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What do your parents think of your skiing?

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Pudge
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Park skiing is inherently dangerous. No parent likes to hear of their child hucking himself 50 feet through the air or slamming into pieces of metal, let alone on purpose!

Not just park skiing, there are great risk to ALL kinds of skiing. We read stories on the forums every day. So I am curious what your parents think? Do they support you? Are they too worried to hear a lick of your day at the mtn? Maybe they do it with you!

For me, my mom does not want to hear it. I have no skiers in my family besides myself, and she treats it like the contact sports I play. She will not attend a game or a comp but loves to hear that I am happy and safe doing it


Dec 30 2012 10:55PM
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ChillTeenDad420
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dad - "you're gonna blow out your knee if you keep skiing ya dumbshit"

last december - blew my knee

fucker jinxed me
May 7 2013 11:59PM
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JakeBarrett
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"You damn kids and your whirlybirds"
May 8 2013 12:45AM
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.Jacob
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Andrew, you've never hit urban in your life.
May 8 2013 12:50AM
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Karkoskier
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My dad talks me up to all his friends, makes all his friends follow me through the park with him to watch me do shit, and he's even helped me do urban before. Then the second I hurt myself the slightest bit he hates on me and what I'm doing and tells me I should just do "normal" sports. Until I remind him some asshole on the football team gets a "sprain" or "concussion" every fucking game and he's being a dumb ass hypocrite. My mom on the other hand Flew out to CO in the summer with me 2 years ago and hiked by herself all week while I was at Woodward at Copper. So overall I'd say both my parents support it and like to see me progress.
May 8 2013 1:05AM
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~bagelz~
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My mom taught me how to ski since I was two and loves it as much as me. My dad isn't that great of a skier but they both support me. They really like that I'm getting into filming but they still worry and think I'm crazy because I huck myself so much. They're gettin old so I now ski switch with them so they can keep up. The thing they hate the most is "im always on the computer watching those damn ski videos"
May 8 2013 6:56AM
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Skiingsnow
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well i learnt how to ski in Australia at age 5, and skiing is my career 9 months a year, so they are definitely stoked about it, doesn't stop them getting worried though.
mum is super proud and when she introduces me to friends on ski trips will say " this is my son, he is an amasing skier!" embarrassing but hilarious.
May 8 2013 7:47AM
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yaqwsxcde123vfr
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They used to be very supportive. But then I broke a lot of bones and ended up in intensie care for 2 weeks. That changed everything, of ocurse...
May 8 2013 8:02AM
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iH8pow
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park skiing I think they are ok with, much more than backcountry, longboarding, and motorcycles. if you're from a ski family parents will not like the backcountry skiing, but understand it more. longboarding and motorcycling on roads with cars coming at you makes them real mad
May 8 2013 10:16AM
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skiP.E.I.
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My 2 brothers and I all ski 70+ days a season. Neither of my parents ski. My mom worries but is supportive. My dad watches ski movies, he thinks jumps are "cool" and often says how great a feeling it must be to fly through the air. He thinks rails are dumb because of how hard they are on the skis.
May 8 2013 10:35AM
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-emile-
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haha yeh
May 8 2013 6:29PM
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*ninja*
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actually is u probably dont know...
May 8 2013 6:39PM
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Naptown
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My parents tell me how I am wasting my money and should be focusing on other things. They won't pay for anything though. However, they will pay for my sister to do All-star cheerleading, which for anyone who doesn't know, It costs about $10k per season/year. I am on my own. My mom skied her whole life, has been to every resort in the U.S. and my dad hadn't skied until he met my mom in college.
May 8 2013 8:33PM
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BMillerrr
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Im the only skiier in the family so... she supports my love for skiing but no one really cares. They say I like it too much or I ski too much. She also doesnt want me doing "ramps and stuff" all day, She also wants me to downhill ski too haha
May 8 2013 9:37PM
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SamMcChesney
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my mom and step dad fully support it and think it's really cool. My dad supports it as well, he just doesn't like how all I ever want to do is be at the mountain over anything else (good thing I have my license and a car)
May 8 2013 9:43PM
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MaryO
Posts: 2583 - Karma: 5,996
I think most of you know how much I love it! I do get very nervous at competitions. Its scary to see your kids spinning off big jumps. Injuries are the worst, but inevitable.
My biggest problem is what am I going to do next winter. My son is going away to college and I'm going to miss all the activity at the hill. The comps. The travel. All the fun times watching and shooting pictures of Kyle and the team and friends. Its going to be an end of an era, and what fun its been. I'm going to miss being on the hill watching team practice. I'm sad Tbh. Thanks for listening.
May 8 2013 11:50PM
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Scotty_Boy
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They hate it, especially my dad. He would bend over backwards if I needed something for baseball, now he won't even let me build a rail setup because of his grass.
May 9 2013 11:04PM
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EthanScott23
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If i'm skiing with my family on a trip or something my mom always says you can go "play" in the park.
May 13 2013 8:43AM
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robotdna
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Sorry to hear that. At least he went doing something he loved. :(
May 13 2013 10:47AM
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sveinung
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"Just be carefull" - mom and dad
May 13 2013 10:57AM
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AngryGramps
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my dads been skiing since he was a kid, so hes stoked on big mountain and doesn't really understand park but still is stoked on it. my mom doesn't care as long as she doesn't know
May 15 2013 12:13AM
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