the KNOW SKATEBOARDING project

While watching Steve Berra and Eric Koston’s Total World Domination Head-to-Head Championship Freestyle Battle aka Battle at the Berrics 2 aka BATB 2 I had a full skate nerd moment and decided to transcribe the tricks just to see what went down. The final match was epic and took 35 tricks landed to decide the winner. For comparison, the shortest match was decided in just 13 tricks. Warning: this contains spoilers so if you haven’t watched the matches, and don’t want to know who won, stop reading now. If you don’t give a shit and just want to see what tricks went down by who and when, then read on.

Semi-Finals Match 1
PAUL RODRIGUEZ GOOFY vs. CORY KENNEDY REGULAR
scissors cut paper
PR kf
CK make
PR ss kf
CK make
PR fak kf (redo clean)
CK make
PR nol kf
CK make
PR 360 kf
CK make
PR fs var hf
CK make
PR ss hf
CK make
PR nol hf
CK make
PR fs 180 kf
CK make
PR ss fs 180 kf
CK make
PR ss 360 kf
CK make
PR nol 360 kf
CK S
PR fak 360 kf
CK make
PR ss fs var hf
CK K
PR nol fs 180 kf (hand down)

CK ss fs 360
PR S
CK big flip
PR make
CK nol 360 hf (bail)

PR nol 180 kf
CK make
PR fs big spin
CK A
PR inward hf
CK T
PR nol late ff flip
CK E

Winner: Paul Rodriguez
20 tricks landed

Semi-Finals Match 2
TOREY PUDWILL REGULAR vs. CHRIS COLE REGULAR
scissors cut paper
TP kf
CC make
TP ss kf
CC make
TP nol kf
CC make
TP nol bigger flip
CC S
TP 1/2 cab bigger flip (bail)

CC hf
TP make
CC fak hf
TP make
CC nol bs 360 hf
TP make
CC bs 360
TP make
CC inward hf
TP S
CC ss 360 kf
TP K
CC ss fs 180 kf
TP A
CC bs 180 hf 360 body var
TP T
CC ss fs 360 hf (bail)

TP nol fs 180 kf
CC make
TP bs 1/2 cab bigger flip (bail)

CC nol late ff kf
TP make 2nd try
CC nol hard
TP make
CC bs cab 540 kf
TP make
CC double kf
TP E

Winner: Chris Cole
17 tricks landed

Consolation Round
CORY KENNEDY REGULAR vs. TOREY PUDWILL REGULAR
scissors cut paper
CK ss fs big hf
TP make
CK nol fs 360 kf
TP make
CK ss fs bigspin
TP make
CK ss laser (bail)

TP kf
CK make
TP ss bs 180 kf
CK make
TP fs 180 kf (bail)

CK nol fs 180 late ff kf
TP S
CK nol fs 180 hf 360 body var
TP K
CK ss bs bigflip
TP make (sketchy, koston call)
CK ss bs 180 double kf
TP A
CK nol bs 360 hf
TP make
CK ss laser
TP make
CK triple kf
TP T
CK nol 360 bigger kf (redo clean)
TP E

4th place - Torey Pudwill
3rd place - Cory Kennedy
13 tricks landed

Finals
PAUL RODRIGUEZ GOOFY vs. CHRIS COLE REGULAR
paper covers rock
PR 360kf
CC make
PR ss hf
CC make
PR nol hf
CC make
PR fs var hf (bail)

CC bs 180 kf
PR make
CC 360 ollie
PR make
CC bs 180 hf
PR S
CC bigflip (bail)

PR fs var hf
CC make
PR ss fs var hf
CC S
PR fs big spin
CC make
PR fs 180 kf
CC make
PR nol 360 kf
CC make
PR ss bs 180 kf
CC make
PR bs big spin
CC make
PR ss fs 180 hf
CC make
PR ss 360 kf
CC make
PR ss hardflip
CC make
PR fak 360 kf
CC K
PR nol kf
CC make
PR ss inward hf (redo clean)
CC make
PR ss bs 180 hf
CC make
PR nol bs 180 hf
CC make
PR nol fs 180 hf
CC A
PR fs big hf
CC T
PR laser (bail)

CC double kf
PR K
CC nol bs 360 hf
PR make
CC fak hf
PR make
CC ss fs 360
PR make
CC nol hard
PR make
CC cab kf
PR make
CC inward hf
PR make
CC 360 double kf (bail)

PR laser
CC make
PR fak inward hf
CC 2nd chance make
PR nol bs 180 late ff kf (bail)

CC bs 180 hf 360 body var
PR A
CC 360 double kf
PR T
CC bs 360 kf
PR E

2nd place - Paul Rodriguez
1st place - Chris Cole
35 tricks landed