I think that the main point that the OP is missing, is that people don't ACTUALLY think freestyle (as in OUR freestyle involving a pipe, park, etc.) is turning into arials. People have just been commenting that because of the sport's progression lately, which has been involving crazy high spins and triple corks and all other kinds of crazy shit. Shit so crazy, that because it's just the beginning of people doing it, there isn't exactly style involved. Like henshaw/ambuhls triple corks were filthy, but they weren't steezy. Thats why people are saying arials, no one actually believes our two sports are merging.