anyone who snowboards. many (but not all)
skiers hate
snowboarders because they have only seen the snowboarders who either suck so much that they only slide down the mountain and scrape snow (but hey, they gotta start somewhere), or the cocky ones who only hit park all day long on good pow days and are assholes to skiers who are also in the park. its because of riders like this that skiers have created an extremely negative stereotype about snowboarders. these snowboarders account for about only 5%-45% of the snowboarders, depending on where you go. most of the skiers don't have friends who are true riders create and live by these stereotypes.
true riders:
dont bitch and whine about skiers all the time- they can be just as cool as us
dont hog up the park all day and sit down in landings
shred
the pow when possible
can ride whatever they feel like and dont hate on other riders who
rip on different stuff then they do, unless the rider ONLY does park (some people like
backcountry more, some like park more, some like inbounds more, but a good mix is what i like).
ride to have fun, to live life. (and they can do this w/friends)
(and also,
shawn white is a great rider, and im not hatin, but he isnt the only great one. ever heard of guys like craig kelly, or
antti autti?)