I don't understand the whole "they felt like going nowhere", "it was directionless" argument. The Edition 1, Edition 2 thing was great, always with different concepts and artist, they had great collaborations with Nike, Adidas, Ron Herman, Soulland. Maybe the first 2 videos where a bit weird I could agree, but after that, the Miles Silvas Edition 3, Magnus for Edition 4 and Kyron Davis for Edition 5 were proper well edited video parts.
Saying the skaters lost their time riding for them is stupid. It was a good company and they had a good run, my only complaint with them is that their clothes were too expensive/the boards were kinda hard to find. I think Miles leaving lowered their motivation, and then Corona virus happened and they just couldn't stay afloat.