-It was a lot less "bigged up" than the UK Tour, but at the same time all the planning was done better.
-Obviously there was no XSVPro doing all the videography. John Radtke was doing filming for Razor and something which looked like Television coverage was there as well. Phillip Long was also there filming and he's known in the US for doing great edits, he was filming for ELYTS.
-NO DISNEY XD!!!!!!!!!!
-NO DISNEY XD!!!!!!!!!!
-The judges were SCOOTER RIDERS. In the UK it consisted of Terry from Mutts (UK managing director) Martin Kimbell (only scooter rider; uk OG) Phil Grice (RareBreed Sports) and some BMXers (with some ins-and-outs inbetween). The USA judges were Alex Steadman, Dylan Kasson, Kody McQueen and some other guys, positioned with about 20ft of space inbetween them; no debate or discussion took place at all.
-The prizes were more legit:
UK:
3rd=£50
2nd=£100
1st=£200
USA:
5th=Trophy, T-shirt and $100
4th= Trophy, T-shirt and $200
3rd= Trophy, T-shirt, Razor Bag and $400
2nd= Trophy, T-shirt, Razor Bag and $600
1st= Big Trophy, T-shirt, Razor Bag and $800
- ^ From above, you can gather that the top 5 riders were paid out as well as the top 3, and the top 10 riders were announced so they could receive some props. You may have also gathered that there would be absolutely no point in giving away stock Ultra Pros!
-ALL Pro riders got two 90 second runs, there was no qualifiers. There was 31 Pro riders in total so the timing wasn't too bad.
-Best one yet..... THERE WAS NO BASTARD FOGHORN!!! haha.
-Madd Gear USA riders Capron Funk and Tyler Bonner were allowed to go, hmmmm...
-There wasn't a 2 minute gap in between each rider. Before all the runs, every rider went to the place where they wanted to start, all they said was your name and you'd drop in on your own time, there wasn't anything like "three...two....one..... your 90 seconds starts now" hahaha. It didn't announce sponsors or anything, people just knew who everyone was.
All the riders had to sign 3 waivers asking for the same information haha
One of the best things.. the only queues were for food from the on-site fast-food kiosks and registration tent (both of which were very short queues)
The riding was about 10 times more legit, haha.
There was no inflatables and vinyls, but instead, a legit Gazebo.
People weren't just out there riding, it was a hot day, a lot of people were chillin'
But yeah that's about it for differences. Top 10 Results are as follows:
10th- Chris Hart (ELTYS, District) Aus
9th- Dom Olorenshaw (Razor, Scoot-Mag) UK
8th- Capron Funk (MaddGear) USA
Tied 6th- Jason Beggs (Razor) USA and Cooper Klaar (Phoenix) USA
5th- Cory Vanlew (ELYTS) USA
4th- Chris Gascoigne (Razor) USA
3rd- Cameron Ward (District, Eagle) USA
2nd- Raymond Warner (Scooter Zone) USA
1st- Dakota Schuetz (Kota Sports) USA
I myself managed to rank 15th place just behind Zig Short so I was pretty pleased :3 For me, one of the highlights of the day was chillin' for a while with Zig. Picked up the ELTYS Bagpack (which is one of the first in the UK being used by a rider) Someone who I enjoyed chillin' and riding with was Corey Funk, younger brother of MGP's Capron Funk- shredding up the box and a genuinely nice kid. Addict didn't show up to the competition but I'm sure they would've certainly made a difference to the results. My first run wasn't too bad, I bailed my last trick which was then I discovered that the ground was so hot, not only does the friction cut you when you fall, but the hot ground also burns you at the same time. NOT cool...
There was also a best trick contest which I entered with a Fastplant frontflip- I tried 3 times. The first time I over-rotation and rolled away holding on the bars with my legs scraping across the floor. the second time I lost the scooter and it hit me on the head. and the third time my foot slipped off. It was a shame for me but the prize money was well deserved between Tyler Bonner and Raymond Warner. (I think) Tyler did a triple tail-whip over this BIG channel gap and I'm not sure what Raymond did.
Throughout the day, a lot of us were chilling at the Razor Gazebo where there were fresh fruit and vitamin water to enjoy. We also got an early look at the Razor Trophies that were on show, as well as the Razor bags being given away as prizes. I'm not sure when the bags came around but they certainly looked legit. I doubt they held scooters since ELYTS have a patent pending on that, but I wouldn't mind one for use. :') Just before the drive home we each got given some Equilibrium bands to wear when we ride.. (I notice their fashionable and Heather is trying to convince me that they really do work!) :')
Afterwards we ate at a place called BJ's. Phoenix got us a table which was super cool of them. Josh Kish came over to chill for a while. I got a Phoenix cap from their manager which I was stoked about. Lil Jonny ordered one of the most expensive things on the menu which wasn't too cool. After that we headed back to the hotel for some much needed rest. Tomorrow is our last riding day which is at Venice Beach. I'm sure it'll be awesome!!!
-The prizes were more legit:
UK:
3rd=£50
2nd=£100
1st=£200
USA:
5th=Trophy, T-shirt and $100
4th= Trophy, T-shirt and $200
3rd= Trophy, T-shirt, Razor Bag and $400
2nd= Trophy, T-shirt, Razor Bag and $600
1st= Big Trophy, T-shirt, Razor Bag and $800
- ^ From above, you can gather that the top 5 riders were paid out as well as the top 3, and the top 10 riders were announced so they could receive some props. You may have also gathered that there would be absolutely no point in giving away stock Ultra Pros!
-ALL Pro riders got two 90 second runs, there was no qualifiers. There was 31 Pro riders in total so the timing wasn't too bad.
-Best one yet..... THERE WAS NO BASTARD FOGHORN!!! haha.
-Madd Gear USA riders Capron Funk and Tyler Bonner were allowed to go, hmmmm...
-There wasn't a 2 minute gap in between each rider. Before all the runs, every rider went to the place where they wanted to start, all they said was your name and you'd drop in on your own time, there wasn't anything like "three...two....one..... your 90 seconds starts now" hahaha. It didn't announce sponsors or anything, people just knew who everyone was.
All the riders had to sign 3 waivers asking for the same information haha
One of the best things.. the only queues were for food from the on-site fast-food kiosks and registration tent (both of which were very short queues)
The riding was about 10 times more legit, haha.
There was no inflatables and vinyls, but instead, a legit Gazebo.
People weren't just out there riding, it was a hot day, a lot of people were chillin'
But yeah that's about it for differences. Top 10 Results are as follows:
10th- Chris Hart (ELTYS, District) Aus
9th- Dom Olorenshaw (Razor, Scoot-Mag) UK
8th- Capron Funk (MaddGear) USA
Tied 6th- Jason Beggs (Razor) USA and Cooper Klaar (Phoenix) USA
5th- Cory Vanlew (ELYTS) USA
4th- Chris Gascoigne (Razor) USA
3rd- Cameron Ward (District, Eagle) USA
2nd- Raymond Warner (Scooter Zone) USA
1st- Dakota Schuetz (Kota Sports) USA
I myself managed to rank 15th place just behind Zig Short so I was pretty pleased :3 For me, one of the highlights of the day was chillin' for a while with Zig. Picked up the ELTYS Bagpack (which is one of the first in the UK being used by a rider) Someone who I enjoyed chillin' and riding with was Corey Funk, younger brother of MGP's Capron Funk- shredding up the box and a genuinely nice kid. Addict didn't show up to the competition but I'm sure they would've certainly made a difference to the results. My first run wasn't too bad, I bailed my last trick which was then I discovered that the ground was so hot, not only does the friction cut you when you fall, but the hot ground also burns you at the same time. NOT cool...
There was also a best trick contest which I entered with a Fastplant frontflip- I tried 3 times. The first time I over-rotation and rolled away holding on the bars with my legs scraping across the floor. the second time I lost the scooter and it hit me on the head. and the third time my foot slipped off. It was a shame for me but the prize money was well deserved between Tyler Bonner and Raymond Warner. (I think) Tyler did a triple tail-whip over this BIG channel gap and I'm not sure what Raymond did.
Throughout the day, a lot of us were chilling at the Razor Gazebo where there were fresh fruit and vitamin water to enjoy. We also got an early look at the Razor Trophies that were on show, as well as the Razor bags being given away as prizes. I'm not sure when the bags came around but they certainly looked legit. I doubt they held scooters since ELYTS have a patent pending on that, but I wouldn't mind one for use. :') Just before the drive home we each got given some Equilibrium bands to wear when we ride.. (I notice their fashionable and Heather is trying to convince me that they really do work!) :')
Afterwards we ate at a place called BJ's. Phoenix got us a table which was super cool of them. Josh Kish came over to chill for a while. I got a Phoenix cap from their manager which I was stoked about. Lil Jonny ordered one of the most expensive things on the menu which wasn't too cool. After that we headed back to the hotel for some much needed rest. Tomorrow is our last riding day which is at Venice Beach. I'm sure it'll be awesome!!!
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