When you get a bruise playing a contact sport, you feel accomplished. When you get a bruise playing a no contact with anything, whatsoever sport, you feel really dumb, amirite?

Ski racing. If you race, you probably know what it's like to take some gates pretty hard to the arms or hands, and those bruises are impressive.

Also, bruises from epic wipeouts are sometimes cool, too.

I feel that not having bruises after a contact sport makes me feel awesome, having one after a non-contact sport makes me feel accomplished.