KenL
Tour Rookie
I fully get what you are saying but is not staying on the board a basic element, like staying upright on skis, skates, not sinking in a boat, rowing straight, staying on the beam, bars etc in gymnastics, divers making a decent entry and so on. Athletes push themselves and the odd one will fall off but when every competitor falls off that is pretty poor. It doesn't matter that it is hard, it is meant to be hard at elite level. To win medals we, the spectators, want to see something special. If the competitors can't do that then maybe the sport (I say that very, very loosely for skateboarding) is not ready for the Olympics.
I could stay on a board for hours just going along but the tricks they are pulling off are very impressive.