Sounds like the Nine Club needs to pick their own SOTY this year. Think of the marketing potential, annnnd that would be super fun for the audience.

Thrasher SOTY is a business acknowledgment. 9 Club SOTY would be the people’s choice.

Basically it’s Thrasher’s Supporter Of The Year.

So what its come down to is Thrasher SOTY = skilled skater who helps Thrasher profit the most

And I will say it. If Nyjah didnt win it then, he never fucking will. That shit was insane and hes only getting older. Fuck outta here with that

It’s pretty obvious skateboarding needs an unbiased SOTY award.

Thrasher had its day… Nine Club awards in 2024 🔥

Nyjah: “ my street part is about to be killer “ Gary: “ but what have you done for the mag tho? “

Jeron.... You're the man. Respect the man who gives nothing BUT respect

This conversation just proves that the American skate scene needs another skateboard magazine and an annual skateboard award equivalent to SOTY.

Nine Club needs to do their own Skater of the Year

This award feels much less prestigious now. I’m not sure this was the correct move for Thasher as a brand to come out and admit that this is how the voting process actually goes down.

I’m over having thrasher being the taste maker for skateboarding.

Gary is shooting himself in the foot here and actually making the perception on SOTY worse than it was. So if you don't have covers/features/interviews in Thrasher, it's your fault. If you release a beast part for your board or shoe company, it doesn't count. It's only based on who helped Thrasher profit the most, and who had their "moment". And moment is defined by what they did specifically for Thrasher, not for skateboarding. And criticizing their choice or speculating is bad for skateboarding because we're not Thrasher insiders with the password to the building and we don't know what's going on behind closed doors.. Gotcha, well, the award means less to me than it did before I watched this video. Fuck it. Gary is annoying.

ok. so fuck soty then.

Gary is just too loud The only legit thing he said in this bit was what are you doing for thrasher thrasher pics who wins. Nyjah was robbed TJ didn't deserve it and this is politics that run the skate industry thrasher is a joke most of the time skater of the year is becoming a joke. Gary literally needs to get his nose out of TJ's booty hole. The fact he keeps saying Nyjah is not getting no covers is crazy because almost every trick he does could be a cover but because he is not rocking with thrasher y'all trying to blacklist him. Gary is the biggest 🤡 Good for entertainment but his opinions are solely based on who his homies are

For all these years I thought the winner was who Thrasher thought laid down the heaviest parts/tricks over the last 12 months in skateboarding. Now I know it’s who served the company the most. Doesn’t seem to have the same weight to it now.

He said that you have to help the magazine... but Miles Silvas part didn't drop until mid December.... absolutely makes no sense.

Let’s not talk about the Supreme/Thrasher collab that dropped exactly 1 year prior to Tyshawn winning the 2nd one, that put a LOT of money in the good ppl at Thrashers pockets, let’s forget about that.. I’m sure Thrasher forgot about it when making their choice

Do Nine Club awards

It's a conversation? Ha. Gary makes one point the whole segment and talks over everyone else on the program while doing it

In other words $OTY is not about the best skater of the year but who is giving more money to the mag that year.

Thrashers salesman of the year

Garry [Interrupts host]: “I’m not really talking to you. I’m talking to kids.” Chris: “But this is what’s great about having a CON-VER-SATION. And a lot of people don’t have CON VER SATIONS anymore. It’s just about throwing their shit onto the internet. […] They’re not having a conversation with anybody.”

If we talk about “winning it when it’s their moment” it was Tfunk and louie Lopez moment 💀💀

I get it, Thrasher’s SOTY has a a financial meaning behind it. That’s fine they need that to stay alive. Now we need a SOTY award from someone (The Nine Club) that actually appreciates the work some of these people put into their craft. Shit they can even pick SOTY categorized by type of sponsor. Board brands, shoe brands, wheels, etc, etc…. There’s so much content and so many different styles that it would be basically impossible to pin just one individual. I dont think The Nine Club should turn into some big sport analysis type show but I think a lot of people in this community deserve that praise.

9 club SOTY would just be their favorite too. this happens w grammys, oscars, emmys, what have you. the organization involved obviously has biased personal interests, and its completely fair that they pick the skater that pushed thrasher the hardest/put on for thrasher the hardest/ and that threw down the hardest. TJ's wins are undeniable years of insane skating + everything he did for Thrasher... its THRASHER's SOTY!! what we need is more diversity of awards that matter. Since all the other publications are becoming more irrelevant, they don’t matter as much so we only have thrasher soty to look to. yall want more options then pull up and support all your favorite publications and skate brands so they too can host big awards

"watch four dudes interrupt eachother for 25 minutes, the video"

Gary is pretty funny and has some good insights but really could learn to pause long enough to let others speak/finish their sentences. We all had to learn this skill growing up.. Don't talk over others!

Hoping for a Nine Club SOTY!

It's very simple, Thrasher needs to make it so people vote, that's it.

"Skating never been about who better" Did gary like....ever watch any doc about skating in the 70s and 80s lmao. There were mfs that were THE BEST and no one could touch them. Lmao THE FUCK bruh

If Gary has a lot to say about Nike, say sumn bout Cairuma bud

So pretty much need a good photographer like atiba to get a picture of you doing a 50-50 on a red curb making you look tight, and you win SOTY. Got it

I think we all understand why Thrasher picks who they pick, we just wish it was less biased to who does the most for the mag and more for who puts out the best shit that year in general. Yes, it's "Thrasher" SOTY, but I think people feel that since Thrasher is so legendary and represents skateboarding, that they would do what's right by skateboarding. Obviously, not how it works, but how most people would like it to work. Gary is right though. We just need to stop looking at it that way and someone needs to create an unbiased SOTY award that goes to the correct person via fan/skater voting. We shouldn't think of Thrashers SOTY as the actual SOTY. We all know it's politics with them.

This mans been so far up tyshawns rear end since day 1. we get it your both black but my god the bias gary has for black skaters is ridiculous

then call it trashers advertiser of the year, and the argument with the footage has to be filmed that year is whack too cause if you look at the history of soty it hasnt been the case much

Let Nyah go skate them subways bet he’ll get some crazier content

Let us not forget Ishod lost to AVE because they wanted to do a retrospective fuckin participation award trophy and told him "youll win it again" hasnt won it since. Fuckin soty is a joke

Thrasher Skater of the Year = PROFITS Phelps Skater of the Year = PASSION

The main problem with soty now is, don't give hope to people that didn't even have a shot, now that we know soty is picked based on is it thrasher branded now we know that Sheckler and Nyjah didn't have a shot, but to just be silent and let everyone assume they had a shot is what's not right Going forward we now know, but that wasn't cool to just let us think that for the sake of hype for your brand

"All you can do from outside the club is speculate who shaking ass" - Gary Rogers

How is that a good marketing choice? Most people disagreed?

“Nyjah won skateboarding that year” but it wasn’t his moment guys. Dude’s just being intentionally obtuse

Lmao Gary did not stfu for 25 min straight

Thrasher should have an Icon Award every 5 years to give these guys like Guy their flowers. Not magazine based or anything. Just a Thank You from skateboarding.

Nyjah is a rad skater tho, he just took a different path and wanted to support his family. Back in the late 90s early 00s competions were huge and there was a group.of skaters that really only skated contests and thats what they did. Times just changed and nyjah was a kid back then at the very end of it but he still doing it that way. Im not a nyjah fun but i can respect the path he took

There's a difference between THRASHERS pick for SOTY And THRASHERS pick for their SOTY And now knowing this, just sours and water downs the meaning of what we all just thought SOTY was And that's a shame, the chuck of people that should have won but didn't because it wasn't a thrasher part is crazy

I’m getting those mental gymnastics vibes from Gary’s argument. I understand being loyal to your people, but just say it how it is. If you don’t do work for Thrasher, you’re not going to win.

Nine club make your own skater of the year we got your back

Thrasher magazine made my childhood. I couldn't wait to go to the magazine shop in the mall to get the newest issue ( and probably to look at the covers of the dirty magazines too lol). My childhood room was covered from the floor to the ceiling with cut outs from the mag. And then we would use the adds to make stickers.

Cmon 9 Club start your own SOTY award please

A Nine Club SOTY is all that matters now. Thrasher sold their nuts and wounded the integrity of skateboarding.

Gary was swinging for his life for his job at thrasher and all I really heard is who ever kisses Thrashers ass the most and makes them the most money to be even considered SOTY

Kelly got hyped over Gary’s approval 😂

Nyjah should have got it, Tyshawn already got it so it was bs imo. Nyjah got ripped off on that year soty. Same with this year, should have gone to Sheckler

Gcode needa take those weak ass chains off 😂😂😭

Gary took that line "If nyjah don't win this year he won't ever" in the wrong context He took this as if he's not good enough anymore or if he's to old now No no no no no that's not at all what that meant, it meant that was Nyjahs best part to date, hands down everyone agrees unanimously an amazing part, and if that doesn't win that means thrasher doesn't pick based on skill or how how Gnarly something is its only picked on style and feel And that part was the apex of skill and gnarly, style and feel was absolutely there That not winning means that soty is picked based on just feel and style and that's half of skateboarding Nyjahs part had skill, gnar, style, and feel If that part was on thrasher would it have won then?? That's the question now

At least he acknowledged and was honest why he thought Jeron wouldn't have said it... lmao even though the comment itself isn't even a big deal. It's a real thought

Make the criteria crystal clear.

If Phelps was still alive Tj Roger’s would’ve got the crown by now.

Gary gotta take a chill pill, attacking the pod isn't it.

Garry Rogers is funny af, but when its serious hes such a nice and humble dude

However they "claim" to do it nowadays....it is so WACK!!!!!!

acting like he forgot TFUNKS name

I love that Chris put emphasis on "CONVERSATION", because that's what's missing big time these days.

the amount of S words bleeped but F words left in makes me laugh every time

Thrasher wack as their pentagram and goat faced master

nine club/skate club SOTY we need it and i need it.. comeon guys pls make it happen whoever best skate part or skate accomplishments ❤

If enough ppl didn’t know tj rodgers story WHY NOT BOOST IT WITH SOTY???

Gary really getting mad at the public for not knowing how Thrasher picks SOTY?? Like no sh#t?!?!?!? If Thrasher came out and said we're only considering people that have been involved with Thrasher, then all of the internet would understand and not start bashing on eachother, if we knew what qualifies for SOTY the internet wouldn't be upset about Tyshawn winning It makes sense and now everyone understands yes! But no one knew that!! Except for the people that work there And theres no way Thrasher didn't know what they were doing was misleading and using that confusion as hype

From a outside perspective I also thought it was a global award. Now it’s clear to me.

Remember, everyone. It is THRASHER SOTY, not "The Skateboard Community's" SOTY.

There should be different categories for soty. Biggest sender, most tech, most influential, most style, etc...

“I’m just joking but fr..” 😂

The year Suciu won SOTY= absolutely 0 covers He had parts go to spitfire and adidas. Some went to thrasher. Suciu absolutely should have won because he had the most impactful skating that year. "If Nyjah didn't get it that year, he never will" is absolutely correct. They aren't talking about Nyjah's inability to produce another great part or parts like is what is being argued and what gary is being offended by. They and most are saying Nyjah won't ever win despite having the most impactful skating because he isn't core and that in it of itself is a corny ass way to judge skateboarding.

9:50 Bars 😂😂😂

What’s up with thrasher letting you vote then? It makes you think that the people choose but it’s already chosen by the magazine. Fug dat

Sent this video to Nyjah 😂

The David gonz year had figgy also doing A LOT for the mag that bake and destroy part came out that year also

So it's Thrashers most profitable skater of the year, good to know

I remember dreaded nyjah in project 8, bros been in the game a while

Gary saying TJ tricks can only be done by a few doesn’t make sense as Nyjah tricks also can only be done by a few but the level of eating shit doesn’t compare equally between them. SOTY needs to be someone else judging that has nothing to do with what they done for that company or group etc. In other sports there’s professional bodies to undertake the judging and awards but this wouldn’t work in skateboarding now. Thrasher is a business so I understand but it’s clear most skaters aren’t aligned to Thrasher’s criteria.

Nyjah the last 5 years has been the absolute goat. Nobody is really that close either (Yuto and Ishod honorable mentions). But Nyjah has killed the streets a lot harder than any pro the last 5+ years. Winning loads of top contests and creating the parts he released in ‘22. It’s nothing short of mind blowing. And he can do everything, he’s not just rails, he’s been gifted at every aspect of street skating (gaps - nearly bs flipped el toro and got closer than Shecks, manuals, ledges, lines, etc.). Dude can do most of the tricks Tyshawn does but the same cannot be said the other way around. Tyshawn would struggle to do a single trick from my Nyjah’s last part. Nyjah could do at least 50% of his. Nyjah doesn’t skate transition and it’s about the only style of skating that he isn’t the absolute best at. Tech ledge tricks and super high pop ledges are the only street things I haven’t seen Nyjah do. But some of the handrails he hits he has to pop insanely high, it’s not like he doesn’t have crazy pop

Imagine the Associated press said the NFL mvp is the dude who did the most for the newspaper

That was intense. What Gary said makes total sense, why would one(Thrasher) promote a skater that they were not hanging out with? There are obvious camps in Skating, imagine the Hell Ride Crew making Patt Duffy Their SOTY? Why would they do that?

Aye bro …. Stfu and let other people talk !! 😂😂

For a pre digital human - magazines were the only way - hope it becomes like vinyl - nothing like paging through and seeing some skater doing something crazy

because of this i change my mind i now accept Tyshawn becoming #soty congratulations thank you for the explanation sir Gary. Many factors to be considered video, clips+++ big factor was SALES of the mag where Tyshawn is 💪😉 adidas invested man! next year nike now will invest. It's fair becoming soty the part be release should exclusively on their thrasher camp ✔

We need a Nine Club Soty where theres no biases and its just whoever had the dopest parts and year of skateboarding Overall while having the public vote.

20:22 well said 🙏

So Nine club trying to do damage control with this upload. Soty is bogus, Gary is bogus

"Screw Nyjah..." Thats how they pick.. He was Robbed!!!

Jamie Thomas and Chad Muska I feel like deserved a soty at some point too

Nine Club awards

Phelps rolling in his grave.

would be good to get someone else to do soty. nice they are somewhat open about how soty works for them. but that‘s not what the community needs 🤷🏼‍♂️ we all are looking for the most dope skater of the year not the most bought cover …

This is exactly what I thought happened when Nyjah lost. Thrasher cares about their own bottom line more than what their opinion means to the community. Fair enough. But those are the kinda decisions that lose credibility with me. Props to Gary for being real about it.

Tiago Lopes should have been SOTY. His 333 part was absolutely nuts.

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