Some legendary pressure flips have gone down, notably PJ Ladd's in WHL.. Koston had a few good ones in BATB awhile back
I never wanted to learn this trick, it looks embarassing IMO any combination of it. I can ollie 6 decks why would I want to scrape the ground with my tricks, you know? Buddy of mine always does them in games of SKATE, he also does sw FS bigspins without popping. These tricks shouldn't count and I won't play him anymore.
What's your stance on this highly controversial trick?
This post makes me question whether you have true pressure flips mixed up with some other weird dork trick. I say that because comparing it with what's essentially a shuvit bigspin doesn't make sense being that to do a proper pressure flip you do hit your tail on the ground to pop it up.
I happen to like pressure flips. They're fun and when done right your board should do almost the exact same flip and rotation as an inward heel. Every so often I'll get one to flip, rotate, and catch in a fluid motion with fair height (absolutely no "ground scraping") and it feels great. At some point between 1991 and 1994 I did pressure flip noseslides, pressure flip tailslides, pressure flip late backside 180, pressure flip 5-0, and even the occasional pressure flip nose manual. There was this gap in the town I lived in that was a 5 stair with about a 3' sidewalk and landing in the street. There were a few times when I landed on pressure flips over the gap but slipped out on the blacktop. My point is that you can (and should) pop a pressure flip, at least a little bit.
As far as whether they trick is 'cool' or not, that's up to the person who decides for themselves that they do or don't want to do them. Last I checked there weren't rules that regulate individual skating. You want regulations? Go play basketball or lacrosse. I very rarely play SKATE but if I do then there's no shame whipping out a pressure flip. If your tail hits and feet don't touch the ground then it's fair game. The who point of SKATE should be to be forced to try things you might not normally do, not to see who's better than who at the same old tricks.
In closing- if I'm out skating and someone is lame enough to think less of me because I do a pressure flip then that's their problem. I'll decide what's fun for myself and nothing else matters.