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I don't get why switch skating is put on a pedestal. Yeah, it's harder, but it doesn't look better.
you answered your own question
Out of curiosity, what do you think of guys who base so much of their skating on how good they are at doing things switch (PRod comes to mind for this)? It's impossible to quantify how hard switch is compared to regular (since it's different for everyone), so the added difficulty is subjective.
There's definitely a place for it, and I disagree that people's switch styles don't look better, but it kind of takes away if it's overdone.