Moving on

I think a lot of the movement you're seeing is the guys that don't like the direction that park skiing is going so they are taking their style too the bc.

some of it comes with aging too. the older a pro gets, the less likely he is going to be to be doing more dangerous park/urban stuff. hucking off 80 foot park jumps and huge gaps to rails and slamming into walls doing urban really takes a toll on your body. powder lines in the BC are a lot easier. still obviously dangerous (avalanches etc), but i'll take a cushioned powder landing over a hard packed park jump or concrete stairs any day.

Holy shit Chris logan is like the nicest guy ever i went to a private level 1 dinner because i was good friends with the cook and owners of the restaurants son so we went and chilled with them I sat next to him and he is so nice

But that was like before sunny came out they were filming for it

I feel like park rats in the Midwest/lower east coast just start to stop skiing in general as they get older. My one friend who introduced me to the park got married, and turned 35 last summer. He injured himself right before ski season, as a result of all this he only got in 10 days this year. In previous years, he was out there every possible day. In his 30s, and still hucking 1080s off 50 foot jumps. Hoping my dude gets back at it this year. He was my hypeman whenever I did a railjam.

Another friend of mine is pretty much going to stop skiing after this season because he got a legit job. He was on the same race/mogul team as me when I was in middle and elementary school. This guy also introduced me to the sport, and he was there all those times I learned something. I remember being 11, and we would ditch mogul practice to go chill in the park. He would always amaze me at the tricks he would do. He taught me how to slide on a C-box. Taught me how to slide rails the same day on a down rail. He taught me how to do my 360s better, and had me doing 5s a few days later.

Pretty sad seeing my older friends move on with their lives.

This wasn't meant to be a Park vs BC thread. I wanted to see who thought which riders will be venturing into something new.

Wiley might start mountaineering
Durtschi might evetually mountaineer also

Agree with anyone above that says it is "age dependent." There is a point in time where injuries aren't something that heal, but rather something you live with for the rest of your life. That's when you sort of take stock and maybe go in a different direction.

If you still like to ski you do that and enjoy that. Not everything has to be so extreme like hiking out of bounds or hucking it over 75 foot gaps. If you are fortunate to live near the better resorts in the West with ample snow and ample vertical it is likely a lot more enjoyable to just go out and find the secret stashes or simply ski some excellent terrain.

I grew up on the east coast (like DC area) and we had Roundtop and Liberty. I'm not sure you continue skiing into your 30s and 40s on that unless you are some die-hard. You get a decent job, some vacation days and you go do a week or two out someplace like Jackson Hole or Vail or Whistler.