I mean, no skateboarder has ever jumped over a street light or dropped 2 stories onto a rail, but yeah, skateboarding is gnarlier in an urban setting. Watch any skate video in the last 5 years.
skateboarding, not only is it gnarlier, the only thing you have to bring is a fuckin skateboard. Not like ladders and bungees and multiple people and shovels and a winch and a car and..........and.......and.
I've been skating for four years and this is my first season skiing ever and I'm not gonna like skateboarding is way gnarlier in an urban setting but they are two different sports so there are different standards because of it.