Not really sure what to do with this info. I guess the topic sentence is that SOTY has gone to Americans, mostly. And Californians. Exactly what one would presume if we have knowledge of skateboarding's history, which is distinctly American and Californian.
It'll be interesting to revisit this in another 20 years to see if things shift international as skating has truly only gone global recently.
Also, "Spanish"?!? That seems like a very random European country to single out. I know Barcelona has a lot of spots, but other than Javier Samiento, not a ton of classic skaters from Spain come to mind from 1990-2020. Hell, most famous skaters who reside in Barcelona now (i.e. the Sour team), aren't Spanish.
Also, Danny Way may have been born in Oregon, but that dude is SoCal through and through.
Brian Anderson is from Connecticut. Represent.