See also windsurfing, snow blades, fat biking and a bunch of other sports that were briefly the next big thing. Some of this is just the nature of fads but an

See also windsurfing, snow blades, fat biking and a bunch of other sports that were briefly the next big thing. Some of this is just the nature of fads but an interesting case can be made that, with the rise of the internet sports and decline of local shops the instruction infrastructure isn't there anymore: https://fredhasson.medium.com/how-the-internet-killed-windsurfing-58e0222d9cbe https://fredhasson.medium.com/how-the-internet-killed-windsu... Obviously some sports are thriving but many of them have figured out a way to maintain a local presence despite online sales. Ie bike maintenance focused shops, the preference for locally shaped boards in surfing, ski and bike lift tickets, climbing gyms.