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What is a Pro Skier?

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docmanCO
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This might have gotten covered a dozen times, but I've been meeting more and more and more kids who list "Pro Skier" as their occupation.

Me and my kids have heard of the big ski names of course, and like Pro Football Players, those pros deserve every accolade. Great athletes.

But most of the people my kids are told in magazines or on the hill are "pro skiers" have names that are a little more on the "who?" side, or perhaps we've never heard of them.

Are there different levels that still qualify as pro? Is anyone who gets a pass or a pair of skis or is in a movie a pro? Do the manufacturers have thousands of people they support? A pro is anyone who is given something for skiing right? (Does that make my kids pros? Hope not, they pay for nothing and should NOT be upside down yet.)

It seems like it's becoming really hard for my kids to meet anyone that admits that they are an amateur skier anymore. I'm curious if the top level pros have anything to say about the up and coming less-pro pros.

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titsLOL
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I'd say once you are able to seduce (hot) women with the status of your skiing career alone you can be considered a pro skier.
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huckcliffs2+3
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^^^i agree with vinny there! if you can slay pussy due to the fact you can slay hard on the hill then hell ya your a PRO!
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Pipe_Munky
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the term "pro" gets thrown around a lot.

imo "pro skier" means that skiing is your job. you get paid and make your living off of promoting your sponsors. if "pro" means getting gear for free, then hell i've been a pro for 4 years now. i still work 5-6 days a week at a desk job and am lucky to get a good couple days on hill each month 
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I-Ski-AK
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you get paid to ski = pro
you get shit for free = sponc. not pro but good at what you do
nothing more to say.
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Deletedtoday
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yah agreed ^^
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agent420
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dollaz ---> pro
gear   ---> flow

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skier_boy26
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make your living off skiing = pro
might win money and shit, but not enough = am

at least to me.
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Silence
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I think it comes down to whether you rely on it as your main source of income.
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Yosh
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I would say your pro when you get payed full time from sponsors
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steezaskia112
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^^^yea
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finnafuckyobitch
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yup
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pmills
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something i read in the post was that you're afraid of your kids going inverted, and somehow you think that you have to be pro to do this.  Imo it's a bad thing to put restrictions on your kids at the hill. Sure enforce them to wear a helmet, tell them to be smart, but don't tell them no inverts. Support them with training, send them to water ramps in the summer, get them on a ski team or send them to ski camp.

Kids are going to do what they want to regardless of what they are told, the last thing you want is for them to hide their injuries in fear of you saying no more of that.

Obviously i'm not saying to encourage someone to participate beyond their abilities, i have no idea how old your kids are, but i would say support them, encourage them to be smart, and to help them be confident in what they are doing.  
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Carter23
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once you get paid more than 35K a year you are a pro. anything less is a wannabe broke ass skier who likes to claim he is making a good living off of skiing, but likely just getting some gear and a few grand a year.  
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The_Oakley_Kid
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sounds like you have been talking to a lot of cocky people... like less than 1% of people who newschool ski are pros...
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mwaah
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seems like a lot of people have no idea what the word "professional" comes from. it means that you are making profit doing what you do. profit = money. any kind of money, there is no 35 K limit as someone said above me. if you make a dollar a year from skiing you could technically call yourself a pro skier. A skier that doesnt make money would be called an amateur skier.

oh, and by the way, amateur skiers are allowed to go upside down too.
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