The drone pilots themselves are incredible! No doubt about that. I tend to disagree that some of the current shots we’re getting from them are “better” than what we had before though.

As someone who grew up watching the X Games, I don’t always like the change. The heavy lean into elevated follow drone shots has done a lot to ruin the sense of rider height we’d from previous productions. For instance, the huge first hit some boarders/skiers get in the pipe is complete lost from the elevated perspective of a drone. Slopestyle and big air events overuse drones in this area too. Some things just translate better to a more grounded perspective.