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Im curious what rules your parents set, if any, to allow you all to ski. Mine allowed me 2 C's and i had to do 3 hours of work for every day a week I wanted to ski haha. Share stories!
I was a pretty self-motivated youngster in school, so my parents pretty much let me ski as much as I wanted. They did make me have a very part time job and keep my grades up, but back in those days I had a season where I got 108 days in.
My parents get the whole thing we all have with skiing, and I think taking away skiing would make me do worse in school, so it was just get passing grades and you can go out west. Never have been grounded or really anything strict like that.
Even with good grades, I still have to beg my parents to ski every weekend. They're against me skiing. Any rare time I talk about anything ski related, they just get real annoyed because they're "tired of me obsessing over it". They also say "this addiction isn't healthy for you" like it's some drug addiction or something. I have to beg them to buy anything ski related on line, even though I pay for 100% of anything ski related. Anyone else's parents like this?? It's super annoying and they don't realize that Skiing's just a big part of my life.
And they don't get the whole skiing thing. I asked to build a setup, they looked at me like I had 3 heads and continued to criticize me for wanting to hit rails in the summer. Ask to get my skis mounted this summer for a friends setup? "No, you can't ski in the summer! Snow doesn't fall till December!" They just don't understand much about skiing.
Junior and senior year, I had a class called "Adventure PE" where we would hike and fuck around outside for two periods in the summer/fall, and then proceed to ski 2-3 days/week when it snowed.
Literally got credit for school to ski almost everyday of the week.
Going to highschool in a ski town has its benefits, fam.
voy10Even with good grades, I still have to beg my parents to ski every weekend. They're against me skiing. Any rare time I talk about anything ski related, they just get real annoyed because they're "tired of me obsessing over it". They also say "this addiction isn't healthy for you" like it's some drug addiction or something. I have to beg them to buy anything ski related on line, even though I pay for 100% of anything ski related. Anyone else's parents like this?? It's super annoying and they don't realize that Skiing's just a big part of my life.
That seriously sucks! Hopefully they become more understanding...
voy10Even with good grades, I still have to beg my parents to ski every weekend. They're against me skiing. Any rare time I talk about anything ski related, they just get real annoyed because they're "tired of me obsessing over it". They also say "this addiction isn't healthy for you" like it's some drug addiction or something. I have to beg them to buy anything ski related on line, even though I pay for 100% of anything ski related. Anyone else's parents like this?? It's super annoying and they don't realize that Skiing's just a big part of my life.
Are they like this only with skiing? Sounds like youre not allowed to even have friends, thats pretty awful to me that they dont support your passions and almost discourage you from them. My parents support me with skiing 100% because they know that its pretty much the only thing I have that makes me truly happy.
voy10And they don't get the whole skiing thing. I asked to build a setup, they looked at me like I had 3 heads and continued to criticize me for wanting to hit rails in the summer. Ask to get my skis mounted this summer for a friends setup? "No, you can't ski in the summer! Snow doesn't fall till December!" They just don't understand much about skiing.
This is where you pull the "Guess I'll start doing drugs since I can't go skiing" trick. But don't frame it like that.
Titus69Are they like this only with skiing? Sounds like youre not allowed to even have friends, thats pretty awful to me that they dont support your passions and almost discourage you from them. My parents support me with skiing 100% because they know that its pretty much the only thing I have that makes me truly happy.
They're pretty much like that with only skiing. Like when I played baseball, I wanted to go down to the field and practice every single day during the summer. And they encouraged that. But as soon as my interests really shift to skiing in the past few years, they're kinda stingy about it. Like say if I wanted to go skiing this Saturday, and I skied the last two Saturdays, my mom gets all wierd and starts yelling at me for "this obsession of yours" and things like that.
Like there was this small, 5 slope ski resort called Nemacolin, and the place is literally like 25 acres. That was like 15 mins away, and my parents were fine with me skiing there at least twice a weekend. But this past season I started going to Seven Springs more because I was tired of skiing that shitty resort. Springs is 45 mins away. And anytime I wanted to go to Springs that wasn't our school ski club trip, it was pretty hard to get them to let me go. And they didn't even have to drive me, my friend would always take me. But I bought a pass this year finally for springs, maybe that will change things a bit.
voy10They're pretty much like that with only skiing. Like when I played baseball, I wanted to go down to the field and practice every single day during the summer. And they encouraged that. But as soon as my interests really shift to skiing in the past few years, they're kinda stingy about it. Like say if I wanted to go skiing this Saturday, and I skied the last two Saturdays, my mom gets all wierd and starts yelling at me for "this obsession of yours" and things like that.
voy10Like there was this small, 5 slope ski resort called Nemacolin, and the place is literally like 25 acres. That was like 15 mins away, and my parents were fine with me skiing there at least twice a weekend. But this past season I started going to Seven Springs more because I was tired of skiing that shitty resort. Springs is 45 mins away. And anytime I wanted to go to Springs that wasn't our school ski club trip, it was pretty hard to get them to let me go. And they didn't even have to drive me, my friend would always take me. But I bought a pass this year finally for springs, maybe that will change things a bit.
My guess is because they think skiing will lead you nowhere, or theres just more room to hurt yourself than in baseball. Just defend yourself next time they bitch about it, stupid that they dont let you enjoy something you clearly love.
voy10Even with good grades, I still have to beg my parents to ski every weekend. They're against me skiing. Any rare time I talk about anything ski related, they just get real annoyed because they're "tired of me obsessing over it". They also say "this addiction isn't healthy for you" like it's some drug addiction or something. I have to beg them to buy anything ski related on line, even though I pay for 100% of anything ski related. Anyone else's parents like this?? It's super annoying and they don't realize that Skiing's just a big part of my life.
Damn that fucking sucks dude vibes, I feel you on the pay 100% for everything though since my parents just were not financially able to pay for it.
One of my friends parents where kinda like this to him for mountain biking. They said it wasent healthy and he was extremely addicted. But then he pulled the "well would you rather I just smoke weed as well as do other drugs in the basement while playing video games instead?" And after a few times they finally supported his biking and he's sponsored now.
voy10And they don't get the whole skiing thing. I asked to build a setup, they looked at me like I had 3 heads and continued to criticize me for wanting to hit rails in the summer. Ask to get my skis mounted this summer for a friends setup? "No, you can't ski in the summer! Snow doesn't fall till December!" They just don't understand much about skiing.
voy10Like there was this small, 5 slope ski resort called Nemacolin, and the place is literally like 25 acres. That was like 15 mins away, and my parents were fine with me skiing there at least twice a weekend. But this past season I started going to Seven Springs more because I was tired of skiing that shitty resort. Springs is 45 mins away. And anytime I wanted to go to Springs that wasn't our school ski club trip, it was pretty hard to get them to let me go. And they didn't even have to drive me, my friend would always take me. But I bought a pass this year finally for springs, maybe that will change things a bit.
You should stop asking for permission. As long as you aren't shitting the bed in school or getting arrested w/your ski homies than they can't say shit. Order ski gear through one of your friends.
Jesse_Damn that fucking sucks dude vibes, I feel you on the pay 100% for everything though since my parents just were not financially able to pay for it.
One of my friends parents where kinda like this to him for mountain biking. They said it wasent healthy and he was extremely addicted. But then he pulled the "well would you rather I just smoke weed as well as do other drugs in the basement while playing video games instead?" And after a few times they finally supported his biking and he's sponsored now.
Damn that's not a bad idea. But they just get mad when I sit around in my room when it's not ski season. Whenever they have a problem with me skiing when I want, I'll just tell them there's nothing else that I like and nothing else to do. And that my day would be more productive by shredding on the slopes, rather than just sitting at home all day. Hopefully they'll change their views a bit, if they don't let me go I'll just tell them that I need more days on my pass or I'll be losing money
Titus69My guess is because they think skiing will lead you nowhere, or theres just more room to hurt yourself than in baseball. Just defend yourself next time they bitch about it, stupid that they dont let you enjoy something you clearly love.
Word, man. They just don't understand that it's the only fun thing I do anymore. They're not too worried about me getting hurt tho, it's just their constant, stubborn attitude towards me "having this bad, unhealthy obsession". I don't even talk about skiing to my parents anymore so they don't get real annoyed.
Also if i REALLY work my ass of this school year academically, they might be more lenient with me skiing every weekend. I'll just tell them that I worked hard all week and I deserve some me time
voy10Word, man. They just don't understand that it's the only fun thing I do anymore. They're not too worried about me getting hurt tho, it's just their constant, stubborn attitude towards me "having this bad, unhealthy obsession". I don't even talk about skiing to my parents anymore so they don't get real annoyed.
Sorry, sounds like a difficult situation but in the end its your parents ignorance. You should explain to them with some really good reasoning why you enjoy skiing. Talk about how healthy it is for you, how many friends you made, your new appreciation for the environment/nature (in a non hippy way plz), and how passionate it is for you. They should support you no matter what, and having a "unhealthy obessions" for something is basically a good label to try to prevent someone to be successful. You think Tom Wallisch, Henrik Hauralut didn't have unhealthy obsessions for skiing? Of course! they prolly went skiing everyday, like you don't think Michael Jordan eat drink and sleep basketball? Same goes with everything, if you're passionate about it and dedicate a lot of time to it, most likely you will benefit or gain something out of it. Don't let your parents influence your dreams, if it makes you happy then thats all that matters.
**This post was edited on Aug 27th 2017 at 1:45:33pm
Lieutenant_DanSorry, sounds like a difficult situation but in the end its your parents ignorance. You should explain to them with some really good reasoning why you enjoy skiing. Talk about how healthy it is for you, how many friends you made, your new appreciation for the environment/nature (in a non hippy way plz), and how passionate it is for you. They should support you no matter what, and having a "unhealthy obessions" for something is basically a good label to try to prevent someone to be successful. You think Tom Wallisch, Henrik Hauralut didn't have unhealthy obsessions for skiing? Of course not they prolly went skiing everyday, like you don't think Michael Jordan eat drink and sleep basketball? Same goes with everything, if you're passionate about it and dedicate a lot of time to it, most likely you will benefit or gain something out of it. Don't let your parents influence your dreams, if it makes you happy then thats all that matters.
Emphasis on the DO NOT bring up the hippy thing and the weed smoking involved in skiing. Your argument will get properly fucked.
tell your parents if you they don't let you do safe, fun, healthy activities with friends then your going to go get some crack rock and start banging all the boys in the neighborhood.
So ask your parents if they rather have you look like that ^ or like this....
BeefiestExperttell your parents if you they don't let you do safe, fun, healthy activities with friends then your going to go get some crack rock and start banging all the boys in the neighborhood.
So ask your parents if they rather have you look like that ^ or like this....
always intrigued with what kind of donger gus is working with.
In high school you could make your own curriculum, so with my skiing friends we had only three days of school in the winter and then stacked the remainder with 5 days a week long days. Never had any rules from parents.
Lieutenant_DanSorry, sounds like a difficult situation but in the end its your parents ignorance. You should explain to them with some really good reasoning why you enjoy skiing. Talk about how healthy it is for you, how many friends you made, your new appreciation for the environment/nature (in a non hippy way plz), and how passionate it is for you. They should support you no matter what, and having a "unhealthy obessions" for something is basically a good label to try to prevent someone to be successful. You think Tom Wallisch, Henrik Hauralut didn't have unhealthy obsessions for skiing? Of course! they prolly went skiing everyday, like you don't think Michael Jordan eat drink and sleep basketball? Same goes with everything, if you're passionate about it and dedicate a lot of time to it, most likely you will benefit or gain something out of it. Don't let your parents influence your dreams, if it makes you happy then thats all that matters.
**This post was edited on Aug 27th 2017 at 1:45:33pm
Word. Idk tho if they realize how fun it is and how big of a stress relief it is.
voy10Even with good grades, I still have to beg my parents to ski every weekend. They're against me skiing. Any rare time I talk about anything ski related, they just get real annoyed because they're "tired of me obsessing over it". They also say "this addiction isn't healthy for you" like it's some drug addiction or something. I have to beg them to buy anything ski related on line, even though I pay for 100% of anything ski related. Anyone else's parents like this?? It's super annoying and they don't realize that Skiing's just a big part of my life.
Sweet jebus if this is for realz. Imo if you're using your own money and not buying drugs or weapons you should be able to do what you want.
I would just order stuff without asking. It's your money.
They sound kind of psychotic. I can understand not wanting to drive you to the hill or pay for a season pass, but how the fuck can they be mad at you for doing something active?
Would they rather you play online games while slamming mtn dew and coming out once every few days to re up on food?
theabortionatorSweet jebus if this is for realz. Imo if you're using your own money and not buying drugs or weapons you should be able to do what you want.
I would just order stuff without asking. It's your money.
They sound kind of psychotic. I can understand not wanting to drive you to the hill or pay for a season pass, but how the fuck can they be mad at you for doing something active?
Would they rather you play online games while slamming mtn dew and coming out once every few days to re up on food?
They're like this with only skiing. Honestly they don't mind if I ski, but they get all mad when I wanna go every weekend. It sucks. And I tried to order a new pair of skis at the beginning of this past season and they wouldn't let me, they'd get all mad whenever I asked for their credit card. So I was stuck using shitty ass 145 skis this season, and I'm 5 7
voy10They're like this with only skiing. Honestly they don't mind if I ski, but they get all mad when I wanna go every weekend. It sucks. And I tried to order a new pair of skis at the beginning of this past season and they wouldn't let me, they'd get all mad whenever I asked for their credit card. So I was stuck using shitty ass 145 skis this season, and I'm 5 7
Well obviously they don't wanna spend their money on the obsession of yours that they hate, but that's just weird to me that it's only skiing with them. Are they very frugal? I imagine it's partly a money/safety thing.
Titus69Well obviously they don't wanna spend their money on the obsession of yours that they hate, but that's just weird to me that it's only skiing with them. Are they very frugal? I imagine it's partly a money/safety thing.
No I pay for all my shit, but lately they've been okay with me buying some shit because I've been grinding with cutting grass and other landscaping jobs. But before when I was broke af they wouldn't let me buy anything even though I had enough money. And take note anyone here, do landscaping and grass cutting as a summer job. It's a huge moneymaker if you can hustle a lot of yards, and you don't have to pay a dime in taxes.
voy10No I pay for all my shit, but lately they've been okay with me buying some shit because I've been grinding with cutting grass and other landscaping jobs. But before when I was broke af they wouldn't let me buy anything even though I had enough money. And take note anyone here, do landscaping and grass cutting as a summer job. It's a huge moneymaker if you can hustle a lot of yards, and you don't have to pay a dime in taxes.
Oh well you said you'd ask for their credit card...Maybe they just want you to save your money, but maybe show you're responsible and can work hard. Might have to earn more ski time doing well in school and making a lot of extra dough. I guess I don't really know, mine are completely opposite because thry know it keeps me sane and out of the house, they know it's like 1/3 of my priorities in life. They also work in the industry so I can get gear for cheap but not like a ton of stuff, I still buy my own hoodies and other small things, probably my season pass from now on too.
Titus69Oh well you said you'd ask for their credit card...Maybe they just want you to save your money, but maybe show you're responsible and can work hard. Might have to earn more ski time doing well in school and making a lot of extra dough. I guess I don't really know, mine are completely opposite because thry know it keeps me sane and out of the house, they know it's like 1/3 of my priorities in life. They also work in the industry so I can get gear for cheap but not like a ton of stuff, I still buy my own hoodies and other small things, probably my season pass from now on too.
I used to have to ask my parents if I could use their credit card cause at the time I didn't have a visa debit or anything.
How I got around this when I was younger was buy prepaid Visa cards. OP see if any stores around you sell these and get like a $500 one to buy skis yourself. It's ridiculous how your parents are refusing to let you do something you have a passion for which is also outside and active.
I had to pay to play. Neither of my folks really skied. So they did not understand the whole "gear matters" thing. When I was 13 I asked for a ski coat and I got an Adidas jacket instead. From that point on I knew it was up to me. Started scraping skis at the local shop for discounts and access to the good shit. Worked my ass off all summer life-guarding and teaching swimming to buy all my own gear. My parents go me a season pass every year for my birthday, the rest was up to me. Taught me to value my own shit and work for what you really want.
snowpocalypseI had to pay to play. Neither of my folks really skied. So they did not understand the whole "gear matters" thing. When I was 13 I asked for a ski coat and I got an Adidas jacket instead. From that point on I knew it was up to me. Started scraping skis at the local shop for discounts and access to the good shit. Worked my ass off all summer life-guarding and teaching swimming to buy all my own gear. My parents go me a season pass every year for my birthday, the rest was up to me. Taught me to value my own shit and work for what you really want.
You could've been the first to start the bunch trend.
My parents were pretty down to let me ski all the time, they fully supported me skiing as much as I wanted. In highschool I skied moguls, so a lot of skiing i did was involved with the freestyle team, so travelling, 'training' aka ski bridger bowl all day on the weekends. Grades and shit didn't matter for me,I was a decent student and cruised through with As and Bs, so I never worried about that.
Pow days were usually good to go, I had a rule I think where I would ask if I could ski (like 12" overnight or something) and I remember them telling me no some days, but I definitely skipped a bunch of days to ski deep snow haha.
voy10And they don't get the whole skiing thing. I asked to build a setup, they looked at me like I had 3 heads and continued to criticize me for wanting to hit rails in the summer. Ask to get my skis mounted this summer for a friends setup? "No, you can't ski in the summer! Snow doesn't fall till December!" They just don't understand much about skiing.
just put in some effort and get good grades. it's hs.
My paents are pretty supportive. LIke my whole family skis and my dad patrols so wel all get free season passes. BUT my parents get pissed at me because I only ride park and them my little siblings hang out with me in the park all day and for some reason they always bitch me out for this like its my fault that my little siblings wanna ride park with me. Also, my dad goes skiing every wedndsay night for ski patrol, and they only let me go with him if I have all Bs I didndt get to go on wednsdays at all because I had like one C because my teacher is a bitch. Also I wanted to go to granite peak closing day last weekend, and my parents made me do like ten homework assignments, three chores and then when I did all that they said ¨oh now go mow the lawn" But in the end they let me go
voy10Like there was this small, 5 slope ski resort called Nemacolin, and the place is literally like 25 acres. That was like 15 mins away, and my parents were fine with me skiing there at least twice a weekend. But this past season I started going to Seven Springs more because I was tired of skiing that shitty resort. Springs is 45 mins away. And anytime I wanted to go to Springs that wasn't our school ski club trip, it was pretty hard to get them to let me go. And they didn't even have to drive me, my friend would always take me. But I bought a pass this year finally for springs, maybe that will change things a bit.
first year i got a season pass wanted to drive myself , mom made me find a friend to go with except only 3 of my friends went and they had no season pass so after about 6 trips i couldnt ski. when snowshoe got 40 inches of snow one week i just skipped school and deleted the alert the school sent, although i couldnt buy a pass because i forgot my wallet anyway the point of the story is that sometimes its easier to ask for forgiveness than permission
Had to write an essay to buy my first xbox with my own money. If I brought back any b's it was no skiing, sports, or video games. Made me a better individual.
My parents were always super supportive with anything that I wanted to do that would push me. At the same time though I've always been pretty self-motivated, which made life pretty easy for them. As long as I had straight A's I could skip any day I needed to go ski, and they didn't ever care as they knew I wouldn't do something idiotic like miss a test or an important day at school. Maturity gets you a lot of freedom at that age.
I would turn up late every day. Teacher would ask why and I'd say because the surf was good.
During school I was never a party/festival goer like everyone else.
Would always be in bed early, whether it's for skiing or surfing in the morning.
Dad would take me skiing most weekends, let me have Monday off school if it was any good.
His intent wasn't to keep me away from "that" party scene at home but it surely worked out that way.
I even paid for a tenner one time and me and mates were going to smoke weed in the bush down the beach.
Got there and the surf was cooking I just went see ya! I'm off to get barrelled. The rest is music. I just feel like they joy I get out of skiing/surfing is far better. I love having that clear space of mind and just doing what I do.
Just do what you do.
**This post was edited on May 12th 2018 at 5:57:29am
I’ve been fortunate enough to be able to ski every weekend cause we have a place in the mountains but my parents have been pretty strict about grades and college. A’s were the standard in my family and anything less came as a dissapointment.
So long story short my high school career was pretty dissapoingting for them.
Still though they let me buy whatever ski gear i want as long as I use my money and don’t go broke. I can’t skip class unless I want my ass beat but high school itself has been pretty traumatizing mentally for me.
cozzeyI’ve been fortunate enough to be able to ski every weekend cause we have a place in the mountains but my parents have been pretty strict about grades and college. A’s were the standard in my family and anything less came as a dissapointment.
So long story short my high school career was pretty dissapoingting for them.
Still though they let me buy whatever ski gear i want as long as I use my money and don’t go broke. I can’t skip class unless I want my ass beat but high school itself has been pretty traumatizing mentally for me.
I was allowed to ski pretty much regardless of grades but had to be passing to on any trips, since 4th grade my parents expectations in school weren't too high. They know all I've ever cared to do was ski so they supported it but obviously made sure I was passing. HS sucked for grades cause I was skiing my best and had to get by in class, it got bad cause I'd have to constantly stay after a lot and parents were starting to get pissed after one bitchy dyke teacher emailed them saying she gave up on me. The thought of going back to school is horrifying cause of high school though, I can't listen to shit i don't care to hear, just goes write through me, all this cause I'm obsessed with skiing.
