So basically my mom told me to "Stop Skiing"

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yea, im not so stoked on it but she was like, you hurt yourself last year and i don't want you becoming a parapalegic(can't spell) . and now wont sign the waiver for the ski team that I've found rides to and will pay for myself (its 500).

but yea last year I was learnin sw 5s ( i kno sad ) so i landed the first one then next run caught my back tips at sw 3 and ate shit on my back, pinched something super hard and couldn't do shit for a while.

she straight up said choose another sport, and i told her all i wanna do is ski

she doesn't want me doing these "spinny things" cause im "too tall and it's not meant for you to do this stuff"

basically now shes not gonna support me in something ive done my whole life.

she thinks im athletic and all but she doesn't want me to get hurt. which is a ok thing to be worried about when your a parent but taking it away??? isn't that a bit much???

OH!

and im working out my back (yea thats right :P ) and gettin a back protector WHICH she claims DON"T DO ANYTHING.

I told her that if they don't do anything why would anyone wear them...

btw shes a doc so she sees all the people with fucked up backs and stuff

but yea im kinda pissed and thanks for lettin me rant!!!

 
she sounds just like my mom, they should meet sometime. No nevermind they will just plot together ways to get us to stop skiing.
 
my mom told me i couldnt ski(for a different reason) so i said fuck you and moved to oregon now im skiing like every day and i havent spoken to her in a year. but i asume you like your mom, so get the back protector, rock the helmet, and tell her you wont do any more spinny things

also i hurt my back in july so now im rockin a slytech back protector, they rock, super comfy
 
best thing to do.... i used to do cross country skiing intill grade 4 or so (claim) but then i start downhill and i was really happy with it, my parents were happy taking me up every weekend because they could just cross country ski while i downhilled, 5 or so years later i was even more pumped on skiing and my parents saw how much i enjoyed it and so they started skiing. Now i can get holidays for skiing, and my parents enjoy if not more than i do, and there always stoked to hit the runs early before it gets busy. So i have no idea what your situation is, but get your parents on the sticks, theyll see how much fun it is and hey it will most likley help you get to the hill more and become more lenient with protection problems occuring
 
Sucks dude... what I'd do is, i know this prob sounds gay but parents love this shit, make a list of what youve learned from the injury (how to prevent it bla bla bla) and why ya love skiing so much. Try to get her to understand your passion. SIt down with her and just say it all in one go.. and tell her to let you finish before she talks and maybe then she'll open up a bit more?

Do this when shes in a good mood and not pms'ing.
 
You basically gotta make a point that these things rarely happen, and that there are so many factors and risks that could occurr at any point in sports.

I'm a freeride biker and this summer my mom told me to never do Manuals again becuase sometime I may fall backwards, land in the road, and get my head run over by a car. I have never fallen backwards on a manual (claim). So I replied in sarcastically saying that maybe I should just quit biking all together because sometime my frame may snap in half and my handlebars will go right into my face, or maybe my feet will slip off the pedals and I'll rip my leg open (even though this happens alot anyways). She hasn't said anything about not doing something that I'm good at or doing to progress since.

I dunno how you would have to word it buy maybe try that approach.
 
Just tell her you wont do "spinny things" anymore ;) but do them anyways.

I mean she doesn't watch you ski or ski with you, does she? cause if so than do what the guy above me said. an write a note and all that parent loving shit haha
 
^ yes. right idea. be very rational and explain how you feel. maybe even do some research about skiing injuries. you might be able to use some solid facts comparing it to riding a bike or driving in a car that you could use to help make your case. good luck.
 
thanks for all the help guys

yea she skis and shes actually really good (no park just like nrml)

ive told her these things never happen and it was the most random thing ive seen ever,

and she knows that skiing is all i want to do, all she wants is for me not to get hurt

so yea, i think back excerisizes and a protector, and ill just shut up about it so she can't take anything else away then she already has

oh and theres no way to change her mind about the freestyle team thing, shes set

funny though she says she has a bad feeling about this season and im saying that she should if shes gonna let me try to learn this stuff on my own without any help is more dangerous than doing it with coaches and shit

 
Tell her how important skiing is to you. Tell her it is your anti drug and there are plenty worse and dangerous things you could be doing instead of skiing. Also, maybe offer her a deal like if you get good grades or something. just don't give up.
 
thanks again and oh she hates sarcastic shit, but the love stuff shes all over haha

fuck it im skiing this year no matta what she says!!! shit i mean shes not paying for any of it anyways

man i wanna come to the states you guys know where its at!!!!
 
sorry to hear that bro

you probably cant do anything. your moms a doctor

out of my friends whove ive seen become doctors.... they all eventually fear dangerous activities towards the body, it something they pick up from med school.

they'll say stuff like: "why take the risk?"
 
well the best option I see right now is for you to give me your gear. Seriously, do it! It's a win-win-win situation. That's right three wins! Your mom wins since you won't be skiing, I win since I get some free gear, and you actually get a double win, you remove the temptation from yourself and get to feel good about giving to someone else! What a deal. Should be called the 4win plan, seeing as how I win, your mom wins, and you win twice. Wow It does not get any better then that.
 
hahahah what?? dude thats amazing.

but anyway i bet she wants you to do a normal sport like football or basketball and join into all that jazz
 
What back protectors are you guys rocking? I broke my back skiing a couple months ago, and I'm a little worried about tweaking it again this season. My mom basically said, "you're not gonna be a pro, so stop going upside down." But I'd prefer to just get a back protector.
 
lousy mom. everyone gets hurt at some point in their life, everyone dies in the end. "life's a bitch and then you die." may as well make the best out if while you're in it.

 
my parents dont want me skiing, but they'd rather i was in a program so i can learn more safely with coaches, this is cause in the last 2 season i have torn the cartilage that connects my sternum to my rib cage, torn my meniscus/mcl and gotten a major concussion
 
I got in a nasty car wreck last winter and pinched my spine and basically cant walk strait, but my parents WANT me to ski and to bike because it helps build up muscles to compensate for my crooked spine, so basically the more I ski = the less back pain.

But shes a doctor so has a huge excuse to think shes smarter then you
 
Can I have your stuff?

Oh shit, billy already beat me to it.

In that case, just sit down with your mom and have a nice discussion and try to make it clear how important skiing is in your life, and that you understand she wants to protect you. Oh, tell her how flattered you are to have such a caring mother. Say it very seriously and even if she knows its bullshit having a sixteen year old say that will mean a lot to her. Then maybe talk about how youre getting to a point in your life where you can make your own decisions, and you want her to help you but not make the decisions for you.

Some of that crap will at least eliminate some hostility~
 
i dunno if this has already been said, but ive been in your situation and i flat out lie to my mom, tell her im gonna ski but i dont do tricks anymore cuz i dont wanna get hurt, and if you get hurt again just say you were skiing regularly and someone ran into you or something
 
ya bro im not telling you to disobey your mom but if its your passion then do its worth it, last year I had a broken wrist and a plaster cast and my mom said i could go up but not do anything, and lets just say it was the best park day of the year, even though i broke the cast...
 
If you really want to do the ski team thing here is the easiest way to solve your problem.

Get in touch with the coach!

Have the coach call your mom, he'll make at least a $500 argument to get you to join up (though assuming he loves skiing, he'll want you on the team more than just for the money.

and look at it this way, no effort on your behalf trying to convince her. The guy who is giving her all the reasons why you should be on a team is a respectable professional.

I would say call up coach ftw.

 
that's what my mom's like. she said i couldn't go to ski camp cuz she thought i'd get hurt. she doesn't like me spinning, or what she calls turns. she almost made me stop jumping completely last season when she heard about this one kid who got hurt
 
Yea my mum doesnt like me hitting jumps either. Everytime i go skiing she says something about not hitting the jumps and i just mumble something.

And everytime she tells me that something is too dangerous i just say something about maybe i should stop sleeping too, most people die when they're asleep or that home is too dangerous place for me (most accidents happen at home).

Anyways, that didnt help anyone at all.
 
sorry to hear dude, i know how you're feeling. Back when i was like 14 i learned how to do misty flips on my rollerblades i was all excited and i told my mom about it and she promptly took my skates away and told me she didnt want me going upside down and paralyzing myself.

I would suggest just stroking her ego and telling her how she's right that its dangerous and get a helmet back protecter whatever and that you'll take it easy from now on (not that you will) and eventually she'll ease up. Maybe shoot for gettin on the freestyle team next season
 
wow, a lot of your parents kind of suck about this, i had no idea anyone would ever ask their kid to stop skiing because they might get hurt. you're a kid, you are supposed to get hurt doing active things, it's what kids do.

do they not let you play other sports that you could get hurt at like wrestling or football or something? do they make you chew your food 20 times each bite so you don't choke?do they not let you drive cause you might get in a car accident? do they not let you play dodgeball because it makes humans the "target?" did they form a pta coalition to ban tag at your local grade schools because it makes one person de-humanized by outcasting and calling a person "it?"

worrywarts and litigous people are pussifying their children and it is only going to produce a generation of people who take no risks personally or professionally, leading to a disasterous slowdown of the countries economy, pushing us further into recession and demoting us from the short list of "world powers" to a country that cant ride an esclator without knee pads and wrist guards.

 
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