I appreciate the attempt to carve a space for skateboarding in a format that’s more amicable to other professional sports. I’m curious whether they are going to continue letting captains name their own teams, I kind of like the creativity, but having no static team names would be a big departure from most sports and probably a detriment to people developing ‘ home team loyalty.’
I think expanding it to be a short street line rather than just jumping down the stairs would be a big qol boost.
Like a couple other competitions, a lot of times it felt like watching golf to me.
I loved watching the highlights, but much of it was too slow moving and low energy for my attention. I'm not sure I care for the sanitized version of skateboarding it promotes.
Glad it was a thing, but definitely not the first thing I watch to get amped up to skate.
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reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net · 11 pts · 164d
I appreciate the attempt to carve a space for skateboarding in a format that’s more amicable to other professional sports. I’m curious whether they are going to continue letting captains name their own teams, I kind of like the creativity, but having no static team names would be a big departure from most sports and probably a detriment to people developing ‘ home team loyalty.’
I think expanding it to be a short street line rather than just jumping down the stairs would be a big qol boost.
Vegan_Joe@piefed.world · 10 pts · 164d
Like a couple other competitions, a lot of times it felt like watching golf to me.
I loved watching the highlights, but much of it was too slow moving and low energy for my attention. I'm not sure I care for the sanitized version of skateboarding it promotes.
Glad it was a thing, but definitely not the first thing I watch to get amped up to skate.
Highlights were dope though.