I've been binge watching The Last Dance and I'm currently on episode 6 after starting at 1 earlier tonight. I paused it to catch the last battle and the contrast between the madness Jordan put himself through, what he achieved, his culturally relevance... Just the sheer intensity of this documentary juxtaposed against what BATB is now made me realize just how silly, stale, and sterile this contest has become.
Not a knock on any of the skaters or skateboarding that was done but there's a lack of authenticity. At least to me.
It looked like Tyler was walking up to Jamie after the battle and this fucking LA crowd of people with their phones in front of their face storm the dude, cutting Tyler off from congratulating and shaking Jamie's hand, and I took that personally.