How do you afford skiing?

i happen to get money by mowing lawns to, and i pay for everything ski related, no help from parents or grandparents at all whatsoever. what did u mean by that comment!?
 
how do u work? i seriously wanna know how u can go to a job and be somebodys bitch for 6.50 or 7.50 an hour or even 8.50 for that matter ...u can easily make triple that amount panhandling
 
and another thing what percentage of pro skiers do u think smokes mad chronic.... how come nobody ever started a thread about that
 
My parents don't pay for anything. They say this season, I even have to pay my own hospital bills. They just yell at me a lot and tell me I'm going to paralyze myself and ruin their lives.

I'm not sponsored, but I do get free shit at comps and such once in a while.

I work full time at a state park in the summer. On top of that, I'm a correspondent for the newspaper, and sometimes I work for my aunt painting and stuff.

Last winter I worked part time as a lifeguard at my college (5:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. so I could be skiing by 9) and also did stuff like housesitting, ski instructing, and putting tags on clothes.

I'm going to try to get a job at a shop this year so I can get free lift tickets and such.
 
i barely afford it, this year was shit for me, i didnt get new skis cause i was broke, and i only went to the mountain like 8 times, my mom helps out sometimes with the skis, but the outerwear and eveything else i have to pay for
 
photography, screen printing, bags, jamming on pearl street with a hat in front of me, and working at smoker friendly. even though i dont smoke, slightly ironic.
 
i don't think i can afford skiing .... i'm slowly running down all the savings i have :( I also buy 2nd hand stuff. Oakley link 100 swiss francs :D (approx $40???)
 
i work at the mountain so i get free lift tickets and half off food. then i save up all summer for my new stuff
 
i got a shitty as job at wendys.

my parents pay for 1 of my passes, i pay for the other usually.

also i pay for all my gear. skiis, and all that fun stuff.
 
i got my first pair of skis off ebay/ 02-03 (?) ghetto blasters for $90.

other than that i find other good deals/mooch. for lift tickets i save from mowing lawns in the summer. my skis for this season were last years fujis. bought them off a friend for $80 with bindings, used for one run. boots-got from my brother. pants- got form sisters ex-boyfriend. goggles- a-frames for 60 on overstock. yea you get the point...
 
i have a summer job, parents help, but i pay for mostly everything. haha i couldnt afford the whole HN trip though... rents helped me quite a bit on that.
 
work, and i only buy shit when i can get sick discounts on it (i.e, through work -- such as last year when i got a bunch of burton and salomon gear for half off).
 
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