The Baker crew was steady crushin’ it, with The Boss, Bryan Herman, and Figgy all qualifying for the finals. Crowd favorite Lizard King threw a backside 180 one foot over the rail along with a gang of other tricks, but wasn’t enough for him to qualify.
The level of skateboarding of the top 4 was beyond mindblowing. We’ve concluded that Felipe Gustavo, Ryan Decenzo, Micky Papa, and especially Luan Oliveira are from another planet. These guys are automatically seeded in the 2nd round of the bracket of tomorrow’s pro finals. Felipe’s flawless style and trick difficulty put him in the finals. Although some of his raddest skating always goes down during practice, he held it down! Luan barely fell and threw out the most variety and consistency in his runs, putting him in first. Some of our favorites were his alley oop backside flip and switch fs flip on the quarter. Micky Papa killed the big 4 with varial heel, tre flip, and bs overcrook, to name a few. Ryan Decenzo put on a show with his sw 270 to frontside board along with a slew of other tricks, landing him 2nd place in the qualifiers.
Check the results and photos below. See you tomorrow for the finals!
1) Luan Oliveira
2) Ryan Decenzo
3) Felipe Gustavo
4) Micky Papa
5) Justin “Figgy” Figueroa
6) Manny Santiago
7) Kelvin Hoefler
8) Tommy Fynn
9) Bryan Herman
10) Andrew Reynolds
11) Dlamini Dlamini
12) Neverton Casella
Luan Olivera with a hardflip over the bump by Neftalie WIllliams
third place qualifier Felipe Gustavo in Kimberley South Africa by Neftalie Williams
