As sad as I find it to say, this is the truth. Really if we wanted style in our contests, we'd have to change it at the judging level. Athletes will just lose if they focus on smooth style and not tech.
I remember once asking Pete Olenick and Colby West why nobody ever does stylie shit in contests and only ever does cab 10s (at the time that was the big trick), and they said very simply:
"If you had $20k on the line and you knew for sure style would lose, what would you do?"
Not much else to say other than that. Bug the AFP or whatever judging commission that style has to count more than difficulty. Or have a contest that bans high rotations, and you can watch a contest about style. I've seen it before, and it works great. However, without rules forcing it or judging that scores it... tech is king.
