Well before I bid farewell to this beautiful thread I made, I'd like to give my thoughts on everything.
Double Down Showdown: MUCH better than last year. Glad that Cory won. Ami beating out Mark in Round 1 was a jaw dropper. Quite a few wild rides but in the end it was great.
Racing: Never have I been felt more shaky with a World Finals Racing bracket than this. I was stunned when Bari beat Tom and Neil, and really hoped Marc would win. Nice Digger vs. Digger finals and glad that Adam took another win.
Freestyle: Wow. Who would've thought that what we all thought was going to be a great Freestyle competition turned out to be as awful as 2016. Very few competitors filled the clock, and those who did only really got somewhere in 7 or 8. At least there were a lot of wow moments, such as Ryan's moonwalk after a backflip, Rosalee getting HUGE air, and Charlie's sidewall slide. In the end, I'm just thankful that the winner was the right guy, and this time, without a doubt.
Encores: Man oh man. The Max-D 15th Anniversary Encore was a disaster, but the Rampage encore definitely made up for it. It was confirmed that Tom Meents was in George, and came SO CLOSE to finally perfecting the double backflip. Not sure who was in the other trucks but it was cool, especially with over 50 trucks flooding the floor afterwards.
And now the long wait until the action returns begins. Two long weeks, folks. Two long weeks....