Unicon16 Flatland Final Battles

[unif3d3]

Originally Posted by muni123

where's the final?

I'll post it asap!

[muni123]

thanks, no rush i was just wondering if you even had it but i guess you do

[unisan]

bravo f3d3

i'm really waiting for a super slowmotion of krisz's last trick, do you think it's possible??? pls...

or has anyone posted it allready???

[unif3d3]

I'm uploading it on Youtube right now, it'll take about 4-5 hours

Unfortunately my camera died after 7 hours of filming, so I didn't film final tricks with my main camera. I filmed Krisz's last trick with my mobile and I'll upload it tomorrow. Unfortunately I don't have Adrien's last trick.

@Sandy, I filmed it with my mobile so it's not a good footage. It's hard to do a slowmo with a 24 fps video. I'll try to see what I can do

[leo]

Originally Posted by Panda

Final trick is supposed to be worth maybe 1/6th of the score...

Is it?

Originally Posted by Panda

It SHOULD NOT be a complete game changer.

That is! But I don't think it is by default.

Originally Posted by Panda

Josef absolutely killed it, no doubt, throughout the entire battle. Great style, awesome creativity, huge consistency..

If I had to flip the coin, it would be the same as yours. But remember this is collectively decided, by a decent panel of judges (whos' vote is confidential - so should be fair). In my opinion there was a good weight of expertise / flatland knowledge observing here.
For me Josef's riding was a positive surprise, your description is accurate. So I hope he realize he must have been very close to a place in the finals (and for sure he deserved that also).
But still the difference was not enough to make the judges come to a unanimous decision. But I'm sure his star is rising.
I'm curious if he himself thinks the podium would have been different if that final battle was between 3 people...!
Regardless of the color of the metal; his riding was memorable.

Originally Posted by Panda

Edit: That's why I think final trick should be completely eliminated from the entire system. It ruins the point of battles..

That I do not entirely agree on; besides making the battles more attractive to watch, and adding to atmosphere(!), I think it also stimulates riders to try to show something extra. I realize that this "attractive to watch" part is not considered important by every competitor, but I do. Not that I'm afraid it will become as boring as standard skills, but if you're hoping for external sponsors to hop in, then realize that in that case the sport needs spectators. Also in case you want these riders to be seen by a big live audience, in stead of on youtube.

[unif3d3]

Here is it guys!

Final Battle

Unicon16 Flatland Final - Krisz Kovacs vs. Adrien...

[muni123]

thank you so much unif3d3, it made my day when you started this thread

[Feisty]

Not my personnel Uni style but I love watching flatland, some of the moves are ridiculous, that rotating the Uni 360 degrees radially was mental (not my lack of Flatland trick lingo)!

Thanks for sharing such excellent footage!