what would you do if the rich kids didn't buy the latest shit... who would you get it from beat up and used???? Face it if you wanna be hardass and ski beater equiptment and clothes, you need those rich bitches to buy the new shit.
I'm not going to really take a definite side on this issue though, because I sorta feel the same way when I go in the park and see the kids decked out in expensive shit. Most of them sit there like bitches and tap their poles when someone does something sick. The might take one park run an hour. But the creator of this thread is taking it too far though. I ride with all kinds of guys that have sweet gear that throw down super hard every day. Sometimes to the point of injury.
Also big mistake bringing up the east coast - west coast thing, even if thats not what you intended it to sound like. I ski in pennsylvania. The only powder I know of is the kind my aunt puts on my baby cousin's ass. West coast might be where the awesome skiing is, but you can't say west is more "core". It takes major balls to huck your self off of an icey table knowing that if you land a little sketch, you're fucked. I'll see guys in ski videos overshoot landings on huge jumps and get right back up. I snapped my leg 3 years ago on a 35 ft. table when i under-rotated a 540 by like 30 degrees.
that was kinda long but i thought i should speak my mind.
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