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Have you ever given up something to ski?

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Valind
Posts: 4358 - Karma: 17
SO I was just chillin drinking a beer (or two)....

I started to think of everything I have given up to ski. I mean, my family all lives in Florida, I gave up a $75k a year promotion, live in a studio< (yea its sun valley but i do not know anyone).

WHy?

Man, the feeling of being out on the mountain with all the white covered trees after a fresh snow fall, the crisp cold feeling in the morning, ripping down past ski patrol (I do respect them, im no punk). Looking forward to hearing the "click" sound from the boots meeting the bindings. being up in the trees where no one has even touched yet, so quiet you can actually hear the cold air. man, im ready to ski.
Aug 25 2009 12:22AM
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waterfordsam
Posts: 172 - Karma: 11
4 year girlfriend and probable future wife. It was for the best, I think........
Aug 25 2009 12:06PM
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.jon
Posts: 2121 - Karma: 345
money and toenails!
Aug 25 2009 12:29PM
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Oreos
Posts: 1207 - Karma: 38
my knees!
Aug 25 2009 12:33PM
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wesley.
Posts: 6483 - Karma: 1,049
studying girls like 8 huge ass partys last season, my best friends birthday party lol
Aug 25 2009 12:36PM
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Steeze-On-Toast
Posts: 679 - Karma: 92
Yeahh, like 2 girls, birthdays, partys, studying, grades, haha. its all worth it tho, mostly...
Aug 25 2009 12:40PM
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cool.
Posts: 3457 - Karma: 1,724
but all definitely worth it.

i go to a ski racing academy and that was a huuuuuge decision, i gave up a ton of stuff but it was definitely the right decision for me.


Aug 25 2009 12:51PM
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grown-ninja
Posts: 3031 - Karma: 175

+k

Aug 25 2009 12:54PM
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PartyHon
Posts: 2019 - Karma: 425
Ive given up plenty of money but no girls or grades.
Aug 25 2009 12:56PM
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RileySnyderPhoto
Posts: 688 - Karma: 1,451
Thats what I like to hear
Aug 25 2009 12:59PM
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Steeze-On-Toast
Posts: 679 - Karma: 92
you obviously aren't committed enough
Aug 25 2009 1:07PM
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bootleg_BEN
Posts: 2499 - Karma: 44
What? That might be pushing it.

But Girls and Friends to go skiing.
Aug 25 2009 1:35PM
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Relish_man
Posts: 5386 - Karma: 551
sorry for the dub post but ill probably give up my car money for a week at windells next year.
Aug 25 2009 1:52PM
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StowePassHolder
Posts: 592 - Karma: 29
Gave up studying for midterms to go skiing for a weekend
Aug 25 2009 3:49PM
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JahJahBinks
Posts: 3567 - Karma: 461
Maybe lacrosse....which is big for me cause I could make varsity this year as a freshman
Aug 25 2009 3:54PM
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cct_222
Posts: 1526 - Karma: 141
haha yes!  this happend to me too except i was the one to ask her to the dance,  my buddy asked me to go skiing that weekend just 2 days before the dance, she had her dress all picked out and everything and i told her i wasnt going the day before it too haha,  bitch got the boot!
Aug 25 2009 3:58PM
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Dylan_
Posts: 9824 - Karma: 1,404
hockey.

Aug 25 2009 4:01PM
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fatherb
Posts: 1510 - Karma: 173
parties and other fun stuff. not as fun as skiing tho!
Aug 25 2009 5:13PM
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Dntel.
Posts: 1026 - Karma: 21
definitely given up a whole lot for skiing. Money, friends, girls, pretty much everything everyone here has said before. This is the only sport that I have come inches away from losing my life to, only to come back next season twice as addicted and determined to improve. I'm not gonna lie, but sometimes during ski movies i almost get a little teary eyed thinking about how much this sport means to me, and the experiences I am fortunate enough to have because of it. Sure I have given some stuff up for skiing, but skiing has given it all back tenfold. God dammit i love skiing.
Aug 25 2009 5:34PM
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8ONE657
Posts: 3045 - Karma: 209
my ex.
my free time in the winter.
my money.

Aug 25 2009 5:35PM
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GnarthVader
Posts: 38 - Karma: 10
i gave up football so i can ski more, and probably my grades a little too but thats it.   
Aug 25 2009 5:53PM
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BoardSideDown
Posts: 547 - Karma: 254

now that i think about it, i ahvent given up much of anything, all my friends ride with me. girlfriend thinks it good i found something i llove, and my classes are easy than shit to pass. i only have a job in the summer. and usually get back in time for parties.

i dip out on soccer if we get some early snow tho. soccer is the best to get you in shape for skiing for sure!

Aug 25 2009 6:04PM
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Funnel
Posts: 7817 - Karma: 1,537
Girls, parties, hanging out with my non skiing friends, etc.  At the same time though, skiing has helped me make friends, not just friends in skiing, but in general, it has made me look at life differently, it has made me who I am.  Some of my daily vocab. is derived from skiing and even NS.  It has made me a more unique person and most likely more outgoing. 
Aug 25 2009 6:33PM
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andersteeze
Posts: 1047 - Karma: 30
Probably alot of my future, just to move to a ski resort so i can work just enough to pay rent, and eat and ski. and girlfriend alot with it
Aug 25 2009 8:23PM
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andersteeze
Posts: 1047 - Karma: 30
Probably alot of my future, just to move to a ski resort so i can work just enough to pay rent, and eat and ski. and girlfriend alot with it
Aug 25 2009 8:25PM
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andersteeze
Posts: 1047 - Karma: 30
^ fucc comp. double post
Aug 25 2009 8:25PM
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EastCoast315
Posts: 3136 - Karma: 137
Given up everything but women. I do my BEST to keep skiing and sex about equal in my eyes
Aug 25 2009 8:38PM
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GANDALF
Posts: 6306 - Karma: 6,656
snowboarding!
Aug 25 2009 8:44PM
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SuperE
Posts: 20 - Karma: 13
I gave up snowboarding as well, about 5 years ago!
Aug 25 2009 8:56PM
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DR.SHRED
Posts: 2134 - Karma: 503
gf baseball and my life
Aug 25 2009 8:59PM
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skiP.E.I.
Posts: 7864 - Karma: 22,366
I can't think of anything and I ski at least 4 days a week, every day if you count urban and backyard skiing. I still make it to all my classes and do my homework.  I guess I don't party or go out that much, so that I can get up early and ski all day.
Aug 25 2009 9:01PM
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-Dan
Posts: 7161 - Karma: 52,730
So i just gave up a 20min with a girl, who's housr I was supposed to be at 5min ago. She lives 15min away. We are both leaving for college in two days. I'm going to Burlington she's going to syracuse. So yeah I gave up 20min with her just for a thread about skiing. Christmas break; skiing will be my girlfriend, she will be my hobby.
Aug 25 2009 9:07PM
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joly.sp
Posts: 2305 - Karma: 585
word. such a hard descison for me. Played since i was like 7, atom development then peewee AA, Bantam AA pretty high level but huge commitment. Then one year in tryouts i just got pissed off with the coaches and politics if you will of the hockey and when the coach gave me the letter to continue to the next round of cuts I said no and quit after that. Still love hockey and pond-hockey but just would rather ski now.
Aug 25 2009 11:12PM
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Dilla
Posts: 6447 - Karma: 106
i've given up not having fun for skiing
Aug 26 2009 1:24PM
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EternalJens
Posts: 568 - Karma: 520
Girlfriend, money and grades, never regret it :D
Aug 26 2009 1:34PM
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SSteezle
Posts: 9338 - Karma: 6,678
i played soccer for 11 years until my soccer coach (athletic adviser in high school) told me to chose one sport. I told him soccer was a summer sport and I ski in the winter. I ended up quitting my junior year after winning states and decided to move out to Colorado after school. Now im in college out West getting over 100 days a year and goin to school.
Aug 26 2009 1:53PM
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caucasian_chad
Posts: 4078 - Karma: 3,625
grades, but only a little bit
money, both the cost of skiing and that i work less
sleep

Aug 26 2009 1:59PM
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Bodeau.
Posts: 1637 - Karma: 48
Hockey.
Aug 26 2009 3:15PM
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Bodeau.
Posts: 1637 - Karma: 48
Hockey.
Aug 26 2009 3:16PM
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thebeesknees
Posts: 3660 - Karma: 160
ive given up on girls for skiing but most of all, grades.  second, third quarter they drop significantly, then go back up 4th haha.
Aug 26 2009 5:38PM
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eirikkjors
Posts: 12 - Karma: 91
Ye, actually i gave up soccer. Had trainings in jan-april, and did'nt have time for skiing, school and soccer so.
Aug 26 2009 5:46PM
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barberdude
Posts: 520 - Karma: 140
3 years ago, I quit a job in upstate NY and dropped all the money I saved to go live in an extended stay hotel in SLC for 10 weeks to ski Snowbird everyday. I saved up enough money to support the whole trip. I left my girlfriend, now wife, and stayed there all alone. I had some visitors but i was on my own completely. Thank god my wife let me do it back then! It was the best time of my entire life. Dropped $6000 doing it, had no car, lived in the shadiest extended stay hotel, rode UTA everywhere, eat absolute garbage for food, but it was amazing to finally live the dream.

When it was done I returned east to Philly with hopes to move with my wife out west again or up to vermont.
Aug 26 2009 5:59PM
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