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Snowboard for a $200,000 Salary or Ski for No Money at All

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Steezasaurus
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I was just thinking about this question the other day and thought maybe NS should here it too. Basically would you rather snowboard for a $200,000 salary a year (American Dollar), and do it the rest of your life as a career. Or just ski as a passion with no money invlived at all. I think this may pose a tough question to a lot of NSers. This question is primarily geared to the skiers who are htting the slopes more times in the winter than they see their girlfriend (figure of speech), guys who are fresh outta school with no cash, as well as every TRUE skier here on NS. So if you wanna be a bording bitch like Kass or MFM, take the money. What's your answer?

Mine was no, i believe and love skiing to take the money, plain and simple.

Answer UP NS!!

Oct 26 2008 10:05AM
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Coalescent
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I would snowboard for a salary..skiing is ill and snowboarding is too, but I would much rather get paid 200,000 and slide on snow just a different direction..and yeah, my gf got mad last winter about seeing the snow more than her, but they jus gotta understand.
Oct 26 2008 10:07AM
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Vebbi
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no fucking way. i rather ski and be poor.
Oct 26 2008 10:11AM
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**TheDoom**
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I have to say that for 200,000 $ a year I would do snowboard comp and all this shit but for all the rest of my freetime I would hit sick jumps and big rails in SKI!! Because I think that ski is more style

Oct 26 2008 10:16AM
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Steezasaurus
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Your missing the point, you either ski for nothing or snoboard the rest of your life
Oct 26 2008 10:19AM
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cobra_commander
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bullshit

that question is a no brainier, snowboard for the rest of my life sat $200k. money is money. its still sliding snow. And there is nothing that says you can't pull out the skis every once in a while. I mean look at pep, he is paid to ski, but that does not keep him from breaking out the snowboard.
Oct 26 2008 10:20AM
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cool.
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this is a stupid question, (no offense to the guy who made this thread).
if your a skier, you'll ski because that is what you love and that is what keeps you going. Who the fuck cares if you make 200K a year, if you truly love skiing it wont be about the money, and anyways, if your a profesional skier and your entering big comps you will be making some money, especially with sponsers, not 200,000 dollars for sure but the way skiing is progressing and more comps popping up everywhere, the money pot is growing, not all snowboarders make 200k a year, the pros do, and dumont, thall, pk, sammy, egc. all those guys who are competing are making some money too

think about it, if you love skiing, you'll find a way to do it
Oct 26 2008 10:57AM
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-dva-
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just because kass and mfm  suck at life doesn't mean you can't snowboard without becoming a bitch.

i'd take the money and board, no questions asked.

Oct 26 2008 11:01AM
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Journey
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Just cause theres gay snowboarders doesn't mean there arent really cool ones. skiing has a lot of tools in it too (dumont) but its really opinion. id snowboard for the money.
Oct 26 2008 11:05AM
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Coalescent
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see, i truly love skiing, but sliding on snow is sliding on snow to me.  200k is A LOT of money and it would make your life 10x easier.  It would be about the money.  With 200k you can ride places you could have only dreamed about not making any money.

Oct 26 2008 11:06AM
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skodeo7
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You could ski a lot of cool places with $200,000 a year.
Oct 26 2008 11:09AM
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spliff.Life
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well if you have no money how do you ski?
why the hate on boarders too?


Oct 26 2008 11:17AM
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FUUUCK
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skiing for no money, this is like saying would you give up the sport you love for $200,000.
Oct 26 2008 11:22AM
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danbrown
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I fucking love skiing, but man, you can't do shit without money. $200,000 a year is fucking absurd, especially for a job like that. I'd do it
Oct 26 2008 11:24AM
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Sky.
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Board for money, skiing isn't about what i have under my feet its the feeling i get after i do something challenging, that shortness of breath, but your not tired, that cold burn in your lungs, and the accelerated heart beat. for me that is skiing, and if i can get the same feeling on a snowboard then so be it i would be able to live a much better life 200k a year
Oct 26 2008 11:45AM
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Bepo
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uhh, if you do it for 20 years that's 4 mil man.

I snowboard and ski, and they're both just as much fun. It doesn't really matter how you ride as long as its fun. So to answer the question I'd snowboard
Oct 26 2008 11:51AM
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GreenStezz
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well i cant snowboard.......................
Oct 26 2008 11:57AM
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anxju
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most definitely snowboard. 200g's is a lot. its still sliding rails and flying off jumps. snowboarding no question. snowboarding can be sick too, watch mike benson's edits
Oct 26 2008 12:23PM
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WONTON
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haha anybody that says ski needs to do a little more thinking....
Oct 26 2008 12:32PM
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cool.
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i didnt realize how many untrue bitches there are on this site
Oct 26 2008 12:37PM
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KravtZ
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i love skiing its my life but if i was just as good at snowboarding and my skils just transfered over and i got payed 200,000 to snowboard which is prety sick almost as sick as skiing i would def take that
Oct 26 2008 12:41PM
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InitialG
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Take it how you will, personally I don't think skiing and snowboarding are mutually exclusive. I used to board then I switched to skiing a few years ago. They have a lot more in common than not.

I would definitely be boarding for $200k
Oct 26 2008 12:49PM
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FUUUCK
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I guess I dont care about money that much.

If I won the lottery today I'd just ski whistler, NZ and europe everyday for the rest of my life.

Whats the sense in having money if you cant do what you want?
Oct 26 2008 12:50PM
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TWoods
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Ski. I can make money doing other things and be happy. I don't need 200k a year to be satisfied in life.
Oct 26 2008 12:51PM
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FUUUCK
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but you couldnt ski...
Oct 26 2008 12:51PM
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cool.
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i dont hate snowboarders, not at all, but its not worth losing skiing to
Oct 26 2008 1:29PM
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bobs
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imagine if someone paid me $200,000 for my far below average snowboarding skills.
Oct 26 2008 1:35PM
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Fish_Sandwich.
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Fuck that, I'll make more than $200,000 anyway. My only problem will be finding time to ski. fuck.
Oct 26 2008 2:41PM
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Ifeinforsnow
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snowboard for sure
Oct 26 2008 2:51PM
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snwbrdmilf
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I would totally snowboard for $200,000k a year. =)
Oct 26 2008 2:53PM
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babujib
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that being said, you would have to be extremely good at snowboarding to get a 200,000 dollar salary, which means you would most likely have a passion for it. so its a hard question because im not at the point in my snowboarding career (never ridden one) where i could say if i like it or not, but getting paid for being on snow would be dope
Oct 26 2008 2:54PM
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skiP.E.I.
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I'd snowboard for the 200 Gs, but I'd ski on the DL most of the time.....you never said how much we had to snowboard.
Oct 26 2008 3:01PM
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hemlockjibber8
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haha easy question.

I ski all the time and I am broke ass. Been doing it for years.
Oct 26 2008 3:03PM
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eheath
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Well truth is here, if you're making 200k as a snowboarder you're probably damn good at snowboarding and probably really enjoy it, just as much as you would enjoy skiing now. The answer is obvious, who wouldn't want to make 200k a year doing something they are good at and more than likely love?
Oct 26 2008 3:06PM
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Celone
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id rather be Jon Olsson and make more than $200,000 a year and still be skiing.
Oct 26 2008 3:09PM
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brogilvie
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Why dont you think for just a few seconds? If you were good enough to get $200, 000 a year salary from Snowboarding, wouldn't that also imply that you'd rather snowboard anyway? Likewise, if you have a passion for skiing, like to ski for fun, and give back to the industry and such, wouldn't that also imply that you'd rather ski?

Or are you referring to a hypothetical person, perhaps one who has never seen snow, doesn't know the difference between skiing and snowboarding, and is offered a choice between the two?

Bizarre thread Joey..
Oct 26 2008 3:11PM
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p-oskier
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I would just fucking ski and make money doing something else!!
Oct 26 2008 3:34PM
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