thats my point this shit is all skateboarding, and is supposed to be fun.
my point is, you can say the same thing from mike v's standpoint, nobody should be whining chris cole had to skate some oldschool tricks, SKATE should be about flatland skateboarding tricks no matter what, there shouldn't have to be an oldschool contest, its all skateboarding. everybody is just too cool to do some older shit these days.
mike v still did a lot of those fliptricks and shit, its not like the dude can't do some, he landed a good amount of those, he just doesnt have as many, same for cole and the older tricks.
like you said about knowing you cant do switch and nollie so you wouldnt be in the contest... i wouldnt expect to go up against someone like mike v in that contest and not expect him to skate like that.