Jumbo: Houston AM's only contest (Blade Hunter)

Описание: In the modern era the term "pro" is pretty vague. It used to be easy to distinguish between amateur and pro, but something changed around the early 2010's. Maybe it was the retiring of the old guard, that had held the pro positions for well over a decade (or more). The fall of the team video and the rise of a thousand different small brands that had their own local pro's. It probably also has something to do with there no longer being a trusted place that would highlight and define what our community should recognize as the top of the game (Daily Bread, Videogroove, etc).

With all of that being said, some of my friends in Houston wanted to throw an "AM's only" contest.
I'm under the impression that there's probably only 50 real pro's worldwide as is, but I understood the idea.
It was to motivate a particular part of our scene. Not the same group of guys that have been competing off and on for 20 years, but the newcomers.
Whatever skill level you have, "amateur contest" means we're starting from the ground up. All are welcome.

That's really cool.

I know what you're thinking, "don't other contests already do that?"
Some, yes. But it's usually the day before the pro contest or really early.
It's never the sole focus.
I think that differentiation is important.

I didn't really know what to expect. I knew a lot of the usual crew wasn't going to go. Was there actually going to be a good turn out?

I was really surprised to see so many newcomers (or back-to-bladers) to the sport when I arrived the next day. Here I was, thinking I'd met everyone already in our scene in Texas. I wasn't even close.

A majority of the group were from around Houston, which made sense because it was promoted as more of a local contest. But a lot of people traveled several hours to meet up.

The contest was actually pretty competitive.
95% of the competitors were at a similar skill range, so even without Haffey-level stunts, it was still exciting to watch.

My main goal was just to be there to support the next generation.
I hate filming contests, but I really wanted to film this one. I want these guys to get some shine.

..... I also want yall to buy your own cameras and start making videos! Haha.

Every company that showed up and had a booth, you're the best.
Cymatics, Carriers, Iqon, RBISF, thank you!

I guess that's enough yappin'.

Mike Galloway, Jon Newjack and Gabe Lewis are very good dudes.

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0:00 Setting up
5:00 Kraft is late for judging
5:18 New homies
6:20 16 and under contest highlights
7:53 Can't put beans in that helmet
8:24 16 and under continued
8:50 Keatons first contest
9:51 16 and over prelims
14:09 Messing with Sky
14:46 Prelims continued
21:22 Intermission
22:40 Wildcard bets (I lost)
24:46 Fanboying
25:00 Iqonic
25:35 Shout outs
25:57 Finals
27:55 Results