Ok here's the story. My parents were fair recreational skiers when they were younger. And in fact they started me skiing when I was 5 (I'm 18 right now). But now they are older and don't care to really ski much at all. Now when I first got into newschool skiing like 5 years ago, my parents were extremely skeptical. Saying they thought it was stupid and dangerous. And in fact when I outgrew my old skis at like 14, and asked for twins, they immediately said no. So now i didn't even have skis to use. And in fact, they didn't want me skiing at all for that matter. But hell, i'm a freshman and I have a ski club now. So at least I can ski a little. So I work all summer doing all kinds of jobs around the neighborhood, saving up some money, but when it came time to ski, I couldn't afford to go on trips and buy skis. So I settled for renting skis and still go skiing. So yeah I was that kid everyone made fun of in the park on rentals. But things were going alright, i was learning straight airs and started doing 3's (and 1's when the snow was pretty packed). My school didn't have any kids who were into park skiing so I found myself riding with boarders a lot (which was totally fine, but still nobody to really relate to) and any of the few skiers I met in the park were total dickheads to me. The next year I start working more, and I save up enough cash to buy a nice brand new pair of 168 cm Rossi Scratch FS's. But I still didn't get a season pass, cause #1 I didn't have enough money and #2 I wouldn't get my money's worth skiing. So I continued to ski with the club. Well here, the story turns for the worst. One icey night here at 7 Springs, I was trying a switch 5 for the 3rd time, and I overshot the 45 ft. table, and broke my tibia and fibula and had a concussion. Extremely bad injuries, luckily no sugery though, but I was in a cast from the end of Jan. the end of April. That year consisted of intense physical therapy, and learning to walk again. My family said, "told ya so." for 6 months straight. I decided to take my junior year off from skiing because I wasn't at 100%, and didn't want to risk another injury. So my senior year I was back and ready to go. Basically spent a the first few ski trips getting the rust off, then re learned everything I did before and started rails. Now I'm in college, taller now, but still riding those 168's I worked my ass off for. Too poor again to buy a season pass, but I'll try to be out there 10 times. Sometimes I wonder why I do this.
Sorry that was so long, but I just wanted to see if anyone else's family looks down on them for skiing.
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