Fuck fun. Fun got ruled out by 85 dollar tickets and f-350s going 14 mph on 9 with TX plates when the roads have a half inch of snow.
I'm not to the sponsored level, nor will ever be, at least for Summit County. It's all regionally relative. I can't say I wouldn't take it or try for it if I was that level. I can pay for my own shit, it doesn't cost that much in the grand scheme of things. 2 pairs of skis, a pair of bindings and outerwear for a year is just over $500 for top of the line shit, that's a weeks work most places
You guys got me off on a tangent; fun in the midwest is just a proportion of true fun. Just as a life in the midwest isn't a life worth living.