Mano A Mano 2023 - Round 1 - Men's: Chris Gregson vs. Andy Anderson

[@Redn87]

Right On!!! The basic stalls they do ( rock and roll, tail stall, 50/50 stall) to get set up for their big trick, are what my friends and I do when playing skate. Those are our big tricks.

[@chyeaOGKush]

lmao 100%

[@gabaghoul23]

that dudes legs are taler than his entire torso and head combined- teh LANK!! looks like a tuning fork while skating lol

[@DarkShadow-vg9dj]

for shu

[@vanillaicecream9126]

those all rock and roll and others are basic set ups tricks

[@bickcucks]

Front side flip disaster if im feeling brave lmao

[@KaiDown]

Definitely wasn't a gentleman's game, but neither of them seemed to mind that and it seemed like great vibes. Can't blame Chris for smashing out the FS flips either, there's not a single trick Andy does that's in anyone else's wheelhouse.

[@johnnyhammersticks88]

Andy is always on some bs in games of skate tho.

[@yyyobwoc]

@@dans2833I don’t agree with it but I get it. when going against a guy like andy you either gotta be just as versatile or you gotta win on whatever technicality you can get.

[@uncledaddyproctologist1325]

Cuz most of the tricks he does looks shit and isn't worth spending time learning

[@beatles42ohgg94]

@@yyyobwoc yeah, this reminds me of the straight 8 style skaters in a game of skate. ive always been bad at kick flips. so you could get 4 easy tricks on me in any game of skate. but if i get to set trick. ill do every shuv it, every 360. every tricks gotta be a banger when you cant land kick flips.

[@Svsuke369]

Andy is a genuine dude

[@jeffpineau2441]

The best line ever “new rule you gotta keep it in the transition… or you can transition out of this contest “

[@nothingnewtome1]

I disagree. Don’t stifle creativity. It’s like watching mma with people who don’t understand grappling and keep yelling “stand them up”. Like come on… let’s appreciate the full nuance of style.

[@frontsidegrinder6858]

Kickin Andy out is seriously a big thing!! Those FS Flip variations are totally impressive and clean on top. Wow, respect!!

[@SabiaCDO]

this comment showed up as first comment while the video was playing. this spoiled it bro... but besides that, you are absolutely right.

[@KaiDown]

@@SabiaCDO Never read the comments or look at the timestamps before watching MAM

[@SabiaCDO]

@@KaiDown I DON4T LOL. But I didn't go fullscreen and the comment was sitting there... it's the damn algorithm.

[@Mikeygrecordings]

@@SabiaCDO Yeah that's stung me a few times too. I've got into the habit of tryna hit fullscreen before ya eyes hit it lol

[@itmightgetdark]

Dude spoilers man!!!!

[@paulfield6815]

I half expected Gregson to be behind Andy with the follow cam footage.

[@SirSnipeSnipe]

When playing against andy i think chris had to play smart by doing frontside flips, everyone knows andy has the most unique bag of trick..chris had to get him out the only way he knew he could

[@Matthew-qf8bb]

i agree, but i think getting andy just one letter that wasn’t a fs flip would’ve been a lot better

[@keithstone6411]

It was honestly wack

[@TheGhostOfFredZeppelin]

@@Matthew-qf8bb Why? It's the whole point of the game to land tricks that your opponent can't, and I think the probability of Andy doing those fs flip variations is higher than Chris doing the crazy stuff that Andy does.

[@SirSnipeSnipe]

@theghostoffredzeppelin80 yea the tricks chris does are atleast name able, andy does stuff most skaters rarely see let alone have the chance to practice...andy was going to win for sure if chris didn't play cut throat...props to both skaters tho

[@ashleybrown4754]

@@keithstone6411 That was like finding out your opponent can’t double flip and doing every variation. Shit was super lame.

[@bushwickerman]

Sinclair sounding like a parent mediating the tailtouch lmao "-HE GETS IT"

[@Runduchess]

I personally feel like repeating a variation of the same trick and circus tricks both are frowned upon especially in a formal contest setting but in this case it made for an incredible game.

[@BartBoyBlu9234]

I feel like circus tricks are way more frowned upon than variation tricks. Just my opinion, but I can't stand watching Andy skate and since it's already so hard to judge skate contests, Andy often unjustly steals the show. Glad he's out so I can see some actually amazing tranny skating.

[@netzerish]

​@Bart Stepien so you prefer the same cookie cutter skateboarding that's been going on for years? Interesting, I think it's boring and predictable.

[@marty4382]

@@BartBoyBlu9234 weird take

[@SPINNINGMYWHEELS777]

I made a category of these 'special' clown show skateboarders , it's called Cirque de soiled. It's gotten to be silly. 🐒

[@TWN-nw4jd]

@@SPINNINGMYWHEELS777 that sounds hard af tho

[@АлександрЗеленков-в3я]

I nearly had a heart attack! The ending was killer.

[@gerardcuomo5693]

These first round match ups have been savage.

[@sheepzzztrickzzz]

Chris Gregson the hero we needed.

[@nickcalabrese4829]

Yes but it’s also fun to watch Andy just do the most bullshit tricks not really get why people are bummed on them lol. The swivel tricks he does are boring, but other than that it’s so entertaining to watch him. That blunt fakie? Come on that’s hilarious.

[@tyrone-dh6iy]

@@nickcalabrese4829 it might be funny if he didn't just try to claim his fs flip tail was legit right before that...

[@nickcalabrese4829]

@@tyrone-dh6iy It was a weird call, especially that late in the game, but didn’t change the outcome. Honestly I’m kind of cool with it even if it had. Games are boring when you just bank on one trick you know your opponent can’t do. At least when Andy does something stupid, it’s different each time. The one different trick Chris did, I really didn’t expect Andy to land, so when he did that was cool lol. And same when Chris did the silly blunt fakie. I think there was a game last season where Andy did a couple of those dumb swivel tricks where it’s just like blunt, smith, rock and roll type variations, and in the same way that was super boring.

[@chinesefoodbong]

thank god he won

[@tyrone-dh6iy]

@@nickcalabrese4829 yeah, the thing is though with andy you are certain to get one of those games. I'd take a fs flip barage over that extra spinny bs combo stuff. anyway, i'm glad that call didn't change the outcome of the game, as that would have been super unfair..andy id good enough he shouldn't need that kind of help from the judges

[@Reneskatefe]

There was absolutely no tailgrab at all 😂

[@jonasgeez2140]

That trick where Andy was on 2 wheels was sick

[@mercedes.c63_audi.q8]

Hahaha now we have an Andy Anderson rule... "keep it on the transition, Andy"

[@canadianoversee-r5937]

As a Canadian and a huge fan of Andy. I love the new rule!

[@adamcuthbert9498]

It's the Mano A Mano version of the "No Malto Manuel Sh*T" rule in Battle At The Berrics.

[@pi11sburydoeboy]

Andy is a G for calling his tricks out. That's how it should be for this game. That one girl was trying kickflip blunts and landed a kf rock instead and they used it as her trick.

[@roodaley]

Gentleman’s rules lol

[@jackske11ington]

i fully agree. calling your trick is how we always played skate

[@benj6107]

Also for calling out the fact that he touched the top of the board and didn’t grab the tail.

[@jbean9021]

You’re blind. It was clearly a kickflip rock fakie. No woman is trying kickflip blunt.

[@gustavorodrigues6882]

poser

[@cygasrapsodia]

it's lame when someone is doing a variations of a trick the opponent can't do

[@Menace_za]

That’s the point of the game😂

[@ntnnot]

@@Menace_za Right? 😄

[@cygasrapsodia]

@@Menace_za it's skateboarding, knocking down your opponent was never the point

[@wegnostyk60]

i mean, isnt Andy doing tricks that no one is even trying to do on a regular basis?

[@palestalemale8831]

​@@cygasrapsodiadoing tricks your opponent can't do is literally how you play Skate.

[@oswaldgarcia3407]

Gotta love Anderson’s INSANE creativity

[@ShroomSkateboarding]

Discovered Andy's weakness and used it against him to win the game, fair play! Dope game!

[@Stiffsen]

What's fair play about that? I mean, Andy at least threw in a couple of normal tricks into the mix, while he could just have thrown his weird trick repertoire at his enemy for a sure win. :-D

[@SPINNINGMYWHEELS777]

I'm just dumbfounded he's weak at frontside.. that's where you can really have control with air time

[@PinaBoards]

crazy that Andy can do almost any trick under the sun, but a common frontside flip that can be done by your local skatepark hero, is what takes him out

[@TheRealKizzle]

@@Stiffsen what normal tricks did andy do?

[@TheRealKizzle]

@@PinaBoards he can’t skate switch at all

[@jade8245]

Great vibes all around! Chris Gregson has such a good styleee. Glad to see him move forward. Shoutout to Andy for keeping it light hearted

[@uriahh6931]

A.. mono style.. you can say

[@bakuninRogers]

Damn, I thought Andy had frontside flips on transition.

[@Matthew-qf8bb]

i think it’s heels he has on lock

[@TheGollum619]

I think he has them down pretty good, saw him do em a lot. But the regular ones, not with disaster and grabs

[@StationaryRocketFlipChampion]

​@@TheGollum619 yeah you're right, Andy does them like Muska where they flip like hardflips or illusion flips. It's an awesome looking trick either way.

[@djsubliminalreeve]

I think jake wooten will probably win again now as he's just perfect on transition

[@timknapen]

What a game! Both sooo good ❤ let’s get a rematch every week?

[@tysonkturbo]

amazing game, I 100% agree with Sinclair calls, sick

[@alexandredoyen8227]

Andy got away with that front flip tail grab. Chris Gregson filming is one of the best things happening in skateboarding now

[@gumpydruckers7961]

That was absolute bullshit lol

[@jakesosa]

@@gumpydruckers7961games of skate on transition are different when it comes to defense bro.

[@basedanarchist422]

Andy did not grab his board on the 180 kick tail grab

[@skamarfire]

Call the FBI dude, let's riot!

[@adamcuthbert9498]

That game wasn't dirty, it was FILTHY!♥

[@saragurney352]

This kid is sick!!!!! He was super humble when me and my son met him!!!! What a G

[@adamtheis6662]

CG went for the jugular! def one of my faves of this series

[@pauliewalnuts5241]

Shout out to Chris Gregson for playing a great game ❤

[@eatassonthefirstdate]

dude button mashed fs flips as good a skater as he is that was pathetic. and I can't stand Andy or his style.

[@sk8_bort]

I'm so glad this went like that.

[@garyvoigt321]

This one was so fun to watch!!

[@JVICIOUS87888]

I know defense has a bigger margin for error but you should still have to grab. Justice was served in the end.

[@megaflux7144]

mano a mano vs andy must be a fight for your life situation right out the gate. well done chris!

[@moonbeam54321]

Absolutely dirty 😂 but fair play, Andys tricks would take out everyone otherwise!

[@vgrepairs]

Andy does Todd Falcon's tricks

[@benikita3383]

best match ive ever seen on Mano A Mano!!!!

[@mr_appreciated741]

Two of my favorite people.

[@superduperman7202]

Was that lame to repeat FS flip variations? I feel like it was. I also feel like Andy was looking for the kook award again as he amazing on mini ramp and that really didn't come across. Either way, just give the trophy to CRob for turning up and end this series.

[@aaronwebber523]

The only lame thing about this game was Andy Anderson!

[@benthomas1885]

Andy Anderson is so obviously the nicest guy. Kooky tricks but always having the best fun. Great to watch

[@holgerl.9666]

gregson and andy, best of the best!

[@kosmikvector4862]

I met Chris once in Paris at Vans park series event... he's a True Skateboarder & highly under estimated Trick & Ttransition maestro that was a well deserved Mano A Mano win....go forth "The Occult" is within you.

[@zyx777zyx]

And not to mention, the best transition filmer in the world

[@Baked_intell]

That drop in fakie 😂so worth it made the video

[@zyx777zyx]

The fact that Gregson landed it on defense was amazing

[@sleepworldwide4560]

Im honestly amazed the comments look like this considering yall bitched about carlin doing blunt variations and erick doing inverts.

[@hajidespiritosanto4989]

these two are amazing ❤

[@nah4got]

The blunt fakie with no transition 😂

[@zyx777zyx]

Gregson vs Anderson and Ebert vs Wettstein were by far the best games so far

[@ittwsasvi]

I read Albert vs Einstein LOL

[@explicittruth1471]

Gregson will be knocked out in the next round just doesn’t have enough up his sleeves so weird how ppl hate of Andy for inventing new tricks it’s almost like they don’t know how skateboarding started

[@DudeStone]

More Andy Anderson nind games love it!!

[@isaacbenrubi9613]

You know shit is about to get real when Andy busts the trick book out

[@jesusislord88]

Best one yet, love seeing Andy skate, and it was my first time seeing Chris. To me, even though it felt cheap to FS flip him constantly, he played smart and won. Andy should work on that trick, with all he can do and come up with, it truly surprised me that he couldn't do that trick of all tricks lol. Keep up the awesome work guys. 🤙

[@vgrepairs]

Andy is just a young Todd Falcon

[@tegridyw33d25]

So fun to watch! so nice dudes

[@AustinSanderson.]

I met Gregson at Sedona park and briefly skated a few mins with him. What an awesome guy he introduced himself to me

[@alexxustube]

Well played. Both of you! ✌️👏

[@Bakezor36]

Andy’s kickflip tailgrab should never have counted. 🤣

[@tobieone4918]

I don’t know why people are annoyed at Gregson. He did frontside flips cause he knew Andy was going to do all these stupid ballerina tricks. He played the game the same way Andy was playing it. Doing tricks they know the other person probably can’t do

[@drze7910]

So true! And Andy need to call he want to do "smith, blunt, smith revert out" because I think he's adding or deleting one of a trick in his stupid combo based on his balance and that's kind of cheating

[@CaitofFate]

Ngl a little upset at "stupid ballerina tricks" but when Andy's trick bag is as crazy as it is, and you only see him backside flip, there's one thing you gotta do

[@donovanhays]

It's the same reason people get mad when Andy wins but now it's some Andy fans that are mad. Some people just can't really grasp what's going on and they are upset so they say dumb stuff. Some people get mad that Andy does tricks nobody else does and others get mad when they see the same couple tricks over and over. What people need to do is stop getting butt hurt and just say "man I really wish I could see Andy play a game of skate against someone with similar style and tricks". Right now it's either Andy getting someone out with tricks they can barely even try or what happened here where someone finds something Andy isn't good at and does variations of that until he's out. Both of those scenarios are frustrating but it is a contest at the end of the day...

[@mattjohnson5735]

Your opinion is wrong

[@CaitofFate]

@@donovanhays I feel like a lot of people don't see (or were too upset to see) the awesomeness of a skater who frickin batmanned his opponent found his weakness and specialized in it. There is a beauty in seeing someone specialize while the other diversifies.

[@devinsinclair5254]

Was a great game.. very entertaining

[@olbuddydownthere]

This is AMAZING

[@CollinGill7]

i love when gregson is on the other side of the lens, dude shreds

[@le_tranq]

People saying Gregson's strategy was "wack" because it was "repeated" tricks... take the fsflip out of all those tricks and they are actually pretty different standard tricks many people do, just because Gregson is good and can do them really proper with a fsflip isn't his fault, if anything it just seems more impressive to me. Tell them to change the rules if you don't like the game. This is no different to regular flat ground skate where someone will identify the others weakness (switch shuv for example) and then just do every switch shuv combo; that's the whole point of the game. Andy should learn FSflips or do tricks Gregson can't do. You could also say a lot of what Andy does revolves around the same motifs to (stall, manual, rock things).

[@PaperCut2UGaming]

now that everyone knows he can't skate switch we won't get to see Andy as often.

[@jabbaughfc]

Wow! That did not go how I expected. I haven't seen Chris skate a miniramp before. Such smooth style. Andy was great as always, but I didn't think the match up would be as close as it was.

[@ijustlike0010]

I feel like Andy could've just gone big and finished him with a Madonna or something

[@andinarcadiai]

@@ijustlike0010 he's not going to finish a vert skater with a Madonna, lol.

[@MisterIkkus]

I'm a huge Andy Anderson fan and did find it lame that Chris only did frontside flip variations, but Andy only did his own brand of wacky tricks that no one else does or has maybe even seen. They both played it exactly the same, as far as I'm concerned.

[@tuskratscrew703]

you are extremely uninformed about mini ramp...disco lip variations are old af...gregsons tricks would actually be fun to learn and do and require a skill...sliding in and out of lip to axle to blunt combos is what everyone does waiting for the bus...hilarous that you think a real trick is lame, and stringing together a bunch of easy tricks is Quircky! and original...kids did all that in the 90's when 4 foot minis were de riguer

[@reportedstolen3603]

@@tuskratscrew703 get emm

[@MisterIkkus]

@@tuskratscrew703 Ok, calm down, bud. My intention was to say I think the way they BOTH played was lame. I didn't say Andy invented those tricks. I just like seeing variation and stuff the opponent has a chance to land. Chris's frontside flips were beautiful, man. 😂

[@bradfoster8146]

That was ridiculous. Such a crazy game

[@doggauu]

Very fun game to watch..

[@SplishMilos]

both were merciless love to see it, great game

[@asawolfe_]

Literally loved this

[@komoonkh]

Chris Gregson is the MPV. Sick skater and sick filmer. Andy is the mad scientist of skateboarding. And Tim annoys me as in every episode.😂

[@stevenimeson902]

That was a dope game of skate , Gregson that made me hyped brother

[@eatassonthefirstdate]

dude button mashed fs flips imagine if someone did that at the berrica quit acting like he ayed a good game he won like a sissy button mashing mortal Kombat 1 on SNES 😅 coward AF

[@eatassonthefirstdate]

and I hate Andy all day everyday AND I hate his style lol I wanted to see him lose, but not like this.

[@stevenimeson902]

@@eatassonthefirstdate it’s a tournament you do what can to eliminate your opponent find his weakness

[@eatassonthefirstdate]

@@stevenimeson902 dude u know damn well if a match like that was EVER on the berrics, the winner would get FLAMED for eternity. I think two ppl used to use hard flips like this on Koston it's the most cowardice, "I'm afraid" game I've ever seen and no making excuses or c0ck glazing can change that🤣lmfao and I hate Andys face n weirdo style so bad. I mean ya it's different but he was born in the wrong decade man. legit, he shoulda been born in the early or mid 70s . his skating would have FLOURISHED in the 80s n even early 90s when street was in it's infancy.

[@CollinGill7]

front blunt disaster revert was insane!

[@lionheartstanza]

that roly poly trick was one of the sickest i've seen

[@RedonRedGutta923]

That was a damn good match

[@jaygwynne6632]

Pure Entertainment

[@ryanrowe1975]

Andy Anderson is my favorite skater!

[@joerodriguez1797]

That was a flippin party!!!🎉❤

[@MediocreTCG]

Love Andy, but I like seeing him get beat at his own game now and then. Dirty game all around and i loved it.

[@kevinboundy]

Amazing.

[@MartinKohoutekchannel]

This was so fun to watch!

[@kylesalmon31]

Such great sports!

[@mytorment]

2:21 that backside revert to rock/D is my deathblow, Drew just keeps spinning, it's easy after hard or hard after easy

[@tins_world299]

I love this so much

[@zoltthebolt217]

when you get in the car and everything starts going off 😂

[@chris73brown]

That was great. Fun one

[@christianpudy4798]

What a game so sick

[@BRANANDOOOM]

Maaaan! This is definitely my favorite match so far this year! ❤

[@RodrigoMunhoz1]

Best battle 💯💥🤘

[@Prismdub]

"I can smell anything" 🤣

[@davidkraus4634]

I have no idea how to think of this game. But it was sick

[@elbobbygato4190]

Best one yet

[@NORFOLKIAN]

Used to not be a gregson fan but his skating/filming had been sick the past few years and getting even better

[@Awwquh]

I love the core transition skating so much, but I love when Andy skates in this comp cause it shows anything goes in this. This round shows you do whatever you can to win. Abstract tricks or front side flips 😂

[@BagelDaze]

These guys are wild

[@TrendyBromando]

Gotta love andy anderson his mom is proud of him for always wearing a helmet !!

[@Shotbymilk]

Y’all need to get instant replay 🥛😂

[@haydendunn8794]

“A courtroom sketch artist” 😂

[@GageTcoTEAM2TURNT]

So Gregson can front side flip.. and Andy Anderson can do every-single-other-trick! 😂

[@RobbieBeswick]

Counting that front kickflip tail grab is absolutely ridiculous, mayaswell pull the winner out a hat if you’re gonna have standards like that

[@healreadyleft]

Such a bag of tricks Chris, unbelievable!

[@netzerish]

What do you mean bag, they were all variations of the same trick. Maybe next round we'll see his "bag". All I saw was fs flip combos

[@aaronwebber523]

@netzerish and he beat Andy Andersons ass with those fs flips!

[@james-coble]

Andy is such a sweet guy. I love him 🔥 he is a great sport too

[@87morse]

the fact that andy anderson can not fs flip is blowing my mind

[@juanmanuelcoco]

EPIC!!!!!! strategy but clean gentlemen game

[@don2nd650]

Went stupid 🤘🔥

[@Drow98]

Kick fs rock out was my fav!