His videos seems like they can be shot by anyone. But try skateboarding in the middle of a busy New York street with cars going in both directions while holding a heavy tripod camera on one hand, a remote on the other, and talking to the camera and saying hi to fans on the street, and finishing that narrative you started two miles ago all at the same time.
I was pretty sure it was him and followed his videos for a couple more weeks until a video of him in Santa Monica came out.
I am not into vloggers and agree most play up their amateur status but I was still impressed by the hands-on dedication he was putting into getting one shot.
But yes, that's a great point. And I think adds to my thesis too. A lot of us expect that creating videos of his quality would take a team of 3+ people holding cameras, planning production, etc. But he casually does it all himself. That surprises us. Breaks our expectations. Of course, it's taken many years and broken bones of his to get to this level of professionalism. But I never said breaking expectations was easy :)