I don't know, there's a lot of annoying things in skating at the moment, but actually, it seems like a pretty good moment for skating as a whole. Olympics are lame, but somehow also cool because of people like Alexis Sablone competing and Yuto winning in his hometown in front of the world has gotta feel good for the kid, especially since the whole of Japan is depressed and the world population at large. Instagram hype fits are corny but these kids are having fun, if there's one Versace Plug in the bunch, it's a net positive. Who cares?
One of the best things about skating is how it's always moving forward and changing but there will always be footage as a historical document. I was always bummed I never got to skate the low brooklyn banks but had fun skating the tall fucked up ones. There is no point chasing the past, skating's gotta keep moving.