SOTY So Far 2022

[@tectonicvex693]

The part abt Nyjahs part being like a career mode is so accurate lmfao

[@CollinGill7]

at least hes killing all the challenges doing them switch

[@stiz555]

@@CollinGill7 u a pro nyjah

[@napoo454]

@@stiz555 man’s said “Atleast” like nyjah isn’t always doing this shit

[@RubbelisPro]

It's so crazy seeing Nyjas old element parts and comparing them to how he skates now, he used to have so much style, even just as a kid.. It's hard to explain but it's almost too textbook now.

[@CollinGill7]

@@RubbelisPro it’s because he trains his tricks like sw heel front tail so much on sls style hubbas so much that all those tricks are automatic for him now so he looks like a robot doing them, it’s not fun and exciting to watch anymore because it’s like watching someone do front 50s and back boardslides on a 1 foot flat bar at your local park. Competitions are supposed to be exciting because the stakes are high doing those hard ass tricks on giant obstacles, but now that Filipe Gustavo can do sw hardflip back tails every try and Yuto and Shane can do sw tre flip lip slides every try it’s just not fun to watch like it used to be

[@meowforjasper2838]

Every year I like to give out a Joty. It stands for Jah of the year. Obviously my best friend Nyjah always wins. Him and I are just friends but sometimes I think he deserves to know just how special he is to me. You should see his face every time I present him one. This year I think he got a little too excited and as he was going in for his hug our noses touched and we had a very cute eskimo kiss session. His nose is a little point which some can see as a flaw but I see it as a sharp little mistake. I bet it would hurt if it was digging into my pelvis or something, not that I would want that since like I said, him and I are just friends. It's just something to think about.

[@dadboard]

I notice you

[@fingerboardboi4382]

every single video u come up with a new paragraph

[@spaceysteam5206]

It started ok but devolved into chaos

[@andynonymous2164]

Dave Carnie?

[@jonbonjovi_is_happy]

If the award were for Nyjah of the Year, it would be NOTY (pronounced “naughty”)

[@3yesack]

The minions are wild for this

[@mattwilliams3373]

I’m looking forward to seeing what the hell Louie did on that Thrasher cover he got a month or two ago

[@HomieCantCommunicate]

definitely 😎😎😎

[@JaGGeR-]

You saw it on the cover and don't know what he did on the cover? Did you go on KZbin to post this comment on youtube?

[@butterknutts5888]

pretty sure he got on and off (at an angle) pretty quick and ducked under the broken rail

[@fitch9782]

He grinded it to the bottom and hippie laser flipped out

[@switchback3638]

@@JaGGeR- what he did wasnt exactly obvious from the photo unless you're looking hard or know the spot

[@kipk9926]

Couldn't agree more with your number one pick. Tfunk is a fucken boss for that part. Baker is goated on the streets

[@UE2012]

The way he carves into and out of tricks I think shows how much he is in his happy place while skating....even when going Mach 10 like at the China banks he still has this micro little carve to be fully in fun mode.

[@LouisT1990]

We need a video about your experience doing Slap's One in a Million back in the day with Forrest Edward's

[@HomieCantCommunicate]

lmao bro 😳👀🤣

[@slimeslime2123]

Such a good video lmao re watched a couple days ago 🤣

[@AlexG-xl1cc]

"I saw mango and Reuben go into the bathroom with eachother" xD

[@ggs5924]

@@AlexG-xl1cc I ate a fucking apple

[@cluurinsebyrum6317]

😂

[@Waffleisskating]

The fact that u can see skate stoppers all over the benches in T Funk's last trick along with the trick itself, it gives me goosebumps and it's trully symbolic.

[@Muphetballs]

they didn't win, they had to change the world for us :/

[@michaelbennett7049]

And he’s in slip on shoes.

[@DevoT]

After being politically homeless for most of my life, I'm glad I have finally found a party I can get behind. You can add me to the Nyjah Realist Party. The way he has mastered certain tricks reminds me of how Andrew Reynolds was in his prime. The difference is I could watch Reynolds frontside flip and caballerial all day and not get bored. Can't say the same for Nyjah.

[@jhowellharris]

Have you ever read Kurt Vonnegut's "Bluebeard"? The main character, an artist, is asked by his wife why he continues to make abstract expressionist paintings that no one likes. Their house is being renovated, so he grabs a piece of carpenter's chalk and very quickly sketches out perfect, realistic portraits of their children on the wall right before her eyes. He then tosses the chalk and says, "because I have options." Anywho, reminded me of your comment on Chris Milic's skating.

[@thomevans4018]

That book is fucking fabulous, read that shit

[@Omaha555]

i don’t recall that part, but that’s definitely one of my favorite vonnegut books

[@allstopblue5717]

I feel like Suciu did that last year because he and many others feel like he should have won it previously but was screwed for whatever reason. . So he kind of made a statement to officially seal the deal once and for all. But it shouldn’t be the norm going forward for everybody else to follow that format. He just did what he had to do once and for all. That’s the way I see it anyway.

[@benryan2009]

Couldn't agree more.

[@davidjduerr]

Agree

[@CollinGill7]

"not particularly cerebral" is such a funny way to call someone kinda dim, im gonna start using that lol

[@ForumRunnerSonny]

The bit on the orangutan @16:50 had me crying. Also, the fake arm steeze while being chased by a bear....fuggin gold.

[@maximegendron349]

I love wade D and he could win soty if he released more footage but since he’s 37 I don’t think getting footage is his priority. He’s kinda just hanging around for the community dropping a part once in a while to remind us how good he still is

[@Hoodinator17]

Lololo wade d 💤

[@rt-vz2zt]

Wade is world class , I live in toronto so sometimes i see him skating at dunbat, With that said, there's no way he'd get it over the young skaters coming up, they're doing tricks these pros don't even have on flatground, and doing it into grinds And lastly he's not visible enough for SOTY, not just that he doesn't film enough but, the bunt threw a big skate event at dunbat this past saturday, he wasn't there Copenhagen open he wasn't there or didn't skate Tom Penny is another great who never got SOTY, it doesn't mean everything

[@maximegendron349]

@@rt-vz2zt I agree I live in Toronto as well so I see him around

[@visalsngg]

wade d is WACK

[@bennyshambles]

I also was thoroughly confused by the possibility of T-Funk’s Thrasher cover trick. Like, he must have ollied off the top of the wall or something because there’s no way he’s going off the wall itself and clearing that massive bench. Seriously, the ollie heard round the world. So cool that the biggest trick of the year is one of the oldest and most fundamental.

[@AlexG-xl1cc]

Jake Phelps would choose Tfunk

[@bennyshambles]

@@AlexG-xl1cc My thoughts exactly. Someone said Braden Hoban is the "definition of a Thrasher" and my eyes rolled harder than a pair of dice.

[@the_opii]

The Amazingly Uplifted Autism Center made me crack up hard

[@jonathanborthwick400]

After watching this three times (I know) I feel like Mark Succiu took the condensed video part approach with Verso and when that didn’t work he was like “ok.. this is what you want? Fine. I’ll drop a fucking part every two weeks then.”

[@titancheat]

He deserved it for verso when milton got it, but Milton's an nhs/thrasher guy imo

[@xExile7]

Louie Lopez and Ishod are always my picks

[@sinistre4998]

GH slowly became one of my favourite youtubers and I don't even skate (since I think it's too late for me to take up) but I'm constantly starving for new content 😄 thank you for your work!

[@joelglanton6531]

Never too late to quit being a poseur

[@summerescape6044]

You won’t regret starting

[@sinistre4998]

@@joelglanton6531 well that hurt but thanks for the advice :')

[@heavensector5964]

@@sinistre4998 I started at 23. My buddy started at 28, and his brother is 33. Never too late to start.

[@maga_skater4207]

@@sinistre4998 just started back in March at 33.. worth every shinner

[@stankonya69]

Nice glasses joa. On people wanting more parts, I think content creation has made people want that.

[@MassiveJib]

You’re definitely right

[@skateboardersSB]

I know TJ Rogers ain’t your cup of tea style wise but his part was too good to not mention

[@mattd1659]

Credit where it’s due, he should be in top 10 so far

[@titancheat]

Es needs an HD camera though ngl

[@filmercode]

@@titancheat ES had TJ film a VX part and HD ones

[@CleM-D-K]

Lmfao @ “that’s where Mark Suciu went to school” 😂

[@losfeliz3421]

Tfunk is the embodiment of thrasher

[@zachmurphy9783]

Pretty sure Jake skates for skate mental, not WKND. Happy to find out I’m not the only person that suffers from the crooked hat situation lol

[@giftedhater3087]

Same thing

[@NESCACGUIDE]

"thats where suciu went to school" lmaoooo

[@SolracFS]

Loved the ironically used top 1-10 dubstep interludes

[@skateboard446]

Wade's a regular at my local skatepark. Great guy, always makes an effort to dab me up whenever he pulls up and leaves.

[@joaocancela1068]

Finally you pay attention to Gustav! One of my personal favs for sure

[@penkaku8129]

i think that jagur eatin shuld get the soty award because he is good

[@Club33Modz]

agreed

[@Sammy.Sosa.1]

No

[@penkaku8129]

@@Sammy.Sosa.1 ratio

[@sdh643fn]

Jaguar eating

[@SUB0SCORION]

I wish he comes out with a flat only streetpart like tyler peterson did. I think it would really compliment jaggers style

[@5starview]

Daddy looking like a snack with the clear glasses.

[@butterknutts5888]

"Big sexy with glasses"

[@Prymecrafter]

so happy TFunk has solidified his spot in the pro skater community. Always knew he would turn out to be one of the grates ever since watching his DC parts

[@TheManFromNowheres]

“the velocity… that’s he’s experiencing.” 😂😂😂

[@Skatebetter]

Would love to see a video about who has the fakest steez.

[@Greenhouse_Co.]

Love T funk’s style as well with the checkered slip ons

[@NVFallout101]

I laughed so hard at the Mark Suciu joke that I almost threw up, thank you GH

[@lucasbumer6981]

the "..where mark suciu when to school" + the venom meme made me SCREAM

[@zachemorgan]

I laughed at "he just colors directly in the lines of the skateboard coloring book." for way longer than i should have as a 28 year old man.

[@zylertracey]

Nick Garcias part is seriously epic, I fricks with it dude 🔥

[@calumosborne1707]

The ankle sock swag is going to carry wayde to the win here

[@skidmarks486]

That Berle serve made my testicles go inside my body due to laughing so hard

[@civilenggggg]

I am really surprised Ishod isnt on this short list, he has 2 parts in 2022 i think, the 1 for REAL and then 5 days in San Fran was absolutely NUTS

[@dannyj5272]

I think he’s overlooked because Thrasher won’t want to give it to a skater who has previously won it. Yes it’s been done before (Chris Cole) but that was almost 20 years ago.

[@civilenggggg]

@@dannyj5272 I get it...i hope they dont think that way, because i feel like Phelps would never care about a double up...there was someone else who got it twice too no?

[@dannyj5272]

@@civilenggggg Yes, you’re thinking of Danny Way who has also won twice. Yeah I don’t know how you don’t put Ishod on your mid year top ten when he already has 20 plus minutes of footage. It probably has to do with how easy he makes skating look while someone like T funk makes skating look very difficult. No hate to T funk he’s unbelievably talented, but yeah.

[@JRosinGanj]

I am so fucking happy for an upload, im took a fat bongrip for this one.

[@ricky713]

mark suciu gotta keep his shirt on, dude lookin like a Goya painting (in a scary and negative way)

[@LouisT1990]

Dude really put himself at #5 of his soty list smh 😂

[@johnwilliams1620]

Noseslide dressed like a nose blunt with Berle is priceless

[@zackwyrmblood]

Such a cool minions pic. It's like he heard "Okay!" so he looked back to say "bruh......."

[@arizonaanalog389]

Jesus tater that minions picture 😭🤣 I was not prepared for that

[@Chilimane]

You described nyjah perfectly in this video especially the career mode lol

[@ThePoilkjmnb03]

"Not that I even know what my vote does, not that any of us know what our vote does" aged beaauuuuuutifully

[@jackhignell2431]

TJ Rogers’ part was on another level. What are you smoking

[@cluurinsebyrum6317]

Facts

[@brainglow_lightbright]

So much respect for Tonneson. Still have his SOUR board with the 90’s & Great White Shark graphics. It was a gift so I waited to skate it

[@IamSoEasy47]

I totally agree on Nyah's style. something about the competition training makes you lose all your steez

[@lepoopy6645]

Lance Mountain is the best I've heard talk on this. It's because comps try to freeze frame "what is hip" in skateboarding at the time. But since skateboarding is constantly progressing, these comps cannot keep up. And by doing so they create an "end goal" for all skaters who want to be comp skaters. They must be robotic, consistent and doing tricks judges deem worth points. It's all constricting to the free nature of skating and produces these kids who can do insane tricks but have no creativity or flare to their riding. If you look through the history you see these formulas have about a 10-15 year cycle before becoming completely irrelevant and lame.

[@CoreZoomer]

Quality should matter, not just quantity of footage. Austin Kanfoush for SOTY

[@Hoodinator17]

Who ? Lol

[@wackabug]

who?

[@Jordi_Llopis_i_Torregrosa96]

@@Hoodinator17 my man thinks saying who to Austin Kanfoush is a burn lmao, you're only making yourself look like an ignorant, L

[@BeingIntegrated]

Agree that Tfunk is the current front runner... now he just has to drop 3 more parts at the end of the year to seal the deal.

[@hippywolf]

Mango has been on his own thing since I saw him on that SLAP one in a million thing.

[@TimHesse]

The Mikey Taylor 'This is how you retire by 40' ad following this video (for me) was amazing).

[@enterjoyce.1927]

dane brady and mango are the definitive shaped board riders

[@AcoteSounds]

Agree with the majority of all this! But I would of loved a Felipe Bartolomé mention, that free skate mag part was wild.

[@ianblackburn2645]

Jamie Griffin definitely is gonna be skater of the year 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@napoo454]

Soty will have those damned shoes on, those caroombas

[@nonessentialoils]

Solid list. Glad you showed some love to Shane Farber and Jake Anderson.

[@jdeeznutz3968]

Wade has black belt in karate, hence his discipline in skating

[@pillows.pillows]

Jeez bro the wub wubbing number transitions have jumpscared me twice now and I’m only 10 mins into the video

[@getbuckgetbuck]

Tristan is untouchable he's a solid #1 pick and deserves it although he doesn't seem mainstream enough to fit SOTY

[@TonyDelTaco]

Nah thrasher likes the gritty little rats

[@HomieCantCommunicate]

he’s got it for sure. PEDLOW GANG ✨🙌✨

[@BlxkLavender]

Wade is such a genuinely nice dude too. ive had multiple conversations with him on IG and hes just so genuine and appreciate of the people who support him. Id love to see him get his flowers

[@Jacob-sk2xf]

thankyou for this, I’ve been so lonely

[@chases.536]

I feel like Kader could be in the conversation of top 10

[@bodymechanics9211]

LOVE your take on SOTY!

[@YouDontCare]

I don't think putting an image in the beginning of the minions crashing into the twin towers is a good way to keep your video monetized, gifted LOL

[@Rolf17]

He does it for the culture, not the cash 👑

[@ColinPeterikMusic]

Funny tho

[@paulocostaswine.1909]

The U.S government did it anyway why does it matter.

[@wackabug]

@@paulocostaswine.1909 spotted the shane dawson viewer

[@paulocostaswine.1909]

@@wackabug not really that conspiracy was probably going around before he was on KZbin but nice try.

[@fkylw]

Shane is like the kid in middle school who's watched too much Thrasher YT chan and wants to be T-funk but is like .0001% of his ability.

[@juancarlosguantanamera7442]

Dude I love the exact same thing about tfunk, his clips never stop, like after the trick he's still charging to the next obstacle

[@SayornSous]

Good morning queen!!

[@kevinmitchell4205]

Apparently Marc Johnson filmed a shit load of footage during the Fully Flared that never made the video. I think he had like 15 min of extra footage to spare

[@Sidewalk_Hellscape]

Yeah T-funk living in SF and hanging With the GX guys has evolved him into this.

[@Markcurb]

Good list, TFunk definitely got the style and aggression

[@christofferaikin7381]

“Where mark went to school” made me cackle.

[@BIMONLAKI]

You’ll be my SOTY when you drop a part

[@noahdoerksen1908]

TJ Rogers Disrespect, so far one of if not the best part of the year (no matter what you think of his pants) and battling cancer right now

[@BeingIntegrated]

OK but what do you think about TPud's new part?

[@pinkfolderfilmhouse3862]

this is the beginning of ESPN Sports recaps lol

[@krimznrubi1930]

Good Video, i appreciate your work on this! I really like, that if you forget to mention something, to just add it later in the edit

[@robertjr8474]

homie really copped the chris milic glasses lmao

[@jim_carry]

carlos? i sleep 😴 jake and mango? hella woke 👀

[@lukekieselburg633]

Chris on pyramid country is peak skating

[@mr.e8561]

Nijahs the super Saiyan of the prime Zero era of skateboarding. Your attention for creativity, imagination, & environmental awareness is such a growing part of skateboarding that its just a matter of time before someone that represents this genre wins S.O.T.Y.

[@oopsydaizi3s824]

That soty you discribed sounds like Suciu

[@mr.e8561]

@@oopsydaizi3s824 Less freestyley tech, more speed & power, transition skill, improvisation. Less premeditated & choreographed.

[@varneycantodea237]

Love your channel man!! Keep up up great work!!! Much love bro!!!

[@slosher6394]

Gifted haters becoming more of a gifted lover and I'm for it. Vid has good vibes and good takes and great critiques

[@kus88]

Jesse Boudreau please acknowledge him

[@johnpapiomitis9248]

Anyone else notice how the 10% Nick Garcia can do without is 90% Dan Corrigan

[@SquaredCircle777]

That weird Ollie in Nick's part should be called a Neanderthollie

[@notbrookswood]

I would have thrown Rowan into this list. He had an awesome part in the other Baker video

[@peruperu-jj8zs]

I’m a bit surprised you liked the feeble to 50-50 grind. 50-50 seems unnecessary. I feel like It doesn’t really add any difficulty or style.

[@didrik901]

Yeah that trick is horrible

[@berrybestlifestyle9188]

Not a fan at all of combo grinds on handrails

[@boexeman]

thank you for taking the time to add the "bwink" to the Milic part.

[@mikehunt2950]

we’re not gonna talk about the minions going toward the twin tower in a plane?

[@gatorxanax]

If curren was on some nutty shit I feel like he could pull off the China banks ollie

[@armin38822]

every other skater at the park tomorrow : '' I think T-Funk is soty thus far ''

[@crisscass25]

Bruh, those banks are so fucking steep too. In fucking sane

[@quarter_cab]

Definitely a Nyjah realist lmao. I'm glad somebody said it

[@ethandouglasherholdt8926]

i need a tfunk rough cut

[@joemoneymondays]

Wtf. You want him to do what?????

[@ethandouglasherholdt8926]

@@joemoneymondays need raw clips bozo

[@sgw8707]

Chris is the picasso of skating lol

[@lilschrager]

gorilla grip is what that weird hop over the table was.

[@SquangSkateboards]

what if gifted hater and chris 'manjo' milic are actually the same person?

[@HomieCantCommunicate]

mango 🥰🥰🥰