That is the main thing that pisses me off about racing and sponsorships, they limit your freedom and to me skiing is all about freedom.
I joined a High School race team once upon a time and at first I dug it, I could leave school to ski legitimately, but then once we were not allowed to freeski and we had to train and run gates all the time I quit and I started ditching school more.
Also, I do not understand people who feel that it is "fun" because you could always find somewhere to go faster than on any race course.
I do not like a lot of racers, ya the ones with the big egos, but I also have a few friends that race , and friends that used to race, and I do not like the majority of park rats either.
Lastly, of coarse some racers shred, but the best ones you won't be able to tell that they are a racer when they are freeriding.