Like any professional sport, it's only the cream of the crop off the top that get the spotlight, the big bucks. The rest go hucking here and there with little concern and oodles of hope that they too can have a shot. I have met young kids in Whistler like that...busted up kids. Still, they've got that "no fear of consequence" factor that pushes them.
The White Planet like Svend said has this very similar description. What I got out of the book was there is this sub or super culture, pick you poison, of pro and wanna be pro's that go hard all day, party hard all night and they're living their dream. The things they do I thought where out right crazy, stupid and wildly amazing....but that's for me. What I missed in the book was the "White Planet" story of guys like me and us....that without concern of life and limb but only the love of pure enjoyment, ski pow lines, soft bumps, sweet groomers, sun, quiet, mountain peace, Gods world...that inner beauty that comes to life up in the mountains...but hey maybe that's in his next book.
I guess it's the stuff great books and movies are all about. We watch as these super hero's do the things we would want to borrow their bodies for. Having super hero's is entrenched in our culture....Superman, Batman, Underdog, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Spong Bob, Tom Terrific, Mighty Mouse....but sometimes I seem to draw my biggest personal parallel to...yup.....Wily Coyote!
Live long and Large Super Hero's....we need you! G
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