Anyone's family shun them for skiing? (My sob skiing-life story)

grubix2

grubix2

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Ok here's the story. My parents were fair recreational skiers when they were younger. And in fact they started me skiing when I was 5 (I'm 18 right now). But now they are older and don't care to really ski much at all. Now when I first got into newschool skiing like 5 years ago, my parents were extremely skeptical. Saying they thought it was stupid and dangerous. And in fact when I outgrew my old skis at like 14, and asked for twins, they immediately said no. So now i didn't even have skis to use. And in fact, they didn't want me skiing at all for that matter. But hell, i'm a freshman and I have a ski club now. So at least I can ski a little. So I work all summer doing all kinds of jobs around the neighborhood, saving up some money, but when it came time to ski, I couldn't afford to go on trips and buy skis. So I settled for renting skis and still go skiing. So yeah I was that kid everyone made fun of in the park on rentals. But things were going alright, i was learning straight airs and started doing 3's (and 1's when the snow was pretty packed). My school didn't have any kids who were into park skiing so I found myself riding with boarders a lot (which was totally fine, but still nobody to really relate to) and any of the few skiers I met in the park were total dickheads to me. The next year I start working more, and I save up enough cash to buy a nice brand new pair of 168 cm Rossi Scratch FS's. But I still didn't get a season pass, cause #1 I didn't have enough money and #2 I wouldn't get my money's worth skiing. So I continued to ski with the club. Well here, the story turns for the worst. One icey night here at 7 Springs, I was trying a switch 5 for the 3rd time, and I overshot the 45 ft. table, and broke my tibia and fibula and had a concussion. Extremely bad injuries, luckily no sugery though, but I was in a cast from the end of Jan. the end of April. That year consisted of intense physical therapy, and learning to walk again. My family said, "told ya so." for 6 months straight. I decided to take my junior year off from skiing because I wasn't at 100%, and didn't want to risk another injury. So my senior year I was back and ready to go. Basically spent a the first few ski trips getting the rust off, then re learned everything I did before and started rails. Now I'm in college, taller now, but still riding those 168's I worked my ass off for. Too poor again to buy a season pass, but I'll try to be out there 10 times. Sometimes I wonder why I do this.

Sorry that was so long, but I just wanted to see if anyone else's family looks down on them for skiing.

 
you are an emo-listening pussy....slut yourself on the corner, or start selling drugs. Dude, get yourself a pair of skis and stop being a fucking bitch.
 
my parents didnt like the idea of me doing jumps and rails but i just annoyed them enought and creating rails in my backyard and tryinvg to hit them on my 150 shitty old head skis when i was like 5'6 so now they dont care that much about me doin it
 
that's quite respectable. i didn't read everything, but from what i read, it sounds like a perpetual battle against circumstance for something that everyone else here (may or may not) take for granted. i commend that.
 
just keep skiing!! your skiing life story is soo much tougher than most other people on this site. my parents buy most of my stuff, so i guess this thread just reminds me to count blessings
 
no one in my familys can ski, and they get pissed off when i go out and try to huck shit and come back with brusies and various injuries, but u know how we do, we keep going
 
fuck all these newschoolers are some mean assholes. my rents had me racing far west and shit, and i was like, fuck racing, fuck rar west, its mad gay. so then, they are all like, im rockin the nsx
 
My mom's side of the family grew up skiing. They are out there almost as much as I am. My mom never skied, my dad doesn't anymore, but they are totally into it. They just say, "don't get hurt."
 
My mom says if i become paralyzed shes not taking care of me. She said she'll sit me on the couch and let me drool on myself. I'd say she supports me.
 
that fucker is in college, and his mom bought him skis. On top of that she said I would have to take care of his sorry ass. And I hear he has an std.
 
wait, what was that check for 200 bucks for? why is it that you had money left over to buy a lock pick kit? Honestly you didn't even have a job until yesterday. Quit being a little bitch, and fess up to the fact that you area a moma's boy.
 
dude, your an ass.

anyway, my dad didnt really want me to do this because he thinks im out of control when really im just skiing in a different way. im better at skiing than he is (not trying to be cocky) but he just doesnt think that im any good. my mom thinks im a bit reckless, but she at least understands that i am a good skier.
 
serioulsy though, it is not that hard to get skis...steal em, or suck cock for coke and sell that shit too...his fucking SOB story, are you kidding me?
 
Bro, if you wanna be a dick, thats cool. But i'm trying my hardest to continue to do the sport I love. I'm only looking for a little advice here from other people who are in my same predicament. And as for stealing shit??? Here tell me where you ski and I'll come and jack your shit while you're taking a piss and getting a coffee. I hope you ride something like 170-180 ish, cause i'd like something like that.
 
sounds like you need to get your priorities straight... I've been paying for all my own gear since I was a sophmore in highschool. I might come from a well to do family who supports me, but my hobbies are my hobbies and I fund them 100% from jobs I get myself. I wakeboard too, so if I can afford new gear when I need it in 2 sports from working a couple summer jobs and afford ski passes then why can't you? Sorry I am not having pity for you but ante up and get some jobs man, you are at school theres plenty of jobs to be had if you need some dough... ebay your next pair of skis, some demos or something thats what I did for this year because I also need to fund a spring break trip to train for crew in the spring...

SO heres your priorities

1-scholarships so school is cheap

2-good grades at school so you can buy w/e you want when you are out

3-jobs at school/home/wherever

4-buy what you want when you want
 
same as the dude above, ive been buying my own gear since i was in grade 9. If you have a ski shop near where you are, beg for a job working there. not only are your around the shit you love you get good fucken deals and first picks on everything. shops also have some sort of lift ticket pass deal, either free passes or a seasons pass. If theres no shop. Find a job that pays you real money, I mean no minimum wage shit. $12-17 bucks an hour. Work your ass off and set aside money fore school, spending, and ski shit. when all three funds are full, quit and go do what you want.
 
My parents are soooo stoked for me. And i was (still am) always asking to skip school for contests and stuff. They used to be skeptical about it. Then they realized its waht i really wanna do, so they are backing me.
 
Your one of the dickhead skiiers the man is talking about. Skiiers are to scarse in the snowboarding age to not stick together! I know exactly what the man is talking about. I'm in a ski club at my highschool and it's not the best but I'll just have to make due. So in the wise and semi-skewed words of my history teacher: "Don't hate the players!"
 
I know what you mean. Actually I don't but I can imagine. My parents always supported my skiing, especially when I took up racing and ended up competing at the state level in slalom. Anyway, they didn't think newschool skiing was going to take me very far until I built a 150ft gap in my backyard and showed them I could throw 900s and switch 7s over it. Then they believed me.
 
Hahahah, so this onetime me and my buddy are straight lining this wicked steep trail and came a little close to this one woman, when we get back we see my dad and his buddy in the lift line. As I’m talking to him and the woman come down and is yelling all this bullshit about how if this were Stratton (we were at Sunapee) that our pass's would be clipped. Basically my Dad and his buddy tell the lady to fuck off, except in more polite language. I'd say he supports me.
 
my dad supports me. doesnt really push me.

he doesnt like it when i hit rails though. he thinks it wrecks the skiis
 
I would stay in college get a degree and make tons of money. Then buy a season pass with new skis every year. and to top it all off a big mansion on the park of your chooseing with a ski collection.
 
I can't afford a camera or videomaker. All I can afford is my tractor and my skis. You'll have to trust me, it was at least 150ft. Maybe bigger, maybe 1000ft.
 
Dude, my priorities are straight.

#1 I am on a small scholarship as is is... $5,000 a year. Best I could do really. And it sure does help, but loans/parents for the rest.

#2 I work 16 hours a week working for a lab, making on campus deliveries, and occasionally learning something in the lab with researchers (I'm a Bio major and I'm hoping that our department head will hire me to do research in the next 2-3 year and write me a letter for medical school). But my job now pays $7.50. i sorta divide that up between, food, books, and a variety of things including skiing.

Actually this christmas I'm asking my parents for spring semester's books. So perhaps I can put the money towards skiing.
 
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