What do your parents/friends not understand about skiing?

This.

One of the most eloquent posts i've ever read on Newschoolers (not that the bar is set particularly high). I couldn't summarise my feelings any better if I tried.
 
My mom doesn't understand what a park is. She thinks it's pretty much a moguls course. I just let her believe that because it's easier than explaining...
 
When I told my mom that I did my first backflip she looked at me in disbelief and asked me how that was possible. I said what do you mean? She said that makes no sense your momentum would be wrong. I walked away
 
there are probly 4 kids at my school who know about freestyle skiing, and my parents have no clue what i do, they just know i ski. i liked to see anyone who plays football, basketball, baseball and all those sports who think its so hard, try and ski and do the shit we do.
 
Dude this happens to me, except i do have some non skiing friends but i can't ever go to parties and stuff on the weekends because i am always skiing or driving up to the mountians. Which isn't really bad because i am skiing and they aren't. A lot of my friends freak out when i am going to miss a party to ski they say it is "a waste of time".
 
yeah my dad and sister give me shit for skiing with no poles and my pants around my ankles.

then i destroyed some nice powder wit no poles and my pants around my ankles and waited for them at the bottom.

 
my friends mom thought that half pipes were only for snowboarders and believes that the only type of freestyle skiing is ariels and moguls. I was appalled.
 
this. exactly. mainly people not even coming close to understanding it.

people dont understandthat its a lifestyle. its a whole different deal. different humor, style. mainly just overall different rules. everything is different. god i hate being the only skier at my school who is truly into it.

quoted post should /thread

it is the core issue
 
100%

i really want to make a college choice independent of skiing...but i cant.

my parents want me to go to a state school(i live in NY) but i just cant do that. Im determined to go out west. And what do i want to be?? im not sure yet...but i know id be happy in the ski industry. Maybe ill work in a local shop, maybe a start up company? maybe ill design skis for a large company?? maybe ill make the right friends and a job will fall into my lap. If it doesnt work out then so be it. Im going to get a job(whatever i end up studying in college) and use that money to ski WHENEVER possible!
 
everytime I hurt myself skiing, I always get shit about it from my parents saying "Oh you should go back to regular skiing " and all that
 
Hahahah same here bro any ever got hey I'm on level 54 prestige you suck man or so ething that then turns into MW2 yeah it's a lol fo sho
 
Hey man MW2 is some serious shit. I'm about to hit my 3rd prestige. I should get a shirt that says "second prestige level 64" in script. haha
 
every time somebody asks to see a park ski video, the responses usually consist of
"shouldn't their skis be shorter!""why are his clothes so big???""i thought rails were only for snowboarders..."
 
of course they dont get it, there's a lot of things other people love that i don't understand AT ALL. and they dont expect me too. oh wellllz
 
my parents definitely dont get the whole park aspect. i believe my dad said, "whats the point, you spend more time in the air than on the ground?"

But other than that they pretty much get it, since they both ski, and love it.
 
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