No Longer Ski
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tronned
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I took last season off to refocus on my goals in life, move to a new city, and start a new dream job.
I will ski next season most likely but my life shifted more towards progression.
I had a problem with spending all my time and money in the mountains for 4 season straight then one day decided to take a break and refocus that energy into my career and I cannot be any happier that I made that choice.
Skiing is a hobby for the most part and will always be that way, it would be silly to let your life be governed by a hobby. Everything is good in moderation but when your choice to ski dictates your life it can be unhealthy and stunt you in the long run.
That is my thoughts on the matter.
I will ski next season most likely but my life shifted more towards progression.
I had a problem with spending all my time and money in the mountains for 4 season straight then one day decided to take a break and refocus that energy into my career and I cannot be any happier that I made that choice.
Skiing is a hobby for the most part and will always be that way, it would be silly to let your life be governed by a hobby. Everything is good in moderation but when your choice to ski dictates your life it can be unhealthy and stunt you in the long run.
That is my thoughts on the matter.
acualywasdolan
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I can go without skiing for up to 6 months. Longer than that and i get depressed
Shredsterr
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Fucked my knee in January, haven't had any urge to ski since. I know I'll go out next season and have fun, but I have a lot less desire to ski park than I did pre-injury, probably just because I don't want to re-fuck my knee.
i tore my acl in april and the first two things that came to my mind when i realized something was seriously wrong in my knee were:
thankgod its the end of the season and hopefully i wont miss next season
With my mind on skiing and realizing how important it is in my life, i chose for an artificial implant so i wont have to worry about next season
that being said i'm more than stoked on next season and just hope my knee can keep up with it
oh and i live 9hours away from the mountains, never been a drama for me, i love travelling and hitching rides with other skiers
thankgod its the end of the season and hopefully i wont miss next season
With my mind on skiing and realizing how important it is in my life, i chose for an artificial implant so i wont have to worry about next season
that being said i'm more than stoked on next season and just hope my knee can keep up with it
oh and i live 9hours away from the mountains, never been a drama for me, i love travelling and hitching rides with other skiers
soccerzla7
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13003376:yoski. said:
even your parents wanna stay the fuck away from you
theBearJew
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I didn't get out to the mountains this year because I tore my ACL in December. First season I've missed in 8 years...
soccerzla7
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13003403:yoski. said:
ok cool feel free to never come back
infedel_one
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13003403:yoski. said:
I thought you were at harvard? Hopefully they wont let you back into the country like they didnt let Mos Def.
Shredsterr
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13003440:mmccarthy14 said:
I upvoted your comment, but then saw you said SFB was a shitty troll, so I had to downvote your comment. Sorry.
Randy_Quench
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13003293:tronned said:
I could not disagree with you more. Of course its important to not lose sight of the real world, but shit man if you really enjoy something fucking do it. Dont quit a hobby just because its a hobby and not a job.
JordanButtfart
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13003410:soccerzla7 said:
#rekt
tronned
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13003519:Randy_Quench said:
The problem I was having is that skiing takes up some much time and money so my focus was about just getting to the weekend to ski but not enjoying the rest of the week. When you live for the weekends, eventually it will wear you down to a point where it is hard to get motivated to do anything in the week and even harder to save money for your future ( buying a house, setting up savings accounts, buying things for life like clothes and spending money on social things other than skiing)
Skiing is also a super affluent hobby and lifestyle, it is quite possibly one of the most expensive sports/hobby you can have and I found even though I was making around 100k a year at my job it just never seemed like enough since I had to travel atleast 8 hours each time I skied so going skiing 25ish weekends a winter put a massive strain on my bank account without a doubt. Lift passes mixed in with the expense of travel adds up to insane amounts of money to burn through each winter season mixed in with equipment it was getting out of hand for myself personally.
I took the season off from skiing this year when I actually sat down and crunched numbers on how much money has been used on skiing for myself over the past 4 seasons and it shocked me. I was making such good money at my job yet never really had too much to show for it other than travel related to skiing.
I think when a lot of the ns'ers get closer to their middle ages their perspective will change, it happened to me. I always swore skiing was my real passion in life and it would never change but I never really was moving forward in my life while I held onto that ideal, so I took this season off to adjust and could not be happier. Skiing has this tendency to overwhelm your senses and becomes addictive to an extent, it took a pretty serious realization of crisis in my life to make the choice to take this past season off.
When your life is throttle by time(8 hours travel time to a mountain) and about 1/3-1/2 of your income being spent on skiing it can clearly have a negative impact on a person's ability to achieve things in the world outside of skiing.
I am not trying to rain on anyones parade, I still love skiing and think its a perfectly acceptable thing to do with your life if you want to dedicate your life to it... I just needed a break to get my life in order to achieve goals that I have had from childhood.
987321654hgfd
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I haven't been on skis since I joined the Army in 2010. I got out this past December though so maybe I'll get some days in this coming winter.
HuckNorris44
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I would be six feet under if I couldnt ski. Even going less than 20 days makes me very depressed.
Skibumsmith
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13003650:tronned said:
That's really unfortunate that you had to choose between your career and skiing. I'm not saying you did the wrong thing at all. For me it's not so much about skiing specifically, as my passion for the mountains and being active in the outdoors. That's what keeps me sane. If I didn't have mountains close by I'd fucking move, end of story. This year I got started in the mechanical engineering program in school and it was a lot of work. I had to really bust my ass and it made spending time outdoors that much more important.
royalcanterlot.
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SKI.ING
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13003650:tronned said:
Your posts make me feel a lot better. That's kind of where I'm at, and I'm definitely not close to your income. I just want to do other things in my life and none of them are close enough in relation to put me in a mountain town. But being in California I'll generally be no more than 5 hours away from a mountain so that's not too bad compared to others peoples post in here.
But basically I couldn't enjoy skiing as much because I kept feeling like it will put me behind and I won't achieve other things I want to. So I've just been struggling with finding the balance lately. But yeah for me I guess I'll have to settle as it being a hobby along with other sports. It can definitely blind you from other things.
MikeVicksTOPDOG
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i havent really stopped skiing but it can deffinately start to feel things starting to slow down. I think im striving to get off of the ski hill and get in the backcountry. perhaps it would be more beneficial for me and my wallet in the long run to just ski backcountry.
little1337
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13003528:JordanButtfart said:
avgvstynovich
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Ive skied 1 week since last 14 months and that hurts 
-SnowSnoli-
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Haven't missed a ski season in 12 years, (racing 5 years, 7 years of being a bum) including a summer season (soon to be 2)
Couldn't imagine not being in the mountains. (moved because of skiing and have no regrets) I get to ski pretty much every day in winter. Will get to ski 2 months straight this summer in NZ.
I think the difference is if you consider skiing just a hobby and want more from life. Or skiing is your life. I'd quite happily spend the rest of my days in the mountains. I know plenty of people who have and if I am in their position in another 10-20 years time i'll be stoked on life.
Couldn't imagine not being in the mountains. (moved because of skiing and have no regrets) I get to ski pretty much every day in winter. Will get to ski 2 months straight this summer in NZ.
I think the difference is if you consider skiing just a hobby and want more from life. Or skiing is your life. I'd quite happily spend the rest of my days in the mountains. I know plenty of people who have and if I am in their position in another 10-20 years time i'll be stoked on life.
CheddarJack
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13003293:tronned said:
I'm gunna sound like a total stoner hippy here, but that's okay. I'm intrigued by this. I've never thought about how much energy it takes to focus on skiing all winter. If I were to refocus that energy, like you said, I could do so much. Kinda makes me feel stupid for making skiing such a big part of my life. It almost makes me want to change that but I'm comfortable with where I am now so it doesn't.
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13003293:tronned said:
Ya'll sound lame as fuck.
LOLZfajitas
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you all are fucking pussys, just delete your newschoolers, and be happy "grown ups"
JakeHarris
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i used to be a huge park rat while in high school living on the east coast. ive now completely changed my perspective on skiing, moved west, and prefer big mountain. i also realized with all the injuries ive had that park skiing gets old.
RockNRollNghtClb
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This is why I cant live in Utah for the rest of my life, I know if I stay here I will wont be able to resist skiing every day, it would be impossible for skiing to not be my #1 priority. I would never be able to do anything besides work a low end job just to ski if I stay here
kshaughn
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Went to college in Maine (same one as Downey), so I used to be able to ski a bunch during the winter but I graduated last year and now work in Boston. Went out west for a week with my parents but besides that only had one day at a local hill outside of Boston.
Skiing is great and will always be a fun activity when I can, but focusing my career around the winter and a mountain isn't going to pay the bills. I'd rather have a good job and make some money now and go skiing when I get a chance so I can afford vacations or maybe a place on a mountain when I am older.
In my opinion, the long term is what matters most and don't postpone your future just to be able to do some skiing. The mountains aren't going anywhere but your career and future is a full time commitment.
Skiing is great and will always be a fun activity when I can, but focusing my career around the winter and a mountain isn't going to pay the bills. I'd rather have a good job and make some money now and go skiing when I get a chance so I can afford vacations or maybe a place on a mountain when I am older.
In my opinion, the long term is what matters most and don't postpone your future just to be able to do some skiing. The mountains aren't going anywhere but your career and future is a full time commitment.
ronin480
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13003299:Shepux said:
I agree! I wouldn't let it take over my life to the point it became problematic. If anything it has enriched my life especially living in a cold weather state. Everyone bitches about snow, meanwhile I cherish it and look forward to every bit, which allows me to get outdoors all year.
vandersteeze
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I went through Engineering school while still skiing regularly
I work now full time in an engineering job and still ski regularly
Its about how much it means to you versus other things. That is all
I work now full time in an engineering job and still ski regularly
Its about how much it means to you versus other things. That is all
LOLZfajitas
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13010914:vandersteeze said:
Same, skied every day of the season thru school, now i work 70+ hours a week and still made four days a week this past season, with three weekend trips to mammoth
shiftyparty
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13003299:Shepux said:
yeah pretty much how it is
13010729:kshaughn said:
This thread is piles of garbage advice. Fuck doing anything fun, I'm going to work non stop in some office so that when I'm 40 I'll be able to afford some ski trips.
Obviously you guys were never really into the sport. Sorry that skiing isn't fun for you.
13003299:Shepux said:
13010780:_Jeffrey_ said:
13010914:vandersteeze said:
13011197:Vinci said:
Hallelujah
I understand both sides of the argument. I was a ski bum for roughly ten years. And I mean a real ski bum, following the snow the whole year, skiing roughly 300 days a year. Skied overhead pow days, learned some rad tricks, hucked some big cliffs. For a long time, skiing was my life and there was nothing else.
Got to a point where I had done everything I wanted/needed to do in the ski world, met a girl, moved back to the real world, did a law degree, got married, took up surfing, enjoyed the other things that life has to offer (yes, there are things outside skiing) and have only been on skis 4 days in the last 3 or 4 years.
All that said, I still go on NS a lot and consider myself a skier. Go figure
Got to a point where I had done everything I wanted/needed to do in the ski world, met a girl, moved back to the real world, did a law degree, got married, took up surfing, enjoyed the other things that life has to offer (yes, there are things outside skiing) and have only been on skis 4 days in the last 3 or 4 years.
All that said, I still go on NS a lot and consider myself a skier. Go figure
milk_man
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Haven't missed a season in 14 years (since my second birthday) and I don't plan on ever missing a season.
Without skiing I wouldn't have much to do in the winter and I don't know how much motivation I would have for life. Skiing really ties into life when you love doing it
Without skiing I wouldn't have much to do in the winter and I don't know how much motivation I would have for life. Skiing really ties into life when you love doing it
ronin480
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13011203:ballsdeeppow said:
Kinda sounds like you just aren't feeling it like you used to. Age and college really have little to do with it. People of all ages ski and have different skill levels. You make it sound as if it's just something you do as a kid before and during college?!
13011325:ballsdeeppow said:
I hope you all are trolling but unfortunately at least a couple of you are for real.
Sounds like you don't really like skiing. $100 lift tickets on the east coast? LOL There are a ton of places you can ski in the east for WAYYYYYYYYY less than that. Then you also have days that have special deals and night skiing.
And most of the winter isn't 0 degrees.
Get a pass somewhere. There are tons of small hill that aren't packed, are cheap, and have decent snow. Hell the mountain I'm working at in the winter here now is small, doesn't have much vertical, but I'm still riding pow weeks after a storm because it doesn't get scraped off.
Also I don't have any regular ski clothing. Most of my conversations are based on who I'm talking to. A lot of them revolve around music. Not many are about skiing, yet I still get a ton of days on hill when I'm healthy.
I don't let anything define me. I do what I want. Other people can define me however the fuck they want. It's one thing if you pursue surfing, or mtn biking or something else, but to just quit completely to be a "grown up" is lolz.
This thread blows, I can't wait to go skiing next month.
#YOLO
ANDR01D
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13011325:ballsdeeppow said:
Sorry, but you're wrong. If anything it has become even better since I got older and got a career.
I've been able to go on ski trips I've never been able to afford previously. I've been able to buy nice new gear and afford season passes. I've been able to meet people who are as stoked on skiing as I am (Thanks NS).
Now, I'm moving to Colorado in the fall so I can go to grad school and ski. And I'd be lying if my criteria for looking at schools wasn't strictly narrowed to Good Engineering School with Skiing nearby.
Skiing + Adulthood is just about the greatest thing ever. You can love skiing and you have the ability to do something about it.
Am I going to let myself go broke because of it? Nope. But if I did, I'd have some pretty epic memories to look back on for the rest of my life.
kshaughn
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13011225:theabortionator said:
I think you are confusing not being into the sport with just general changes in life that came with getting older. I have more fun skiing than doing any other sport. I played varsity football and golf in college and I love both of those sports, but if I had to pick only one sport to be a part of for the rest of my life, I'd always pick skiing.
For me, I am always am going to try to find a way to ski at least a few days a winter but I had to prioritize the things in my life. For me, my family and having a job that I enjoy and can have a future with were above skiing, but that doesn't mean skiing doesn't matter. I am still going to try to ski when I can and still follow the sport, but I am no longer going to make big life decisions only because of skiing. I am in Boston so it isn't like I can't ski at all, it is just less convenient and I will do it when I can because it's awesome.
My advice is: prioritize the things that matter to you in your life. If it is at the top of the list, include it in your decisions but don't destroy the things that are just below it on your list. For me, skiing is great and will always be one of my favorite things to do but at this point in my life I have other things that matter more to me and I will still ski when I can. Maybe for the next few years I won't be able to go out West and get 30 days a winter, but I'll still love skiing and maybe I will be able to in the future.