Replying to Some Love for our sport

It's been two years without skiing, thanks to school and geography. So I go up for my first day back yesterday, and I'm on the lift, solo, and the snow is gently falling diagonally across my vision. It's only -3, the iPod is playing away, and I look up through the falling snow at the upward staggering sets of chairs disappearing to the top. It is beautiful. And I think to myself, "this is all you need, right here." All the magic of the mountains, beauty, and freedom we're right in front of me, with me. If you love gangster rap, suuper baggy, super colorful outerwear, and terrain parks, that's fine! That's a part of skiing. You have every right to enjoy that and embrace it. But please, please, do not forget the true ESSENCE of our sport as it progresses. Let's stay humble, and just get out there. Thanks for reading if you did. Sparknotes?? More love, less hate.