Who has the best job in the ski industry

tomPietrowski

tomPietrowski

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Pretty simple question, Im interested in who you think has the best jobs in all of the ski industry.

It can be anyone from pros, filmers, media anything really. So if you could take one person in the industries job who would it be?
 
Thats a dam good question. Id go with a rider/filmer or anything that can get me on the snow often. If its anything skiing related I would love the job and know I'd being doing what I love, not doing a crappy job. Its not all about the money, but something you enjoy.
 
Obviously a pro athlete with some good sponsorships matched with insane talent would be the best job but I think non-athlete related a team manager for a big company like red bull would be so damn kush haha
 
In my opinion its the guys who are up high on the ladder of the huge ski companies. Those guys have money and time to go ski if they choose.
 
13515253:eheath said:
Obviously a pro athlete with some good sponsorships matched with insane talent would be the best job but I think non-athlete related a team manager for a big company like red bull would be so damn kush haha
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has the great eheath given up on the filmer dream!? #aspirations
 
I guess it's not just the ski industry but Reed Speedman has a kick ass job with redbull that seems really sick. Travel all over in that sick redbull truck with his bros going to festivals promoting and stuff. Just seems like its a good gig. :)
 
Give me CEO/ or some other exec high paying position at one of the skiing power house brands or parent company. I'd love CEO of vail resorts or something of that sort.
 
i have to say the guys who just work for a certain brand and do demo tours and stuff like that. they often get free gear (or mad discounts), get to travel around their country, meet awesome people and of course ski in different locations.
 
I think being a heli pilot would be amazing. You get to fly a heli, be in the mountains, swap off with heli pilots and go shred (I'm assuming).

Did I mention the fly a heli part yet?
 
Being offered pay purely on your talents, and personality would be a pretty swell spot to find yourself within the industry.

But working from the bottom to the top of a company seems well worth the time and dedication put into it.

That being said, I will take Josh Malczyk's job for sure. What do you say Josh, Trade-ies? I've got cats, lots of them.
 
Subjective question for sure

Being an Athlete getting paid to travel and live a dream lifestyle seems pretty hard to beat.

Doesn't pay like the other sports outthere for most of the field, but it's got to be a really nice chapter in life.
 
While I have a pretty insignificant job at the moment, it's pretty fucking awesome for being a second year college student.

I basically get to organize events like rail jams, movie premiers, and trips and then attend them. The prep for it is a little stressful but the end result is so worth it. Seeing skiers and snowboarders stoked on the event you put on is so damn awesome.

On top of that I ski free, get some nice discounts, get to travel around the world for free, and I get to do it alongside some of my best friends! I love it and hope I get to do this kind of stuff for a long time. If I ever continued working in the industry it would most definitely be in event planning/marketing management kind of stuff.
 
Either one of the top paid pros, or top level manager/ceo would be neat.

In regards to the heli post, I'm a helicopter pilot. As much as I absolutely love flying, I might still take the life of a top tier pro skier over a pilot gig. I guess I would have to cross that bridge when I got to it, but damn, tough choice either way
 
Reid Speedman seems to have an awesome job.

Not entirely sure what he does but it seems like that dude has lived quite the life..
 
I'm a coach and I fucking love it. There are some negatives to it like when you've got a younger group that won't listen. And it can be stressful. But essentially you are getting paid to go ski everyday.
 
Head of resort like Snowbird or JHole would be amazing. Dont care about the pay, just being able to run legendary places like that would be surreal. A lot of work but its gotta be rewarding, nothing in life worth doing should be easy I think.

Being a pro obviously is next in line. Skiing a lot, latest and greatest gear, decent paychecks, people stoked on your stuff, etc.

Coaching also would be rad, too. Getting younger generations hyped on skiing. Obviously teaching little kids to huck dubs would be cool but just instilling that emphasis that we're all out to have fun and its not a "Look how rad I am" dick-size comparison contest that we see happening in some scenes. Honestly one of the biggest reasons im still skiing after being a competitive skier was due to having a coach that just wanted us to have some fun. Of course he wanted us to huck meat and challenge ourselves but what is the point of doing that if you dont have a smile on your face?
 
13515253:eheath said:
Obviously a pro athlete with some good sponsorships matched with insane talent would be the best job but I think non-athlete related a team manager for a big company like red bull would be so damn kush haha
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Now, this may partly be me trying to console my 12 year old self about the fact that im not a pro, but i honestly think there are huge downsides to being a pro, even if youre a super pro who makes bank (and we all know how rare that is, relatively speaking)

skiing is insane nowadays. several times ive pussed out of a line or a trick and been really thankful that the only thing im letting down is my ego, and not my career's future and whatever/whoever has gotten me to that spot with an expensive camera pointed at me. some of the shit going on nowadays is straight up terrifying. sure, a select few make it doing their own thing that doesn't include brutal consequences, but even in those cases no comfortable future is guaranteed

so...my answer is someone working at the highest levels of mountain management at a place like alta, or someone high up in the gear department. make bank, ski at your leisure quite a bit, and really get to be hands on with some super cool shit

my 2 cents
 
Anyone who films for a company like Shane McFalls with Line. Getting to travel,ski and film your friends seems like a good gig, and in my opinion filmers should get a lot more credit than they do. Possible downsides to this though could be creative limitations.
 
filmer for big production companies. You get to travel around the world with the crew and get to go to some amazing spots. A plus would be you can do this for a longer time than being a pro cuz you dont have all the wear and tear on your body
 
13515407:CHORIZO said:
filmer for big production companies. You get to travel around the world with the crew and get to go to some amazing spots. A plus would be you can do this for a longer time than being a pro cuz you dont have all the wear and tear on your body
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yeah, but the pay almost always blows and the lifestyle seems stressful
 
Also, being someone like Jimmy Chin would be one of my top choices, since I love photography and filming as well as the sport itself. That dude is at the same level as many of the top tier extreme sports athletes, and he shoots some of the most amazing stuff
 
13515407:CHORIZO said:
filmer for big production companies. You get to travel around the world with the crew and get to go to some amazing spots. A plus would be you can do this for a longer time than being a pro cuz you dont have all the wear and tear on your body
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Yes

13515414:Titsandwich11 said:
yeah, but the pay almost always blows and the lifestyle seems stressful
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Yes, the pay isn't great. But if you're thrifty like I am, you can sneak by, and the perks are these: live where you want, ski every day you're home, travel the world with a bunch of friends on someone else's dime, and film some sick things going down in the coolest places on earth. That does not suck. The stress level is generally low, even though you have a job to do and sometimes it's hard to view it that way. I consider it a dream job. One drawback is you might never grow up (if you consider that a drawback).
 
Park builders. Idk, I can't really think of another job. I mean if I would love to try a lot of other jobs but I think for anything permanent that's all I would want.

Although obviously as a kid, being a pro seemed like an awesome idea. I wouldn't mind magically having better skills and giving that a shot.

On that front Jon Olson was pretty rad to me. He was into the park building
 
In my opinion, probably Wallisch and the good company crew. They put out some of the most impressive urban edits i've ever seen and sure they work damn hard, but they sure have a lot of fun doing it as well!
 
Eric Pollard and Chris Bentchetler because they design their own skis, ski bottomless pow pretty much the whole year, and when they aren't skiing they are surfing or climbing or mountain biking
 
13515253:eheath said:
Obviously a pro athlete with some good sponsorships matched with insane talent would be the best job but I think non-athlete related a team manager for a big company like red bull would be so damn kush haha
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Would Like this too. But I would most probably choose someone who films the athletes, so I could be at least 75% injured free while still doing the things I love.
 
*was into park building almost as much as his skiing it seemed.

Got cut off lol. I just remember always seeing him talking about JOSS and out on the course raking etc.

Cool dude
 
Snow cat driver. You get to build the parks, take the long solitude drive making the groomers, and if anyone pisses you off, you can just dump the snow all around their car.
 
13515675:Mr.Bishop said:
Well you're a terrible member?
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Come on bishop use more authority than that. Ditch the question mark, add an explanation point, make fun of his mom for being a solid 7
 
13515684:CHORIZO said:
Come on bishop use more authority than that. Ditch the question mark, add an explanation point, make fun of his mom for being a solid 7
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Dude his mom and I are in love... I wouldn't insult her like that.
 
in all honestly though (other than the obvious choice) i think that being a event promoter or team manager would be rad. Or heli driver. Whatever I could do to tavel really.
 
I run and operate my own little skihill in Norway. So effectively I am park manager, snow gun operator, cat operator, marketing director, lift ticket guy and snack room guy. And a lot of other stuff. It has cut down on my own skiing, but I do indeed love my job, being your own boss rules, even though it can be stressful at times.
 
I run and operate my own little skihill in Norway. So effectively I am park manager, snow gun operator, cat operator, marketing director, lift ticket guy and snack room guy. And a lot of other stuff. It has cut down on my own skiing, but I do indeed love my job, being your own boss rules, even though it can be stressful at times.
 
I run and operate my own little skihill in Norway. So effectively I am park manager, snow gun operator, cat operator, marketing director, lift ticket guy and snack room guy. And a lot of other stuff. It has cut down on my own skiing, but I do indeed love my job, being your own boss rules, even though it can be stressful at times.
 
i think the best would be some sort of team management job for a ski company. you get the gear, get to hang out with the athletes and travel, but you have no pressure to make sick film segments year in and out and no pressure for event results
 
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