This.
I grew up in the east and skied bumps at Hunter and Belleayre. Every winter we would take a trip to Mad River and we always had a blast. Fun glades and steep bump runs. You go there to ski what is arguably the hardest terrain in the east, not to ski park. I have not been to Mad River in years, and since I live out west that won't change, but I absolutely love the place. If you want to challenge yourself back east Mad River is the place to do it.
My first year living in Tahoe I had a roommate who looked at himself as a blue collar stiff. It was part of his sense of self. We lived in Olympic Valley (Squaw Valley) and one night he and one of his buddies went over to the resort at Squaw Creek to poach the hot tub. They were there for a few hours before they got kicked out. When they got back home they were proud, my buddy even said something like "those rich fucks don't like my kind." Of course, he easily could have gotten away with poaching the hot tub, all he had to do was be mellow and drink beer, but if they had let him stay that would have ruined his sense of self. If the rich folks had not objected to him he would have been devastated, it would have meant that maybe he wasn't the blue collar lout he saw himself as.. From what I have been told he gradually started swearing more and more loudly until they kicked him out. He went to the resort at the creek to get kicked out, it became a self-fulfilling prophecy, he had to make sure they gave him the boot. I bring this up because my guess is that the op is somewhat this way. He probably sees himself as a rebellious park kid who is going against rules and old people. My guess is that he seeks out confrontation with these groups in order to validate his sense of self. Like my buddy getting kicked out of the hot tub he seeks to be confrontational with certain groups so that there objection to him will confirm his self image. I mean, if old people at Mad River let him get away with things maybe he isn't the park rat rebel he thinks he is, better to make sure to have a confrontation with said old people to confirm rebel status. I could be wrong, maybe the old people were being dicks, but my guess is that the op got a sense of satisfaction from being confirmed as one of those trouble making park kids. I'm sure he was smiling on the inside. For those living in Squaw I should say that the incident with my buddy occurred more than a decade ago, it might be hard to poach the hot tub at the Squaw Creek resort now. Back then, however, it was super easy, all you had to do was sneak in and not be an idiot. My buddy was an idiot, anyone who actually wanted to avoid being kicked out of the hot tub could easily get away with it. Keep waving the rebel flag op. If you ever come to Mammoth I will make sure to report you to the yellow jackets as another park skier trouble maker to watch out for.
