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how many of you actually buy your own gear?

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Posts: 1646 - Karma: 97
i was just wondering how many of you actually buy all of your gear? im 15 and i habve bought all of my equipment from the money i have earned at a job.
~never be bought. never be sold~
Nov 30 2003 9:47PM
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dpoiii
Posts: 3095 - Karma: 13
i do


D$
Nov 30 2003 9:48PM
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Gohuge22
Posts: 111 - Karma: 10
I buy everything myself....however if my parents were rich, I would milk that shit for all its worth
Nov 30 2003 9:48PM
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sherLocke
Posts: 4701 - Karma: 8
work 5 days a week. pay for pretty much everything.


fucking ummmmm...
Nov 30 2003 9:50PM
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Posts: 1646 - Karma: 97
ya i work 17 hours a week. i don't have to buy my jacket and snowpants but they make me buy all my skis and bindings
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Nov 30 2003 9:52PM
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KootenayGuy
Posts: 1075 - Karma: 10
yeah i work and buy it myself. exept for the jacket
I like to Jam.

Rock on
Nov 30 2003 9:53PM
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Jib_This
Posts: 8272 - Karma: 9
I slave away at shitty summer jobs to get enough money for gear and rent for the fall and winter. Whatever I don't make is covered by a student loan, but that's not a good thing.



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Nov 30 2003 9:54PM
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acc
Posts: 4122 - Karma: 222
i do. it's kind of bad that way because i spend all my money on ski stuff.
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Nov 30 2003 9:58PM
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dirty_dreb
Posts: 2659 - Karma: 19
YAAAAA, i get the extras i need, but my parents always put away stuff for my skiing
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Nov 30 2003 10:03PM
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Krongos
Posts: 5214 - Karma: 47
i do and it sucks because its expensive
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Nov 30 2003 10:03PM
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Gregg
Posts: 713 - Karma: 11
I pay for everything myself, except for rent (I live at home still). Skis, boots, bindings, car, college (why I can't get new gear unless it is used), everything comes out of my paycheck.


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Nov 30 2003 10:04PM
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Barmski
Posts: 4342 - Karma: 811
I was wondering that too when i saw that someone had like 20 ski flicks on here. I barely have 3 they are so dam expensive my parents would never buy them for me. So yeah i buy all my shit thats why i only hav like one siver sweater cause that shits so expensive!


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Nov 30 2003 10:04PM
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winterparksuks
Posts: 3949 - Karma: 16
i paid 4 everything i own except for goggles



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Nov 30 2003 10:07PM
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newschool_huck69
Posts: 1759 - Karma: 10
I buy everything except ski pass and helmet. My parents buy me a seasons pass for christmas gift though.
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Nov 30 2003 10:08PM
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Caveman.
Posts: 9067 - Karma: 330
i buy everything, i pay for skis boots, poles, etc.. my parents pay for my clothes and my season pass but I pay for everything else including camps, vids, etc
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Nov 30 2003 10:10PM
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goodguysfriend
Posts: 572 - Karma: 10
i buy my stuff, except my parents got me a seasons pass for my bday. i wish my parents would send me to a camp but theyre so damn expensive.
Nov 30 2003 10:28PM
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Astomp
Posts: 10090 - Karma: 344
i get everything. so then my parents cant use it against me as leveridge to do shit. or if im in trouble.
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Nov 30 2003 10:31PM
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cabisnotforskiers
Posts: 93 - Karma: 10
in compton we ain't got ski stuff, i use them two by fours and nail my feet to them. its da shiznit for urban rails. oh and fer poles i just rock my nines in both hands
Word to your Mother
Nov 30 2003 10:31PM
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thewavebb
Posts: 1082 - Karma: 20
being 22 and now married i pay for all my gear. Not an easy task. College, rent, wife, and my windsurfing obsession also cost a ton.

Nov 30 2003 10:34PM
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nca777
Posts: 752 - Karma: 21
Being 22 as well probably qualifies you and I as losers for coming on this site...at least as much as I do. I'm not married yet, but my summer biz landscaping makes me enough mone to support my long time GF like %70, my rent all winter, all my new gear in the fall, and gas and food to keep me moving.

Good to hear I'm not the oldest person on here.
Nov 30 2003 10:43PM
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Rosy
Posts: 140 - Karma: 10
i pay for it all my self... skis, ski stuff, passes, they are all so expensive. I think i need to find a new cheaper obsession.


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Nov 30 2003 11:02PM
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rynmartn
Posts: 2697 - Karma: 21
I pay for pretty much everything but my pass....


yay skiing

Nov 30 2003 11:07PM
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D-40
Posts: 6050 - Karma: 100
well i paid for my skis and poles but got most everything else for birthday and christmas presents. i love haveing lots of aunts and uncles
Nov 30 2003 11:17PM
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skimack
Posts: 2458 - Karma: 33
my parents are pretty cool. They split everything half and half, so if skis are $400 I pay $200. My mom wants me safe though, so I was able to talk her into buying my helmet.

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Nov 30 2003 11:23PM
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kjfreerider
Posts: 2495 - Karma: 14
i need to get sponcered soon or im gunna go bankrupt.
dont get it twisted
Nov 30 2003 11:29PM
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Se7en
Posts: 467 - Karma: 41
I've been lucky enough to know a few people so I've gotten Salomon and now Head stuff for free or extremely discounted.

But the rest of the stuff I buy myself



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Nov 30 2003 11:34PM
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Bundo
Posts: 2197 - Karma: 49
i buy all my own stuff. summer job money.


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Nov 30 2003 11:59PM
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thewavebb
Posts: 1082 - Karma: 20
thank god for ski shop employee purchasing discounts.
Dec 1 2003 12:08AM
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B-Flip
Posts: 909 - Karma: 13
I bought my skis but my parents pay for my pass
I am a skier because skiing needs a future

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Dec 1 2003 12:11AM
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Parkboy
Posts: 2303 - Karma: 32
I pay for my stuff, i've been shoevln gravel, dign, ditches, and stackn blocks to pay for the skis im getting, oh yeah buying skis though isn't anything compared to buying windsurf gear, the amount you'll pay for a new board these days could get you 3 pairs of skis.
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Dec 1 2003 12:32AM
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sconniestyle
Posts: 3945 - Karma: 26
i pay for most stuff, but i get things as presents every now and then, like im getting new pants for xmas. but otherwise, i pay.



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Dec 1 2003 12:35AM
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feezy
Posts: 2022 - Karma: 23
Everything but season pass, jacket and maybe camp will come out of my wallet. And i had like $1800 dollars at the end of the summer and Ill have a camera and skis to show for it.


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Dec 1 2003 12:37AM
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DrPepper
Posts: 4130 - Karma: 11
i buy my stuff...
-The DR.-

Live for something, or you'll die for nothing.

The Lab
Dec 1 2003 4:14AM
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teneighty_skier22
Posts: 2097 - Karma: 11
I've bought everything new I've ever owned. I was on hand-me-downs for a good chunk of my life...until 14 anyways.
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Dec 1 2003 5:21AM
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bigpygmy
Posts: 325 - Karma: 11
Got no choice, no one else will buy it for me, thankfully I work at a shop...
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Dec 1 2003 8:15AM
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wrenegade
Posts: 6631 - Karma: 41
I pay for most things, but my parents help me out cause I akso shell out 14 grand for school every year.






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Dec 1 2003 8:43AM
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strode
Posts: 7549 - Karma: 14
i'm 23 so i pay for all my shit, and student loans will probly provide my next pair of skis....luckily my pass only cost $170 this year thank you copper/winterpark





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Dec 1 2003 12:56PM
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manus
Posts: 1427 - Karma: 10
I pay for all my own stuff - but still live rent free at home.

Dec 1 2003 1:03PM
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Jamesrodd9
Posts: 128 - Karma: 21
think of people who live in england (like me) who have to pay for everything including the flights to where they are going, cause scotland does not quite cut it!
Dec 1 2003 1:05PM
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d-loc
Posts: 7479 - Karma: 15
i pay for most of what i can. but with college, apt, living expenses its good to get a gift here and now, exspecially cuz when skiing comes along its around x-mas time.


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Dec 1 2003 1:13PM
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shawnm1260
Posts: 3219 - Karma: 66
i pay for everything except skis, boots, bindings, and clothes, my parents only pay for half of my season pass for christmas and thats it..but they taught me how to ski so thats good enough
Dec 1 2003 1:18PM
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SKI_AH
Posts: 87 - Karma: 10
i work fo my money then buy my shit....iwish my parents could buy it for me!
Dec 1 2003 1:46PM
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Nopow
Posts: 624 - Karma: 11
bought all my stuff and passes except my boots but there like 4 years old now, but still holdin strong.
that's my two cents


School=no money=no skiing=insanity
Dec 1 2003 1:50PM
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freeskiing04
Posts: 4454 - Karma: 10
i spent $600 dollas last season, this year i just got new skis for mmy birthday and mounted the old bindings
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Dec 1 2003 2:00PM
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flatspinner
Posts: 2701 - Karma: 546
I have worked for 5 crappy summers at our local golf course in order to ski how much I do. I made around 3 grand last summer, and I bought some Pocket Rockets and bindings with that money....low and behold, first day of the season, they get stolen....oh well, credit card insurance payed for me to get Public Enemies with bindings


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Dec 1 2003 2:04PM
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michiganjibber
Posts: 587 - Karma: 61
One time I heard this kid at our hill bought his own stuff but we later found out it was just a rumor.


I dont know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
Dec 1 2003 2:04PM
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switchskier88
Posts: 2829 - Karma: 12
i work full time in the summer so my parents pretty much have me buy my own stuff, they did by me some used motherships on ebay for birthday/not failing chemistry though which was cool of them
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Dec 1 2003 2:06PM
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k2skier420
Posts: 719 - Karma: 13
i sell weed at college to buy all my gear
Dec 1 2003 2:51PM
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d-loc
Posts: 7479 - Karma: 15
^^ haha hell yea thats the way to go man... skiin', smokin', snackin', sexin', sleepin. thats all their is to life, learn it then live it.


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Dec 1 2003 3:04PM
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Mahre
Posts: 2507 - Karma: 490
buy...no...work extremely hard to get...yes

I don't like you...at all
Dec 1 2003 3:06PM
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DrPepper
Posts: 4130 - Karma: 11
'i pay for everything except skis, boots, bindings, and clothes, my parents only pay for half of my season pass.....'

i pay for everything... what?
-The DR.-

Live for something, or you'll die for nothing.

The Lab
Dec 1 2003 3:06PM
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