I remember the 1080 contest for the first one caught on film (video, not the first ones ever landed - credit to Parks and Mark Kenney), and it seemed to take ages. Everyone was coming close...then Danny finally got it. Back then, I would never have imagined a video like Dowdy's, but like Alex said, as soon as Danny landed it it felt like everyone took a breath and started charging harder. The new G wakes certainly don't hurt either
I think I'll watch that vid a few more times...