Dashawn was a local at my park when I was skating all the time, he's a really nice kid. The strays over the music are hilarious af but he is genuinely a really good kid. Raised right.
Actually met Nyjah at a local park before. Chatted with him for a lil bit and it was just crazy. Turns out his board is enchanted with elvin magic and he’s actually never even jumped in his entire life. Right before he left he broke this kids neck in front of kids parents and then he half cab smithed the mom to death. Hella nice dude.
When I watched this myself, I noticed the awkward silences usually happen after somebody fell badly in a way that will tank their score, or if somebody was already on the chopping block in terms of qualifying. I think that SLS production may have told the commentators they were not allowed to say anything bad or with doomer mentality akin to "Oh well this is it she's done" or "alright well this is over for her, rest is for the crowd" in order to gaslight the viewer into thinking things are still interesting or exciting.
However, of course there is nothing actually GOOD for them to say about the situation either, so they just kinda end up in silence.
100% agree, SLS appears more and more rigged. Its more entertaining watching this review than the actual competition. I'll wait for your next video to see the next SLS competition.