Brent Atchley has been unmatched for years, and when he joined tribute again I was pretty stoked to see him with Chin, another personal fave, but now... there's something about the way he skates, dresses, everything... dunno, don't like it. his elementality part is still hands down awesome, but I can't really tell anymore he's my fave, and Nordberg puts too many flips for me.
Hence, I've been thinking about ppl who dont skate "as hard" as they used to, so Barker Barrett, Ethan Fowler (visual sound), Dan Drehobl. Not saying they suck now, but don't tell me Ethan still skates like he did in visual sound. The battle between Barrett and cancer-Dan for the "to-fakie" king is a never-ending story.
If it has to be a current ripper, I'm either giving it to Tony Miorana or Brad Mcclain. Probably T-Mo, although Mcclain may shred harder.
This may not make much sense, but I'm sleepy as hell and have fapped way too much today.