Skiing is great because I forget about bills, tests, homework, and cars that are falling apart. When I drop that cliff into an untouched powder field, I am not concerned about the politics of our world or questioning why I am so lucky as to live the way I do while so many die every day for lack of clean water.
I leave my head and become the moment, what is going on right then and maybe a little before. It isn't planned, it isn't premeditated, and I am as free as I ever get. This is why I ski.
Skiing has so much range of what you can do. Be it jibbing rails in tight pants or dropping cliffs after touring up, it is all skiing and people enjoy doing it, as they wouldn't be doing it if they didn't receive some sort of enjoyment from it. I really agree with the creator of this thread, ski for yourself and let others do likewise.