Replying to Golden age of extreme sports?

It could just have been the marketing but it seems like the 2000s were when shit was going down. People actually needed and were getting equipment to fit their skills for the first time. Whether it was skiing, mtb, or climbing it just seemed like people were pushing themselves the hardest. It seems today that we have hit a wall and instead of pushing over it we have decided to have a regression (new wave/ swerve). You look at old x games clips and it didn't matter the sport but the crowds seemed way bigger, even at the small competitions shit seemed wild. You looked at the project's people were doing back then vs the "project's" today and it's not even close. I was wondering people thought seeing as there seems to be a lot of ogs around.