bahahaha, ski patrol walks up to you, "so you call yourself 'bishop' do you?"
and woah woah woah! no war against TGR, that's not what I meant to start by posting their comments! they have a very tight knit community over there if you've never visited. it may take awhile of getting called a jong- but in the BC where your life depends on who you're with you have to know the other person is legit. not too long ago some guy got his pack stolen and a ton of people jumped in to send him replacement gear right away. they look out for each other whenever theres news of an avalanche involving skiers, or whenever someone's hurt. it's a different place, here we're primarily younger and a lot of park rats. they're older there, but not old, and they're damn fine skiers too. not to mention the amazing trip reports posted daily that you barely ever seen on ns. so don't go hating on tgr. it's all skiing, and in the end we're all just really fucking obsessed with it.