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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is definitely a thing. I hear it all the time because I live in park city and every visitor wants to take their kids down a black run so they can say that their kid skis blacks. I’m always ready to name a few approachable black runs for these families and I spare them from mentioning that these “blacks” were actually double blues until several years ago.

It’s just another variation of bragging about two things - their child’s prowess and indirectly, their family’s privilege because skiing is an expensive sport and lifestyle.

Of course, skiing a black run skillfully is not what parents mean when they say their kids “ski blacks”. My kids are average park city skiers. They ski everything in all types of conditions and don’t hesitate to boot pack to better terrain. Some of the their friends are truly extraordinary skiers. They will throw a casual backflip off a jump and ski switch as skillfully as I ski forwards. And I never hear their parents brag about their skiing ability. It’s only something I hear from vacation skiers.  
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Live in DC now but grew up in Colorado and this is spot on. I have never been more than a mediocre skier (do not have the daredevil gene) but friends I grew up with were excellent skiers, even a couple who skied at the Olympic/world's level. People who grow up skiing and compete at high levels don't talk like this because to them it's a serious sport.

Living in DC now, people are weird about skiing. No one here is genuinely good at skiing -- they can't do it often enough and obviously do not prioritize it because they choose to live somewhere where it's hard to do. This would be like if your high school kid played pick up basketball sometimes with out of shape friends and you bragged about how good they were at it. I hope your kids have fun and enjoy their vacations but they are not serious skiers. Come on.[/quote]

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