It's finally here! Awesome.
Mad props to Kevin for slaying the beast using only his toes
My thoughts on Novice entries. I HATE ranking people because it's so psubjective. Personally I'm a fan of cleanly executed tricks over ones where the person overextended themselves to hit something that's beyond their normal ability. I also think bothsidedness is important for sick 3s. Everyone hit fairly big stuff, novice was defintiely more competitive than it has been in the past. Please no one be offended, here's what I thought.
Novice Sick 1:
Alan: Toe-ducking Whirl: I think you should have submitted a different move like one of your dynos. The duck wasn't clean (def too high) and the whirl was sketchy/thin. If you want to learn ducking, learn it from clipper first. Nice attempt, but I think you should have submitted something else. rank #6
Me: PDX DLO: Hey, I thought it was well executed, but maybe the set was a little high. Thoughts? I give myself #2 (but I'm biased)
Ben M: DATW-out. Well executed, very clean, deep dexes. Good job. Next time hit a 4
I'm a fan of clean stuff though, I liked this entry. Rank #3
Carlos: Diving Mirage. Creative move, definitely a difficult 3. Dive was a little high, (not too bad tho) and the mirage was a tiny bit rakey. Props for not selling out and going for a tough 3 rather than an easy 4. rank #4 (go for ducking pdx mirage, that's a fun 4).
Julien: Smog: Awesome. Almost textbook. 3 clean dexes. You win. #1
Matt: Dimwalk: Hard to see this move with the bag against your black shorts. I would say get the pixie a little higher and more towards where your butterfly would be so you can just fall into it rather than chase it into a sketchy butter at the end. Easy/common 4-add IMO. #5
Novice Sick 3:
Alan: Far Osis > Infinity > Stomping Far Dyno. Good execution, form was very good. Also, very controlled. Mostly right clipper and first two moves were BOPs. The last trick was DOPE though. rank#5
Me: Rip > DLO > Symp pixie. Basically what I was trying to do here was use all 4 std surfaces, both toes, both clippers. Also, no BOPs, kept it genuine. I could have done two 4s in the combo but chose to go genuine/bothsided instead. How was my form? Thoughts? I'd say it was a toss up between me and Michael. #1 or #2 (but again, I'm biased)
Ben M: Symp mirage > clip > ducking clip > Osis. Did anyone else notice that this was a sick 4? Symp mirage was hit very clean and tight, nice job. The ducking clipper needs to go over the back of your neck instead of your head, you didn't really duck at all, but it wasn't high or anything, B minus. Osis looked alright. Good control overall, but this wasn't actually a sick 3 so I really can't rank it.
Carlos: Ducking Clip > Pdx Mir > Xbd Rake. Even though the camera is kinda sketchy with the glare, examining closely I could see this was hit well. The duck was right over the back of your neck, very clean. Relax a little more on pdx mirage, it shouldn't be such a strenuous move, still hit pretty well though. Try magic hopping, turning the hips towards the bag 45ish degrees to make the pdx mirage smoother. The xbd rake was solid. Good job on using 3/4 surfaces and hitting everything clean. Next time film in a spot without glare though if you can. I like this entry a lot, but other people did go bigger. rank #6
Cody: Eggplant > Tapdown > Spinning Butter. I'm a big hater of one-sidedeness so this did not rank well with me. Only one foot was used for delays, and there were a couple repeats, two of the same atomic sets then two of the same butters. Good execution on the first 2 moves. The spinning butter was alright, but you should be able to spin the full 360 degrees, or at least close to it. The 270 spin was points off in my book. Work on developing your flipside. Try to use all 4 surfaces next time instead of just 2. rank #4
Kyle: Blur > Butter > Diving Osis. Good job on using 3/4 surfaces. The stepping set was kinda slurry. Work on setting the bag more straight up to more where your junk is rather than setting at a 45 degree angle. It should be a pivoting of your hips
turning outward instead of shooting them out laterally. It's not clean and it made you really have to shift funny to snag the blur. Butter was a std butter, not much to say there, you were able to hit it well despite coming out of a sketchy first move. The dive went off camera so it was a little hard to see all of it but it looked pretty good IMO. The osis was a little stabby, but you still got it. Good job overall. #3
Matt: Mirage > Butter > Osis. Good execution. The osis was a little scoopy but other than that good job. Try slowing down the motion a little more and it will be more controlled and easier to hit stuff out of for runs. Hit a guiltless combo next time! Ranked #7 but only because everyone else busted bigger.
Michael: Drifter > Pdx drifter > Torque. All the moves were very clean. Excellent job. Form was textbook. Try picking a more varied combo next time. It was almost all right clipper and the right foot drifter was a repeat. Next time try to use all 4 surfaces. I'm torn to give either me or you rank #1
Max and his judging team!
Lol , i don't know what's happened to me , maybe because i've tried hardly like one hour to hit it cleanly. Sorry guys , next time i won't do the same. 
