Of course some snowboarders are jerks, just like some skiers are jerks, some cyclists are jerks, some landscape gardeners are jerks, and some watercolor artists are jerks. There isn’t much of a correlation between how someone chooses to slide down a mountain and his or her overall level of assholeness.
It’s likely that most people who perceive snowboarders as obnoxious are skiers, because historically there has been … More