hes so dead on, just do what you like, competitions don't seem fun, but there are a lot of good boarders skiers tht will inspire you, and you will inspire them, so comps are imho a good way to push limits, to deal with stress and just to chill out, but sometimes people forget why they do comps, and their only focus is winning, beating the others, and they will ski to win, not to have fun....
I'd rather go skiing with people Who just like skiing or even boarding then going with peeps tht continuously keep pushin it, and get pissed if they bail on a trick, its much more fun to just have fun and laugh at falling instead of crying and being pissed on yourselves, hey thats life, and admit it, falling is the only way to progress....