why does everybody need such a fucking structure behind skiing?!?!?! good god, maybe this shit is gonna turn into aerials. people. obviously, there are influences from EACH sport. why say it NEEDS to go this way, or that? stop being so fucking closed minded. if you see something done on a snowboard, and say, wow, i wanna do that on my skis, then do it. same thing with rolling. it doesnt matter the similarities, but when you can look at something, the way someone moves, and figure out a way to translate that into a different medium, (skiing), thats not biting someones style, its being influenced. i have been able to pull shit out of snowboarding, inline, longboarding, surfing, biking, all those sports, and thats what people need to aim for. stop being so rigid in your definition of what skiing is or has to be, or else the sport is going to quickly lock itself up and die. if you dont like the direction someone is pushing it in, so what? do your own thing. i hate how recently, its just been the new hot thing comes along, and EVERYBODY jumps on the bandwagon. stop giving such a shit about what everyone else is doing, and pay attention to your own riding. once we start diversifying ourselves, thats whats gonna save skiing. right now, i will call it and say that if skiing keeps going with this one dimensional style, the sport will crystalize with set limitations and guidelines, and then its all downhill from there.