so dumb, skiing and snowboarding are nearly identical sports, yet for some reason there has always been a huge divide between the two. i feel like one of the major appeals of mountain sports is that everyone is out there just to enjoy the beauty and fun of it all, yet some people need to turn it into a war of peevish attempts at degrading one another. we have enough hatred and fighting in this fucked up world, and my favorite place to get away from that is the slopes. so i dont want to here about how gay i look with poles, or how lame it is to have your feet locked together. just enjoy what you are doing, let other people enjoy what they are doing, and make the world a friendlier place to live.