Some racers are nice people, I've definitely talked to some good people.
The problem is racing breeds the wrong attitude from very early on, i.e. that you have to be the fastest no matter what. Queuing for the gondola in Zermatt with a bunch of racers gets very frustrating, they are totally unrelaxed.
This thread is useless. Skiing & snowboarding are almost the same fucking thing and do not determine your testicle size... you got pussies, gapers, posers in every branch of society. In the world u got 3 kinds of people: dicks, pussies & assholes.... this has nothing to do with whats strapped to your feet man.