Hey NS. I'm going to start off by saying that skiing is probably the biggest influences in my life. I have been blessed by being able to ski and ride Whistler, Blackcomb for most of my life, and to have a family who not only skis, but supports me as well with not only gear, but due to my dads job, opportunities to ski all over the world. I can say this with 100% honesty that almost every night, I go to bed "daydreaming" about skiing, and what it would be like to become a pro. TJ Schiller said this in MSP's "In Deep." "Some people say there is no soul in this whole freeskiing movement. But there are kids who go up everyday and shred the park as hard has they can until closing, and wake up limping the next day to go do it again. And if that isn't soul, I don't know what is." Everyday I ski, I see kids and adults alike, up skiing for the same purpose. To have fun. That is what skiing is about. A skier should be judged on how much fun he has, not how good he is. I have more respect for kids who may really suck at skiing, but are yelling and screaming in joy while skiing down the mountain. Some people are more concerned about what he or she is wearing, or what skis they have, more then if there having fun. The more fun you have skiing, the better you will become. Plain and simple. I bet most people have dreamed of becoming a pro skier at some point of their life. I dream of this to. One of my guilty pleasures is watching ski edits, and imagining that person to be me, and i'm sure other people do this to. Anyone who has the drive, determination, and aspiration to become the best skier possible, these are the people who will become professional. So if you have the drive, push yourself to become the best you can be, and who knows where you will end up. But the most important thing is to have fun. In the end, you can look back on your life, remember how much fun skiing was, and how stoked you were, and that is what really counts.
