The Future Of Skateboarding Is This 16-Year-Old

Julian Agliardi, prodigy, riding for Nigel Houston's company. Fighting that landing, staying on. Do we know what Julian can do to improve on his first line? Nothing. Not falling to Molly Hill would help. He did, that kickflip backtail was maybe a slight improvement. But with the fall, it's impossible to get a nine after you fall, especially on the middle of your run like that. And we've talked about how you can't repeat tricks, leaving the line section going into single tricks. So with the fall, you're not going to want to, you're not going to want to go do your best stuff to try to make up a line score, that you're not going to get a higher score than your first one anyway. So it's just kind of stay on your board, finish, but save everything for singles. Yeah, you don't want to waste all your bag of tricks, you know, you want to leave some in for best trick. But Julian has a large trick selection, back 180 nose grind, filmed with Galaxy Replay. This was after time, well after time, that front heel. So he can still use that in the best trick section if he wants. 8.3, see Nick Bosario in the background, he's our live announcer here this weekend. Trick, big spin. See what he's got next. Big spin front blunt. I mean he's figured out the blunt slides on the shotgun rail. What's the deduction to go from kickflip front blunt to big spin front blunt? I think as far as that goes, I think it's different enough. I mean kickflip and big spin, I know they're both front blunt tricks, but it was enough of a variety locking into the front blunt, I think he's going to get a pretty good score here. He looks so comfortable on his board, no stress, handling business like he's been doing it forever. And you know what's interesting, Gin Woo, Julian, they're 16. Street League is 16. It's been happening since these kids were on earth. Oh my god, Nyjah won when they were born. Pretty cool. Kind of crazy to think of it that way. Big spin front blunt, 8.6. That was great, would have been nine. Front heel down the four block for Julian, Nyjah's feeling it. Needs an 8.6 to move into the lead. And he did that down Wallenberg, right? Did he? I'm pretty sure he did. Has that been released? It came out thrashing. You can do it down Wallenberg, you can do it at Street League. Front heel down the big drop. 8.7, new leader. Kickflip front blunt in the shotgun rail is crazy. I mean what a hard trick in general, but to lock in. Watch out, there's not a lot of clearance in there. Almost none. None, he's able to do that perfect. I like this angle, actually wheels go through. How much of it is psychological versus like the true double rail getting in the way factor? I think it's a little bit of both. Psychological, yeah, I feel like it's a little scary to lock. And on his skateboard not putting himself, not putting the pressure on himself. Julian Agliardi kickflip front blunt, perfect. Perfect. Coming out to forward two is definitely I think the cooler way to do that trick. In the shotgun rail, look at those wheels. The feel new Sydney replay, getting right in between those bars. There's not a big gap, so it's very precise. When you kickflip, it's hard to place it. Julian, perfect kickflip front blunt. The only thing I can say is Game Wu did a kickflip front blunt in his run already. It's gonna be, should be a good score, but if someone's already doing it, it's kind of hard to press it up too high. 8.9 just outside. Julian Agliardi, the other skater with the last chance qualifier spot into the final. And that's the exciting thing about the group knockout rounds. It's like a mini contest inside everyone. It makes it so exciting, but it's the luck of the draw. Andrew's one water pick, Julian Agliardi skating in his first ever arena final. Last year he made it to the final in Santa Monica at the takeover, made it to the final in Cleveland at the takeover, but those are a little bit more relaxed vibe, a little bit more fun. These are a little more serious in the arena and Julian making it happen. Yeah, Julian just killed that run. Skating for disorder, you know if you get the blessing from Jah, you're golden. Yeah, I mean Naija's board brand disorder put their trust in young Julian Agliardi here and he delivered. Kickflip back nose grind on the bump to ledge. And Julian's run too, kickflip back nose grind straight into a kickflip front 50. Anytime you flip your board it's going to make it that much crazier. Back 180 nose grind filmed with Galaxy. It's just a cool run, a lot of variety too. Skated everything, skated the rail, skated the big section. And finished strong with the cab. Yeah, if we're talking execution, variety, originality, all of that. He checked all the boxes, it should be a very, very good score. Welcome to the club. Julian coming out with a nine on his first run in his first arena stop. Got the smile, his family's in the building. Julian is so consistent. Last year was his first few SLS events and he's only going to get better. Kickflip front 50. Boosting. Other kid that got the nod from Naija Houston. Nice back over crook. Like a backside over crook. Oh, cab right at the buzzer. Julian, that was a great line. It was a great line and it showed some maturity in there. You know, I've been able to watch him practice this line and there was a... After the front heel, he switch heels up the rail gap. He did the front heel a little sketchy and instead of forcing the switch heel, he just switch ollie'd up it. He didn't need it, didn't want to risk it. I thought that was a very smart play. Great line, landed everything. This kickflip back nose grind was amazing into the kickflip front 50. Had a good mix, a lot of variety. And then this is what I'm talking about. Here's the front heel. He didn't land it exactly how he wanted to. It got a little swirly and just opted for the switch ollie. Another cool thing about this line is he skated pretty much everything. And that finish. Cab. Clean. Clean. Nine club for Julian. Well deserved. The cellar. Needs a 9.3 just to move into sixth. Oh, big spin hurricane makes it. Man, the kids just caught the rhythm a little too late. But strong finish from our wild card qualifiers. With some experience, these guys are gonna, they're gonna be unstoppable. You can see it's not too far off. Just a couple tweaks here and there with big spin hurricane to finish off a very strong day for Julian. Nine club. Beautiful. Big spin hurricane good for a nine even. And that bumps Julian into seventh. Needs an 8.3 to take second. Everybody's skating for second. Julian can get this easy. Here we go. He's got to stay on. Does that get him an 8.3? That gets him an 8.3 for sure. Angelo Caro's strategy may be backfired then with the tray flip lip. Yeah, I think he took it a little too easy, but still, you know, you apply pressure. That's all you can do. This is why that re-rack is such a big thing. And if you're Angelo, you don't see yourself giving this away. Just see that Julian Aguilar already made it happen. Front blunt kickflip. He's the only one to flip out of that shotgun rail in the finals. Sweet relief. Yeah, Julian. Score coming in. It's the two 16-year-olds. Julian skating in his first ever arena final for street league. Landing in second place.