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I like watching tech street edits because I enjoy riding tech street. Along with that I find watching people ride things that had never been intended to be ridden from perfect street plazas like Philley's LOVE park to a strange flatrail wallride setup down a dirty back alley. Through riding like this you end up experiencing all the peculiar people and things that go on, and end up travelling to places you'd never normally end up and meeting people from all aspects of life.
I find stuff like Mark Webb to be a bit of a visual overload, and the idea of them sticking an extra tailwhip into a combo just gets a bit boring (and I also dislike the huge corporate and energy drink side of it). I'd much rather watch someone float through a perfectly dug set of trails or blast the biggest gap at a huge concrete park. Quality over quantity.
These different riding styles also lend themselves to different editing styles. I prefer the slightly out of the box and creative editing styles of Charlie Crumlish, Bob Scerbo and Mike Mastroni. Plus I enjoy the glimpses into things they've experienced whilst riding other cities.
Don't take this as me dismissing other riding styles, it's just my preference and if me sharing some of these videos lets other people share my enjoyment then my posting in here is worthwhile.