saying that it has challenges is hating? it absolutely does have challenges. and if a sport can't handle criticism, then that's pretty pathetic

I read this article a while ago, and if I recall it correctly, he makes a lot of dumb points, but is totally right that a sport (any sport) can't coast for ever on rebel cred. 

skiing used to be "uncool" compared to snowboarding. it's not any more. have you seen some of the park stuff skiers are doing these days? have you seen what modern powder skis look like? they are wider than some snowboards. skiers are as capable as, if not more than, snowboarders now days. what differentiated snowboarders is slowly disappearing, so it can no longer trade on it's old image of being different.