I buy everything. From socks to season pass to poles. I buy it all.
The only thing my parents ended up getting me this past season was a G10 for christmas, which I was planning on buying myself anyways.
I hate people who say shit like "mommy and daddy buying your stuff"...to anyone on this site, not even me personally...
Just get a job and get lots of money and spend it on what you love....
And get talking about needing a big fat 187....Get some ANT's if you want burly shit. There are lots of other good, sick as fuck custom sticks..i.e. Kingswood, Capital, Igneious...talk to Vicious or iggyskier.