Hot Osis contest - Taylor won

RawSko · Post by **RawSko** » 30 Apr 2008 18:06

Post your entries for the Hot Trick Comp in this thread. I'll post mine when I get up tomorrow morning.

Starting on may 2nd, (all the vids should be in by then) people should rank each vid based on their oppinion of who's looks the best. 1st being best... the person with the lowest score, as of May 8th wins!

that's all I can think of right now...

may the best man win!

Final Results:
1. Taylor
2. Zac
3. Eoghan
4. Andrew
5. Ben

C-Fan · Post by **C-Fan** » 30 Apr 2008 18:33

Wait, what? Could you explain the rules more clearly?

Post by **Zac Miley** » 30 Apr 2008 18:35

It's in online comps, Ken.

King Monkey · Post by **King Monkey** » 01 May 2008 01:11

So this topic should be in Online Competitions forum too, no? Anyone object to that?

EoghanMcDowell · Post by **EoghanMcDowell** » 01 May 2008 06:43

Heres my entry

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqqikRqyW_o[/youtube]

Eskimo Joe · Post by **Eskimo Joe** » 01 May 2008 09:49

Here is my entry. Not the greatest osii from me, but these are the ones I filmed for this.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7s0US4ioWc[/youtube]

RawSko · Post by **RawSko** » 01 May 2008 13:15

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=c-pN4NfabLk[/youtube]

here's mine.

Post by **Zac Miley** » 01 May 2008 14:05

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rakOOOjjAA4[/youtube]
Es mio.

Matt K · Post by **Matt K** » 02 May 2008 12:37

1. Eoghan
2. Zac
3. Andrew
4. Ben

Post by **Zac Miley** » 02 May 2008 12:37

We're supposed to judge these now right?

Well, all of this is my opinion on style preference so don't take any of it personally. I would say that I like mine the best though. Only because I'm so pretty.

I like Eoghan's the next best. I think the set out of them is a bit too close and a bit too far behind you, though. I also don't really like the super scoop feeling of the crank and stuff. You can't fix that though and once again it's only preference. Your form is fine, you have the proper knee cushion and such.

I like Ben's next. They're really unique. A lot of people said that they didn't like them in one of your past vids I think? They just have the cool pre-scoop thing. I don't think many other people do them quite like you.

And Andrew's. I think they look fine, like nobody is going to call you out on having horrible looking osii or something, but I just think they don't look polished. It's probably just playing time, eventually they'll look great.

Fun contest Ben. What's the next one?!

TayChaint · Post by **TayChaint** » 02 May 2008 14:42

Is it too late to enter?

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=CjWvcJQU5VI[/youtube]

zeroman13 · Post by **zeroman13** » 02 May 2008 14:53

Taylor's!

Hand's down!

She wins!!

EoghanMcDowell · Post by **EoghanMcDowell** » 02 May 2008 14:58

I was hoping for more people to participate, oh well. Thanks for holding the comp anyway Ben, there should be way more little comps like this happening, i think they're more fun. Ideas for next Hot Trick Comp

Drifters

Dynos

Atomsmashers

Side to Side Clippers

Alternating Outside Kicks

Ducking Clippers

Ripwalks

Legovers

Pickups

Just throwing out anything i can think of, just ideas.

oh yeah, heres my rank for the osii

1.Eoghan
2.Taylor
3.Zac
4.Andrew
5.Ben

there ya go.

calemccoy · Post by **calemccoy** » 02 May 2008 18:30

1)yogan
2)zac
3)taylor
4)ben
5)andrew

atosmashers and ripwalks would be sweet! i really want to see that.

RawSko · Post by **RawSko** » 02 May 2008 21:41

double post

RawSko · Post by **RawSko** » 02 May 2008 21:42

my comp is being retarded right now. I'll post my rankings tomorrow.

Matt, if you want to vote again and include Taylor's entry in your ranking scheme, your oppinions will be included in the scoring of the event. Sorry to ask you to do it again...

Post by **Zac Miley** » 03 May 2008 06:26

Wow, beautiful osii Taylor.

Here are my new rankings:

1. Taylor
2. Zac
3. Eoghan
4. Ben
5. Andrew

zeroman13 · Post by **zeroman13** » 03 May 2008 07:58

Here's my full ranking's for this;

Taylor
Zac
Andrew
Eoghan
Ben

RawSko · Post by **RawSko** » 03 May 2008 08:24

I like Zac's idea of explaining his choices.

I don't like the idea of everyone voting themselves as the best, but I prefer a smoother, more flowwy osis and must therefore rank myself as #1. Vasek showed me his preferred osis motion (without the bag) and whether he meant to do it the way I do it or not, this is my interpretation of it, and I like the way it's headed... needs some more refinements, but I actually like the idea of pulling the osis a little more than average. (watching it again, I think maybe I'm catching the bag too close to my support leg and cushioning it too much with my knees... I'll work on that. Any other critiques?)
1. Ben

My favorite osis out of the whole comp (including all of my own) was Zac's first osis before the actual 4 that counted.

It really reminded me of Matt Cross (in fact, with the low quality picture, lack of light on your face, and the hat; I thought you were Matt Cross at first). You have that smooth flowwy osis that I like. I think it's made choppier that it has to be by just a little too much upper body motion... I think this is what I'm seeing. Maybe it would be even smoother if you trusted it a little more, rather cranking around so much to look at it. I think maybe you're hopping a little bit too much. Lots of hop makes your shuffle (and pretty much the rest of your game) look bouncy and energetic, but osis (IMO) should be more chill. It's just a thought. I dunno. Do 'em more like that first osis, man! It was so good...
2. Zac

(Plural of Osis is Osises, as Thesis = Thesises. Plural becomes i when the last letter before the s is u -- ex: cactus = cacti) <--I'm pretty sure

Andrew's osises were a bit varied. I think one of them was a bit of a slop (compared to the others) in order to regain balance. I liked your 1st, 2nd and 4th, but I think you whipped yourself around a bit too much for the 3rd. I like the flow that the rest of your osises had. I almost ranked you second, but I think the 3rd osis throws off the pattern of nice chill osisizing you had going.
3. Andrew

More good flow from Taylor. I liked your osises (cought) on your left foot best. I think your knee position is cramping your form a tiny bit, hence the 4th place rank, IMO. Maybe try waiting for the bag a little more before you turn, too. ...that's how I like osises anyway. There are different perceptions (obviously) of what makes a good osis. I think that a choppier osis (like with an equaly substantial amount of time between set>turn>catch) is prolly more functional (alot easier to set out of... although I think it's harder to learn osis that way), it's just my personal preference of smoother, pullier osis (like with only a fraction of the time between the turn>catch as there is between set>turn. ie: you almost catch the bag before you turn). Anyway, good entry. Thanks for competeing
4. Taylor

Eoghan's osis perfectly embodies a highly functional osis. I wouldn't exactly call it choppy either. I think your crank makes it look better. I'll bet you could learn stepping out of osis and zooming sets alot more easily out of that osis than out of a pullier (more pulled) osis. I do, however, think that it would look better if you waited until you had nearly caught the bag before you turned, and you pulled the osis a bunch more. People often try to avoid pulling dexes and stuff, but I think it makes an osis look better... it's purely an issue of aesthetics. Your osis were very consistent though, and your body motions seemed to flow... It's just the issue of where/when you caught the osis and when you turned that take away from it, IMO.
5.Eoghan

but it's all good. I've heard a lot of people say that my osis is crap and that I need to change it... so, everyone, take my advice/critiques with a grain of salt.

Post by **Zac Miley** » 03 May 2008 09:11

I like pretty bouncy/choppy looking osises (sorry

). I think I got it from watching a lot of DC footage.

It seems like everybody has a different view on these, it's pretty interesting. Also, I'm surprised nobody did osis>far osis rpt just to be a dick.