Replying to I am not impressed by pre-teens who slay

Nico Porteous is the latest SuperUnknown semi-finalist. He is 13. Is it a good edit, sure, but it is mostly held up by the fact that people (such as Bobby Brown on facebook) make a big deal about the age, which happens all the time in action sports.

Being young is not a disadvantage, it is an advantage. Smaller kids have a much lower swing weight which helps in all sorts of aerial maneuvers, not to mention the shorter and lighter skis that come with their size and the less reach they need to perform a grab. Plus if you started skiing at 3, there's not a huge time to learn advantage over older skiers. A decade of 30 days a year is plenty time to dial tricks.

This shows up most prominently in the Xgames Megaramp. There's a reason 13-15 year olds are dominating the X-games big air these days, and why Tom Schaar can do a 1080 while Bob Burnquist cant.