Just a bit of the session, much more fun ^^^ to listen to haha:
Powell 4:20
You've seen in your career a plethora of ski groups on the ski hill, some skiing together some butting heads. There's a lot of different factions out there and want to get your take on the different factions you seen within the ski world.
Plake 4:30
Racism within the ski industry? ( ^^^ = Plake's cackling laughing )
Powell
Against racers?
Plake
Yeah I was going to say, those Dang Racers! ^^^ Should be ashamed of yourself ^^^ But it is pretty funny huh? Because we all laugh racers, stick chasers, park monkey, frikkin powder hippie, park rat, What's up poodle, ski instructor kook? We can keep going huh? ^^^ Frikkin pin head, stupid pin head, granola eatin hippie pin head. ^^^ What's up mountain guide kook with your frikkin backcountry set up? Now we got freeriders, free ski riders, free mountaineer riders, back to the stick chasers, ^^^ back to the poodles. Anyways it's kinda cool how all of us and I have the pleasure of skiing with all of those groups especially on our down home tours and different things. But its pretty trippy how all of us make a commitment to dedicating ourselves to whatever discipline that it is in skiing. I find that incredibly motivating that we can in fact be dedicated to whatever faction, whatever race we want to be in, in skiing. It's kind of cool actually. And I think if we take the time to look. Oh gosh, we didn't even talk about the Nordic kooks. What's wrong with those guys? ^^^
Powell
They love exercise.
Plake 6:02
Ski jumpers, what's wrong with you? ^^^ And now you got all the ski mo condum crew. ^^^
Powell
That is a big movement.
Plake
Oh yeah, those guys ^^^ anyways, its amazing that we dedicate ourselves, the way we do to the disciplines that we do. I for one love getting the chance to have a glimpse into those different disciplines, whether its spending a few days on the race hill at Mammoth, and literally putting on all my armor, slamming sticks, and running slalom, or getting deep into some clinics with the PSIA teaching crew, or doing a ski mo race, yeah doing a little uphill race, or hanging out with some hippies out in the hills, doing the powder stack, or sessioning a rail with some kids in the park. I think we should all take the time to appreciate other people's dedication and be inspired by it. And if we're all riding the lift together that you might actually find out that we're very very much alike, just got a burning passion for this thing we call skiing. Cause that's really what it comes down to is skiing. But yeah it is just skiing even if it is just dude booting ^^^ they're not skiers. The factions are kinda cool, the different crews, whatever you want to call us, but everybody is dedicated, everybody deserves everybody's else's respect. If you take the time, you might be incredibly inspired by one of the other groups, those other people on the mountain...
