Fed Up With Skiing

Glad to hear (that you liked it). I really wasn't expecting this much positive feedback or emotional responses, warms my heart.
 
That's how I feel now. I have trouble talking and connecting with people unless it's about skiing or weed. I guess it is who I am but I wish I could talk to people normally. I figured out after thinking it over last night that it's hard to connect with people because I'm not one of those kids that plays sports or is in honors courses.
 
It'll come with time, I'm certain. I still think at times like this we should try to define how we are as skiers, not let just skiing itself define who you are.

 
Wow man I feel all weird now that was great but also very sad. Hopefully that will never happen to me
 
yeah the cost is def hard to deal with, but i dont know if id be able to find something that excites me more than skiing..dreaming about it isnt nearly enough, going a month without skiing is hard enough..maybe its cause ive just graduated high school and know i can now ski every day. and im not very talented either, i can do some simple and fun tricks and make them look good, but thats enough for me cause i know im progressing. once i have my gear all bought and i snap into skis..i dont let my ability or how people look at you or judge you ruin how much fun im having. i dont put skiing ahead of things that are too important to replace, but i always plan to somehow make skiing a part of my life until i die
 
"I don't even mind being a shitty skier anymore, way past that."

This.

I enjoy just being a skier, and don't even mind that.
 
Well written, "FOLLOW YOUR PASSION" - I have been back-country skiing in North America and Europe for over 40 years. This is the Ultimate! FYI... Klaus Obermeyer @ 91 years old is a daily skier in Aspen! (recently had a ski accident, but recovering quickly!)

In french for our French NS: Bien écrit, "suivre votre passion" - J'ai été ski en Amérique du Nord et

l'Europe pour plus de 40 ans. C'est l'ultime! FYI... Klaus Obermeyer @ 91 ans

est un quotidien skieur dans Aspen! (Récemment ski avait un accident,

mais récupérer rapidement!)
 
This is exactly why it is so important to record all of those special moments. When you are sitting in your bent wood rocker years from now, you can go through your photo album and smile, recalling those awesome days gone by. Don't forget to smile.

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Its Ironic, last season I got 50+ days in pretty much skied 4 times a week and it was awesome, this year I have about 20 so far and I dont really think im going to get much more, its just being a junior in college takes a lot more time and work and I just dont have the time (or the resources such as a car) to go up at whenever anymore it pretty much sucks but Its what has happened. I went skiing 5 days over spring break and it was great but its just like when you dont ski all the time it definitely is harder to ski all day and not get tired.
That being said I think when I am older I will go surfing alot more because that is something you can do after work for a few hours (for free) and its alot easier on the body too.
my 2 cents
 
Your brain will be mush like mine. Trust me! Take photos. There are a few good things about Alzheimer's though:

You make new friends every day and you get to hide your own Easter Eggs.
 
Love the post.. Do you have a blog on here? You should contribute these to it and we'll make you featured!

 
It seems like when I was really into skiing, everything else in my life just made sense. In high school, I rarely felt down, I had a great growing up, but I come to uni, and all those dreams that shaped me-- 'I'm a skier, I'm going to ski the world, I'd like to go pro" things I actually told teachers when asked sort of crashed around me as I grew up.

Life changes, you stop driving as much, parents stop paying for everything, and then it hits you how all the people skiing for "free" have had all the privledges growing up. I grew bitter because I wasn't rich enough, didn't have a nice enough park to progress, and just generally never had a chance because of $$$.

Suddenly the only maintainable way of skiing is become wealthy, or to lose everything and ski bum for a few years.

 
I think this is something that many skiers face at one point, if one aspect starts lacking or trailing behind others, be it money, time or venue quality like you said.
 
i kinda contradict my earlier post in this thread BUT

last weekend was great. almost all the guys were back, awaiting me at the bus stop when i came home from college (totally random, they are from another town connected through the ski resort and bought food at a shop near the bus stop)

we went up together, had a good old time, you know when you just keep on making laps the whole day, riding with all the guys you know, maybe push a little bit, try a new trick and everything is just nice.

those were two awesome days, perfect weather and everything, a glimpse of how great an experience the last 5-6 years were and it was fun and i am sure that skiing isnt over for me ( from a crew perspective)...

RIDE ON.......
 
Good text! Interesting how strongly skiing seems to sit in my identity as well, even though the actual thing hasn't been part my life for a long time. Still images of skiing travel through my mind allmost every day. Also I think that I have some little obsession about how I see myself as a former skier. I would have wanted to be better. Maybe I would feel myself more worthy if I could tell people that I was a good skier. Thats so stupid, but that can you do, mind does what it does. It has strong attaching quality.
 
Temp's getting lower, cold winds beginning to blow, winter is around the corner.

Still nothing though. *sigh* Mondays, man.
 
I came into this thread expecting some asshole to just start saying, "I hate skiing, fuck it.".

Then I read the thread and the comments. That was deep stuff man. Nice job, I give you props
 
Yess, But i remember those words "youre always a skier, no matter what" or something. Who else said so and wrote long text like this?
 
The more I think about it the more I agree, Mike. Especially when these days there's so much more interwebbing between the actual skiing for the most part... So much emotion, shit talking, drama, random bullshit and politics that get brought into the "skiing" equation that I have gotten seriously burnt out in the last few months and am on the verge of giving up all the "work" part and just go back to being a passholder. I know nobody really knows me on this site, but on the other "meaner" side of the webs I know a shitload of people and do a bunch of organizing work and such- it gets extremely taxing over time.

It sounds terrible but I don't even want to ski with half the people I used to because of random internet douchebaggery. It's sad but man I ski to get away, not get wrapped up in some ongoing saga played out elsewhere or because of peoples' entitlement or personal issues they feel like they have with each other or me for some reason. I don't want to be a topic of discussion. I don't want to be speculated on. I don't want to have to pick sides and I certainly don't want to take time out of a pow day to entertain someone's idea about what happened with who online and why. I mean, I am in it to help leave my favorite places better than I found them for future skiers, but damn... Everybody's got an opinion on what you do regardless of what you're in it for... It's this reason I don't share my name online openly. Someday I might want to button it up and walk off should I get over the top sick of everything... And I think that day is rapidly approaching.

I wish it could go back to just skiing. Actually, I guess that's posisble but it would mean me turning my back on some or all of the responsibilities I've taken on in recent years. I guess I have to think about what's really important to me and make some tough decisions.

Funny to think my ultimate escape has me wanting to escape it now. Thank God for touring.

 
I actually had a dream last night that I was watching the weather and it said chance of flurries and really cold temps, so i went outside with my skis on, but there was no snow yet :/

 
that was awesome. It's so true. I missed the season due to knee injury, and i was afraid i would lose interest in skiing and newschoolers. I didn't one bit.
 
It's good to hear that I'm not alone with my thoughts, along with everyone else in thread who feels the same way.
 
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