Unless you’re grilling on a cedar plank, go skin down. It’s the path of least resistance and maximum crunch. Your future self will thank you.
But honestly? The best answer is: try both. Cook salmon ten times. Experiment. Burn one. Eat one raw. Get weird with it.
Cooking is play. Salmon is just a delicious excuse to have fun. So go. Sizzle. Flip. Eat. And when someone asks, “Skin up or down?” just wink and say, “Down, baby. Always down.”