The irony of course being that the REAL THUG CULTURE in skiing is comprised of tight pants wearing, beer swilling, shenanigans inducing, pseudo-intellectual nihilists. On the other hand, the traditionally "thugged out" skiers are mostly 16 year old posers who would've been wearing airwalks whilst carrying skateboards in my middle school in 1994 who are scared of drugs, parents, and the police. They also play lacrosse and soccer and worry about things like college, jobs, and this thing called the future (it isn't real).
A ski thug is someone who drops out of life to ski and doesn't give a fuck about nothin' 'cept experiences.