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Don't miss skiing during the summer?

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skia4life89
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I can remember the days when I was younger and all I could think about was skiing no matter what time of the year. Summer, fall, winter, spring it was the only thing on my mind. This summer is different though, I turned 23 and I just dont miss it like I use too. I don't find myself thinking about it or watching any videos. The only videos in fact would be the new movie trailers being released. I am just having a blast hanging out with friends,golfing and just enjoying the days out by the river, pool or lake. I dont know if this is because I am starting to get over skiing, or just I am having too much fun to be worried about it. Anyone else like this?
Jul 25 2012 9:12PM
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Sneaky_Aziz
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Sooo..... You mean your having fun.
Jul 25 2012 9:14PM
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Randy_Quench
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I dont miss skiing unless I have time to miss skiing.
Jul 25 2012 9:16PM
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joshua
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Do a degree, I still get stoked for the upcoming season, I just don't NEED to ski like I used too when I was younger. I'm just more patient now I think. I spend a bajillion hours on NS though.
Jul 25 2012 9:16PM
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skia4life89
Posts: 2400 - Karma: 172
That is a good way to put it I guess. Maybe I am just more patient. I mean I can remember I would put a calender in my room and mark down the days. haha. Deff do not do that anymore.
Jul 25 2012 9:18PM
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Flying~Squirrel
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i dont always, but then when i think about how good it feels to have snowflakes landing on your face i start to hate summer.
Jul 25 2012 9:18PM
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skiskate
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Im 22 now and miss skiing way more than I did when I was younger.
Jul 25 2012 9:21PM
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TACO-DOG.exe
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well son, there's a time in your life when you start to grow up.
Jul 25 2012 9:22PM
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XtRemE11
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last summer was my best summer ive ever had, and no i didnt miss skiing, this summer all my friends suddenly turned into flakey mother fuckers and nobody wants to do anything. its like me: "hey wanna go have a shit ton of fun today?" friend: "no i dont feel like it today, how about tomorrow?" then tomorrow comes and they are in a bad mood or some bullshit and dont wanna get off their ass. anyone else have this problem with people, came out of nowhere. i think it has something to do with the large increase in drinking and bars. fucking sucks.

so yes i miss skiing

Jul 25 2012 9:23PM
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TheButterHashira
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Winter is definitely the shittiest season. Skiing is something that made winter fun. Summer was already the best and still is. Unfortunately most of the kids on NS have everything backwards.
Jul 25 2012 9:27PM
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Squeenerd
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Haha I use to be the same way. Now I just enjoy what's in front of me. Every once in a while I'll hear a sick song and be like "man, I want to go make a sick edit right now but it's summer." but in all seriousness, summer is the best time to be a kid, hang out, meet girls, screw around. I love winter just as much as everyone else on here, but I guess I've learned to be more patient and appreciate what I have now rather than mope and whine about how there's no snow on the ground
Jul 25 2012 9:31PM
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Backyard.Skier
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i don't mind summer but if it was to snow all of a sudden i wouldn't complain.
Jul 25 2012 10:08PM
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soulskier
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i'm 23 also and have finally learned to cherish all seasons, really looking forward to skiing though
Jul 25 2012 10:10PM
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74267000027
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I'm 13.
Jul 25 2012 10:11PM
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a_burger
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I don't exactly miss it, I enjoy my other seasons but it is always nice to be skiing. Generally if I think of skiing I want to do it.
Jul 25 2012 10:15PM
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Heart
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I've done pretty much the exact same thing you're doing op. My excitement (well, obsession) with skiing is sliding away.
Jul 25 2012 10:17PM
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joshua
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No way man, winter is the best by far.
Jul 25 2012 10:30PM
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roddy116
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this might be the most i have ever been thinking about skiing (this summer)
Jul 25 2012 10:32PM
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Caspaaa
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on point.
Jul 25 2012 10:32PM
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Kevski
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Yeah I think I'm the same. I'm 20 now, and don't have the craving for skiing near as bad. I'll still look at a handrail or any kind of potential transition and daydream a bit, but it's not an intense longing or anything.

I remember back when I was like 15 I'd watch a ski movie every day in the summer, and in september I'd start looking at the weather reports for whistler daily and watch the freezing level go down.

But I think I love the actual experience of skiing more than ever now, I just don't crave it as much when I'm not doing it
Jul 25 2012 10:47PM
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Funnel
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I don't miss skiing. Season's come when they are supposed to, so why not wait and enjoy what's in front of me now rather than skip out on opportunities now waiting for something that can't come any quicker.
Jul 25 2012 10:48PM
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Davy.Crockett
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I am
Jul 25 2012 11:49PM
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bighomieflock
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I definitely miss skiing, but at the same time I'm stoked on biking and just enjoying summer, so summer isn't that bad.
Jul 25 2012 11:51PM
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Davy.Crockett
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Right there with you op, and especially kevski. If your not skiing don't waste your time obsessing over it like i did. Sure go on ns and watch some edits, but spending the whole summer wishing its winter is a waste of a summer. Just get out and enjoy why you have.
Jul 25 2012 11:51PM
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HolySchimmel
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I do have to say I miss skiing a lot. Especially when sitting at work, its 30+ °C outside and I am bored to death. I am not sayign you cant have fun in summer, but for me, winter will always be the best season. I just hate the warm weather and everything. Although I try to go skiing on glaciers as often as possible (ends up being like 2 weeks each summer), so I guess I am doing fine.
Jul 26 2012 6:26AM
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Rachy
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I enjoy my summer life, but I enjoy my winter life so much more. I've never really felt the need to watch ski films or any of that, but I do find myself trying to have conversations on a nearly daily basis about skiing, usually with people who don't ski. I must sound like a nutcase.

There are some things I enjoy and that are able to give me the same rush, like cliff jumping and what not, but it still isn't the same. The lifestyle is what has me. Avalanche bombs as an alarm clock. Putting on music, getting everything together. Drinking some tea and trying one last time to get my boots warm before going outside. Shredding all day with friends. Getting home, napping then getting a $5 meal at whatever happy hour. I'm addicted to the routine. I just haven't been able to find any other routines I enjoy as much. I could possibly try for mountain biking, seems like a thing you can do all day. It's just that it's just as expensive as skiing and I don't think I can afford both habits.
Jul 26 2012 6:47AM
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PacificRimJob
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I miss skiing, but I have a ton of responsibilities now and I'm really really getting into photography - so I'm at least distracted enough from that longing to go ski, that It's not really driving me nuts. Oddly enough, I'm more excited to go FILM skiing than actually go skiing right now.


Then again, every single year, September comes and I lose my shit, because then Hood closes and there's no possible way to go skiing for at least 3ish months.
Jul 26 2012 7:08AM
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skifoo
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I don't really miss skiing. Especially in the spring, because my legs are fucked. Mainly because i grow every year,and it always takes to time to get used to my shitty boots.
Jul 26 2012 7:13AM
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grown-ninja
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my thoughts exactly ill j
Jul 26 2012 7:16AM
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LIL-WAT
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Thats what i like to hear, i want my stoke to keep getting bigger
Jul 26 2012 7:21AM
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Corin
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I really miss skiing. I always do. On days in the winter when I'm in school I miss skiing. But I certainly don't hate the summer anymore, like I used to. Since I was maybe 7, my summers have been pretty useless, and I've just basically been waiting for winter. Now though, I look at life as what I can do, as apposed to what I can't do. And I'm happier.
Jul 26 2012 7:27AM
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jeR.
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im 20 and constantly thinking about skiing, watching edits, wishing i was skiing in the summer... summers great and all but nothing cuts it like skiing
Jul 26 2012 11:08AM
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.R-Lohin
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Jul 26 2012 12:00PM
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timmi
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Skiing used to be all I thought about, I think as I've grown I kind of realized that there is more to life. I just have more to fill my time and I don't mind diversifying a bit. I've also shifted away from wanting to be in the park all the time to wanting more groomers and whatnot.
Jul 26 2012 12:05PM
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Heart
Posts: 6156 - Karma: 3,462
same here. seeing sean petit's season edit has made me want to abandon park skiing and ski big mountain
Jul 26 2012 12:39PM
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scratchproteen
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ah yes...i'm just about to turn 23 and I have done the same thing.

for years I couldn't wait until ski season started back up from the day it ended, but I just learned that there is other fun things to do in every season, when ski season ends that means golf begins for me and that is a blast, and with a real full time job you don't have as much free time to sit around and wait for ski season.

The whole park thing as well, me and all my buddies used to be just huge park rats, never riding any other runs, then as we all got older the transition started happening. Then it really hit when we turned 21 and skiing became well lets go to the on hill bar then go take some runs, and hit the bar again. Just ripping around and using random features in the hill for fun (midwest way of big mountain riding)...of course we take the occasional lap through the park and show the youngins whats up, but I just love being out and riding with buddies no matter what style of it now.
Jul 26 2012 12:47PM
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belden...
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having fun during any other season other than winter means your not a real skier you should be sitting inside watching others ski
Jul 26 2012 12:51PM
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jtucker29
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i think about skiing 24/7 and want to go soo badlyy!!
Jul 26 2012 12:51PM
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grown-ninja
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I'm exactly in the same boat-skiing use to be all i thought about- I hated summer with a passion.

Now almost 23 out of school with a full time job I've really began to appreciate all the seasons more especially summer.   Winter is just a pain in the ass actually, its cold never snows here outside NYC, good mtns are 4 hours away, its expensive, you have to be bundled up all the time...the summers amazing when its not 105 degrees obviously.  Who doesn't like bikinis and tans?
Jul 26 2012 12:57PM
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Alex.B
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Skiing is all I have going for me.... You guys have other hobbies and friends????
Jul 26 2012 1:58PM
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Z-Juice
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All I think about is skiing
Jul 26 2012 2:05PM
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ihitchadsgap
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before i started skiing winter was so boring and depressing and now its more or less  a way to get through the winter. i dont even remember what i used to do on weekends in the winter really. dont get me wrong i love to ski but damn summer is the shit.

Jul 26 2012 2:15PM
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TheDers
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at the beginning of summer i didnt miss skiing at all i was stoked to hang out at the lake with the homies and golf a ton, then i got three jobs and i work like 50+ hours a week and now i miss skiing a ton. Especially because i have 5 and a half weeks at winter break so i can ski every day and my dad and i are planning a trip to mammoth. I am ready to head back to school and wait for the snow to fall.
Jul 26 2012 5:03PM
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SamMcChesney
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Eh summer can be fun, cliff jumping, tramping, water skiing, chilling and vacations but winter is by faaaaar better. I find myself wishing for winter all the time, fuck I wan to ski.
Jul 26 2012 5:11PM
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XtRemE11
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now that i think about it, Im not sure if its age related for me at least. im 23, and when i was like 16 id go maybe 20-30 days a year, just enjoyed skiing, never was a HUGE passion, at 18-20 when i lived in the mountains, it was my passion and its all i did, but i never missed it much in the summers. now im back to skiing like 30 maybe 40 days a year and i miss it like crazy. and i miss living in the mountains just as much.

i also think it has to do with what you do in the summer, last summer was my best summer of my life by far, just did so many awesome things, so many road trips and stuff, it was awesome. and i didnt give a shit about skiing, this summer is not half as good, just average, and im missing skiing WAY more.
Jul 31 2012 6:10PM
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XtRemE11
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another thing is i feel more inclined to push myself and try new shit now at 23 than i did when i was like 15-20. i was more content with just cruising around through the park just screwing around, now im like super motivated to go crazy and push it and try new shit.
Jul 31 2012 6:12PM
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E__
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I only miss skiing when I am doing nothing. Like now, I miss skiing.
Jul 31 2012 11:04PM
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Dr.Dickless
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this site isn't for networking

its digital methadone for addicts
Jul 31 2012 11:08PM
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the_moderaper
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I miss it a little, but then again I do a lot more other 'action' sports in the summer to take up my time.
Aug 1 2012 12:11AM
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Dr.Dickless
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where do you live?
 winters definitely the best
Aug 1 2012 12:14AM
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