ive had a couple people switch to skiing from snowboarding and i was in the park on saturday and was doing a little nosepress thing on a box and some boarder was like, "whoa, i didnt know you could nosepress on skis, that looks WAY better than on boards" but then later that day some snowboarder said to my friend "wow it must be hard telling your parents you're gay, cause you're a skier" so i dunno, up in the air.