe a limit on tricks done in same stance in a row, so Giovanni is forced to make more than just half caps grinds.. Thanks for a great series!

[@lsmonteiro]

Brooooo, Giovanni defended with a perfect switch back tail on the picnic table… wtf are you talking about? Stop putting skateboarding in a box.

[@Groser0x]

its easy to create limits than improve yourself right? so lets the evolution for those who want to go forward and for the others just sit down and enjoy the class..

[@David-kx7tz]

ik what u mean but limiting a stance wouldn't turn out well

[@ricardodoshumildesoliveira8909]

Man, just because he's a master at halfcabs the competition has to change rules? He did a nookie switch crook, sw back tail, let's people fight making choices

[@aym2328]

Yes nice but a little disappointed this year ,not a battle more than 5 mn (or one maybe) still really fun and great to watch pros skating the famous macba of barcelona ! i had the chance to go there a few times so good memories in this place ! But yes Giovanni and his fakie ,half cab etc ,did the same tricks in every game (of course he can ! amazing tricks that noone do ^^no problem) just less exciting this year i find ,but still a pleasure :)

[@drze7910]

Nice game but to be honest i am getting tired of half-cab before every tricks... It's better than switch ollie over everything tough hahah

[@TonyDelTaco]

He got him three letters on half cab grinds on the table, thought you couldn’t repeat the same obstacle…

[@notacloutchaser7407]

You predicted the future with this comment dude…

[@drze7910]

@@notacloutchaser7407Hahaha, history is repeating bro, I was refering to Tiago Lemos!

[@PapiToys]

I waited for 8 min skate, but before watching it, I can predict will be EPIC

[@Reladan187]

Damn Jorge was such a trooper through the contest, all smiles too. But Giovanni's tricks are super hard to do on two goes. This season was a great one

[@matt2993]

Get rid of the manufactured obstacles next year! Its Macba and half of all tricks are done on that vs the actual plaza. Also keep out flat ground tricks

[@notacloutchaser7407]

Unfortunately they didnt listen; they made it mandatory.

[@b.sunnyortiz]

That fakie ollie over the ledge into that drop looked so good

[@Primitive47]

Fuck yeah, Gio killed it!! I very much enjoyed this season of Macba, cheers to everyone!

[@cbearsk8s508]

Rad series well done guys! Just disappointed by the ledge picnic table ledge picnic table limited use of the plaza on this round. Giovani's a beast with ledges but there is a whole plaza. He must rather be king of the picnic table not Macba...

[@BadConfectionery]

giovanni just half cab grinded his way through this whole thing. let's see some more trick diversity

[@jordanbrorby8494]

Yeah but mans is switch backtailing and killing it on defense

[@rodmallen9041]

Yeah dude. Totally agree

[@ftmr]

i´m with you on this one, but don´t forget that he didn´t struggle to defend many "normal" tricks. not a fan of the picnic table, though

[@i_yam_highdrogin]

Winning isn't just about landing your bag of tricks, it's about being able to land your opponents tricks too. Giovanni was by far the most consistent on defense throughout the entire series. He deserves the W.

[@BIMONLAKI]

Hating on someone for being consistent and having a gameplan =🤡

[@brunofranca3718]

Aee mandou bem representou d+🇧🇷🏆 Brasil bicampeão!!!

[@SabiaCDO]

These dudes just FULL SEND crazy tricks. Respect to both of them and congratulations Giovanni!

[@GabGomes1504]

Gio é muito apelão, esses fake acabaram com o Jorginho. Game fode demais, dois monstros!

[@ianturnbow7011]

Another year in the books!!

[@charlitoncln]

DAhora! Merecido demais! 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@ph9204]

The happiness of both is an amazing thing to see

[@vladimirsantos7842]

Lokoooo!!!! É nóis Santo André!!!!! Ele colou na pista aqui perto e eu não estava....

[@malice4422]

Love both these guys, but I feel like there should be a limit on how many times you can use the picnic table

[@roubarosas]

it is an obstacle bro

[@frozennorth3426]

On one hand, I feel ya. On the other, it’s just a smooth ledge. it’s not magic. hell, it’s honestly surprising how almost nobody positions it creatively. - you can put it before the drop off small stairs - you can put it On the stairs as a hubba (one of the women did this on the small stairs) I’m amazed more skaters havens used it as a hubba - you could use it as a giant mani pad off the huge drop next to the big stairs - you could flip it upside down and skate its feet - you could stand it on its end at the bottom of a drop to make gaps longer in the end, though, by the rules, any skater can use any obstacle for up to half of their offensive turns, and that’s just the rule, and that’s ok. - some people are ledge skaters and they can shine there - some people like drops and gaps - some are tech on small stuff and some go huge on big stuff the whole point of SKATE is that being on Defense forces you to be Well-Rounded, to be able to play other people’s games offense can and should be Your comfort zone because that’s your best chance at letters, and “comfort zone” may be stances, or types of obstacles, or big & simple vs small and tech, or specific tricks the point of SKATE though (especially K/QoMACBA where you have to alternate offense and defense) is that, if you Only train your comfort zone, you’re going to lose to the cold reality of defense, when you find yourself in someone else’s world now, I know there’s a limit to this: when someone scores a letter with a trick, and then comes back to do the Exact Same Trick with a tiny variation, that’s wack. that’s bad sportsmanship. but it’s got to be ok to do half your offensive attempts on the same kind of obstacle, because there’s only a handful of them, and the other skater is allowed the same access to their own comfort zone now I DO respect and relate with and appreciate your want for an event that rewards Diverse skills, so… IF you wanted to diversify, then THiS is how I would do it: (it would be a very different competition that’s not SKATE) - begin with a list of every obstacle in the place (the Lip of the long ledge is different from the Pad across the top of it and the Gap over it, etc) - the game progresses through all obstacles on the official list, one at a time - at each obstacle, each skater gets one attempt to set a trick on offense and, if they make it, the other has to defend (so both skaters play the offense role and, if applicable, defend on defense) - each undefended offensive make gets a point - after all obstacles have been visited, whoever has the most points wins Now THAT would be a truly neutral test of whoever is the most well-rounded Otherwise we just have to accept that SKATE is fundamentally about challenging each other to hold our own in each other’s comfort zones. It’s the nature of the beast. Every game of SKATE is won by someone with a balance between core competency and general breadth of ability. You even see this in flatground-only SKATE like BATB. It’s just more subtle. Anyway, it’s just a thought… :)

[@crownedinterror9]

These guys rule, great game!

[@tylerriggs95]

Giovanni learned fakie flips before regular kickflips

[@TheLifePhoenix]

Giovanni sticks to what he knows. Same 5 solids and that strategy worked. Good series!

[@trickpeso]

Jorge wasn't ready for the final, in past games he dominated, he didn't feel no pressure. Here you can clearly see he was agitated for the finals. Missing a lot. But we all know he is much better than that! This edition was really cool! The only thing i don't like is that flatground is legal

[@robsonraimundovieiradealme4128]

Mais um MCBA com participação dos brasileiros , parabéns a todos os patinadores por esta troca cultural do Skate.

[@LuizGustavo-by2io]

O Jorge Simões tnbn é do Braza ?? Pensei que era português

[@robsonraimundovieiradealme4128]

@@LuizGustavo-by2io , Brasil tá forte com os patinadores do street.

[@robsonraimundovieiradealme4128]

@@LuizGustavo-by2io Simões é brazuka ,? acredito que more no estrangeiro , na verdade a grande maioria dos patinadores brasileiros já moram no exterior.

[@fmskt]

@@robsonraimundovieiradealme4128 não viaja hahaha Jorge é de Porto, Portugal. Giovanni é de SP

[@robsonraimundovieiradealme4128]

@@fmskt eu não afirmei que Simões era brazuka , o amigo do comentário também não sabia!! Meu comentário foi sobre os eventos do MCBA , nos últimos tiveram presença de brasileiros na final!!

[@edgarguzman5550]

I'm surprised he couldn't pull off the half cab nosegrind to 180 out . I really thought Jorge was gonna win , but it was a good game

[@sk8negretrip]

brazil dominando esta vuelta pirobosss lemos y vianna ya mostrosss

[@weshscott]

Boraaaa Giovanniiiii, merecido demais. Seloco, o Jorge anda muito também, que game foda, mais uma vitória importante ai pro nosso Brasilzão seloco, máximo respeito por ambos, esforço dos caras é inexplicável, meus parabéns para os 2 ai, mano. Sucesso pra vocês!!!!!

[@danilotaipinapedrofeitosa3131]

Parabéns Giovanni ....bora pra cima.. parabéns macba que venham mais sessões

[@dayswithacamera7197]

Great game!

[@komoonkh]

Amazing skaters, both🤯

[@Pedro7opes]

Tudo nosso!!!! 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@doisdenostokyo]

The king of Macba and the king of fakie!

[@commentator2.0]

No flatground, as it should be 👏

[@edu6525]

Rei do Cab, etc... tricks parabéns mlk doido representa Mário. Huuhuhhhhhhh

[@VLux_17]

Congrats 👏🏼

[@henriqueskate]

They both ripped during the entire competition!

[@ericdonalson7276]

Ahhh!! Let's go!!

[@douglasdias8136]

Hoje foi um dia especial. Perdemos um rei e ganhamos outro. Parabéns Giovanni e descanse em paz Pelé.

[@pistasjkis]

King of the picnic table

[@marcolima4621]

Parabéns Giovanni, seu role é muito style!

[@raulraulas7220]

Nem assiste ainda e ja digo que o gio é o fakie king, mlk manda tudo nessa base

[@Dumangueskate]

Giovanni o rei do macba muito merecido

[@engelsromero7867]

Felicitaciones 🎉

[@maxkost9805]

Giovanni Vianna - King Of Picnic Table

[@dari282]

PauL R. gostou, parabéns !

[@ikno1957]

Giovanni in his mind saying: "I'll play mainly fakie"😂

[@thrillofitall89]

What if for the finals, they are not allowed to repeat any tricks that they have done in the journey to get to the finals? Like you can do the trick on a diff obstacle, but if you backtailed the upledge, you cant backtail that ledge again in the finals

[@Cloud-df3hy]

So the key is to learn half cab grinds on the picnic table for next year lol

[@kaiokensilva7778]

Brasil 🇧🇷

[@faeldoguetto]

Brazil 💪🏾

[@MickyThunderV]

Primitive still holding down Macba^^

[@LaSulaina]

Finiiiiiiiiiiiiisimo Giovanni!!!! Trucos muy técnicos hechos de manera súper limpia. Enhorabuena porque ha sido muy merecido

[@vovamo1988]

Style and smile😎😄😁

[@desinfektionsspray-sn2ju]

G‘s!

[@jcalmeida1351]

O Jorge tem sangue brasileiro

[@rochembak]

Mau mau!! Jorge made in Portugal versão Chocapic.vai entrar em dieta, já falei com o cariani para tratar disso 😂😂😂😂😂

[@TomJacksonSongs]

Props to Vianna for winning the SLS super crown

[@jimmyg7806]

Halfcabs FTW! Hell yeah Giovanni!

[@ramseyhoffman8029]

All these guys are gunna be working hard in their fakie game after this

[@rubenvilacastillo8839]

I love you angelo caro

[@csmacedoo]

jorge is more brazilian then portuguese

[@rickn9392]

yoo, for real! lol

[@jeanjacqueslundi3502]

??

[@rhymepoet]

King of Macab

[@65broskate15]

King of the Half-Cabs

[@luansk8-]

O rei do Fakie ATACA NOVAMENTE srsrs

[@GameOver-ti7xv]

Macba: new skater Every year: Jorge Simões 😅

[@sk8rissk8in]

let this be a lesson to you all, don't neglect the fakie stance.

[@Tonyyail]

Only pros can Oprah macba. Skate is for all skaters on ground

[@leninaraujo1441]

Brasil dominando !!!!!

[@jsdesigner9629]

Giovanni o mais BRABO 🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@acemargera3203]

So the game was basically just on ledge and picnic table

[@tonisantos__]

🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@4drturbo85]

How much money does the winner get?

[@ptraides8223]

Next year please no flatground and no using the featured obstacle more than once. We want to see macba skating, not multiple tricks over a mini picnic table that was artificially placed at the spot.

[@ChadBreece]

Suggestions: Get rid of the stupid picknic table next contest. Also no more than 2 tricks on the same obstacles.

[@MS-er8mv]

Giovanni só nas apelona kkkkk É O BRAZA CARAI

[@UziDoesIt748]

They should only be able to hit the sponsored obstacle once. Are you really the king of macba if your mostly skating a table you brought?

[@aboltus_2014]

no gustav?

[@darlansilvaramos5634]

King of table...what a shame. Jorge is the winner.

[@frozennorth3426]

So… is KoMACBA still a thing? Starting to worry…

[@dvivencia]

Os braza leva todos os king of macba

[@theMrGrowl]

I actively dislike Giovanni Vianna now that he did a fakie trick for every letter knowing Jorge can't skate fakie. We get it, you want to win but geesh

[@bigsherm887]

Lol

[@20MinsNap]

Not a single flip trick in the whole game?

[@soulsystemdj]

parabéns giovanni

[@rogercasanova4449]

Bro how this King of macba and none of them are from here

[@lennardwallmeier6957]

i knew it in the moment i saw him in the bracket lol

[@guirtalt]

No more picnic table pls, there's enough ledges in the plaza.

[@regisdelimap]

BRASA

[@nicoledias66]

representou o BRAZZA......

[@LiPiNhO1404]

Brazil rulez in macba 🇧🇷🔥

[@下丹尺K丹ち乙モ尺口]

giovani representando os br e jorginho resenha demais muito naipe esse game

[@-L.B]

Is Giovanni a Spaniard or Italian?

[@borissidealmeida]

Brazilian

[@vladimirsantos7842]

Santo André, São Paulo,. Brasil

[@-L.B]

@@borissidealmeida oh thanks. Love his style (and his name). He’s like a cat on a skateboard.

[@shmooveyea]

Too much incentive to do specialized tricks to "win" this year. Kinda like watching a flatground battle at Berrics with dudes that practice circus tricks in their living rooms all year.

[@skatefan216]

Damn. Gio went full fakie on this one.

[@frais]

Cómo no, el tal Giovanni haciendo half cab en cada truco. Muy pesado