TOTY 2025 Nominees Revealed

TOTY 2025 NOMINEE: TIKI WU (SWEDEN)

Event Performance:

• 1st at Loopkicks 2025 Open Division
• 1st at No Gravity 2025
• 2nd at Vertigo 2025
• 3rd at Temple 2025
• 3rd at Hooked 2024
• 3rd at OMFG 2025
• Adrenaline 2v2 Winner
• TBQ 2025 Judge
• FTIG 2025 Judge
• Uppsala 2025 Judge

Clip of the Year - Tiki's battle combo against Fu Kaige in the Loopkicks 2025 Open Division

^{Double Butterfly Twist - (Vanish) Cheat 720 Double - (Frontswing) Envergado - Backside 1260 - Hook - Cartwheel - Double Full - Double Corkscrew - Triple Corkscrew}

Sampler of the Year - TERRACOTTA WARRIOR

TOTY 2025 NOMINEE: ZEN KAJIHARA (JAPAN)

Event Performance:

• 1st at Hooked 2024
• 1st at Temple 2025
• 1st at SteeZoo 2025
• 2nd at Oslo 2025
• 3rd at Vertigo 2025

Clip of the Year - Zen's battle combo against Fu Kaige in Temple Gathering 2025

^{Cartwheel - Full-in Back-out - (Swing) Gainer Semi - (Frontswing) Raiz - (Vanish) Cheat 1260 - Hook - Sideswipe - Touchdown Raiz - Gainer Switch - Triple Cork}

Honorable mentions:

• Full Shurikane Front Swing Backside 1620 to 03
• Full-In Mega Cart Trip (World's First)
• Cart Mega Aerial Twist-In Back-Out (WTF?)
• Hooked Finals Combo against Fu Kaige

Sampler of the Year - BABY SOULJAH

TOTY 2025 NOMINEE: FU KAIGE (CHINA)

Event Performance:

• 1st at Oslo 2025
• 1st at Vertigo 2025
• 2nd at Hooked 2024
• 3rd at Loopkicks 2025 Open Division

Clip of the Year - Kaige's marathon combo against Zen at OMFG 2025

^{Triple Full Semi - (Frontswing) Raiz - (Vanish) Cheat 1260, (Vanish) Cheat 900 Gyro - Aerial - Aerial Semi - (Frontswing) Envergado - Backside 1260 - (Vanish) Cheat 900 - Hook - Touchdown Raiz - Triple Cork}

Honorable mentions:

• Cheat 1620 to Cork-in Back-Out
• Cheat 1440 to Quad Full Splits

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Sampler of the Year - FU KAIGE | VERTIGO 7

Honorable Mention: Appear - Fu Kaige

TOTY 2025 NOMINEE: Dylan Berry (USA)

Event Performance:

• 1st at Loopkicks 2025 Youth Division
• 1st at Battle of Fury 2025
• 3rd at Vertigo 2025
• Ikigai 2025 Judge

Clip of the Year - Triple Butterfly Twist Combo

^{Triple Butterfly Twist - Pop Flash - Cartwheel - Full Doubleleg Double Twist}

Honorable mention: Full Wackknife Hyperhook to Triple Full Splits

Sampler of the Year - The Berry Patch

TOTY 2025 NOMINEE: FUJU HONJO (JAPAN)

Event Performance:

• 2nd at Loopkicks 2025 Open Division
• 3rd at No Gravity 2025
• 2nd at Kardo 2025
• Adrenaline 2v2 Battler
• Top 16 at Vertigo 2025

Clip of the Year - World's First Rodeo Snatchcannon

^{Touchdown Raiz - Rodeo Cork-in Back-out}

Honorable mentions:

• TDR Punch Triple Swing Triple
• TDR Punch Triple Swing Dub Vanish 12 to Wrap Triple
• Wrap Dub Swing Gainer Wrap Triple

Sampler of the Year - FUJIN -風神-

TOTY 2025 NOMINEE: HARUKI SADASUE (JAPAN)

Event Performance:

• 4th at Loopkicks Open Division
• Adrenaline 2v2 Battler

Clip of the Year - Shurikane to Snapu Twist at Loopkicks 2025

^{Cheat 1260 - Hook - Touchdown Raiz - Corkscrew Shurikane - Snapu Twist}

Honorable mention: Tak Full Snapu Snapu

Sampler of the Year - My masquerade

TOTY 2025 NOMINEE: JAMES WEST (USA)

Event Performance:

• 3rd at OMFG 2025
• 3rd at CATT 2025
• Top 8 at Vertigo 2025
• Top 8 at Loopkicks 2025 Open Division

Clip of the Year - 2 Full-In Back Outs 1 Combo

^{Scoot - Full-In Back-Out - Valdez - Full-In Back-Out}

Sampler of the Year - Hold On

TOTY 2025 NOMINEE: AKATSUKI (JAPAN)

Event Performance:

• 1st at TBQ 2025
• 2nd at Volatricks 2025
• 2nd at XTC 2025
• 4th at Temple 2025
• 2nd at Overheat 2025
• 4th at BOF 2025
• 4th at SteeZoo 2025
• Judge at One Judge 2025

Clip of the Year - Akatsuki's Combo vs Masaya in the TBQ Finals

^{Elbow Touchdown Raiz - Tak Triple Full Round - (Vanish) Cheat 1260 - Hook - Envergado - Backside 1440 - Sideswipe - Touchdown Raiz Slaughtermelon (Dragonfly Corkscrew Feilong Knife)}

Honorable mentions:

• Tak Triple Swing Dub
• Tak Triple Hyper Dub B

Sampler of the Year - カイロス

TOTY 2025 NOMINEE: ETHAN TURNER (USA)

Event Performance:

• 1st at Infinite Trickz 2025
• 2nd at CATT 2025
• Adrenaline 2v2 Winner
• Adrenaline 1v1 Battler
• TBQ 2025 Judge

Clip of the Year - Frontswing Combo at Loopkicks Valentines LOCO Session

^{Aerial Semi - (Frontswing) Sideswipe Semi - (Frontswing) Raiz - Gainer Semi - (Frontswing) Raiz - Gainer Semi - (Frontswing) Touchdown Raiz - Gainer Switch - Triple Corkscrew}

Honorable mention: Windex Semi to 03

Sampler of the Year - N/A

Honorable Mentions: Ethan's Large Library of Previous Samplers

TOTY 2025 NOMINEE: WILL CONEYS (USA)

Event Performance:

• Top 8 at Battle of Fury 2025
• Top 16 at Vertigo 2025
• Judge at Flip The Island 2025
• MC at No Rivals 2025

Clip of the Year - Will's Prelim Pass at Vertigo 2025

^{Aerial Semi - (Frontswing) Envergado - Double Full Hyper - Butterfly Twist Round - Hook - Touchdown Raiz - Rodeo Cork - Lotus - Hook - Snapuswipe}

Sampler of the Year - Touching Divinity