If you hate where skiing's going....QUIT
I'm glad your friend who quit because of the "sellouts" quit. One less person to stand in the way of progression. Is Tony Hawk a sellout? Dave Mirra? Mat Hoffman? They all have video games, have done comercials for random things not related to their sports. Does making money make them a sellout? I for one want to work in the ski industry after I graduate. I know I won't be good enough to get paid to ski, but I'd like to be able to get paid to pay people to ski. If you are afraid of skiing becoming "non-core" then quit, you are not needed by this sport. I want to make money in the ski industry, I want the pros who risk their lives to get paid what they deserve. Afterall it is their job, It's a fun job, but it's still a job.
And the young kids coming up are nothing but good for the sport. The origionators are my favorite to watch, but guys like Rainville, Shiller, Etc, push the origionators to do more. Without them, we'd be seeing Tanner's crusty old switch rodeo 7 over and over. and that is the opposite of progression. Don't get me wrong, Tanner pushes the sport more than anyone, but back when all of the OG guys were cometing, the switch rodeo 7 was the contest winner for more than a year.
What the fuck do you care about what people are doing anyway. I don't know about you, but I ski because its what I like to do, and I don't give a rat's ass about what anyone else thinks of what I am doing. I don't drop huge cliffs, don't lap the park, can't spin more the 540 and I don't care because I do what I want to do. If you don't like it, I don't care. you have your opinions and I have mine, but keep your bullshit to yourself.
If you hate Non ski gabber, why did you post this here?
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You are the feces produced when shame eats stupidity
-Dale Gribble