Are there people here that don't really ski anymore?

I only ski like 15-20 days now. Still come here cause I wish I could ski everyday and it's become part of my life fawk

generally get 10 to 15 days a year, it is also a big time and $ commitment and winter is the busy season here. miss skiing 90 days a year.


i opted to work hard early and survive skiing (being a young dumbass) and hopefully ski my ass off later in life. would love a tour type ski life, earning your turns and the serenity of the mountains.


til then i ski park at bear like the rat i grew up as.

I ski around 10-15 days yearly because it never snows where i live and i have to travel every time i ski which is expensive

Knewnewsi opted to work hard early and survive skiing (being a young dumbass) and hopefully ski my ass off later in life.

I am hoping for the same thing. I figured if I work hard now and do well, I'll be able to take the family on week long trips out West in the future, maybe even get a ski house.

I feel like a lot of responses on other threads from people on here suggest that most pick college/jobs where skiing is a big part of that. It's interesting to know that there are others who decided to put skiing on the back burner for a bit in hopes to have it be a bigger part later.

kshaughnI feel like a lot of responses on other threads from people on here suggest that most pick college/jobs where skiing is a big part of that.

I do this because I won't have knees when I'm 40.

Damn dude that's like my worst nightmare haha too busy to do things you once enjoyed. But as long as you're enjoying life, that's all that matters. If you ever need a ride up to VT from CT to get back into it one day, don't be afraid to ask!

sounds like a lot of fucking excuses if you ask me....

kshaughnI am hoping for the same thing. I figured if I work hard now and do well, I'll be able to take the family on week long trips out West in the future, maybe even get a ski house.

I feel like a lot of responses on other threads from people on here suggest that most pick college/jobs where skiing is a big part of that. It's interesting to know that there are others who decided to put skiing on the back burner for a bit in hopes to have it be a bigger part later.

I hear what you're saying, and people can enjoy skiing at various levels their entire lives. I know tons of guys and gals in their late 50's, 60's and even 70's that ski plenty and really love it, but it's all relative. But, honestly, going on ski vacations with your kids in your 40s after a couple decades of skiing 5-10 days a season isn't really the same. I guess it could seem more special on a certain level because it would be more memorable, but I dunno.

I can see why most people would prioritize many other things over skiing, but I gotta call out the people that say stuff like, "I'm working my ass off now so I can ski a lot when I'm 45!". That's cool, and it would be rad to be able to afford big trips, but skiing is a relatively young man's game and there's no way to get back your youth, your athleticism, your testosterone and willingness to push yourself, your relatively carefree existence, etc. back. Tomorrow isn't promised, and there's no guarantee that these magical skiing twilight years await. What if your wife wants to go to the beach instead during those precious vacay weeks? What if the kids hate it? What if you get hurt or develop a health issue that makes skiing impossible? I say that if you really love skiing, and want to do it all the time, it isn't all that hard to maintain that lifestyle, even with a grown up job. People in mountainous areas need accountants, financial advisors, etc. too. I just don't think it has to be this big, ominous "either/or" situation.

Why can't people (like you for example) just be honest and say that skiing isn't that big a part of your life anymore for one reason or another. Or rather, the act of making time/sacrifices to go ski just isn't that big of a priority for you anymore. There's nothing wrong with wanting to focus time and energy on other things. And, you've obviously chosen that pursuing a career (in a location that isn't at all suited to skiing a lot also) is more important that skiing. At least for now. So be it, people wax and wane with their passions constantly. Is it because once people identify as a SKIER it's really hard to let that part of one's self image go?

Back to the point though, It just seems either dishonest, or naive to act as if the reason that people step away from skiing at 25 is because they're playing the long game and actually just planning on being a shred bum at 50. It doesn't make sense. As you get older, garner more responsibility, have kids, take on mortgages, have your body break down, bump against massive life changes and wrestle through big, life altering problems, it stands to reason that skiing will only become less and less a part of a person's life, not more. That's true of basically every sport, save maybe golf, which is such a different thing that it's hardly worth comparing.

All this is just to say that at 19 or 21, people have this panicky moment where they want to have life totally mapped out, and think they need to make x amount of money by such and such time, and they put down lifestyles and passions that don't contribute to those aims hastily and push forward and upward. For most people though, they will have something ridiculous like 7 careers over the course of their lifetime, often in totally unrelated fields to their education. It's not somehow less than to make life decisions as a young adult based on happiness. And, where there's a will, there's a way.

I moved to Indiana for college and only ski 5-10 times a year now. Sucks but there weren't any options of mine that were close to good skiing. I still like going to NS to see all the awesome edits and web series.

I value skiing more than being financially stable sooo..

casualI hear what you're saying, and people can enjoy skiing at various levels their entire lives. I know tons of guys and gals in their late 50's, 60's and even 70's that ski plenty and really love it, but it's all relative. But, honestly, going on ski vacations with your kids in your 40s after a couple decades of skiing 5-10 days a season isn't really the same. I guess it could seem more special on a certain level because it would be more memorable, but I dunno.

I can see why most people would prioritize many other things over skiing, but I gotta call out the people that say stuff like, "I'm working my ass off now so I can ski a lot when I'm 45!". That's cool, and it would be rad to be able to afford big trips, but skiing is a relatively young man's game and there's no way to get back your youth, your athleticism, your testosterone and willingness to push yourself, your relatively carefree existence, etc. back. Tomorrow isn't promised, and there's no guarantee that these magical skiing twilight years await. What if your wife wants to go to the beach instead during those precious vacay weeks? What if the kids hate it? What if you get hurt or develop a health issue that makes skiing impossible? I say that if you really love skiing, and want to do it all the time, it isn't all that hard to maintain that lifestyle, even with a grown up job. People in mountainous areas need accountants, financial advisors, etc. too. I just don't think it has to be this big, ominous "either/or" situation.

Why can't people (like you for example) just be honest and say that skiing isn't that big a part of your life anymore for one reason or another. Or rather, the act of making time/sacrifices to go ski just isn't that big of a priority for you anymore. There's nothing wrong with wanting to focus time and energy on other things. And, you've obviously chosen that pursuing a career (in a location that isn't at all suited to skiing a lot also) is more important that skiing. At least for now. So be it, people wax and wane with their passions constantly. Is it because once people identify as a SKIER it's really hard to let that part of one's self image go?

Back to the point though, It just seems either dishonest, or naive to act as if the reason that people step away from skiing at 25 is because they're playing the long game and actually just planning on being a shred bum at 50. It doesn't make sense. As you get older, garner more responsibility, have kids, take on mortgages, have your body break down, bump against massive life changes and wrestle through big, life altering problems, it stands to reason that skiing will only become less and less a part of a person's life, not more. That's true of basically every sport, save maybe golf, which is such a different thing that it's hardly worth comparing.

All this is just to say that at 19 or 21, people have this panicky moment where they want to have life totally mapped out, and think they need to make x amount of money by such and such time, and they put down lifestyles and passions that don't contribute to those aims hastily and push forward and upward. For most people though, they will have something ridiculous like 7 careers over the course of their lifetime, often in totally unrelated fields to their education. It's not somehow less than to make life decisions as a young adult based on happiness. And, where there's a will, there's a way.

You hit the nail right on the fucking head.

There's a cheezy quote from the 18th century French guy (LaRochefoucauld) that goes "Distance acts upon the passions as wind upon flames - extinguishing small ones and fanning great ones." The guy was talking about romance, not hobbies, but in my experience - it applies pretty well to hobbies.

Even if circumstances keep you from indulging in a hobby that you really love for a period of time, you'll eventually find a way to incorporate it into your life again. If not - then despite what you may have thought, life has shown you that skiing isn't as important to you as you thought it was. Nothing wrong with that - there's way more to life than skiing, and the surest way to kill off the joy and passion you had for something - like skiing - is to keep at it just because a younger version of yourself believed that you'd always be into it.

My major hobbies have been skiing, fly fishing, climbing, and whitewater kayaking. I've never figured out a way to pursue them with equal intensity all at once, and the result has been that when climbing was the focus, I went 10 years without going fly fishing more than a handful of times. Then kayaking took over and climbing took a back seat for 10 years. Rinse and repeat. Most of that was due to living places where it just made way more sense to emphasize one hobby over another, but in some cases discovering something new took over my imagination and motivation for a while.

But the flame never died - and finding yourself in a set of circumstances where an old passion fully re-ignites is a source of joy and satisfaction that everyone should be lucky enough to experience at least once. Hopefully that'll happen for at least *some* of you that various realities are forcing away from hitting the slopes very much at this point in your life, and for the foreseeable future.

casualWhy can't people (like you for example) just be honest and say that skiing isn't that big a part of your life anymore for one reason or another. Or rather, the act of making time/sacrifices to go ski just isn't that big of a priority for you anymore. There's nothing wrong with wanting to focus time and energy on other things. And, you've obviously chosen that pursuing a career (in a location that isn't at all suited to skiing a lot also) is more important that skiing. At least for now. So be it, people wax and wane with their passions constantly. Is it because once people identify as a SKIER it's really hard to let that part of one's self image go?

I don't believe I was trying to convince anyone that skiing isn't as big of part of my life anymore. I thought I admitted that to be true when I said I have made decisions that have reduced my ability to ski as much as I would like to. All I was looking for in this thread was to know if there were other people regularly on NS that made the same choices? Yes, I am not as active as a skier as I once was, but I still like going on NS to follow what is going on and watch videos. I don't have to be skiing 30+ days a winter to still like to do that.

Why does one have to be active in the sport to want to have it be a part of their life? I loved playing football but don't play anymore, but I still watch it every Thursday, Sunday, and Monday and keep up with everything going on in the NFL. You don't have to be doing something every day to still have a big interest in it, which is why I like to go on newschoolers. All I was looking for was to know if there were people like me on here, not to try to get others to feel bad for me for not being able to ski for x,y and z reasons. I made those decisions fully aware that I would ski less and would make the same decisions again, but that doesn't mean I don't like skiing.

OP same boat as you man. Finance bro...working in NYC. I grew up just outside of NYC so probably not to far off from you in CT.

My problem is I want to be wealthy and have a comfortable life, ski house, nice car, vacations, etc eventually one day which obviously requires a ton of work.

That being said, I am fortunate that I don't work many weekends and so I go up skiing most weekend to VT. Either crash at friends places or sleep in my car. I love skiing as much as the next guy but when your pulling in 6 figures + a year its pretty hard to give that up.

I'm gaining enough experience now at a big brand name shop that, combined with the NYC work ethic, could transfer ANYWHERE. Looking into moving to Denver next year. Its a very very easy jump to make considering everyone loves nyc finance guys elsewhere otuside of nyc

Through most of my 30s id get 50-60 days a year on the hill, at 41 im now in the 20-25 range. As I've gotten older different things have become more important to me. 25 yr old me would say 'sellout' and maybe I'd be right, but having a career and a nice home are very satisfying.

KravtZOP same boat as you man. Finance bro...working in NYC. I grew up just outside of NYC so probably not to far off from you in CT.

My problem is I want to be wealthy and have a comfortable life, ski house, nice car, vacations, etc eventually one day which obviously requires a ton of work.

That being said, I am fortunate that I don't work many weekends and so I go up skiing most weekend to VT. Either crash at friends places or sleep in my car. I love skiing as much as the next guy but when your pulling in 6 figures + a year its pretty hard to give that up.

I'm gaining enough experience now at a big brand name shop that, combined with the NYC work ethic, could transfer ANYWHERE. Looking into moving to Denver next year. Its a very very easy jump to make considering everyone loves nyc finance guys elsewhere otuside of nyc

i'm somewhat in the same boat. im in med school now, so i don't have all the time in the world to ski. gonna try and get out at least 3 times a month if i can this winter, but school only gets harder for the next two years. then i have residency for 4 more years, where i will have even less time. but after that, i will have $ and time and hopefully will have ended up in a place conducive to skiing.

gotta put in the work now to make the future better

Peter.i'm somewhat in the same boat. im in med school now, so i don't have all the time in the world to ski. gonna try and get out at least 3 times a month if i can this winter, but school only gets harder for the next two years. then i have residency for 4 more years, where i will have even less time. but after that, i will have $ and time and hopefully will have ended up in a place conducive to skiing.

gotta put in the work now to make the future better

Yea man I mean skiing requires money to do often. Its unrealistic to try to live the "high life" and ski 100 days a year just not possible when you work at least monday - friday. Which is perfectly fine.

Think about this though...come out of med school early 30's, still in great shape and can rip hard, depending on your debt levels your making 200k+ a year and can easily afford a ski house or a winter rental.

KravtZYea man I mean skiing requires money to do often. Its unrealistic to try to live the "high life" and ski 100 days a year just not possible when you work at least monday - friday. Which is perfectly fine.

Think about this though...come out of med school early 30's, still in great shape and can rip hard, depending on your debt levels your making 200k+ a year and can easily afford a ski house or a winter rental.

yep. that's the plan. in an ideal world, i work in salt lake/denver/seattle/other city out west that is driving distance from a good resort, and ski weekends/the occasional day off. i am perfectly fine with that

Peter.yep. that's the plan. in an ideal world, i work in salt lake/denver/seattle/other city out west that is driving distance from a good resort, and ski weekends/the occasional day off. i am perfectly fine with that

Thats awesome man. DR's got the flexibility of location which is really nice. Finance kind of tethered to NYC, Denver, San Fran, regions

KravtZThats awesome man. DR's got the flexibility of location which is really nice. Finance kind of tethered to NYC, Denver, San Fran, regions

yeah that's a bonus, there are sick people everywhere

what if i never skied in the first place?

THEDIRTYBUBBLEI value skiing more than being financially stable sooo..

exactly, if i don't get in 75-100 days a season I loose my mental stability.