Just replayed this the other day. KSPS was made right after Neversoft was acquired by Activision. So it's essentially just Tony Hawk assets put into a surfing game. It feels great to play and chain combos together.

The problem is that unfortunately.. every stage is just one long quarter pipe with very little variation besides wave height and the 2 or 3 dynamic effects the waves have when you're on them. Not a lot to keep you engaged whereas Tony Hawk games have a lot you can trick off of all the time. I feel like the devs did what they could with the concept with the amount of FMVs for every surfer and every 1st visit to a new level, secret unlockable characters and cheat codes, a fully modeled main menu hub. You can feel the passion put into it but there's just not enough there fundamentally.

The end credits lists quite a long track list but I swear the in-game songs only play that one Jack Johnson remix and a small list of other songs. At least they aren't bad songs, just extremely limited.