# The Contest Thread
**URL:** https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-contest-thread/160
**Category:** General
**Created:** [March 9, 2019, 8:57pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-contest-thread/160 "2019-03-09T20:57:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@buildafire](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/buildafire)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2021, 8:44am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-contest-thread/160/1195 "2021-07-28T08:44:43Z")
You have a habit of blurting out things without thinking about them. Or treating the forum like a personal Twitter account.
Questioning the extent of somebody’s mental health struggle is ridiculous. I’m glad everything’s going so well for you but things are often a bit more complicated for other people.
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### Author:  [@Londonskater](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Londonskater)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2021, 8:45am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-contest-thread/160/1196 "2021-07-28T08:45:08Z")
At the deepest points of depression/anxiety/breakdown, I could go out and do family things but would panic when it came to seeing a lot of friends.
I’d sit and work all day on a computer and chat online but picking up the phone suuuuuucked and being asked to arrange a face to face meeting was horrible.
I could go on a trip or shoot with a crew but shooting one on one with someone made me so anxious. And they’d feel it and think it was about them which I knew would happen and make it worse…
It’s horses for courses with mental health. As stated, (but I’ll use a slightly different example) it’s not like getting the flu where you have to write off everything for a period of time.
Some shit works, some doesn’t.
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### Author:  [@buildafire](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/buildafire)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2021, 8:47am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-contest-thread/160/1197 "2021-07-28T08:47:37Z")
> [@hugo](#):
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> You have a habit of telling people what they’re saying and trying to put words in their mouth.
Tell me what I got wrong here.
> [@buildafire](#):
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> You’re proud of Nyjah for not pulling out due to mental health concerns but you’re questioning why Simone pulled out due to mental health concerns. Got it.
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### Author:  [@hugo](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/hugo)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2021, 8:48am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-contest-thread/160/1198 "2021-07-28T08:48:09Z")
> [@Londonskater](#):
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> At the deepest points of depression/anxiety/breakdown, I could go out and do family things but would panic when it came to seeing a lot of friends.
>
> I’d sit and work all day on a computer and chat online but picking up the phone suuuuuucked and being asked to arrange a face to face meeting was horrible.
>
> I could go on a trip or shoot with a crew but shooting one on one with someone made me so anxious. And they’d feel it and think it was about them which I knew would happen and make it worse…
>
> It’s horses for courses with mental health. As stated, (but I’ll use a slightly different example) it’s not like getting the flu where you have to write off everything for a period of time.
>
> Some shit works, some doesn’t.
Thanks for the thoughtful response. I appreciate that.
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### Author:  [@hugo](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/hugo)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2021, 8:49am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-contest-thread/160/1199 "2021-07-28T08:49:20Z")
> [@buildafire](#):
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> You reckon she’s faking it yeah?
This is what I was referring to.
I’m sorry for ruining your forum by blurting things out,
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### Author:  [@jimo](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/jimo)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2021, 8:49am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-contest-thread/160/1200 "2021-07-28T08:49:21Z")
There’s a lot of debate here I guess.
What is mental health vs what is stress. What can be dealt with by confronting it vs what can be dealt with by withdrawing from it.
There’s a whole load of unresearched, undiscussed and unknown shit in there so I think for someone like her to do this at such a high profile event and to raise it for discussion worldwide is good.
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### Author:  [@hugo](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/hugo)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2021, 8:50am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-contest-thread/160/1201 "2021-07-28T08:50:08Z")
> [@jimo](#):
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> There’s a lot of debate here I guess.
>
> What is mental health vs what is stress. What can be dealt with by confronting it vs what can be dealt with by withdrawing from it.
>
> There’s a whole load of unresearched, undiscussed and unknown shit in there so I think for someone like her to do this at such a high profile event and to raise it for discussion worldwide is good.
This is a much more eloquent way of asking the questions I was trying to raise.
I find it hard to do this.
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### Author:  [@buildafire](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/buildafire)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2021, 8:52am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-contest-thread/160/1202 "2021-07-28T08:52:48Z")
> [@hugo](#):
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> This is what I was referring to.
>
> I’m sorry for ruining your forum by blurting things out,
Right, I see. Maybe the Team USA doctors will formally investigate and we will find out if she’s faking her mental health problems.
And cheers.
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### Author:  [@hugo](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/hugo)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2021, 8:53am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-contest-thread/160/1203 "2021-07-28T08:53:42Z")
> [@buildafire](#):
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> Right, I see. Maybe the Team USA doctors will formally investigate and we will find out if she’s faking her mental health problems.
You’re a pillock. I’m done with this place.
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### Author:  [@buildafire](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/buildafire)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2021, 8:56am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-contest-thread/160/1204 "2021-07-28T08:56:37Z")
> [@hugo](#):
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> This is what I was referring to.
You said “This is what I was referring to”!! You literally said that in response to me asking if you thought she was faking it.
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### Author:  [@Londonskater](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Londonskater)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2021, 8:58am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-contest-thread/160/1205 "2021-07-28T08:58:06Z")
We are all blurting pillocks.
Let’s give it all a bit of a breather and get back to Olympic chat.
Please.
Anyone got a list of people who are in the park event (Mens and Womens)? where can I find that?
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### Author:  [@Les\_Zeppelin](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Les_Zeppelin)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2021, 9:01am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-contest-thread/160/1206 "2021-07-28T09:01:17Z")
How much should I be lumping on Pedro Barros? Is he the actual favourite? Who usually wins these things?
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### Author:  [@BvS](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/BvS)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2021, 9:02am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-contest-thread/160/1207 "2021-07-28T09:02:21Z")
I put £15 on. And a fiver on Oski as a backup just cos I like his skating
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### Author:  [@anon3368876](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/anon3368876)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2021, 9:04am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-contest-thread/160/1208 "2021-07-28T09:04:09Z")
I hope they keep skating in. We can argue about the format and if it’s a sport or a culture etc but it’s too popular to not be in if the Games are meant to have an element of representing current sport. It’ll hopefully trigger more money for facilities and if it gets more kids buying boards that’s good for the industry.
Says Captain Obvious.
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### Author:  [@nut](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/nut)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2021, 9:08am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-contest-thread/160/1209 "2021-07-28T09:08:45Z")
Mens
 [Ayumu Hirano](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayumu_Hirano) ([JPN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics))
 [Heimana Reynolds](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heimana_Reynolds) ([USA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics))
 [Cory Juneau](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cory_Juneau) ([USA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics))
 [Luiz Francisco](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luiz_Francisco) ([BRA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics))
 [Pedro Barros](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Barros_(skateboarder)) ([BRA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics))
 [Zion Wright](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zion_Wright) ([USA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics))
 [Keegan Palmer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keegan_Palmer) ([AUS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics))
 [Oskar Rozenberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar_Rozenberg) ([SWE](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics))
 [Pedro Quintas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Quintas) ([BRA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics))
 [Ivan Federico](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Federico) ([ITA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics))
 [Steven Pineiro](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Pineiro) ([PUR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics))
 [Alessandro Mazzara](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Mazzara) ([ITA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics))
 [Vincent Matheron](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Matheron) ([FRA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics))
 [Jaime Mateu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaime_Mateu) ([ESP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics))
 [Kieran Woolley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kieran_Woolley) ([AUS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics))
 [Tyler Edtmayer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyler_Edtmayer) ([GER](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics))
 [Danny Leon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Leon) ([ESP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics))
 [Andy Anderson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Anderson_(skateboarder)) ([CAN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics))
 [Rune Glifberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rune_Glifberg) ([DEN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics))
 [Dallas Oberholtzer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_Oberholtzer) ([RSA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics))\*\*
Womens
 [Misugu Okamoto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misugu_Okamoto) ([JPN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics))
 [Sakura Yosozumi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakura_Yosozumi) ([JPN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics))
 [Sky Brown](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Brown) ([GBR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics))
 [Poppy Starr Olsen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poppy_Starr_Olsen) ([AUS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics))
 [Lizzie Armanto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizzie_Armanto) ([FIN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics))
 [Kokona Hiraki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokona_Hiraki) ([JPN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics))
 [Bryce Wettstein](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryce_Wettstein) ([USA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics))
 [Dora Varella](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dora_Varella) ([BRA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics))
 [Isadora Pacheco](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isadora_Pacheco) ([BRA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics))
 [Brighton Zeuner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brighton_Zeuner) ([USA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics))
 [Jordyn Barratt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordyn_Barratt) ([USA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics))
 [Yndiara Asp](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yndiara_Asp) ([BRA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics))
 [Julia Benedetti](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Benedetti) ([ESP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics))
 [Lilly Stoephasius](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilly_Stoephasius) ([GER](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics))
 [Zhang Xin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Xin_(skateboarder)) ([CHN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics))
 [Madeleine Larcheron](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeleine_Larcheron) ([FRA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics))
 [Amelia Brodka](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Brodka) ([POL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poland_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics))
 [Josefina Tapia Varas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josefina_Tapia_Varas) ([CHI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics))
 [Bombette Martin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombette_Martin) ([GBR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics))
 [Melissa Williams](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Williams_(skateboarder)) ([RSA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics))\*\*
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### Author:  [@Dent\_Face](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Dent_Face)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2021, 9:08am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-contest-thread/160/1210 "2021-07-28T09:08:56Z")
> [@Londonskater](#):
>
> Anyone got a list of people who are in the park event (Mens and Womens)? where can I find that?
> **[The List of Future Olympic Skateboarders is Official!!!](https://www.worldskate.org/skateboarding/news-skateboarding/3353-the-list-of-future-olympic-skateboarders-is-official.html)**
>
> With our final qualification event officially in the bag, we're happy to congratulate and announce the first 80 skateboarders headed to the 2021 Summer Olympic Games. Tokyo is set to be the biggest stage skateboarding has ever seen, and as we inch...
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### Author:  [@buildafire](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/buildafire)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2021, 9:10am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-contest-thread/160/1211 "2021-07-28T09:10:20Z")
Rune’s 46. Sick.
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### Author:  [@jimo](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/jimo)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2021, 9:10am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-contest-thread/160/1212 "2021-07-28T09:10:24Z")
I don’t think he will win it tbh. I think him and Corey Juneau are the most likely to go completely mental though…Corey is my favourite so I’m rooting for him 100%.
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### Author:  [@Dent\_Face](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Dent_Face)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2021, 9:11am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-contest-thread/160/1213 "2021-07-28T09:11:30Z")
> [@Les\_Zeppelin](#):
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> How much should I be lumping on Pedro Barros? Is he the actual favourite? Who usually wins these things?
Very hard to work out who’s the favourite for the men’s park. They only really had one qualifier this year (Dew Tour). Zion won it but the Brazilians didn’t really compete in order to allow the US riders to battle it out for qualifying places. And also the topped ranked men’s rider - Heimana Reynolds - did not compete. Possibly carrying an injury?
I would put money on Zion or Pedro.
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### Author:  [@Mike](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Mike)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2021, 9:12am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-contest-thread/160/1214 "2021-07-28T09:12:57Z")
I’d really like to see Rune win the men’s park, because he’s been around for what feels like forever to me. Spirit of the Blitz ffs!
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