Nice eo.  How about this?  Some sports are more fun to compete in than 
others.  Shooting hoops with your buds isn't nearly as fun as playing the game 
of basketball just like throwing a baseball back and forth isn't as exciting as 
playing the game.  Can you even play soccer without having a competition?  
Try playing racquetball or tennis without keeping score sometime.  Just isn't 
that fun.  I can ski or bike at a leisurely pace all day and have just as much 
fun as I do when I am racing or group riding (which somehow always turns into 
a mini-race).  I think bike/ski racing is a result of athletes essentially bored 
with the non-competitve aspects of the sport.  Unlike competitive team sports 
(or sports with a specific opponent), they need to add dynamics that don't 
naturally exist to make them more exciting.

On Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:02:00 -0400, Get Skied <[log in to unmask]> 
wrote:

>Isnt it obvious that mountain bikers and backcountry skiers, especially
>telemarkers, are not competitive? They are too busy enjoying the beauty of
>their surroundings and superiority of their endeavors relative to those of
>everyone else (road bikers, resort skiers, corn-fed Americans generally) to
>feel the need to compete in any way.
>
>Evan
>
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