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    anyone take a year off after high school to be a ski bum?

    Seems like you might just want to go to Aspen, find a job as a pool boy, find yourself a nice sugar momma who loves younger men, and then have her pay for all your skiing, residency, and food....until she gets tired of you....THEN go to college.
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    high school ski racing

    I was on my high school race team. It was GREAT. We had an annual budget and one year spent it all on hooking ourselves up with sweet North Face gear. Then we all kept it. We had to get a pass which sucked because our home mountain sucked but other than that it was cool. Free trips all over...
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    knee surgery

    As soon as possible get into a sports rehab center and then go EVERY day. It'll hurt like a bitch at the time, but it'll speed up the healing process.
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    anyone take a year off after high school to be a ski bum?

    I wanted to do this soo bad when I was in high school and then in college. I'm 22 years old and have just graduated and now have a desk job in cubicle-world. I think about skiing every day when I look out the window and see snow. Trust me man, do this now because one day you're going to wake...
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    Just starting out

    Thanks so much you guys for all this advice. Barring Lateralis's advice to do 80 foot drops and stuff I think I'll be using it all. I went last night for a bit and definately need to get used to the whole concept of skiing backwards first. Just doesn't feel natural to me at all but I'll get...
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    Just starting out

    I'm just starting out on learning freestyle skiing. I've been skiing for about 8 years now (East Coast and West Coast) but it's been the boring air-less kind. Can anyone point me in the right direction of what to learn first? Do I start with a 180, then progress to a 360 then onto rails and...
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