Honestly... all of you sound like whiny old people who complain about the times. It's ridiculous and counter intuitive to complain about where skiing is going because EVERYTHING changes and evolves. Look at any sport today and tell me it's the same as it used to be 20 or 10 or even 5 years ago, especially when looking into unregulated free sports such as skiing or skating. It's fine to reminisce over what once was, I too loved so many aspects of freeskiing growing up. But to the people out there who bitch about what the sport is today, you are being just as negative an influence as the aspect of the sport you are complaining about. Skiing is skiing and that is it, it's what you make of the sport, it's what YOU contribute. And if you have a problem with where skiiing's going, maybe you should get off NS, because I can guarantee you for every responsible og here there are 20 bitches.
I would like to think that the sport is generally moving in a progressive direction, and it is up for us to guide that path. So get the fuck out and ski, and if you aren't having fun then it's probably worth taking a second look at.