I think i posted this elsewhere before but from speaking to people who know him, the London party lifestyle was just starting to fuel a bit of a mental health spiral, and he decided to head back to Ireland to chill and get his head right, which is fair enough.
The mixed attention off the back of BATB must have been a lot to deal with, and he's clearly someone who took certain comments about his skating to heart, as seen through the titles of his edits, the conscious effort to include different skating in them to appease critics. Must be a headfuck trying to make it and having to choose a direction to go in based on what everyone wants you to do, rather than what you necessarily enjoy.
As far as I know, the parting of ways with Hop King was amicable, i guess at the time it was quite a bit of pressure on top of all the BATB shite. He's getting product flowed/sponsored by an EU shop called Skatepro, so at least he's sorted for bloards.