Britians got talent - Strike

[FishTricks]

I was watching britians got talent earlier and saw this XMA pair that just got through to the finals.
Anyone know them? Is this a repost?

First audition - http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=PznVdIHZmP4&feature=related

and that was all i could find (sorry) but yeah... what do you think?

[Adam Ross]

They were at a gathering i think.
In England that Simon went to.
The girls in my class were talking about it and simon told me he's met them or something, lol. They fancied simon after it. And they were hot.......
NAN on Norways got tallent was soooooo much cooler. haha.

[Chrow]

Compared to the other talent show teams, it was lacking abit, in length and entertaining value, and personally I'd wait with ripping off the shirts till abit later, but thats just me. Really nice sync., and nice form and flips, overall, really good :)

[simon]

i didnt enjoy them tonight.
too much gay.
and only two gainers.
stop your crap adam.hahaa.

[Gravityjay]

They were a lot better on the semi final. Good amount of cheese to appeal to the masses also. finished with a nice loser :) fair play to them I hated their first set.

[Skilzat85X]

It was somewhat disappointing to be honest...only a few short tricks, plus everyone was cheering when they weren't even muscular haha.

But, props to them for getting out their and braving the masses and all that.

I'm interesting in seeing their other performances though, I have no doubt they have more good material.

[simon]

the breakdancer was better, even though he was amateur.

[Kanis]

This guy won in the end:

Audition: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1bRAr7PdSk
Semi-Final Performance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbUcfL9BQhk

[Anima]

I've met Liam lol.

He taught my my latest combo :O

[Kou]

well they're not as gay looking as Team Sideswipe in America's Got Talent with their focus on making it look more like dance

I liked their c720s, gainers, and hand strikes...oh yeah, and obligatory round off-flash kick XD

[TKD_Andy]

well they're not as gay looking as Team Sideswipe in America's Got Talent with their focus on making it look more like dance



so you're calling ben brown and steve terada gay?

yeah.... good move :bad:

these guys clearly watched sideswipe and decided to steal the shirt ripping from them.

[Skilzat85X]

so you're calling ben brown and steve terada gay?

yeah.... good move :bad:

these guys clearly watched sideswipe and decided to steal the shirt ripping from them.
Actually Andy, the Sideswipe team that was on America's Got Talent was Matt Mullin's new Sideswipe team full of dancing tricking boy scouts. Which is what Kou was talking about.

The performance to which you are most likely thinking of is Sideswipe back when it was Mullins, Terada, Brown, on 30 Seconds of Fame.

[Tamonten]

Who cares?
I wanted George Sampson to win and he did.

[Shelz]

i didn't think he was all that good at dancing though

[Tamonten]

i didn't think he was all that good at dancing though
Comparatively, no. But he was more determined than the other contestants to win.

[Kou]

Actually Andy, the Sideswipe team that was on America's Got Talent was Matt Mullin's new Sideswipe team full of dancing tricking boy scouts. Which is what Kou was talking about.

The performance to which you are most likely thinking of is Sideswipe back when it was Mullins, Terada, Brown, on 30 Seconds of Fame.

Yea, my bad, I should have specified. I mean they were really good and had perfect corkscrews and kicks but their routine and style just wasn't as appealing to me as New Age Ninjas in Norway's Got Talent or this Team Strike in Britain's Got Talent.

[Scooba Dave]

i dont know why but i dont really think of tricking as a talent.

i think its just impressive as fuck to the masses, cuz they probably think its so hard haha.

[TKD_Andy]

Comparatively, no. But he was more determined than the other contestants to win.

oh no... not the 'determination is the best thing' topic.

Being determined to do something doesnt make you good at it, nor should it give you leeway to achieving the end result when you're not good enough.

[Rook]

I always get mixed feelings seeing tricking on TV like that. It's like "hey, that's cool, it's out there, people are seeing it!" but then at the same time it's like "hey, this is my cool secret underground sport that I can do too, hey look at me too, don't watch tv, they're doing simple tricks, although I won't admit they're doing the tricks much better than I can, look at meeeeeee".

is that just me? :tongue:

[Tamonten]

oh no... not the 'determination is the best thing' topic.

Being determined to do something doesnt make you good at it, nor should it give you leeway to achieving the end result when you're not good enough.
I never said it did.
He is pretty damn good for a kid his age and the semi-final performance he did was mediocre for him. Yes, there will always be someone better than him, but so what? This kid entered last year, passed the first round but didn't get into the semis so he spent the year practicing just to come back and do it again this year.
He has a goal and tried hard to get that goal. Too many people don't set goals or set them and don't achieve them, and if they fall into either of those categories then they're not even on parr with a 15 year old break dancer. Pretty poor on their part if you ask me.

[Skilzat85X]

oh no... not the 'determination is the best thing' topic.

Being determined to do something doesnt make you good at it, nor should it give you leeway to achieving the end result when you're not good enough.

Yea, otherwise we'd have a bunch of Art MD's running around claiming to be the hottest thing ever because they're so-called "willpower" ahaha.

[TKD_Andy]

Yea, otherwise we'd have a bunch of Art MD's running around claiming to be the hottest thing ever because they're so-called "willpower" ahaha.

man, i tell you what....

if artMD went on one of those shows and did his crappy tricks on stage and danny graham got up and pwned him in front of the judges etc on national television... that'd be just priceless.

[NinjaMuffin]

did any1 see their preformance in the final?
they were out of sync and they failed alot.
i dno his name but the blond hair guy's gainer barely even gets inverted. and the other dude messe dup his cork not very slyly.
good on them for gettin that far. but i dont think they were that awesome

[kamikaze!]

it was alright i guess
there should have been a CORK in though. :bad:

[saunders]

I always get mixed feelings seeing tricking on TV like that. It's like "hey, that's cool, it's out there, people are seeing it!" but then at the same time it's like "hey, this is my cool secret underground sport that I can do too, hey look at me too, don't watch tv, they're doing simple tricks, although I won't admit they're doing the tricks much better than I can, look at meeeeeee".

is that just me? :tongue:

hahaha exactly the same here. i don't like seeing tricking on tv, i think i'm kinda jealous or something and i don't want the masses to see tricking much because it's my special little passion or something haha. i always calm myself by thinking i'm better than them anyway which is not always true. i want to turn off the tv but i feel i'm kinda forced to watch the whole thing haha

[simon]

i told my girlfriend that strike were shit and i then proved it by doing exactly what they did, minus failure.


also did anyone else watching that realise how sad the whole of britain is?
booing negativity.
chanting "final", as if they had some control over it.
i hated it.

[Adam Ross]

I always get mixed feelings seeing tricking on TV like that. It's like "hey, that's cool, it's out there, people are seeing it!" but then at the same time it's like "hey, this is my cool secret underground sport that I can do too, hey look at me too, don't watch tv, they're doing simple tricks, although I won't admit they're doing the tricks much better than I can, look at meeeeeee".

is that just me? :tongue:

Rook, you are better than them!
ahahahaha

[Kou]

Wow, okay, nevermind what I said about them earlier, this Semi-final act by them was actually REALLY good! Granted I saw where one of them messed up and lost sync for just a moment, they really put together something entertaining with those sound affect timed strikes and poses, personally made me lawl

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=mwbqq9TDhHU

but yea, I too have mixed feelings about putting tricking out there in the spot light. to me, it's a cool underground sport where people are just generally trying to push the limits of their body's abilities every time but only to come out every once in a while to make a movie look badass or to totally pwn a talent show. I'm no Steve Terada, but even my friend and I got 1st place in a dinky little talent show at my university. throw in a backflip and half the audience will wet themselves. but tricking is special to me because it's so incognito one moment and then BAM they surprise the shit out of everyone when they're least expecting it. Like ninjas. Yea...just like ninjas...

[shengoikee]

i haven't bothered watching it

[pete_man_man]

haha. they were shit unfortunately... i dunno... maybe little kids in the playground will try tricking now..

the shot of them in the gym doing bicep curls was funny too.

[Shelz]

holy fucking shitting hell your avatar's big:dead:

on a side note: anyone hear about the winner? he's some spine disease and the docs him never to dance again.......gutted

[Gravityjay]

I agree their semi final performance was pretty good, it was all basic, but it was very well choreo'd and they set the music up like old kim do form songs were with sound effects and all that jazz. I didn't like their audition or their Final performance as in the audition it was a bit pooh and the final didn't improve on the semi in anything other than difficulty of tricks and then he fell over doing a cork.

[AndyD11]

lol yea the semi-final performance was good...the rest seemed pretty average. Although i'm surprised they managed tog et all the way to the final :S.

[Rook]

haha, yeah, it's entertaining to an extent, but like simon says, profoundly irritating when the audience just responds automatically to the slightest bit of criticism, even when it's totall justified and necessary.

and the judges totally fucking milk it EVERY TIME.