Wow, just read the posts in this thread... how can you hate on those guys? Seriously. They kill it, and just because you see other kids who maybe do stuff that's almost as good or as good as them doesn't mean that isn't a damned good and entertaining website with a lot of cool shit on it. Ahmet could probably go pro pretty soon if he keeps it up, kid slays rails.
As for east coast vs. west coast? Believe me, when you ski ice and shit all the time like the EC kids do, you get good at skiing in general, and you're not going to have a problem with whatever shit you see out West. That being said, it's all how much you put into it... a kid who skis fifty times a year in Tahoe is going to be at about the same level as a kid who skis fifty times a year at Smuggs...