Jacopo is doing fine and Baker is wise to have him.
As much as I don't want things to change, social media presence has a HUGE weight these days in a professional's success and board sales, and Jacopo is one of the most successful in Europe right now.
While some might consider his 2020 output lackluster, a measuring stick like the Quartersnacks Top 10 weekly roundup, which accounts for social media clips as well as 'parts', highlighted Jacopo a lot. By my accounting for the 4Ply article on the QStop10 for 2020 (
http://4plymag.com/qstop10/), Jacopo was a top ten skater for the year. Maybe even top 5.
One might see Lucas Puig as a parallel. Not really a 'part' skater like Mason in 2020, but still constantly getting our attention with social clips. Ishod in 2020 too. It's just the new reality of skate footage.
Honestly, and this is hard to swallow, but for a lot of youngsters buying boards and apparel, social media footage holds
more weight than 'parts'.