Akko was giving the best of herself in these heats, impressing everyone, getting a very high score on her first attempt, she went on the second time, leaving everyone still in shock, the one month training really had a lot of effect, she was able to perform many maneuvers with extreme precision, much because every day she practically had to learn to perfect more than one maneuver at a time, learn balance techniques and everything else.
In the second heat, Akko went to a ramp, where she did an invert, with only her hand planted on the top, where she then let go and took advantage of the speed of the descent to do a 360 kickflip on a ramp, near where there was a railing, she took advantage by falling from there with a boardslide, which shocked the audience, who more than celebrated the monstrosity that Atsuko was doing.
Diana and Hellene were getting impressed, showing an expression with a slight malicious smile.
" And look at that, a 360 kickflip, boardslide still on top of the ramp railing on the side, that's impressive, Akko has evolved in an impressive way " Croix said narrating the event.
Atsuko continued her battery, going with great concentration to a handrail near a ladder, where Kagari simply jumps doing a half Heelflip hitting a darkslide on that handrail, causing it to slide a little to the top, but give a stop, then the skateboard began to return, and reaching down the Japanese gave a small flip fitting the maneuver that left everyone in shock.
" Woah! A Darkslide who then went from back, that's impressive, a quality balance from Akko! " Meridies said.
And she didn't stop there, with the remaining time she jumped in a crate, fitting a manual nose, where she had already entered of Heelflip, leaving there with the same maneuver but of nollie and alternating to the manual of tail, where she made a kickflip and fitted of tail in a handrail beside, staying stopped in this corner where she caught momentum finishing with a Double kickflip with only two seconds to go to the end of the heat.
" And Akko is doing very well for the second heat, showing that he has balance to the competitors, making really impressive manoeuvres, for sure he will get a nice grade in this heat " Said the Italian.
Akko Second Battery: 88.1
Akko's score was given, she then just waves and starts the third heat, this time she doesn't even start trying several maneuvers, she arrives in a higher ramp of the halfpipes, where she drops there and stays trying a series of airs for a good time, managing to hit even a 720, but still having difficulty to hit more than that, showing that she could also fall, as this took a good time she ended up closing the third heat.
Akko Third Battery: 43.7
Total Akko: 90.0/ 88.1/ 43.7 = 178.1
With the end of Kagari's attempts, she goes walking to the waiting room, there she notices that everyone was amazed with the Japanese girl's ability, as she was getting closer and walking all of them were impressed, for having seen that before she barely came close to being what she was at this moment, when she arrives at Hellene, Diana and Amanda, the three of them make a point of congratulating their colleague.
" Woah Akko, you really evolved and a lot, this training really gave you a field advantage, but that alone was not what made you skilled, these maneuvers... That's what shocked me " Diana said.
" I said I would come back better and stronger, I wasn't wrong " Akko said shrugging sitting down on the sofa.
" I knew you had a little secret Akko, now let's see how challenging it will be to face you in this championship " Hellene said.
" How's that? Until last month you were learning to paddle with Marianne, now you're on par with a professional skater, you're on the level of Diana and Hellene! That's impossible, you must be on some kind of real life hack," Amanda said shocked.
" I just trained, it was a difficult training, but I'm trying what I can, they were super understanding and managed to level everything to be able to pass me the training, I was getting used to it, even in the last days was being quiet, I learned almost five new maneuvers a day, I had to get and perfect, practically they made me get 10 consecutive attempts so that I had perfected " said Kagari.
And with that the next one was called, Wangari, who was doing her batteries, while the Japanese girl went to get something to eat, since in the waiting room there were several snacks and drinks that the girls could get to restore some energy after the batteries.
4 participants later...
The last girls did their heats, getting good overall scores, Wangari passed with 166.9, Shao Yi with 159.6, Mary with 154.0 and Sarah with 170.7, showing that there were girls who were quite skilled in this championship and everyone was impressed with each other's performance until the roulette wheel of choices called for one more to start, this time Amanda.
" Now it's me, just watch how I'm still the best here! I trained hard these days too, both in my room and at the skate park " O'Neill said confidently.
" Did you put a bottle of water under your shape for balance training? " Akko shrugged.
" You must have trained equally, anyway just watch how I go with skill," said the salmon"haired one.
The American went on to the skateboarding track, waving to everyone, mainly to her colleagues who were in the audience, even more Constanze and Jasminka who made cheering posters for their friend, written "Go Amanda".
The first battery is given and with that O'Neill already goes towards the miniramp nearby, where she comes back and starts demonstrating her maneuvers by doing a 360 flip, then she continues paddling taking a handrail with a Smith grind, entering it doing a kickflip, then getting out of there with a hardflip, fitting in a very smooth way.
" Woah! Amanda O'Neill already showing off her style to us, 360 flip, kickflip, Smith and even a hardflip, this girl's got it going on too " Croix said.
Amanda was paddling with more speed, even going down a ramp, where it came to her giving an air, an Indy 540, where she came back with everything taking momentum to the ramp on the other side where she did a Japan 540, coming back from these ramps with one minute left, she went with the momentum taking a longer railing where she entered with an Impossible fitting at the same time a 5-0 grind, leaving there with a varial heelflip with all the style, where she was paddling to a ramp near a staircase.
" Indy 540, Japan 540, Impossible, 5-0 and varial heelflip, Amanda O'Neill is not kidding, she really wants this trophy and is showing her opponents that she has come with everything, what a spectacular sequence of manoeuvres! " Said the Meridies.
As Amanda gets close to the staircase, she picks up momentum and jumps on the spot doing an impossible where she narrowly misses, so much so that she crouches down well after the impact, with another 30 seconds left, where she used it to go on a ramp from one side to the other doing some aerials and also some manoeuvres of fitting the skateboard on top of the ramp, some of them coming out quite well, ensuring a good score for the performance in manoeuvres.
Amanda First battery: 86.5
Amanda went back in position this time she climbed a higher place on the track where they had more stairs, to start the second heat, everything to cause even more, to have a high enough score to qualify and also ensure herself in the finals.
" Look even Amanda has improved a lot " Hellene said.
" After the last few times I think O'Neill must have had a sense of revenge ingrained in her, so it's to be expected," Diana said.
" Woah! I thought I had even passed Amanda, but she really is more skilled than I had seen " Akko said scratching the back of her head.
Amanda's second heat starts, she was already starting by getting in a good way passing on the stairs rails, in different ways of grind, what was leaving the audience amazed, she only went up to guarantee herself with a high score in the beginning, making a greater diversity of grinds, although she entered with a simple Ollie, when she got to the end of the stairs, which took 27 seconds, she sent a nice Double Heelflip well fitted.
" And what a wonderful staircase descent! Amanda O'Neill is not afraid of the big staircase, really the challenge for her is not something impossible! " Croix said.
A while later...
Amanda finished all three of her heats, trying something new in all, taking advantage of the whole track, with a good overall score, she managed in all three heats a high score, not resting in any, just going for what was coming her way.
Total Amanda: 86.5/ 89.4/ 81.9 = 175.9
Amanda came back celebrating, electric and full of emotion jumping all over the place when she saw the score, it was high enough to be able to guarantee herself at the top, she was only behind Akko in the scores, which was already a good sign she came back and was greeted by all, besides being congratulated by Akko, Diana and Hellene.
" Not bad O'Neill, you really have trained hard haven't you? " Said the older Cavendish.
" I'm after beating you and avenging the final I could contest with your sister " Answers the salmon-haired one.
" Well let's see how you do in the next round, last time you didn't get that many points, even Sarah did better than you " said the Scottish lass shrugging.
" Only this time I trained a lot, I perfected so many maneuvers, of course it's not Akko's hack training, but I still trained a lot " said the American with her finger pointing to her own chest.
With that O'Neill went for a rest, besides eating some of the snacks and drinking plenty of soda, she was somewhat exhausted by the effort she made in each heat, showing that she has a very consistent score, that she goes all out in each one with the intention of winning.
6 participants later...
A series of contestants went on, they went as best they could, putting on the biggest show for the audience and also those watching the livestream, which proved to be a success on the part of Croix and Ursula.
Heather was the one after Amanda finished with 168.8 points, Verochka with 155.0, Sóla with 164.2, Aira with 170.5, Rita with 173.9, Molly with 168.7 points, this way the next to be called was none other than Hellene, which left all relaxed with the skateboard in hand, was waving to the whole audience that was celebrating with her, including did not fail to send a kiss with a wink to Marianne that was only with arms crossed at this time.
" And the champion of 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, since this championship started our four"time champion has never lost one, she is simply the youngest daughter of the great flying Scot! Bernadette Cavendish! And now let's appreciate if she is still fit! In three, two, one, Let's go! " Said Ursula.
Hellene takes a deep breath, starts paddling, this already shows what she came for, arriving at the miniramp, and giving a slide, where she practically gets on her knees touching her hand on the ramp floor and sliding down, where she catches the momentum of the ramp, In the middle of the way she pulls a flip that changes the grind to a bluntslide, coming out with a 180, hardflip, where she crouches to fit, continuing to paddle towards the stairs ahead.
" What's that? Simply Hellene Cavendish! Bernadette's blood running through this girl's veins shows that the skill is wide awake! What a great slide to start, a double impossible, nosebluntslide, bluntslide and a 180 hardflip, this girl is a machine! " Said Croix.
Hellene went to the ladder, where she picked up much needed momentum by catching the skateboard on the jump, doing a 360 tailgrab, which was leaving the audience even more in shock, an aerial like that being sent to jump a ladder, and then well fitted, and that's not where the girl stopped, as she threw herself into the Bowl next door, this in just 27 seconds.
" This girl is crazy! A ladder like that and she sends an airplane like that! How impressive " Meridies said.
In the bowl was where the redhead was shining, she was sending an Indy 540, then a Benihana 540, finishing with a beautiful Japan 720, where she almost fell, but still managed to fit and in this one she even came back with Bowl style where she spent 23 seconds, getting on her back, and going in her line to do more maneuvers with the 40 seconds left, Hellene went paddling towards a crate in front of her where she simply showed off her balance by doing a manual one foot nose and then sending a little flip where she simply switched feet in the middle of the maneuver leaning into a one foot tailslide, leaving the crowd awestruck, as did Croix and Ursula.
" Did you see that? This girl is something far beyond human capacity, it's like magic! What enchanting manoeuvres! Hellene's Cavendish blood just shows this madness, two 540's followed by a Japan 720 and then this manual one foot with a one foot tailslide, this girl should be competing worldwide! " Said the Italian in shock.
Hellene was finishing more the time by then fitting the maneuver with a manual where she was following the combo, even appealing a little for a Freestyle, where she simply was supported by Primo on top of the skateboard, then gave little show to close, pulling for a casper, then even a pogo that was what closed the whole first battery of the Scot.
" The versatility of the girl, she even pulled an inspiration from Rodney Mullen, what creativity in using some Freestyle, and what control she has with her feet! " Said the lilac haired one.
Hellene just waved them all off ensuring a very fat score, simply higher than all the others did in their heats, an opponent the girls watched dumbfounded, especially Akko.
Hellene first heat: 98.7
" This sister of yours doesn't exist, look Diana, I had only seen these things in video games, it can't be that she actually has a control like that on her skateboard, this is more than I could imagine " Atsuko said in shock.
" You didn't see her practicing balance on the track once, she just did a blunt, only an inverted blunt, she leaned that way and we were just filming, to me she's just holding it, last year she did more " Amanda said.
" What do you mean "more"? What is Hellene? A machine? " Said the Japanese woman in shock.
" She's been skateboarding since she was 3 years old, she did her first Ollie at 4, at 5 she already knew how to do flips, my mums were simply teaching her, I didn't even know how to skateboard at that age, I started at 7, my sister already had a base and balance that were beyond what we imagined, she always fell and hurt herself a lot, how many times we didn't go to the hospital because this girl broke some bone, what was strange, was how she always came back fast and how she wasn't left with sequels " Explains the older Cavendish while Hellene was doing her second battery.
" What do you mean come back quickly? " Kagari said with her hand on her chin.
" I don't know, they are strangely miraculous remedies that my mothers gave us, it was what the doctors recommended, it even seemed... I'm not going to say this, but it seemed like a lot, I still don't know how it worked, but it seemed like the pain stopped immediately, it seemed like the body had barely fractured," explained the Scot again, making the brown woman arch her eyebrow.
" No! It's not magic, stop thinking rubbish Akko, focus on my sister, you all have to focus on how she's going, because it's the only way to beat her to the punch " Said the one with platinum blonde hair trying to get away from the subject.
" I'll just ignore it, but my suspicion is already more than certain, soon you'll all know who was right, but really, your sister is impressive, now it makes sense that she's not so afraid of doing things " Said the ruby"eyed one.
Meanwhile Hellene simply sent the same Blunt Invert that Amanda had mentioned, which was making a huge shock, she was a machine, the girl went with her skateboard as if it was part of her body, as if it were a real parkour, risking herself on every kind of obstacle or ramp, the maneuvers for the redhead just came out.
With the end of the three heats everyone was stunned and clapping, including the number of views had just had a big increase to see how Hellene had done.
Total Hellene: 98.7/ 99.6/ 98.9 = 198.5
Simply Hellene was the only one who managed a near perfect score, with her three heats being so far the only one that passed the 180 points and also the 190 points barrier, which is going to be the biggest challenge for the girls to win in the championship.
the younger Cavendish was going back to the waiting room and everyone was just normal, no reaction at all, many had already seen how Cavendish was going, only Akko was the one that was getting flabbergasted.
" Whew... I was able to do my warm up now, I think now I'm ready to compete in this more seriously, I'm not that rusty at skateboarding " Said the redhead scratching the back of her neck.
The championship was proving to be something with a lot of competition for Akko, seeing that it won't be something so leveled mainly by the issue of Hellene, the girl has something more, mainly a little by the issue that Diana said about them never being extremely weakened, which made them have a good ability, leaving even more confirmed the suspicion of magic.
See you, machine witches...