Grant Taylor (Born October 30,1991) is an American professional skateboarder. He is the son of former professional skateboarder Thomas Taylor and won Thrasher Magazine's "Skater of The Year" in 2011. Grant’s style of skateboarding is known to be fast and powerful. He is recognized for his unique versatile skateboarding.
Grant Taylor won Thrasher Magazine's "Skater of the Year" in 2011 because his style is fast and powerful.
I believe it was difficult because the two statements followed each other in the context article, although one had nothing to do with the other. He could have been " Skater of the Year " due to external pressures by advertisers, or internal politics of the skating world.