Okay let me clarify. I feel like the gaming was a bad example, but at the same time there is a difference between a 12 something saying he banged my mum, and what goes on in skiing.
Let me give a comparison. I'm at the skate park skating. In about as good of a skater as I am a skier. When I go and do a relatively easy trick, but for the first time everyone gets stoked. The preppy kids, the stoners, the metal kids, kids wearing bunk ass clothing, everyone's hyped and nobody really give a fuck about anything besides enjoying the sport.
I go skiing on opening day after dealing with a knee injury. So I go cruising through the park and as I do so I get dirty looks, other park rats talking shit about how I can't even kfed, and other skiers shaking their heads when I do the only tru trick.
Later in the season I've progressed and joined the ranks of these skiiers and what do I hear as we watch others drop? It goes something like this.
*kid drops in wearing Oakley sweatshirt
"Fucking gaper get the fuck out of here you snake"
*kid does kfed
"That was the worst fucking kfed I've seen in my life. I bet his parent paid for him to be coached and he still is shit"
*kid wears suspenders over sweatshirt
"That's so fucking dumb we need to kill this trend. Holy hell that fucker looks dumb"
*kid does flatspin
"God his style is awful"
*Kid having himself filmed by friend
"Wow what a Jerry. I hate jerrys. Theyre all shit skiers"
Etc. Etc.
There's no hype and there's no love. Everybody is critical and judging everybody else. I've noticed that it is much more obvious among the skiing community than others.
Now I'm not saying this applies to everything...but this thread is a really good example. Who gives a fuck what he is wearing. As long as you ski and you're not an asshole you're a friend to me. Unfortunately that is not true for the majority of the community.
