Harsh on-camera flash is what ruined this shot for you, I'm afraid. Could have been cool looking if you'd used no flash, a long exposure to get some motion blur, and perhaps lit the skateboarder some other way. Maybe a flashlight illuminating him, or have him hold some lights perhaps.
A bit too much light fall-off in this one - looks like was lit by a single flash and it's thrown the background into darkness.
Appreciate for an action shot you need a quick shutter so can't use a long exposure to get some ambient, but in that case it may have been better to re-frame so that there wasn't so much featureless darkness in the background.
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