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Pro Skiers+$$$$

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Cloud.
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I was skiing one daya nd then i htought t myself..how much do pro skiers make...like i have no idea..like i think it various about how good u are...but i really dont know...do u?
Feb 13 2007 8:55PM
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mattyb.
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about 50 million a year.
Feb 13 2007 8:56PM
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Cloud.
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REALLY? thats amazing..hmm maybe i should not go to school and become a pro
Feb 13 2007 8:57PM
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JFerg
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Yea, that's if they don't win any competitions, they get around 10 million per comp they win on top of the 50 mill. a year.
Feb 13 2007 8:58PM
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hollygrove
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crawl into a whole and die
Feb 13 2007 8:59PM
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eheath
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Skiers like Simon and Tanner pull in a few hundred grand a year due to sponsor endorsements.
Feb 13 2007 8:59PM
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S2daJ
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i have absolutely no doubt in my mind that you guys are full of shit... that seems like entirely too much cash.
Feb 13 2007 9:00PM
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Fish_Sandwich.
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They ski and get paid a decent wage, not as much as most people who come out of college and get a good job though. However, they get all expense paid trips to wherever their sponsors want, and all kinds of other goodies.
Feb 13 2007 9:14PM
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RobotTom
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they get paid to do what I pay to do. Money is not important, living a rockstar life and being able to ski a lot is.
Feb 13 2007 9:20PM
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siver-cartel
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simon tanner olson are paid a shit load of cash more then what you imagine
Feb 13 2007 9:22PM
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eheath
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Tanner + Redbull = $$$
Simon + Target = $$$
Sammy + Nike = $$$


Only a few pros actually make more than 100k a year.
Feb 13 2007 9:22PM
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hendriab
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if you think about it though, they get free clothes from thier sponsors, win cars in comps, have all thier trips and lift tickets and gear paid for, so all they have to front is prolly rent and food....i bet they are pretty well off
Feb 13 2007 9:24PM
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LoLo913
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did simon just buy a house in breck? must be nice!
Feb 13 2007 9:26PM
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siver-cartel
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taner aramada + oakley + giro + redbull + dalbelo+ grenade= shat load of $$$$

jon head + redbull + j linderberg(must of paid him well to make the switch from oakley to jl) + oakley + (burton)RED + jon fucking olson invintational = FUCKING MILLIO GUY

simon redbull,salomon,giro,target,oakley = priceless
Feb 13 2007 9:30PM
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siver-cartel
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i bet that there are paid to were the gogs and outwear seperatly so double oakley for simon and tanner
Feb 13 2007 9:32PM
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SIX
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yea and I heard that in ski movies they get paid like 10 000$ per second of appearance. That's a mad pay check.
Feb 13 2007 9:36PM
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Black-Bandanna
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Jon's gotta make some mad cash dollas. He's like a god in Europe....
Feb 13 2007 9:37PM
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snowXrider540
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yeah im thinking Jon is pulling in mad money i mean he is basically the king of europe...look at the JOI he treats his guests liek royalty so he MUST be making a shit load of money
Feb 13 2007 9:55PM
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DynastarriderGP
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like you terds would know
Feb 13 2007 10:27PM
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fouldsys
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the candide invitational should have gotten more attention. i think it was way better than the joi
Feb 13 2007 10:31PM
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Flo_Rida_2016
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im pretty sure its more. I read somewhere jon gets a million per year or 2 years just to stay w/ head.
Feb 13 2007 10:33PM
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SwitchMahFuckah
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That shit would totally ruin skiing for me. When i'm skiing the only thing i'm thinking about is skiing. It would suck to be worrying about how you gotta win that comp to double your yearly salary. Guess i'm just not wired for shit like that.
Feb 13 2007 10:34PM
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T-Wash
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Tanners gotta be rollin in the duh. He owns part of a production company and a ski company. Plus he has a pro ski out a pro boot plus all his sponsers paying for everything else so he's gotta be loaded
Feb 13 2007 10:39PM
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wAy2sTeEzY4u
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ahhh i love this site.


i would think a lot of pros have to get side jobs (im talking small name guys)?
Feb 13 2007 10:40PM
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Bees_Knees
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jon also has a house in monaco and goes to a country club there so he must be loaded
Feb 13 2007 10:41PM
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Sholte
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i dunno, but andy makes slightly less then his cousin how works at olive garden, and most pro's don't make alot of money, there sponcers ether pay for flight and travel/food, or just a salary
Feb 13 2007 10:42PM
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titsLOL
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pretty much depends on how good of business man you are, like tanner who owns a share of a ski company and shit that's how you get tha billz paid.
Feb 13 2007 10:42PM
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The_Oakley_Kid
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dude, who cares how much money pro skiers make? think about it, they get tons of free gear, free travel, free passes, and they get to ski every single day of their lives... I don't know about any of you guys, but that's all I need in life, the money would be just a bonus.
Feb 13 2007 10:47PM
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Drail
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ONE MILLION DOLLARS!!!!!
Feb 13 2007 11:00PM
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Carter23
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the elite make the money. by that i mean simon, tanner, peter, jon, and seth. all are over 100K a year. and the first two are probably around 450K or so.. but i guess this isnt really our business. Just hope that they are smart enough to invest it or spend wisely, because pro skiing has no job security. Ask CR about that.
Feb 13 2007 11:02PM
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alexplatt90
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You may want to learn how to spell 'hole' before advising such a thing.
Feb 13 2007 11:04PM
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R.Fahey
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I would say that only a handful make a decent living off of it. Tanner, Simon, Jon, Candide, Seth, Sarah Burke, Carlson, and a few others. I know Candide, Jon, Simon and Tanner make a ton, and whenever they win contests their sponsors will likely triple it. I'd say right now Simon makes close to the most. Target prolly gave him like $10,000 everytime he did that little flash of his target gloves to the camera at X.
Feb 13 2007 11:11PM
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Edward.
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i think jon probably is the richest. doesnt jl pay him a lot of money?
Feb 13 2007 11:13PM
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faux_real
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assuming tanner's ski sponsor matches his prize money, he's making a 6 figure salary in less than three weeks.
Feb 13 2007 11:22PM
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T-Wash
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Ya but when pros get hurt they usually have to pay for all their medical bills because most of them don't have health insurance. So tanner was probably payin crazy cash for his injury
Feb 13 2007 11:30PM
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faux_real
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you'd be lucky if that rockstar life lasted 10 years . . .and then your 30 with no marketable skills. i wonder how josh loubek is doing.
Feb 13 2007 11:31PM
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Carter23
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exactly. you are correct..
Feb 13 2007 11:43PM
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*DrewT*
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Most well known pro's make enough money to live fairly comfortable lifestyle. Can't quite say the same for the up and comer's though
Feb 13 2007 11:49PM
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MadSteezin
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Mike Douglas + Adidas + Whistler + Salomon = $$$$
Feb 13 2007 11:52PM
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lanks
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he's misjudging our youth one competition at a time.
Feb 13 2007 11:52PM
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BFFset.
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and they get to ski instead of work a "good job" from college.
Feb 14 2007 12:25AM
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BFFset.
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oh and hopefully they be doin somethin they love too
Feb 14 2007 12:25AM
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R.Fahey
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A lot of pro skiers are pretty much assured a job within the industry somehow once they aren't ripping anymore. Team Managers, Reps, Etc. Boyd still does lots of skiing stuff. Phil Dion is the Dynastar Intntl. Team Manager, Philou does something for some company, but i forget.
Feb 14 2007 12:30AM
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Detective
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA did your mommy and daddy tell you that? Sorry bro but college degrees really don't guarantee you dick all. Do you actually have any idea what the average salary is for a college grad? 25-35k HAHA you can make more than that being a bartender or a car tech.

If you are a pro that can consistantly be top ten in competitions you are more guaranteed to have a higher salary than a college grad. Certainly job security is not part of the equation but we are talking about "out of college" salary.
Feb 14 2007 12:34AM
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Holte
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Okay...so ten pros make a higher salary than the average college grad? Your argument has holes in it.
Feb 14 2007 12:50AM
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ScrappyJoeYoung
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damn they make madd money
Feb 14 2007 1:03AM
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Detective
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your mom has holes in her...but I filled them all in.
Feb 14 2007 1:10AM
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dan4060
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That might be what they start at. But 15 years down the line a college grad who goes into sales or law or accounting or actuarial work will make FAR more than a bartender. College does not guaranty money, but it helps a whole lot. The vast majority of people who make good salaries are college graduates. The potential income for a college graduate who starts out making 40k a year is FAR more than any of the professions you have mentioned. A 24 year old bartender will not make much more 20 years from now than he does today. A 24 year old college grad selling software for ADP(a job you CANNOT get without a degree) has the potential to make ten times what he does 20 years in the future.

If you think being a bartender or an auto mechanic is a better career financially then a white collar degree requiring profession you are sadly mistaken.
Feb 14 2007 1:16AM
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Elijah.
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I'm pretty sure most of them do, but a ton of them run/work for big name production companies.
Feb 14 2007 1:22AM
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Ryanvdonk
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peter olenick + salomon + obermeyer + giro + katie v = herpes
Feb 14 2007 1:34AM
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Mattman
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Tanner is making a shitload this year!
Feb 14 2007 2:25AM
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