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Guys I’m really in trouble.

i love skiing and i would do EVERYTHING for it (im sure u feel me :) Mountains are almost 2 hours from my home (and I don’t have car). I’m studying right now but I would love skiing in the weekend and consider it my sport, can i?(even if it’s just two days per week). Obviously i’ll ski a lot every day during xmas and other holidays/school gap. since i can’t ski in the afternoon during the week, what are the best sport to do without snow for a freestyle skier? I would love to create my own cross training plan, so that my body will be ready during the few skiing days.

do u have other solutions to skiing as much as possible (buy a small apartment in the mountains and go there by bus??idk) and become good at it even if i can ski every day yet?

very grateful if u r gonna help me. I don’t really know what can i do And I’m pretty sad couse i wann live a ski life

thanks

-forgot to tell u im 15

**This thread was edited on Sep 10th 2020 at 11:18:42am
 
Get a car and or make friends that ski from your area. Talk to anyine and everyone. Hopefully you can get some carpools going on. Where do you ski/live. There are NSers all over the place. Maybe could find somebody making a similar commute and go from there.

If you're working mid week being a weekend warrior kind if is what it is. But yeah, getting a car seems easier than getting a second living space in a ski town.

A lot of people live an hour plys from the mtns they ski. A combination of the absurd prices of mtn towns and better work options farther away.

You could move closer ti a skit area if you have a job you could work there. Many ski towns have free or cheap public transport. Even then it still kinda sucks to nit have a car.

I'd say get a car first. 2 hours isn't the worst commute and having a car pretty much improves every situation related to getting to the mtns to ski.

As far as training outside if skiing, that's def helpful. There have been a few articles on here about training to stay fit and keep strong so you don't turn to dust on the mtn.
 
Sounds like my college years. Broke, carless and need to ski.

First thing I did was find someone who goes up to the hill and try to bribe them to drive me up to the hill. When I found out nobody skis or boards at the school, I had to find something else to keep me busy.

I picked up urban skiing. Anything would do, a slidding hill, set of steps... even a 300ft 40ft vertical did the trick. I even used a skatepark or bmx dirt jumps to get some air and practice my rails. Sure, I only got 10 days out of it, but it still counts. You dont need to ski at a resort to call it skiing.

Rock climbing was a good substitute. Kept me sane and in shape. Luckly my surrounding had good walls amd would climb 5 days a week, even when it was freezing. Most of my climbing was rope solo because only 3 people actually climbed in the town.

Biking was another sport I did that would keep me alive. All you need is a forest and a foot trail. I got to explore the region with just 2 wheels.

remember that school is an investment for the future. After graduation and securing a decent job, I took my winters off and skied 7 days a week.
 
get a decent used car and some good snow tires. 2 hours is not that far. I’d ride the bus if that is an option. yes, it is your sport if you ski 2 times a week. make the most of it
 
Thank u, REALLY ??✨

14172509:freestyler540 said:
Sounds like my college years. Broke, carless and need to ski.

First thing I did was find someone who goes up to the hill and try to bribe them to drive me up to the hill. When I found out nobody skis or boards at the school, I had to find something else to keep me busy.

I picked up urban skiing. Anything would do, a slidding hill, set of steps... even a 300ft 40ft vertical did the trick. I even used a skatepark or bmx dirt jumps to get some air and practice my rails. Sure, I only got 10 days out of it, but it still counts. You dont need to ski at a resort to call it skiing.

Rock climbing was a good substitute. Kept me sane and in shape. Luckly my surrounding had good walls amd would climb 5 days a week, even when it was freezing. Most of my climbing was rope solo because only 3 people actually climbed in the town.

Biking was another sport I did that would keep me alive. All you need is a forest and a foot trail. I got to explore the region with just 2 wheels.

remember that school is an investment for the future. After graduation and securing a decent job, I took my winters off and skied 7 days a week.
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Op just said she's 15 y'all so most of these responses are worthless. But twice a week during school considering mountains are two hours away is pretty good school life balance. You could easily get 40+ days that way if you ski every weekend mid Dec through April, not including holiday breaks. Imo that's plenty of days a year to get pretty good especially considering how quick kids progress. Try to push yourself harder and past your comfort zone every day you ski and you'll progress nicely. If you're trying to be pro level then can't help ya there. Talk to your parents. Is there a school closer to the mountain that you could transfer to? What's the legal driving age?-a car would be super helpful. Really persistence and dedication is what matters most so don't give up and you will find a way to get those turns in.
 
I got 40 days in and I didnt have to drive a single day of them, find some homies to drive you up and make sure to pay them gas money and food and theyll be happy as well as keep the stoke alive and dont fall asleep. [tag=251615]@BallZach420[/tag]
 
Do some research and look for a weekly ski bus. I've done tons of one day bus trips to resorts that are 3-4 hours away
 
14172805:ColoradoDogfart said:
I got 40 days in and I didnt have to drive a single day of them, find some homies to drive you up and make sure to pay them gas money and food and theyll be happy as well as keep the stoke alive and dont fall asleep. [tag=251615]@BallZach420[/tag]
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You gave me $5 once and made me buy you food
 
14171963:gvski13 said:
buy a van and live in it and just travel for a whole year and ski every single day
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When your older do this, I was living the van life before Covid hit and it's dope but also hard/stressful at the same time though the outcome is totally worth it.

When your under 20 just ski 2-3 days a week or however many you can at a hill/resort like you're doing. Though if you can build a backyard setup or something sketchy/ghetto to have fun on and mess around with. This will teach you how to work with your hands as this is an extremely important yet underrated and underappreciated skill to have. It will also make you a way better park skier as kids who ski summer/backyard setups get good at rails real fast. Plus when you're used to hitting shitty sketchy features it makes doing tricks in a park so much easier.

If you're really serious spend a ton of time on the trampoline. The kids that are good at tramping have really good air awareness so they are strong on jumps and spinning on and off anything, plus they progress much faster. I knew a kid who quit snowboarding and switched to skiing which he had never done. His tramp skills were insane such as doing doubles, triples, and spinning all four ways. Within three years from when he started skiing he was doing double corks and even tried dubs in the pipe which was crazy.

That being said the trampolining can take away from your style as there's a lot of kids these days that don't learn how to ski correctly. They just start skiing in the park as soon as they put skis on.They can do double corks multiple ways though they lack style as their skiing doesn't look good at all since there more of a gymnast than a skier. The majority would rather watch a polished skier make tricks look smooth and effortless.
 
14172509:freestyler540 said:
Sounds like my college years. Broke, carless and need to ski.

First thing I did was find someone who goes up to the hill and try to bribe them to drive me up to the hill. When I found out nobody skis or boards at the school, I had to find something else to keep me busy.

I picked up urban skiing. Anything would do, a slidding hill, set of steps... even a 300ft 40ft vertical did the trick. I even used a skatepark or bmx dirt jumps to get some air and practice my rails. Sure, I only got 10 days out of it, but it still counts. You dont need to ski at a resort to call it skiing.

Rock climbing was a good substitute. Kept me sane and in shape. Luckly my surrounding had good walls amd would climb 5 days a week, even when it was freezing. Most of my climbing was rope solo because only 3 people actually climbed in the town.

Biking was another sport I did that would keep me alive. All you need is a forest and a foot trail. I got to explore the region with just 2 wheels.

remember that school is an investment for the future. After graduation and securing a decent job, I took my winters off and skied 7 days a week.
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What job did you get such that you could take winters off? And how’d you ask for that? I’m in high school and want to ski a lot out of college.
 
two days a week as a high schooler is pretty much as good as you can hope for unless your an academy kid (big secret here, almost ALL the pros were), so if your parents got it like that then make it happen or apply for some scholarships??

if that ain't happening then here's some other ideas

access: head into this sites regional forums and look for some friends to link up w for carpooling and riding buddies. IDK where you live but If you're two hours from the mountains, there's a chance there are some smaller hills/landfills w snowmaking nearby that you COULD get to after school, get a pass there or get a job as a lifty/ski schooler/park crew/retail person. Snoop around and maybe there's a closer resort you're overlooking that you could get to after school.

fitness: yoga, lifting, cycling. All day everyday, sometimes twice a day, before and after skiing if you can. lots of dirtbags on this site and in the industry would tell ya differently but this is the best thing you can do for your strength on hill as well as your mind/body connection and flow state access. Plus, you can still party, if you're absolutely SHREDDED then you just bounce back better and hey, you earned it, let it rip.

other sports: in addition to general fitness/flexibility gymnastics is huge if tricks are on the mind, you can practice on tramps and floors all year wrong. Any other action sport is huge for balance and flow, skating, blading, bmx, mountain biking but BLADES are the lowkey GOAT. It's literally the EXACT same muscles and feeling of balance. You can get fitness blades with bigger wheels for longer distances and high speed race carves AND get aggressive inline skates for skate parks to work on rails and air.

summer setups! use this site to make friends who are down to ski some turf!! jib all year long no matter the weather, right in your backyard! its a big time/money commitment to build, but I wish i would've done more of this to just lock in that muscle memory at a young age. If you find some dedicated homies there's nothing better!

good luck! stay hungry
 
14258679:get_fulltilts- said:
What job did you get such that you could take winters off? And how’d you ask for that? I’m in high school and want to ski a lot out of college.
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I work as an mecanical engineering officer on cargo ships. The company charters their ships to the international so when fall ends, most of us get layed off.

I used to work from March to December with a couple months off in the summer, but the company changed tactics from Great Lakes shipping to Arctic transport. So I work now from May to November with 1 month off around august-september.

Its an easy field to get to. No knowledge of experience required, 4 year college/trades after high school and graduating with a career is good path. I joined in 2009, during the ecomonic crash and still found a job within a week of walking out of the school.
 
14258730:freestyler540 said:
I work as an mecanical engineering officer on cargo ships. The company charters their ships to the international so when fall ends, most of us get layed off.

I used to work from March to December with a couple months off in the summer, but the company changed tactics from Great Lakes shipping to Arctic transport. So I work now from May to November with 1 month off around august-september.

Its an easy field to get to. No knowledge of experience required, 4 year college/trades after high school and graduating with a career is good path. I joined in 2009, during the ecomonic crash and still found a job within a week of walking out of the school.
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How much do you make and did you have to study mechanical engineering in university?
 
14258737:get_fulltilts- said:
How much do you make and did you have to study mechanical engineering in university?
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I made about 70,000 for 5 months of work. But that is rare. Its a college level course, so no. No need for university.
 
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