Absolutely. Well said yourself.
My favorite eras of skateboarding are just before BPSW and just after. Just before I felt like street was legitimized and I no longer felt bad about not having access to halfpipes and blasting like Hosoi. And just after, street skaters really started to take what they learned in the early 90s (slow and lo) and added speed and flow. (The return of sensible sized wheels helped of course) The first Stereo vid was also hugely influential in that regard. I even got a letter published in SLAP mag lamenting the mid 90s.
Some of my favorite parts of EEIII are just dudes pushing through the city. To this day, I love pushing. I think Ricky O even named it city skating, not spot skating. Sometimes, I just want to skate not get in my car to get to the spot. On more than one occasion I've found myself 6 miles from home after a day of ollieing manholes, bouncing off curb cracks, stopping at the occasional 'spot' and pushing between them... only now I'll call the wife for a pick up and not get on the bus or actually skate home.... I did skate 12 miles one day during the early pandemic, hitting and sessioning spots a long the way... It was painful...
Baggy pants are back, you noticed...? Kids are in full on 90s worship. Had to show my daughter my FUCT jeans. Its funny though, they are mixing different aspect of 90s skateboarding that didn't necessarily happen at the same time... I love being old.
Anyway....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w-cVq2VSXw EEIII NYC sections Between 12secs and 30Secs is my favorite part. Just a dude pushing through the city at night. Ollies onto a car, hands behind back, kick flip a grate, jazz flowing, just owning the street. The best feeling.
Pink Floyd and Single Fin Logs.