Hey guys, tall crossmen snare drummer standing next to center here, and we appreciate all the awesome comments! Please understand both organizations were way under pressure to do this. DCI did not give us proper time to prepare, and if any of you march DCI, than you know you spend your time practicing what's important. Please know that both organizations worked hard, speaking from marching Crossmen the past few years

That cymbal visual at 5:13 was just spot on...

Crossmen. Cleaner and more complicated figures. No brainer.

The surf did a great job and they are a newer corps on the east coast where it seems it's sometimes harder to attract talented players, but man it was a real joy watching the Crossman. Their tenor drums are nearly perfect. Very precise and very classy line.

Crossmen sounded like they were playing show music and jersey sounded like they were playing warm ups...

Jersey Surf wasn't too bad, but I liked Crossmen much more

It was my pleasure to watch Crossman perform at the Seattle Summer Music Games (a DCI sponsored event) for the first time live. A fantastic performance, polished, great sounds and visuals. Look forward to their return to the Pacific Northwest in the future (hopefully, not every 7 years, which seems to be the case).

Congrats Surf. I love you guys and am happy to see you found some judges who realize how good you are.

Both of them were outstanding. I’ve never seen or heard this before.

These judges need to get their eyes and ears checked . . . Crossmen was far cleaner and more impressive. Jersey sounded like they were practicing warm-ups for most of the battle.

Saw the same battle in the GA dome and Surf won there too. I was ticked! I couldn't believe it. Crossmen weren't perfect, but were SOOOOOO much cleaner!

even though the crossmen from san antonio lost they still represented our great state of TEXAS very well ! better luck in the future guys !

this is the best battle i ever heard and saw as well

Although this is a great display of percussion by both lines, the Crossmen clearly win. However, Jersey Surf do not let that EVER stop you from challenging the bigger corps.

Jersey Surf sound like a normal warm-up....

Good lord!!! - Thats hard work and dedication right there!

I remember when drumlines used to play cool cadences with grooves. R.I.P. Latin Lover & Doublebeat

Nah. I think The Crossmen won this one. Cleaner, more articulate...

love them all great show guys and girls!

NJ's uniforms were designed by someone on LSD.

I wish my school hyped our drum offs up this much 😂😂

OMG, how do you decide???!! Phenomenal!!!

I love Crossmen's cymbals! They were beautiful and interesting

I think this drumline battle is a great idea. I wish they would have thought of this a long time ago. This could have been a tie breaker for some corps that tied at the top and this will force the drumlines to stay on the top of their games.

i seen a battle between Jersey surf and Crossman live and omg amazing!! I was so close to them and just perfect

I found myself bobbing my head to the Crossmen's steps.

Crossmen did better, The tone of JS's snares makes me uneasy whereas crossmen have theirs perfect

4:44 girl on left of screen drops cymbal. lol

The Crossmen blew the Jersey Surf away. The drumming accuracy was higher, the marching more challenging and complex, and even the cymbals players threw in flash waves for visual effect. A _lot_ higher caliber performance.

After reading the comments and knowing how intense band and drum line is, my thoughts went to when my friends and I had a huge talk about how much better we were than Squidward Tentacles. I can't be the only one whose had this conversation.

Silly me I thought we could just look at the scores at semifinals and determine which drum lines were cleaner.

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Drumline battles aren't meant to asses clarity and precision. That's what their shows are for. Drumline battles are for show. There is a reason there are a ton of people watching. Yes it has to be clean but you want a group that the crowd loves.

From a Brit, you guys know how to put on a drum show!! Wow!

Bragging rights goes to BOTH bands in this competition . Lots of work and practice went into the performance . And it would be great to see the names of both bands involved listed in the Credits . Something those young men & woman could keep and show to their grandchildren in the future and say this was me way back when .

trumkey3 I was in a start up corps here in San Antonio called the Alamo Marksmen and the Crossmen were one of the feature corps in 1980. Back in the day and I still have that program.

Representing the amazing musicianship in NJ!! Go Jersey Surf!!!

I think crossmen should have won that battle. They sounded so much better and they look like bad asses with their uniforms

I read the title as, "Crossbowmen vs Jersey Shore." I was disappointed.

Crossmen demolished them. Do the Judges have ears???

Crossmen should have won because they were cleaner and didn’t start off with warm ups that a high school would play and they didn’t drop a cymbal either. 4:43

Let me know when they get done warming up and start bringing it haha 😆

This is beyond talented

Grande show !!!!

amazing.!.

Crossmen smashed Jersey Surf. Definitely a bad call

Awesome!

Crossmen had it!

hornline battles would be absolutely insane

Yeah, Crossmen, for sure. Better formation, interesting cymbal work, better playing. It was close, but the Crossmen should've won.

Awesome stuff...

I agree 100 percent, Crossman's Snare line was uniform, everything sounded better tuned, and their body language also showed better discipline.

This is no drum battle. This some rudimental warm ups by corp style drum line.

Dropping your sticks? What is this, Nick Cannon's movie "Drumline?" Come on, guys.

Magnifico !!!!!

really cool!

Wow!!! Awesome stuff...truly worthy of the longstanding tradition of tribal percussion originating around Nigeria hundreds (or thousands) of years ago. These guys could be from Africa...they're so good. "'What is your name?" "I Told You It's... "IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR NAME IS !!!"

Jersey was really good but crossmen were better. Thing is that crossmen's turns were slightly shorter than I thought they should have been.

These two must have influence the creation of the Top Secret Drum Corps

This is very old, very fun to watch though!

Yes they are. During the season. So may-August usually ESPN3

woow was für ein battle respeckt !!!

Bonito los colores de los bombos,, si incluyen instrumentos de vientos,, wow seria para mi muchisimo mejor.. me gust el video

Well said!

They both are very good

Very talented drummers on both sides

I met all of em they came to my high school right after their performance of Alamo dome to perform at the berry center here in Houston Tx.

I like their warm up

Jersey's uniforms with the black hats are really cool. Best I have seen in high school. Difficult to choose which played better, each has a distinct sound.

I thought the JS was decent until the Crossmen began. Oops. Crossmen took it.

Great performance both! Wht alwayss have to win someone?

WHY DID I MISS THIS

good the batle n veri nice...i like it...

Seems like jersey surf doesn't seem to care about keeping in step or matching stick heights...

Crossmen. No two ways bout it.

And some movie theaters around the country are broadcasting some of the competitions live. It's pretty cool to watch that way if you can't make it live...but I would suggest trying to make a live show.

As one of the performers that are in this video, I find it interesting to read all these comments.

They wild

Rightly deserved!

Amazing

Crossmen had some really cool visuals, especially for the cymbals.

Het was geweldig prachtig

The Crossmen beat hands down on the 1st volley, then they fell off in the 2nd, I thought they were going to pull it thru, but a great battle none the less.

Crossman were CLEARLY the better line, however the old guys that were also judging based their decision off "crowd reaction" (the Surf Staff) and the flashy bits, no drumming was actually judged lol

there clearly using aimbot

I remember being in the alamodome for band.. good times, good times

one of the jersey surf's crash cymbals was dropped like twice lmao they definitely deserved to win

I haven't really seen enough of this drumline battle stuff to judge but imagine Vanguard's drum line against Bluecoats drumline or something like that. That would be a show to watch.

Anyone else catch the Jersey Surf cymbal player drop a cymbal when they were done?? JS was just sloppy.

Parabéns!

People are saying that jersey wasn't clean, but they were a hell of a lot better than anything you could get in my high school :P

Good stuff, makes want to dust off my pad and pick up drumming again

Don't know the results as I'm typing... Crossmen won. Hands down.

awesome

The senior bands were awesome... husband and I followed Connecticut Hurricanes...

Really dig the Surf snare sound. Almost sounds like well tuned mylar...

Espetacular

Crossmen... definitely the Crossmen win. I also like:Pacific Crest, The Academy Drum and Bugle Corps, Santa Clara Vanguard, Madison Scouts, and a couple other i can't think of at the time.

I saw quite a bit of upper body movement coming from the tenners while they marked time.

5:43, most appropriate hat-tipping ever.