Be real here. People are watching, do you crumble or thrive on board?
Personally I'm much better with people watching, with any activity really. Say some family walks by, I feel like I owe them something just to show what skating is and upping the stoke. Extra effort is applied for sure like a do or die mentality. By myself or with a couple homies the session can get pretty lazy trying the same thing over and over. I've been called a showoff before, negatively, but I'll take it, like trying hard is some knock against you? Watch how much better everyone gets at skating when a camera or 2 start rolling, fukkin night and day.
This is a topic that never gets discussed so I took to SLAP for answers, bring it!