Fellas i totally feel all of you, i ski at a very small mountain in VA called wintergreen i think that about 5 skiers go in the park and i am the oldest one at 19 all of them are punks, i can throw down in the park bigger than all of them (which isn't saying much) but they sit around and talk crap to me and to snowboarders. Last year i would be hiking the park and have random snowboarders throw snowballs at me from the lift and laugh abnoxiously when i would fall. I just ignored it and now it is paying off, my park skiind has really progressed and all of the local boarders give me tons of respect, because i am not a punk or a jerk and i am not afraid to take a fall when learning.