Judging skaters against their own past potential rather than their peers during competitions makes the experience joyless.

“it was really that when i would go to a contest i was basically expected to win and at some point the judges were judging me against what they thought i was capable of as opposed to judging me against the other riders so they would judge me super harshly if i didn't rise to that”

He considers skateboarding a dangerous endeavor that becomes increasingly risky for older individuals with family responsibilities.

“and it's like if we hit our head now is that that's the last time right like like we got family now that go hey how many times you've been knocked out this year you know can you go yeah yeah good point maybe I should slow down like that that is a thing now”

Chris categorizes people into two types based on their stance preferences, which makes them either skateboarders or roller skaters.

“there's there are two different people there's there's the go this way people and the go that way people if you can roller skate and you can rollerb blade and stuff that's that way people skateboard and snowboard you're that way people”

He suggests that luck is a factor in performance, but it can only be harnessed if the athlete works hard enough to be in the right position.

“Kobe Bryant had a famous quote that he said uh the harder I work the luckier I get how do you feel about this type of situ cuz like when I heard Kobe say that I could relate to that cuz there's been times in like say for instance a skate contest that I may have won where there was a trick I did that”

He believes professional skateboarding requires high levels of athleticism and conditioning to succeed and maintain a long career.

“if i train and if i work out and if i strengthen these other parts of my body and take it more seriously i'm going to be able to skate better i'm going to be able to skate for a much longer time”

The Professional Skate League is a positive development that makes skateboarding more fun and easier for audiences to follow.

“And I feel like that's what was their goal. I mean, their goal with this was to create an environment where it just seemed more fun. It gave, you know, the audience something easier to follow.”

Darby Allin considers his skateboarding activities to be a crucial physical and mental outlet that he needs to maintain.

“the one thing tony hawk told me was he's like 54 years old and he's like killing it on the skateboard still and he says just don't stop because the moment you take a break that's when everything starts like feeling like [ __ ] so uh i just be like dude after tapings i'll have this crazy match like i”

He views skateboarding as a safe outlet for expressing his anger and anti-authority feelings as a youth.

“Once I started to get around the culture of skateboarding, I felt like it was a safe place for me to be angry and to be anti- athority in a lot of different ways.”