Ahhhrrgghh too many things

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Rock_Inhabitant

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We all know skiing is not cheap but there are so many little things that cost like 100$ each that you really want. glove liners, back protector, impact shorts, boot bag, waxing setup, sno seal. This list adds up to prolly more than 1000$, I know I don’t need any of this stuff but it’s borderline necessary in order to have a good time. Plus my parents are already lowkey pissed about spending a fuckton on skis and boots and bindings and season pass
 
topic:Rock_Inhabitant said:
We all know skiing is not cheap but there are so many little things that cost like 100$ each that you really want. glove liners, back protector, impact shorts, boot bag, waxing setup, sno seal. This list adds up to prolly more than 1000$, I know I don’t need any of this stuff but it’s borderline necessary in order to have a good time. Plus my parents are already lowkey pissed about spending a fuckton on skis and boots and bindings and season pass
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Don’t need glove liners. Don’t need a boot bag unless you have to fly to ski. Wax and brushes can be had for $30 bucks if you search.

unless you’re racing professionally a back protector is a bit overall.

padded shorts? wtf are you Mr glass over here?
 
ur buying 2 much bs bro

helmet

sunglasses

jacket

pants

baselayer(tall t and cheap basketball shorts)

socks

boots

bindings&skis

poles(lost&found)

headphones

positive attitude

pb&j
 
funny, i find myself thinking that skiing products are relatively easy to find deals on if you're patient

imo it's the lift tickets/passes part of skiing that has officially hit the "totally fucking absurd" zone. i'm not skiing enough these days to justify a $1000+ pass, and the day tickets are like a bad prank. like you can actually walk up to a hill and with a straight face they'll sell you a $140+ lift ticket... even if half their trails are closed, it's a pure ice sheet, and you spend half your day in lines. a good fresh snow day is worth it, everything else makes about as much financial sense as a coke habit

absolutely forget even trying to get someone new into skiing at those prices
 
14576110:SofaKingSick said:
funny, i find myself thinking that skiing products are relatively easy to find deals on if you're patient

imo it's the lift tickets/passes part of skiing that has officially hit the "totally fucking absurd" zone. i'm not skiing enough these days to justify a $1000+ pass, and the day tickets are like a bad prank. like you can actually walk up to a hill and with a straight face they'll sell you a $140+ lift ticket... even if half their trails are closed, it's a pure ice sheet, and you spend half your day in lines. a good fresh snow day is worth it, everything else makes about as much financial sense as a coke habit

absolutely forget even trying to get someone new into skiing at those prices
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Palisades is selling for $280 a day ticket right now with not even half the mountain open. Shits a joke at this point.

But fr OP most all of that shit you do not need in order to ski. Seems like you are mistaking wants and needs rn.
 
Never, not once, in my entire 15 years skiing have I heard someone talk about impact shorts or how they are required to have a good time. Also I don’t know how old you are but if your parents are covering your entire cost of your set up and pass then you needa stfu about how expensive skiing is.
 
14576109:devstacks said:
ur buying 2 much bs bro

helmet

sunglasses

jacket

pants

baselayer(tall t and cheap basketball shorts)

socks

boots

bindings&skis

poles(lost&found)

headphones

positive attitude

pb&j
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poles arent even necassary if your only skiing park, plus used skis get huge steals
 
14576110:SofaKingSick said:
funny, i find myself thinking that skiing products are relatively easy to find deals on if you're patient

imo it's the lift tickets/passes part of skiing that has officially hit the "totally fucking absurd" zone. i'm not skiing enough these days to justify a $1000+ pass, and the day tickets are like a bad prank. like you can actually walk up to a hill and with a straight face they'll sell you a $140+ lift ticket... even if half their trails are closed, it's a pure ice sheet, and you spend half your day in lines. a good fresh snow day is worth it, everything else makes about as much financial sense as a coke habit

absolutely forget even trying to get someone new into skiing at those prices
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I've introduced a lot of broke people to skiing and most of them think that once you commit it's actually not that bad financially, at least in comparison to other hobbies like sneakerheads or car bros.
 
topic:Rock_Inhabitant said:
We all know skiing is not cheap but there are so many little things that cost like 100$ each that you really want. glove liners, back protector, impact shorts, boot bag, waxing setup, sno seal. This list adds up to prolly more than 1000$, I know I don’t need any of this stuff but it’s borderline necessary in order to have a good time. Plus my parents are already lowkey pissed about spending a fuckton on skis and boots and bindings and season pass
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whats a glove liner?
 
14576134:Farmville420 said:
I've introduced a lot of broke people to skiing and most of them think that once you commit it's actually not that bad financially, at least in comparison to other hobbies like sneakerheads or car bros.
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yeah that's what i mean, i def agree when it comes to the gear, you can get some well-priced gear and be set for such a long while

i just think it's getting harder to do the same when it comes to riding mtns, esp different ones. buddy passes and promo tickets seemed to be more plentiful before, day ticket prices are crazy now, and i miss liftopia too. when i was a teenager i'd get a few liftopia gift cards for xmas and birthday and boom, i could go most places for a trip on a whim without it being a crazy expense
 
topic:Rock_Inhabitant said:
We all know skiing is not cheap but there are so many little things that cost like 100$ each that you really want. glove liners, back protector, impact shorts, boot bag, waxing setup, sno seal. This list adds up to prolly more than 1000$, I know I don’t need any of this stuff but it’s borderline necessary in order to have a good time. Plus my parents are already lowkey pissed about spending a fuckton on skis and boots and bindings and season pass
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Only thing I have on that list Is a back protector. I have a pretty fucking good time. I have never once skied without a back protector since first buying one. It's nice to have some extra peace of mind. Some people might tell you It isn't necessary but I would deff recommend.
 
topic:Rock_Inhabitant said:
it’s borderline necessary in order to have a good time
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

any and every backpack can be a boot bag, glove liners are a tax on stupid people and a 900g brick of swix purple should last you a solid 2 seasons. Get a job.
 
14576166:BallClapper said:
Only thing I have on that list Is a back protector. I have a pretty fucking good time. I have never once skied without a back protector since first buying one. It's nice to have some extra peace of mind. Some people might tell you It isn't necessary but I would deff recommend.
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I have one cuz it’s required for freeride comps but almost never wear it
 
Buying and building your base is the steepest expense. A decade later you’ll be buying a pair of skis every year cause you’re freaking jaded - but hey, you’ll have a few different kits, boots, and a crew all over the west coast!

Added bonus - you’ll still be broke
 
14576094:PartyBullshiit said:
Don’t need glove liners. Don’t need a boot bag unless you have to fly to ski. Wax and brushes can be had for $30 bucks if you search.

unless you’re racing professionally a back protector is a bit overall.

padded shorts? wtf are you Mr glass over here?
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I personally disagree on the back protector. Depending on what kind of skiing your doing. It's a soild investment thats basicly never going to wear out. Yeah your average east coast rail rat doesn't need one, but for freeriding, It's nice to have some insurance if you were to smack the fuck outta a rock or tree.

My back protector has saved me once, I crashed in a landing and got hit by my homie following behind me. He ejected and I took a ski boot directly to the middle of my back. And instead of breaking my back I just got the wind knocked out of me.

I have this one and love it https://shredoptics.com/collections/back_protection/products/noshock-back-protector-naked?variant=48479922913607
 
14576194:mrk127 said:
I personally disagree on the back protector. Depending on what kind of skiing your doing. It's a soild investment thats basicly never going to wear out. Yeah your average east coast rail rat doesn't need one, but for freeriding, It's nice to have some insurance if you were to smack the fuck outta a rock or tree.

My back protector has saved me once, I crashed in a landing and got hit by my homie following behind me. He ejected and I took a ski boot directly to the middle of my back. And instead of breaking my back I just got the wind knocked out of me.

I have this one and love it https://shredoptics.com/collections/back_protection/products/noshock-back-protector-naked?variant=48479922913607
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Totally agree on the back protector. It lasts forever and has saved my ass multiple times in my freeride days. Taken a few hits to the back that probs would have been broken ribs or even worse a broken back.

Also butt pads/hip pads are low key awesome. You can find them cheap AF normally on sale in the football section of most sporting goods stores. They're the same shit and 1/3 the price of ski branded ones. Just make sure they have pads where you need em.

I also can't do another broken back so I took that shit a little more seriously than most probs do.
 
topic:Rock_Inhabitant said:
We all know skiing is not cheap but there are so many little things that cost like 100$ each that you really want. glove liners, back protector, impact shorts, boot bag, waxing setup, sno seal. This list adds up to prolly more than 1000$, I know I don’t need any of this stuff but it’s borderline necessary in order to have a good time. Plus my parents are already lowkey pissed about spending a fuckton on skis and boots and bindings and season pass
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I’ve been there bro, personally I would say bite the bullet and and get a job and if you’re too young to get a job then just keep complaining to your parents that all you love is skiing and that you would get a job but you can’t and tell them you’re willing to sacrifice other things like nice food, non skiing Christmas presents etc to get them to get you what you want.
 
I’ve definitely spent a lot of money on skiing throughout my life but it can honestly be done for cheap-ish if you need to.

First pair of skis I bought with my own money were used Chronics from NS for $250, Snowshare has similar deals if you’re hunting. A decent outerwear setup can be under $500 and a pass is $800-ish if you chase every discount. Once you have the gear, your only cost each year is the pass. If you ski enough it becomes cheap per use, my best season on the Ikon I skied 92 days. Grand total of like $9 per day of skiing.
 
Skis- $200 used

bindings- $150

boots- $600 for bootfitter,$200 used

poles- $10 used

helmet- $120

ski socks- $25

gloves- $25

coat/pants- $300 combined. Hunt for deals

wax/brushes- $30 REI membership for free machine waxes, or a goodwill iron and a $15 off brand brush and scraper. Or buy used

bag- whatever old duffel is laying in your parents garage, or if you fly, spend $200

back protector- freeride comps are spendy. Sucks. Otherwise dont need one.

glove liners- dont need.

snoseal- $10, only really need multiple coats if you live somewhere super wet. Just ask a homie. Let him draw on your kincos if hel give you $1 worth of snoseal

from zero gear to having a full kit of fairly good stuff- under $1000. Then just pass costs. Skiings expensive.
 
14576241:hamsauce said:
Skis- $200 used

bindings- $150

boots- $600 for bootfitter,$200 used

poles- $10 used

helmet- $120

ski socks- $25

gloves- $25

coat/pants- $300 combined. Hunt for deals

wax/brushes- $30 REI membership for free machine waxes, or a goodwill iron and a $15 off brand brush and scraper. Or buy used

bag- whatever old duffel is laying in your parents garage, or if you fly, spend $200

back protector- freeride comps are spendy. Sucks. Otherwise dont need one.

glove liners- dont need.

snoseal- $10, only really need multiple coats if you live somewhere super wet. Just ask a homie. Let him draw on your kincos if hel give you $1 worth of snoseal

from zero gear to having a full kit of fairly good stuff- under $1000. Then just pass costs. Skiings expensive.
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Yeah a lot of the stuff I listed was stuff I would only miss for like 3 days of the season. Needing a back protector suuuucks for freeride comps tho. And you need to pay like 300$ in fees just to register with IFSA, plus ~100$ per comp you sign up for. I just wanna compete man ?
 
Time to break out the snow shovel and go knockin on neighbors doors next time its gonna snow.

get creative. Not to sound like a boomer but things are more enjoyable if you work hard and buy them yourself. And your parents wont be there to fund your skiing forever.

14576243:Rock_Inhabitant said:
Yeah a lot of the stuff I listed was stuff I would only miss for like 3 days of the season. Needing a back protector suuuucks for freeride comps tho. And you need to pay like 300$ in fees just to register with IFSA, plus ~100$ per comp you sign up for. I just wanna compete man ?
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It's $3K for a season pass where I live and over $200/day when that variable pricing hit's a peak. It's hard for locals in a ski town to justify a season pass which is kind of heartbreaking. I'm super fortunate to get to ski for free through work. I couldn't afford to otherwise!

14576110:SofaKingSick said:
funny, i find myself thinking that skiing products are relatively easy to find deals on if you're patient

imo it's the lift tickets/passes part of skiing that has officially hit the "totally fucking absurd" zone. i'm not skiing enough these days to justify a $1000+ pass, and the day tickets are like a bad prank. like you can actually walk up to a hill and with a straight face they'll sell you a $140+ lift ticket... even if half their trails are closed, it's a pure ice sheet, and you spend half your day in lines. a good fresh snow day is worth it, everything else makes about as much financial sense as a coke habit

absolutely forget even trying to get someone new into skiing at those prices
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Back protector and impact shorts are expensive. Glove liners: $20 maximum, I stole a pair of head running gloves from my dad for free. Waxing setup: get a regular clothes iron with no holes in the bottom at a thrift store for $10 and a scraper for $10. Then just buy some wax for $30. Nikwax waterproofing stuff is like $10 bucks too. Bootbag: something thrifted or any cheap generic bag. I got a bag for like $10 from a local discount outdoor store.

You can do everything besides the protective gear for ~$100.

Also not being a bitch can make up for the lack of protective gear
 
You have to have a guide when you enter the sport. Someone who will keep an eye out for deals for you and knows what they’re looking for. I love being that and I have hooked my friends up with insane deals. That’s the key.
 
Impact shorts r wild?. You dont need a single thing you mentioned on the list to have fun, I don't think any skiers use anything you j mentioned besides boot bag and possibly wax.
 
14576094:PartyBullshiit said:
Don’t need glove liners. Don’t need a boot bag unless you have to fly to ski. Wax and brushes can be had for $30 bucks if you search.

unless you’re racing professionally a back protector is a bit overall.

padded shorts? wtf are you Mr glass over here?
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One time a rail landing was iced over, bailed and nuked my tailbone enough I couldn't sleep on my back for days.

Bought some leatt impact shorts, and they've already saved me a few times. If you have to ski park in brick ice, they're pretty fucking goated ngl.
 
14576134:Farmville420 said:
I've introduced a lot of broke people to skiing and most of them think that once you commit it's actually not that bad financially, at least in comparison to other hobbies like sneakerheads or car bros.
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I get the point but thats a weird comparison. The whole point of sneakers as a "hobby" is to spend too much money on overpriced shoes to flex on people.

And car, well yeah cars are expensive especially if you're building them out.
 
14577169:theabortionator said:
I get the point but thats a weird comparison. The whole point of sneakers as a "hobby" is to spend too much money on overpriced shoes to flex on people.

And car, well yeah cars are expensive especially if you're building them out.
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Okay then let's just take knitting or something like that. My girlfriend knits and each piece costs a hundred or two to make. Pretend it's a ski pass, you could make at most like 10 shitty stuffed animals or blankets a year. Painting is super expensive especially oil painting. Golf, even rec sports are super pricey. My friends joined a soccer league that lasts 4 months and it costed them a band. My broke friends will go clubbing and to concerts and drop half their paycheck at the bar, that's not even a hobby people just do that for fun. When you get into things they get more expensive, skiing has a crazy barrier to entry but once you're past that it's not much more expensive than being heavily invested in most other hobbies/sports.
 
14577174:Farmville420 said:
Okay then let's just take knitting or something like that. My girlfriend knits and each piece costs a hundred or two to make. Pretend it's a ski pass, you could make at most like 10 shitty stuffed animals or blankets a year. Painting is super expensive especially oil painting. Golf, even rec sports are super pricey. My friends joined a soccer league that lasts 4 months and it costed them a band. My broke friends will go clubbing and to concerts and drop half their paycheck at the bar, that's not even a hobby people just do that for fun. When you get into things they get more expensive, skiing has a crazy barrier to entry but once you're past that it's not much more expensive than being heavily invested in most other hobbies/sports.
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Damn bro, “shitty” stuffed animals? Hope ur girl don’t find your NS
 
14577321:yungspliffy said:
Damn bro, “shitty” stuffed animals? Hope ur girl don’t find your NS
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Shitty as in cheap yarn and low quality materials hahaha. She made a super nice dinosaur once but it was super pricey. Like $150 worth of materials, knitting is low-key crazy expensive
 
14576094:PartyBullshiit said:
Don’t need glove liners. Don’t need a boot bag unless you have to fly to ski. Wax and brushes can be had for $30 bucks if you search.

unless you’re racing professionally a back protector is a bit overall.

padded shorts? wtf are you Mr glass over here?
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Disagree on back protectors, they are 100% worth it for park and freeride, I've had 2 crashes which without one would have wheelchaired me. But for normal skiing, probably not needed as much.

Merino liner gloves are awesome for places like Japan when it hits -29 degrees C and even those weird teabag hand warmer things don't work.
 
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