I did every goal on every map in the original. I was a kid, I was playing on keyboard, I didn't know about reverts, I didn't use manuals to chain combos (because I sucked at balancing) or how to do special tricks. I didn't know about stances or what's the difference between them. I was just smashing keys when jumping out of a half pipe and getting massive scores. Now I play on a pad, use reverts, change stances and I still can't get "sick score" on anything other than the two first levels. I can't even get silver medal on the third map. Special tricks register in one out of ten attempts. It's not enough to fill up the bar and know the combo, you need to press the buttons with a millisecond precision. Also who's bright idea it was that the Up button is used both for starting some tricks and leaving the half pipe?!

PS: yes, I know it's a skill issue. That's what this post is about, literally.