I used to have pretty high ollies back in the day, just kinda grew out of them over the years through lack of use. I can see why people wouldnt like my skating, but to say its barely skating? In my opinion my footplant 540 manual spin and my one foot powerslide 180 disaster 180 are very creative tricks, and thy're pretty tough to do
I dont really care though. For me skating is all about having fun. Im having way more fun doing my own thing than back when i was into the street thing, so its all good.
I kind of operate in a bubble with my skating, there are no "real" tricks and i dont get obsessed with what is going on in the mainstream, Kinda like taking it back to the old school mentality, where its just enjoying riding your skateboard and just doing whatever...