this is like reverse west 49 syndrome.
Let me explain to you what west 49 syndrome is. I was once at a west 49, years ago in my youth. I saw that they had really good accessories, and they were the only dragon goggle dealers in town. I wondered why they werent carrying twin tips, and asked them this and, we got into a conversation about how twin tip skiing will quickly rise to the level of popularity that snowboards have. When having this discussion, this rich white kid, a total wigga, thought enough to tell me that skiing was gay and west 49 was cool because it didnt sell skis. He was with his mom, who was buying him all the high end products, their bill was well above 1000$(it took me a month to make that being a waiter). I looked around, and all i saw were these kids with their moms. West 49, or other "pro shops" dont target poor college guys or hardcore kids with skill, they target these little fucks.
The attitude that skiing is gay without question and snowboarding is ILL i hence refer to as west 49 syndrome. Pros on both sides know and respect each other, we are all about the same thing. In fact, all of my friends that i go to the hill are snowboarders, we joke around quite a bit, but at the end of the day we know we are equals. I normally dont write cheesy statements like this, but i have to make an exception because i hate aryan wigga's.
To this day, i walk into a west 49, and they still dont sell twin tips, they are still full of 12 year olds with their mothers.