i began freestyle in 2008 so i can tell from there xD
i really think this guys make a real difference in freestyle this 3 years:
2008 -
Séan - change the way of how freetyle "must" be practiced
2009 -
Oli Cherek - (even if i dont like him) he proved that hardwork can make a really big difference in the sport, and im pretty sure lot of freestylers were inspired by him, even if they were better than him
2010 -
Luki - Created love for hardcore uppers showing a sick vid, with some coll stuff but sick uppers (Jak taka ryba)
Soufiane -
Make freestylers put interest in groudmoves
Michryc - he was really famous in freestyle scene before i beggin practicing freestyle, he showed some sick vids since 2007 (i think?) but in 2010 he changed the way of how hardcore lowers was seen... he finally pulled out the perfect combination between innovation and regular hardcore stuff in 2010. In2009 few were the freestylers who can do 360 atw, now i think lots of freestylers can do that trick in combos... im pretty sure about 90% of that freestylers were inspired by Michryc... hes a really cool guy also :P
Italian Crew: Mirko, Guther, and DomyBD -
skora were the first one who did some sick lower stuff, skora was really allrounded ( in terms of lower tricks, he can do almost all the lower tricks), but this 3 guys are sick in just 2-3 moves.... but i think they really pulled hardcore lowers to the next level....
in my opnion, the next real legend of freestyle must be a guy how can do all the stuff of this 6 guys... some guys like MP, ARS, etc are really sick, but they arent complete freestylers...
who will be the next legend?? who can develop flow(sean), innovation (michryc), hardcoreness (allround sits, uppers, lowers, grounds) and spetialiated in few tricks (domydb, mirko, gunther), and all this stuff perfect mixed like michryc mixed creativity with lowers... sorry for my bad english xD