Interesting take on the lack of wakepark footage and snowboard videos and the lack of Park. Maybe the reason is because you can show up at any Cable Park or Snowboard Park and watch people ride for free. They are very accessible to the public and as such lose some of their video appeal. There are also countless contests at both making them more common. Back country hits or "Street Hits" are just something you can't/don't see everyday so maybe that is why they appeal to the public more.
The thing about "Street" wakeboarding, at least to me, is they appeal so a smaller market. Core "13-25 year olds". as a 41 year old father of 3, I will never be hitting "Street Spots" on a wakeboard, so Im not really interested in watching it. Also, sometime it just seems forced. 10 foot take off area, hit something, land and ride 10 feet and done. Water almost isn't necessary. While the street riding level is at an all time high, its been around for years now. When the first crews (Pointless) started really building gnarly rails and such, it was all brand new and blew minds. People had never seen it, and no one else had done some of these things. But that was close to 20 years ago.
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