I have never agreed with another forum poster as much as I do you. ~1 Month ago we had golden age footplants. They clipped into the ground a little but at least they were FULLY DIRECTIONALLY CONTROLLABLE, YOU COULD TILT MID-AIR AND FOOTPLANT CORNERS OF BOXES/COPING and GO BACK THE WAY YOU CAME.
Now, it's just *footplant from 100ft. forward momentum takes you* It went from being a super versatile trick that made skating more fun to now it's just a STUCK animation with FORCED momentum. They're doubling down on it too I bet w/ s5 they're going to be even STURDIER and less CONTROLLABLE