Since there was a thread on this two days ago, I hit up the search bar, copy pasted my old reply, and will use it here too!
It's[hip hop style] an influence, and its an image. All of our images, like it or not have been adopted from out society, mainly snowboard(which gets their images from skate and a little surf). Like it or not, its the way it is?
My question, continuing a discussion from SKEEZE, why do we have to copy an image? Why do we have to be the rockstar, the thug, punk, goth, whatever, can't we just have a ski style, a freeski style? I think we can, in time.
But about hating on the hip hop style, do you mean you hate the music, the baggy clothes, or the kids acting like bangers and being way to thugged out.
If its the music, thats your opinion, hate it or not, do what you want, I like it. If its the baggy clothes, yah it can get a little over the top, but an XL pant is way more comfortable than a tight fitting one. That again, personal preference. And as for the behaviors and thugness, that's what I hate, these fake wanna be thugs really coming from white, middle America, with an incredible talent for skiing.
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