this thread is fucking hilarious, some of the responses I nearly died laughing from.
Leafman, if you're gonna do this, I wish you a shit-ton of luck, because you'll need it. I think it could be successful but its a terrible idea, why haven't you asked your parents if they'd cover some of the surgery or something? I'm making an assumption but if you were brought up skiing chances are they have some money, as skis, lift tickets/season passes are expensive shit.