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Elife
Posts: 2829 - Karma: 44
I've thought about moving to utah or colorado and getting a mtn job, but here I am finishing my college applications and I'll never be a true ski bum...All of us ski a fair amount, but who here is a true skibum that left it all for a continuous powder day
Dec 28 2005 6:24PM
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Edward.
Posts: 9366 - Karma: 445
wow.... dont do that
if i did that, my parents would kill me
they would sit me down on the couch and talk to me for 2 hours about my future and how important it is to keep being a straight a student
Dec 28 2005 6:26PM
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Elife
Posts: 2829 - Karma: 44
^My dad wants me to, he says it'd probably be fun but he'd make me go to college after a few years...if i do it, it'll be after college
Dec 28 2005 6:28PM
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EC-Tom
Posts: 2572 - Karma: 12
im planning on doing it after college...just shack up at some mountain, save some money.....then get a place and a real job.
Dec 28 2005 6:30PM
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Scottness
Posts: 1123 - Karma: 10
ok, i'm 24, business owner and get to ski a 2-3 times a week. stay in school (or better yet, drop out and start a sick business like i did) and then you will be making bank and controlling your schedule and able to ski a lot. if you wanna do the ski bum thing, just do it for a season and see (one year of your life ain't nuthin'. either way, you will get to ski a decent amount (but one way you will have a future and $$$$$$$$$$$)
Dec 28 2005 6:31PM
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Luc.
Posts: 7540 - Karma: 59
yeh man i wanted to do that for th elongest time, but after to talking to people like ^that guy above me, i have noticed that all i need to do is start a company(which i was planning on doing anyways) so i can make my own scedual and still get to ski...either construction/fixing homes...or i am planning on starting a ski manufacturing company...got a name and a logo and everytrhing..
Dec 28 2005 6:35PM
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Elife
Posts: 2829 - Karma: 44
ooo l like it
Dec 28 2005 6:36PM
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BLKOUT
Posts: 1287 - Karma: 20
I'm bummin it
I went to college in Denver to satisfy my parents, did more skiin than schoolin, graduated then moved up to the mts, this is my 9th season. I'm broke as a joke but I get to ski everyday and don't have to live in a shitty city.
Dec 28 2005 6:50PM
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kickerlicker
Posts: 820 - Karma: 11
whats ya buisness
Dec 28 2005 6:52PM
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Maximumsushi
Posts: 7837 - Karma: 3,351
Don't let people run your life. Do whatever you want.
Dec 28 2005 6:54PM
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wskibum176
Posts: 1536 - Karma: 13
i think i am gonna take 1 year off after high school, and then go to college.
Dec 29 2005 1:29AM
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Jaskittin
Posts: 5606 - Karma: 195
Uh, when your ski bumming, you don't exaclty need to listen to your parents. I am gradutating a semester early next winter and then I'm movin out and skiing/working every day. Gunna be sick as hell.
Dec 29 2005 1:35AM
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Barmski
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^ you say that now but.......anyway im looking go out west and live there afer college also like some other have said. I think it would be dope to set my self up in tahoe or whereever so im close to the mountains. Looking to be a golf pro 3 seasons then in the off season get part time as bartend and work at the resorts to i dont hav to pay for skiing. that would be dope and thats my plan!
Dec 29 2005 1:37AM
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garrett.
Posts: 9304 - Karma: 3,670
last year my math teacher had been a ski bum at vail
Dec 29 2005 1:38AM
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Jeff_Lo
Posts: 5809 - Karma: 263
denver sux!!
Dec 29 2005 3:33AM
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crm
Posts: 286 - Karma: 10
how do you "bum" at vail?
Dec 29 2005 3:37AM
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STAUSS
Posts: 8232 - Karma: 3,311
all i kowe is that im taking a year off
Dec 29 2005 11:06AM
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skoganskier101
Posts: 2067 - Karma: 14
i would wanna take a year off and work at alta and just stay in the employee housing.
Dec 29 2005 12:42PM
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ThisAngelicRage
Posts: 8681 - Karma: 54
i'm definitely not a ski bum but i dropped out of school so i could work all summer and save up my cash so i can ski every single day all winter. didn't go quite as planned so far due to a shoulder injury but i still always get in a good 100 days
Dec 29 2005 12:53PM
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Skipig25
Posts: 10729 - Karma: 256
my uncle worked 10 hours a week, and skied 120+ days a year
Dec 29 2005 12:55PM
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garrett.
Posts: 9304 - Karma: 3,670
u get a free season pass for driving bus's
Dec 29 2005 1:23PM
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MissMontana
Posts: 971 - Karma: 42
my parents did that. they were in and out of college skiing the whole time. they lived in a garage in Boulder, a tent at Snowbird, a tent in the parking lot at the Lange boot factory, the Alta Peruvian at Alta for a few winters... It took my mom 7 years to get out of college and my dad 10. They had an akita named Prince Miley O'kelalni or something (Prince Miley of the Snowflakes in hawaiian, where my dads from).
My dad went on to write the Powder Hounds Guide to Skiing Alta.
Legit fucking parents.
Dec 29 2005 2:14PM
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chapz
Posts: 10182 - Karma: 66
it would be pretty sick to just ski, live in a cheap appartment, i unno
Dec 29 2005 2:19PM
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dirtybryan
Posts: 270 - Karma: 10
One thing you can do is get accepted to a school and then ask to take a year off and hold your acceptance. I can't remember what the term for that is. I'm thinking of doing that. Ski bum during the winter and then try to bum my way across America.
Dec 29 2005 2:20PM
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Elife
Posts: 2829 - Karma: 44
^deferred enrollment
Dec 29 2005 2:53PM
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dirtybryan
Posts: 270 - Karma: 10
There ya go. That I think is your best bet I think.
Dec 29 2005 4:28PM
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General_Shredgnar
Posts: 3024 - Karma: 34
same here. Sounds like I can get some life experience, ski like a mofo, and be more mature when I enter the college scene. Let alone save up some cash if I can.
Dec 29 2005 4:59PM
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