it's pretty sad that the kimpossible appreciation has more posts than this one.
anyway, danny seems like a pretty legit skater to me, pushing the boundaries and just being goofy/having fun. my assumption is that he just never played politics and therefore never got his name up and out there. the whole thrasher beef things is basically all hearsay, no one is in any position to confirm or deny it really. but i do feel for the guy, his transworld part started out with the knee blow-out, then it happened AGAIN, so it seems he just physiologically doesn't have what it takes to keep doing this to himself (skateboarding).
none the less, he definitely influences many skaters (haslam, as well as the kids you will never hear of), and he's still doin his thing. you can call him and his tricks kook tricks all you want, but they're the tricks that i remember, not some "legit" kids boring ass line of tricks i've seen 1000 times. not hating on standard skating but to deny this dude's effect and ability is just asinine.