Tom Asta vs Sewa Kroetkov: Grand Finals CFS 2024

Filmed by: / dale_do
Filmed by: / willriemer
Filmed by: / nasteepimp
Filmed by: / rudygarciaphoto
Sewa: / sewakroetkov
Tom: / tomasta
Referee: / kellyhart
2024 Competitive Flatground Skateboarding (CFS) Tournament is an 8-skater double elimination* bracket style tournament
First place prize is $1,000
2nd place prize is $250
3rd place prize is $100
Bracket seeding placement is based on multiple factors including past performance in games of skate, other flatground footage, and how each skater ranks against the rest of the field, which optimizes competitiveness later in the bracket.
*Double elimination means each skater needs to lose TWO separate games before you're ineligible from further bracket progression:
Everyone starts in the major (winners) bracket for their first game (quarter-finals).
Losing the first game puts you in a minor (losers) bracket round 1, where you compete against the corresponding major bracket quarter-finals loser.
The two minor bracket round 1 losers are eliminated from the tournament, while the winners progress to the minor bracket 2nd round, and face the corresponding major bracket 2nd round (semi-finals) losers.
The two minor bracket 2nd round winners advance to minor bracket round 3, and face each other.
The minor bracket 3rd round winner advances to the minor bracket final, and faces the major bracket 3rd round (finals) loser.
The minor bracket finals loser gets $100 for 3rd place, while the winner ascends to the major bracket grand finals match, known as a penultimate 'if game'.
14-game scenario: If the major bracket finals winner beats the minor bracket finals winner in the grand finals match, the tournament is over and the major bracket grand finals winner is crowned the overall champion.
15-game scenario: If the minor bracket finals winner beats the major bracket finals winner in the grand finals 'if game', a second (15th total) game between the same competitors takes place, and whoever wins is crowned the overall champion.
One benefit of double elimination versus the traditional single elimination is that skaters are guaranteed an opportunity to skate against more than one unique competitor, and each have at least 2 chances to win $1,000 instead of just one.

[@resin420]

shoutout dumb data for doing an entire year of batb in like less than a week

[@imdurgesh9430]

Fr we need more like this

[@jPup_]

The berrics never realized how quickly they could do it if they just bought a soundboard

[@louisroth5941]

Yeah and it was cool that they added fun sound effects

[@memorysometimers3067]

Pretty sure this was all same day !? But yeah editing takes time.

[@illiturit1151]

So glad to have skated before scooters were popular.

[@danielblackburn8312]

What a great game. 2 legends skating and no Steve Berra in sight.

[@carnifex8]

I'd prefer Gifted Hater instead of Steve Berra. I know alot of ppl hate him (thats in the name) but i really find him so funny 🤣 GH as a commentator would be a blast.

[@danielblackburn8312]

@@carnifex8 you should check out YSL 1 and 2

[@thatguy5233]

Sewa's flat tricks are SO PROPER, like holy f.

[@thatguy5233]

and he genuinely makes a 540flip look like a basic trick...

[@petehurd5301]

Like everyone else does the trick, while he demonstrates the Platonic Ideal of the trick.

[@davecoppenrath]

Best style in the world in my opinion

[@felipeasesinado]

@@petehurd5301 this opinion is just fucked up, Sewa it's for sure the ideal deal.

[@manashieldworld]

discovered him through this... bro is insane

[@julianbrown6805]

I like how that scooter kid just adds to the list of obstacles for this game lol. Like now they have a crack in the ground, and a scooter kid to worry about.

[@NineteenEighty8]

Scooter kid did his best to avoid them and didn't seem intrusive to me. He even stopped once and watched to see where Tom Asta was going before he continued. Rare for a scooter kid(or any kid) at a park.

[@Unown638]

Makes it feel more like a boss battle 😂

[@shrizza]

Don't forget The Shadow.

[@commentator2.0]

Definitely made the game even better lol

[@tylergates4075]

And the letters keep flying off the board

[@ianstanley327]

Tom Asia played some crazy defense on this game though, getting both those late flips was nice.

[@mrburns805]

And the 540 flip. So hard to land one of those when you don’t practice them

[@malice4422]

Asia always pulling through. He has a deep bag

[@treeboi5546]

you should see the shit Tom Africa can do, next level imo

[@manashieldworld]

is this a common joke or you playing off the typo in the graphics? caught that too lol

[@andrewashford5617]

He’s the goat for defense! But nobody got a bag like Sewa 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽

[@Nick_Tank]

Keep this tourney going!!! Love the random assortment of people honestly! Seriously uploaded 2 seasons of BATB in a week/2 time is insane and keeps the engagement at its peak. The Berrics actually need to take notes

[@NineteenEighty8]

100%. I already rewatched the whole tourny and want more.

[@collinsjames7518]

The Berrics is dead

[@bimmersbbws6863]

having a consistent treflip, 3 shuv, 540 shuv, 540 flip, and tre double flip is insane levels of board control.

[@kingdomcoomies518]

Foreal he’s ability to control the spin is unreal just being it’s like he’s playing a video game

[@krusher181]

@@kingdomcoomies518I’m pretty sure he just presses a different combination of buttons for each trick. It’s not the same for him clearly

[@nivescasartelli7842]

Absolutely

[@LindyBum1147]

Dumb Data as a host, is refreshing. He doesn't seem to care about being in front of the camera and spotlighting himself. The skating and personalities of the competitors will bring on the good vibes. He just wants to put on a solid game of SKATE with a good crew. The medals and trophy, on top of the money, is a nice touch.

[@johanalden4637]

One of the best games I've viewed and the slow motion clips of great executions have EVERYTHING to do with it. Fucking GG, DD.

[@tylergates4075]

@@johanalden4637 I like the defensive subpar landings followed by "CLUTCH!"

[@willymartino]

I was gonna post my own comment in awe of this game but this sums it up perfect 🤌🏻 the level of skill and style is simply beautiful. Could watch that all day

[@wforbes87]

ima be playing all those "godlike" and "clutch" sound effects in my head the next time im stomping my easy noob tricks

[@austineittreim5085]

This was a fun watch. Pls do it again!

[@andyafi1]

You're the man for making this happen dumb data! Those were 2 spectacular b2b games!! Tom and Sewa's flat ground games are both unbelievably high calibre - and the slow mo allows every beautiful detail to be appreciated... Sewa's form with his tricks is literally perfection

[@masta182]

"You don't get that much at the Berrics", lol actually true. Great run from Sewa and through losers no less. No repeats on bracket reset was the right call. Really hope you can do this again with some improvements here and there because over all this was a lot fun.

[@colinredwood]

This contest really shows why the pros are pro. Tom and Sewa make tricks look so good

[@hobes9799]

Shout out data for putting this together

[@MauroskiSkates]

i love your idea of glorifying the steezy buttery tricks with the instant replay and slow-mo it captivates the true meaning of the word textbook. take notes kids.

[@JacobDrives]

I met sewa at 3rd and army a few years back , maybe 6-8 years ago. But I ate shi trying to 50-50 the high entreenace table there and then got back and did it again and v heeled out of a kicker at the end of the pier , then threw out a couple cool tricks in after. There’s was people there kind of fan boying over him , and I just left him alone. But when he left, he introduced himself to me, shook my hand and told me to keep skating, no one else got that. Which made me super hype. never forget moments like those with my piece of wood and some wheels. Shoutout sewa , he was wearing his red bull hat and he had a lady with him I imagine his gf or wife and she was decked out in a white designer dress . Then he left with her and a fire started which smoked out the pier and made the skaters have to leave. The. The fire truck showed up to put it out, lol never forgot that day in frisco forreal. It was so freaking cool. If sewa sees this, maybe you remember that day in San fransisco ?!

[@Emanuel88-_-]

sounds amazing

[@LordSwaggingtosh]

berrics will never recover from this emotional damage

[@evilfingerboards]

Asta has one of the best styles

[@tylergates4075]

That switch 3 flip

[@robguevara7]

*Asia

[@evilfingerboards]

@@robguevara7 Vs. Russia ;)

[@Yoeriskate]

Thank you for giving me some content I’m really excited about. Good guests, fast uploads GODLIKE soundeffects. We appreciate you man! ❤

[@citystars1117]

One of the best games I have ever seen.

[@robertblackmore703]

Killer. No repeats rematch definitely made it more interesting. This was a lot of fun to watch.

[@nicpete492]

hiding from my wife to watch this

[@nucleareggplants]

sewa was hiding those heel drags

[@aaronleghissa]

So I guess there was no Chris vs Zac?

[@Spridium1Jono]

lol. fk same here

[@nivescasartelli7842]

ahahah

[@cardiffsupreme]

Exactly as expected the two pros made the final 😂

[@DrewIsSharing]

when no repeat was suggested i got so excited lmao

[@emzz7358]

idk if it was you dumb data who did the editing, but whoever did, f*kin killed it, the sfx had me rolling and just overall improved the experience. sick job🔥👑

[@zkipa]

i agree, but we just need a little more variety i think, the soundboard has room for improvement

[@pedrotudoyt]

​@@zkipaWe need more 2012 Mlg style funny COD sniper montage sfx

[@imdurgesh9430]

@@pedrotudoyt 🔥 smoke weed evryday 🔥 😎

[@notnamed2598]

Bad take

[@sk8rissk8in]

its giftedhater style editing but without the giftedhater edge

[@Troymcballa]

The first match is one of the best games of skate I have ever seen. These guys are two of the best examples and positive role models in the skate community. So much respect.

[@jeffwonsong]

Wow that was insane!

[@lickerofwindows]

I like that they gave Tom the choice to do the five shove down the six stair as well hahaha

[@YorraPenae]

YOU CAN REACH THAT LEVEL TOO JEFF. GREAT PERFORMANCE MY G🔥💨🌊🪨

[@B3nny802]

Bro the Aaron Kyro bit in there actually had me laughing my ass off

[@atnupacas]

That was 🔥. All i want for christmas is to kickflip like Sewa.

[@mattmo2754]

Buddy had a whole variety of personalities, skill sets, and fame values. Diverse styles. No advertisements and got it done in a week 👏

[@charo703]

How fucking good are these guys that half the tricks have to be re-played in slo mo to fully appreciate it

[@taranmehta6356]

What a final bruh. Two goated ahh skaters. Joa’s random comments between tricks. Random dale spotted. W series Data

[@NineteenEighty8]

Hated to see one of them lose tbh. Amazing series DD, do this again! Really man, thanks you and all the skaters for this. Much love from Illinois. EDIT; Sewa's pop is sooooo high, I always wondered why he never does any type of late flips. He got the pop for it.

[@ThisNachoFriend]

Did you even watch the battle? He does several late flips

[@NineteenEighty8]

@@ThisNachoFriend Literally my point. He didn't do any in BATB(never on offense) but he's doing them now.

[@blotsmusic]

probably the best game of flatground skate in 2024, thank you guys for organizing and filming this

[@Jimzy28]

Do a few of these throughout the year! Fun to watch!

[@MartinKohoutekchannel]

Sewa is so PROPER it actually cant get any more perfect yet he doesn’t have that stale robot like style that some street league skaters have. This is pure perfection 🤩 Props to Tom Asia for rippin stylishly too🔥👍🏼👍🏼

[@iballer74]

Thanks for filling the gap! Polish will come with Time, No Cariuma, No Berra, No BS…well done.

[@MenekiNekoTunes]

Sewa most definitely has the prettiest flat ground game!!!

[@CollinGill7]

cool of you to not split it into 2 vids, thanks dd

[@Kallum]

This was unironically more fun to watch than BATB, the chill vibes at a normal skatepark but still exceptional skating. Big ups guys! Gefeliciteerd Sewa, ik ben niet verbaasd dat je gewonnen hebt

[@mmmulder]

aye this competition was real good fun. Sewa and Tom both with impeccable style

[@guillembuendia4925]

Thanks for making the finals no repeat 🙌🏽

[@Rexcelot]

They are absolutely disgusting at flat ground, what an absolute joy to experience these two battle it out. Thank you guys for taking the time out of your busy schedules to come together and put something awesome together like this.

[@somd.skateboard.association]

No repeat tricks was clutch 💥💥💥

[@aiokaio8791]

This whole thing was awesome, hope there's more in the future

[@post8103]

Shout out to the editor 😂

[@apprentice0ne]

this entire event was awesome. Was cool to see Sewa and Tom battle eachother, really surprised with tom's 540 flip, nollie/switch late flips! What am I going to do with my life now?

[@TheTjark57]

thanks @dumbdata, was entertaining and a fun selection of the best skaters and youtubers out there. The endgame was insanity. One of the sickest out there!

[@christianarnold2984]

Awesome contest, very chill. Great selection of skaters too. The bracket system with the second chances is dope. Filming and editing also very solid. Please keep this going. I could watch all day.

[@Dadbot]

LETS GO BOYSS! It’s time!

[@benmcreynolds8581]

Sewa and Tom might as well be video game characters 🕹️ and their game has amazing physics. This was the most amazing game of skate. Holy Bungus!

[@solidbluebrian]

The amount of steeze and proper with these two is freaking off the charts - so good! Love that they did a bunch of fakie variations on the 2nd round. No repeats is the way to go

[@Y2jblubb]

never stop, could watch this all day

[@daledecker]

What a game dude. You killed it with this one DD. Watching tom land the death blows that sewa was throwing out was nuts.

[@ColinBrunnemer77]

Love the no tricks repeated game I wish they did that more often. You should really do another one of these 🤞🏼

[@robertbarnhart7791]

What an amazing couple games. Sewa's tricks are perfection. Tom is a legend. Couldn't have asked for a better match.

[@tomasjenco5609]

had a ton of fun watching these, thank you for the amazing content with great editing and slowmos/hilarious adlibs, also all hail Tom Asta, the clutchest fr! ♥

[@FloatDown]

Tom lowkey kinda made this competition special. Just a chill af dude, seasoned pro, super humble with incredible defense and a surprising deep bag of tricks. And not a West Coast reg. I hope next editions keep coming with slightly unexpected and respected names like him

[@jameskazd9951]

both these dudes are absolutely incredible skaters, Tom failing and then roasting both late flips was awesome and Sewa doing tre doubles, 540 shuvs, and 540 flips seemingly as casual as a normal treflip is insane.

[@PipsClips]

Big Shout to all on board with this - great entertainment, Sewa is a beast.

[@BcottStudios]

Dope contest. Make it bigger and better. More skaters for sure!

[@FloatDown]

Loved it very much. The lack of slick production is great. Sewa earned every $. Tom is amazing. Thanks DD and Dale and Kelly and crew

[@GabrielPlays10]

It's honestly great that they were the two to make it to finals. The other guys are fun but seeing these two pros against eachother is better than any joke that could come out of the other matches

[@DeftilSteve]

great games. tom asia out here making his viewers proud. fun tournament. do another one soon.

[@goon3543]

the sound effects are such a nice touch.

[@chatnoir3773]

The sound edit every time that sewa made a 360 double flip is gold 👏 👏 👏

[@bayfrex]

Great competition. Sound effects were peak.

[@benjaminschweizer8764]

The menacing sound effect is SO SATISFYING.

[@danielsummerour]

This was so sick, great job with the consistent uploads and not making us all wait. Hope to see more of this in the future

[@WildNatureForce]

Real skateboarding in this tournament, no bullsht just skate. Good game.

[@aaroncrane5037]

Tom is the greatest with the sportsmanship.

[@Dearcommaspacevideo]

Tom’s clutch gene is unreal

[@bewatermyfriend7355]

Chris got the 100$ of Zach. lol Great event and thanks for the fast uploads. No wasting our time and no bullshit. The idea with loser bracket was also a great.

[@ottomanmatic]

Hands down the most fun ive had watching a series of skate. From the edits to the multiple angles to the interesting roster. It felt like there was lore and inside jokes developing throughout and it was sick. It was not only hard asf seeing these guys put down some serious bangers but it was funny asf w the edits and the lighthearted mood of it all. The commentary and reactions from the crowd surrounding the game was also funny asl mixed w the edits. It was funny and cool asf that the crowd was made up of mostly the cast of skaters as well. Giving my feedback cuz im hoping this happens again, w another interesting cast of skaters (or a repeat) from all different parts of the industry. The whole first game w jeff was hilarious and having gifted hater screaming "it counts" had me dead. Super funny entertaining and extrememly enjoyable to watch. ❤

[@NineteenEighty8]

We love ya' Dumb-dumb! Thanks bro.

[@onmykids]

Games were fire as fuck. Keep doing this. 🔥🔥🔥

[@ziggyjohnston5302]

We need more of this. These were better than anything the berrics did

[@rodrigofalln]

I really like those slow mo repeats thank you

[@kl5818]

The game we all waited for and than two 🤯👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@Wegaccount]

great end to a great series, incredibly clean couple rounds, shouts out to everybody who filmed edited and all that for an entertaining ass series I assume yall filmed in a few hours lol

[@CollinGill7]

my jaw dropped so hard when tom landed the 540 flip first try on defense

[@ericbarch]

Super fun contest. I don't think I can watch another BATB after this breath of fresh air.

[@nickhomiee]

Good job on orchestrating all of that! That shows if you work hard anything can happen and you even got Kelly the 🐐 of judging and making keeping és going.

[@nickhomiee]

And I hope the berrics just goes away and dumb Data can take over the game of skate space

[@ianclements47]

Thisbis amazing to watch. Sewa has an amazing technique. Asta too of course. They both got a new fan here.

[@ianclements47]

It's amazing to watch asta land these amazing tricks on second try that you didn't think he would pull off.

[@H2o3G2a]

The mom who let her kid go between you all, multiple times while she sat there deserves to go to jail.

[@mrboics]

Worthy finishing game indeed. Well played both lads. Sewa always epic.

[@jamesb507]

For once the hype meets the reality! Loved this series, watched every video.

[@wilka.04]

thanks dumb data!! that was so much fun!! we really needed content like these, i missed these game of skate. Looking forward to see something like that again (:

[@TxmmyBeats]

That was a great game 👌🏻 definitely do this again in the future

[@alexei4204]

half way through I think this series is just awesome.

[@SlampthChompth]

Insane game, glad they played no repeats, best way to do it. That pulling the medal out of the plastic baggy had me in tears

[@PanchoPantera96]

We’ll put together event Data. Good job overall! Please do it again! 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽

[@hospitalheel]

I loved that I knew everyone participating cool to see familiar faces together

[@Kinnijup]

Amazing job everyone! I'd love more of these!!

[@alexrekzu4079]

SEWA? more like say whaaaaaaa (so clean)

[@BabillonCaffe]

What a beautiful game. I hope you do more

[@ioj8426]

The sound effects are hilarious and awesome.

[@citystars1117]

The first kickflip Sewa does is the nicest kickflip I have ever seen.

[@jixqah3490]

This was fun to watch, please do it again! I loved the random selection of people, never thought I'd see Chris Chann and gifted hater together lol

[@Unown638]

This is the best and no weird berrics drama either🙏 thank you!!!! 🎉