The group stage is over, starting the round of 16, where only half of the 32 participants passed to this stage, being them, Marianne, Irene, Wangari, Aira, Sarah, Alice, Amanda, Molly, Hellene, Hilda, Diana, Sóla, Akko, Daisy, Rita and Heather, which was defined that the first of the group will face the second of the next group, just as the second will face the first of the next group, defining the keys of the championship.

Side A
Marianne x Aira/ Wangari x Irene/ Sarah x Molly/ Alice x Amanda
Side B
Hellene x Sóla/ Hilda x Diana/ Akko x Heather/ Daisy x Rita

With the definition of the keys, the break video was passing, playing TNT - ACDC as it was ending, after showing the highlights of where the competitors arrived in the previous years, already the stream was kept in 13 thousand views, being inclusive a great mark for Luna Nova, that until then didn't have so much reach, managing to give a beautiful publicized.
The break for rest comes to an end and soon the first two competitors are called, to start the final stages, and they are Marianne and Aira. Leclerc gets a kiss from her girlfriend and goes to the runway waving to everyone, who is shouting the name of both girls.

" And now we will start our finals, having as the first dispute the first place of group A, none other than Marianne Leclerc who showed surprising in her heats, even more that it is her first year competing, going against Aira that by only half a point was behind Wangari in group B! Now the disputes will be more solo, each of them has the right to up to three batteries, alternating between one and another, the score as always what matters is the total of the two best batteries! " Said Croix.

The shot is given and Marianne starts to give her first paddles, already aiming at a stairway railing, taking the direction to go up, jumping with style when she hit a Double kickflip but stopped in the middle of the way, intentionally, while in an overcrooked, coming back towards a bank where she ended up giving a switch nose grind, where she hit a flip to another bank nearby, impressing everyone by passing that gap and ending that combination.
But it didn't stop there, it was catching more impulse arriving until a ramp where it fit of nose and then of Tail in the tip, dropping and catching impulse, enough to pass for a ramp and to hit quad heelflip 360 while it passed over the car that Laura had left in the middle of the track and from there ramps were placed to pass the obstacles.

" Woah! That's incredible! Marianne Leclerc has hit a quad heelflip! And over the top of the car! That could definitely score some nice points! " Meridies said.

After the end of Marianne's battery...

Aira's battery begins, she starts to do what she knew, hitting a boardslide on a lower rail, where she was following a more conservative line, without connecting the maneuvers in a combination, getting to the point of hitting a tailslide on the car spoiler, Then she also showed what she was best at by dropping into a bowl and with that she was starting to hit some airs, which was earning a nice score, especially by miraculously getting a melon 720, which left even Leclerc impressed, they were managing to have a dispute closer than she thought.

" Woah! Aira isn't doing too bad either! She's going to do everything she can to dethrone Marianne for this chance to go to the finals! I wonder who will end up facing Wangari or Irene in the quarter finals, becoming our first qualifier " said the Italian.

Aira kept sending airs and also some inverts, showing that even a little behind, he still had the vigour and trained a lot during that time, until he got to the end of the battery, until then the notes are not revealed until the end of the three batteries.

At the end of the three heats...

Simply Marianne was giving it her all by doing the best tricks she could pull off, being more concerned about whether she might have a chance of being eliminated as her sport is much more street than vertical, despite having trained a bit, she wasn't as good on ramps as Aira had shown herself to be, which brought the contest just a bit closer.
Marianne 90.3/ 93.1/ 92.5 Total 185.6 | Aira 89.1/ 88.7/ 88.6 Total 177.8

" And Marianne Leclerc is the winner! She moves on to the finals! Unfortunately Aira couldn't connect the tricks into combinations and put together a higher total score which would have given her an excellent placing, but it was still a very good score from her, coming very close, even more so as it was higher than what she achieved against Wangari in the group stage! I wish you good luck next time Aira, as for you Marianne, enjoy your victory as you are the first to go through to the quarter finals! " said the purple haired girl while the dark haired girl celebrated by raising her arms.

Leclerc then went to the waiting room where she was received by a very strong hug from her girlfriend who was celebrating the victory even more than the competitor herself, the others were clapping their hands for the French girl, impressed with her performance.

" Look love, you did very well now, I'm sure you'll make great progress up front, good luck with Wangari or Irene " Hellene said.

" The next one of us will be me after the two who are coming " Amanda said.

They went there chatting and also the dark haired girl with a red lock, was eating and having a juice to replenish the energy once the final comes to start, chatting with the other girls also a little while watching the other competitions that came.

In the second battle things were more intense, and very close between Wangari and Irene, these two knew and quite combine tricks and it was where the Kenyan showed her best managing by 1.8 to qualify for the quarter finals, thus ensuring she would end up going against Marianne and that with 183.4 points, very close to the numbers that the Frenchwoman reached, which opened her eyes a lot.
In the next contest Sarah and Molly were also very close, but the taller one simply showed how much more experienced she is compared to the blue haired one and managed to qualify for the quarter finals, defining who would face the next two who will finish the A side of this bracket.
Alice or Amanda, the two were called, O'Neill waved to everyone, was wished good luck, when arriving at the track everyone repeated the name of the American who took a deep breath, motivated to get a better classification this year.

" And here we have one who has been third at some of the championships, Amanda O'Neill, who will face another newcomer who has surprised Alice Locke, they both did very well in their groups, with Amanda coming first even on a stand alone basis, while Alice was narrowly behind Sarah in second position! " Croix said.

Amanda was watching Alice's drumming, a little impressed, but she showed confidence the whole time, standing there with her arms crossed studying what her line would be, which she was already even positioning herself, on top of a ramp where she had a handrail, until Locke's drumming finished.

Soon she could start her battery and confidently O'Neill caught the rail as she hit a triple kickflip, hit a 50-50, until she went down below where she gave a nice boost with a Double impossible to another rail that was on the big staircase of the track and broke 180 where she hit a Bluntslide switch, starting to go backwards to the down side which was amazing how she had all the balance, until the momentum got near the bottom of the bleachers where she hit another 180, with a hardflip for a nice 5-0, finishing that combination, earning some nice comments in the stream, from people who was sending emotes all the time.

" Woah! Amanda O'Neill is looking very impressive, who knows, she could be a finalist this year! The key set was the best for her! She's really picking up point after point! Woah!" said Croix.

After the batteries...

Amanda was a shocking performance, she was closer than everyone thought to Diana and Hellene, which was showing at this stage as she hadn't done that much in the group stage, but eventually showed her true colours when the finals came around, not giving Alice a chance to react.
Alice 85.0/ 86.1/ 82.8 total 171.1| Amanda 97.4/ 96.9/ 95.8 total 194.3

" Well we don't have much to say here... Amanda is the winner and moves on to the quarter finals, she will be the one to go head to head with Sarah Bernhardt, which even impressed ourselves, she really unleashed everything she had to become the best here, it's numbers like that that are only achieved in the final or by the Cavendish! Woah! Amanda O'Neill really wants to show us something! " Meridies said.

Confident the American walked back to the waiting lobby and there she saw that the girls were getting stunned, she was even strange the way they reacted, especially Marianne who was in the same key, knowing that she could have some huge chance of losing to her colleague.

" What is it? Cat bit your tongue? I said I've trained and I'm not going to let myself get beaten this year, I really want the chance to get some attention to win a sponsorship, I want to be able to kick start my career," said the salmon coloured hair.

" Ah so it will be like this? You want to go head to head with my hegemony? I love it, I can't wait to see you in the finals if I can get there " Hellene said with a huge smile on her face.

" I really want to be a professional skater and I'm going to do everything I can to nail it as the best, get you guys off the throne, I just want to see how you'll do against a different Amanda " Said the excited O'Neill and soon Hellene was called.

McLaren walked over to the track picking up her skateboard and looking intently at the American signalling that she is not to be messed with either and when the heat started, she went beyond what she had managed in the group stage.
Everyone was in shock, the views went up again, the redhead showed her claws and everyone couldn't stop looking at the skateboarding
monster that the Irishwoman had become, achieving the highest scores to date.
Hellene 99.8/ 99.7/ 99.8 Total 198.6| Sóla 89.9/ 90.3/ 87.5 Total 180.2

" Well... There's not much to say, that's our Hellene, she's in another league, she got almost a perfect and total score, that's because she was already impressive in the group stage, but now, this girl is a monster, I'm sorry Sóla, you were unlucky to end up facing the best... I am speechless for this girl " Meridies said.

When the purple-eyed girl comes back, everyone stares in shock, she was not even greeted by a hug by her girlfriend, everyone received her slack-jawed, nobody had any idea that McLaren had reached that level.

" I told you, I won't give it any easier " said the redhead.

" Where do you get all this from? Come on, I trained my ass off and you're still pulling milk from a skateboard," Amanda said in shock.

" I don't know, I've always trained, but you have to be creative, using the same maneuvers doesn't work, you have to use many maneuvers in combinations besides trying the riskiest ones, that's what I do, you never see me using the same flip on the rails " said Hellene shrugging.

Next to be called were Hilda and Diana, Cavendish was simply still in shock over her sister and her drumming was impressive, but it was clear even from the live chat how everyone wanted to see Hellene herself, everyone was delighted with her performance, although Diana did well too. With views topping 15,000. She managed to beat Hilda in a dominant way, impressing Akko a
lot, but not so much the others after they saw Hellene that was simply eating in the most tranquility without watching her sister go, it was even getting a little relaxed what can be scary.
Hilda: 88.4/ 88.9/ 90.0 Total 178.9| Diana 95.6/ 95.0/ 95.3 Total 190.9

" And another one that delights us too, Hellene's older sister, putting in a dominant performance, with an excellent score! She will be the one to battle her own sister for the quarter"finals, but will the older one make it? " Said the Italian as the comments already got on the hype for this contest.

Cavendish goes back to the waiting lobby and in this she is greeted with a hug and kiss from Akko who was already eager to go in her battery, as Amanda went on laughing confidently, which the Scot was confused about.

" It looks like I might have a chance to beat you Cavendish, I scored more points than you " said the American.

" I think you might have a chance, but what about my little sister? " said the platinum haired one.

" Oh sure because the older one no longer makes sure " Said the salmon"coloured hair teasingly.

" Don't mind her love, I'm going now, I'll also give it my all " Akko said giving his girlfriend another kiss.

The Japanese woman walked to her call against Heather, the crowd were calling her name and Kagari was waving back, the comments on the stream pretty much just showed the hype for the Cavendish sisters' contest, which was going to be the highlight of the quarterfinals.

" And here we have our runner"up again! Akko versus Heather who came second in group H behind who came third in last year's championship, which is already a big contest for this blonde " Said the Italian.

The shot is given Akko goes calmly, she picks up momentum on the ramp, gets nose stall on the spoiler of the car where she then drops from there and continues the line where she hits a nice 540 flip then a darkslide on a railing on the big staircase, where she returns hitting a kickflip underflip, catching the back of the bleachers with a nice overcrooked until she comes down and sends some Freestyle maneuvers, where there she had the dominance, finishing the combination which was leaving everyone clapping.

" And she never disappoints, Akko being the usual creative girl, that could score some nice points, you can be sure " Said the lilac haired one.

After the batteries...

Hilda didn't have a chance against Akko, she showed why she should still continue in this contest, securing a higher score than everyone expected from her, managing to show how creativity yields a nice score, pulling many special and new maneuvers, besides the Freestyle well present in the manuals.
Hilda 85.4/ 89.8/ 89.7 Total 179.5| Akko 96.4/ 96.0/ 96.1 Total 193.4

" And Akko is really wonderful! Our girl has qualified for the quarter finals, unfortunately it wasn't enough for Hilda, she pulled everything she had to pull, but Akko has shown that she wants to take on someone other than herself, and we're seeing that the hype to see Hellene and Diana is huge too! " Croix said.

Atsuko returned to the lobby being received with a hug from her girlfriend who was also a little shocked with the very high score she took, what Hellene was taking a deep breath already knowing that she will have a lot to go through, they won't be easy battles, they are all Luna Nova's best so she can have the fifth trophy in her room.

" Love you really have it all going on, I didn't know Freestyle gave points " Diana said.

" I much less, but it was good to try, so I can be more myself and manage to guarantee myself against your little sister, since I will lose badly to her yet, I only say good luck facing the little monster that has the same blood as yours " Said Kagari patting her girlfriend on the back.

" Monster nothing! I just want to show the world why I deserve to be a professional skater, maybe even one day enter the Olympics and have a gold medal, it would be perfect, but I think things will be more complicated than I thought " said the redhead scratching the back of his neck.

" I liked that the Freestyle could be worth some points, maybe I have a chance against Amanda in the semi-finals " said Marianne.

" I'm not going to give you any chances, you should give it your all, I'm not going to take it easy, I also want this trophy, Hellene intimidated me a bit, but I think I can guarantee it if I do it right " Amanda said.

" I found your leap in skill interesting, let's see how you do further on " Hellene said with her hand on her chin.

Meanwhile Daisy and Rita were in the last heat of the quarter finals, where she won one way or another was Campos showing her much better performance in relation to the English, thus ensuring a position in the quarter finals against Akko, which Croix also declared a 10 minute break between one time and another, which they used to show some more videos and this time they were more drift montages where Laura was driving with the same Nissan Silvia S14 that was on the skate track, kind of to lighten the chat that was getting hype for the Cavendish sisters' dispute.

The Round of 16 was relatively quiet for the main competitors who secured a good enough score to pass to the finals, but the challenges will start in the quarter"finals, where the key tightens a bit more, especially for Hellene's side who will have to chase perfection if she wants to show that she is the best.

See you, tricker witches...