Replying to What dose it mean to be a hardcore skier?

Here is what it means to me when it comes to being a hardcore skier. I really don\'t think looking like Mr.T,Vanilla Ice, Bon Jovi on skis really get you anywhere in being a hardcore rider.
Sure you can rock the latest gear have all the new stuff that just means your rich, Spoiled or know how to save and get what you want. But you have to be able to back this clothing style of hipness with your riding.
You don\'t have to be the best skiing has to be deep inside your heart, where your always craving the runs, slopes, glades,Bowls,Windlips, kickers, rails and trails. When you sleep,think and eat skiing and are always going out there as much as you can afford or do to work on your talent, increase you stamina and feel like you\'ve achieved something and had fun doing it.
That is what being hardcore about skiing is to me.