Racing is not dumb and boring. What's dumb is people who think racing is dumb and boring, and what's boring is listening to them whine. I think you'll notice that the people who say racing is, ahem, 'gay' are the ones who have never done it, whereas the people who say, 'Dude, racing's chill' are the people who have spent time hitting gates. I think you'll also notice that the people in the latter group are better skiers.
'Oh, he's very popular, Ed. The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, waistoids, dweebies, dickheads--they all adore him. They think he's a righteous dude.'