You got to keep in mind that they play on easy to get points, theyre not out for style and theyre noobs. As I said to some loudmouth once, "Everyone can do everything on easy, youre not special, its the mode for girlfriends and 10 year olds" hehe.
And yeah it sucks going hardcore vs easy in a game of skate or whatever, I wish BlackBox had made a filter for difficulty settings and/or just removed easy and kept it normal/HC only..