so much cognitive dissonance going on here. the same people who go to bat for the "skateboarding isn't a sport" take and hate on things like Street League that attempt to place a value-based judgement on technical skill in skateboarding also are the first to cry foul when they perceive that someone is being rewarded whose skill level is lower than whatever standard they've created in their own head. which one is it? is skateboarding about technical skill, or is it about creativity, style, and the way it makes you feel when you watch it? i think most of us would probably say it's about both, at least in some capacity. but if it's about both, and we have all accepted that there's room in skateboarding for people who rely pretty much exclusively on technical skill with little to speak of in terms of creativity, style, "sauce", etc... why can't we say the same for giving the same value to people like Beatrice who probably fall more into the "makes you feel something when you watch their skating" camp and don't rely as much on technical skill? no one's asking you to say that Beatrice possesses the same technical skill on a skateboard as a Nyjah, Suciu, Yuto, PJ, P-Rod type, or even the same technical skill as other successful women in skateboarding like Rayssa, Alexis, etc. The only thing getting a pro board means is that people enjoy watching your skateboarding enough to buy product with your name on it, and it's abundantly clear to me that people (maybe not the people you deem to be important or have the most valuable opinions, but people nonetheless) enjoy watching her skate and will buy her board. If they don't, then I'm sure FA will pull her board. It's really as simple as that imo