The post titiesandwich made kind of proved my point "aerielists dont take off switch and dont grab". Which is 100% true, if it keeps progressing like this, the only difference between freeskiing and aeriels is going to be going switch and doing a grab. I know that sounds a little extreme, but it is almost true, imagine if a skier goes down Xgames, does 3 triples with a mute and a quad with a safety on the last jump, whats the difference between that and watching a aerialist do a triple with an iron cross? Not a lot, because people who push style in competitions do not get rewarded, and competitors do NOT go for it on rails at all, because it hardly makes a difference in their score.
To be honest, if i could do a quad, i'd probably take the stance of David wise. He can easliy triple in the pipe, but he chooses not to because that isnt what he wants the sport to be. I can use a personal example, I love to trampoline with my brother. My brother is on fire on the trampoline and we started at the same time, he busts both way dubs, all this shit. We basically grew up doing the same tricks until it was time to try a double, I didnt try for the longest time and still haven't tried because i didnt think it was worth it.
It kind of does, here is a snowboarding hucking 2 triples in the same run, it won't be this season, but next season i bet you we see a run where a snowboarder or a skier just does all 3 triples.