consider no one on a scooter (as far as i know) has ever had a shoe sponsor, let alone a pro shoe
bmx or scooter will never come out with a game like THPS either, that shit hit hard. it wasnt even the best game (thrasher skate and destroy is a mcuh better game and came out within months of THPS 1) but there is no denying the cultural influence it had at the time. because there were so many less games, and less GOOD games, THPS just happened to hit at a certain perfect time