Enjoying Skiing Again

I never fully experienced what you said but your first signature quote said it best. The times I was most worn out or bored when skiing was when I was constantly alone and had no one to push me. That might not be a problem for more social skiers though.

Strike up a conversation with some bros on the lift and ride with them. If that fails, smoke some weed and ski the same lines. It'll help temporarily.

**This post was edited on Dec 9th 2017 at 1:49:15am

I can relate to this really closely. I got pretty depressed and I gained a bunch of weight for a few years (almost 5). Within the last year or so, I lost 80 LB mostly just to get back onto the slopes. This is my first season back and it feels fucking amazing. I'm 100% addicted again and I am really really happy about that.

Not being able to do it really gave me a perspective on not taking things for granted.

supluhoI can relate to this really closely. I got pretty depressed and I gained a bunch of weight for a few years (almost 5). Within the last year or so, I lost 80 LB mostly just to get back onto the slopes. This is my first season back and it feels fucking amazing. I'm 100% addicted again and I am really really happy about that.

Not being able to do it really gave me a perspective on not taking things for granted.

Fuck yeah matt!

How about this for a crazy idea...

If you wanna ski, ski,
If you don't wanna ski, don't ski.

It's a mega expensive sport, nobody is forcing you to do it. Why waste your time and money if you're not enjoying it.

I was in the same exact boat. My roommate committed suicide and it kind of sent me into a downward spiral. I remember going to the hill for the first time after it happened to "clear my mind" but as soon as I got to the top of the park and was about to drop into the first feature, I just didn't want to ski. Thought to myself "wtf am I doing here?" It was a really weird feeling. I slowly started going skiing less and less. I had a friend tell me to come out west with him because I needed a break from my hometown. I figured moving to Alta, UT would re-spark my love for skiing. Got out there, and just still was not feeling it. I did have some pretty good ski days out there, I just was not on the hill every single moment I could be. I was getting maybe 15-20 days of skiing(if that) living right at the base of Alta. People would see me in my ski gear and be like "holy shit you're going skiing!" It's weird to think something that brought me so much happiness, and something that I put so much time/money into just kind of withered away for me.

I skied twice last season and maybe 3 times the season before. I still look at new gear and what not every Fall and this year I even bought a new pair of skis to hopefully start getting out there a bit more again. I met a girl while I was in UT though and everything started working itself out for me. Moved to WY(she got a job), went back to school, landed the job I always wanted, and that's all thanks to skiing because without it, I would not be where I am today.

Just quit it's a waste of time anyways.

If you are skiing and feeling like it's boring for you, just quite skiing, at least for a while. For me it was more that I couldn't bother getting myself to go skiing, and when I finally dragged myself to the slopes I realised how much fun I was having.

theabortionatorFuck yeah matt!

WE NEED TO DO TINYCHAT IVE JUST BEEN SKIING THESE LAST FEW DAYS

KEVTRONI was in the same exact boat. My roommate committed suicide and it kind of sent me into a downward spiral. I remember going to the hill for the first time after it happened to "clear my mind" but as soon as I got to the top of the park and was about to drop into the first feature, I just didn't want to ski. Thought to myself "wtf am I doing here?" It was a really weird feeling. I slowly started going skiing less and less. I had a friend tell me to come out west with him because I needed a break from my hometown. I figured moving to Alta, UT would re-spark my love for skiing. Got out there, and just still was not feeling it. I did have some pretty good ski days out there, I just was not on the hill every single moment I could be. I was getting maybe 15-20 days of skiing(if that) living right at the base of Alta. People would see me in my ski gear and be like "holy shit you're going skiing!" It's weird to think something that brought me so much happiness, and something that I put so much time/money into just kind of withered away for me.

I skied twice last season and maybe 3 times the season before. I still look at new gear and what not every Fall and this year I even bought a new pair of skis to hopefully start getting out there a bit more again. I met a girl while I was in UT though and everything started working itself out for me. Moved to WY(she got a job), went back to school, landed the job I always wanted, and that's all thanks to skiing because without it, I would not be where I am today.

I snapped u nigga.

I hope you get back into it soon, man. Going out there and being a goon is so much fun, even if you've got no one to ride with!

supluhoWE NEED TO DO TINYCHAT IVE JUST BEEN SKIING THESE LAST FEW DAYS

I'm off right now so I'm actually home and I was skiing today so I'm drunk.
If you're out and about on the webs hit me up.

And kevtronz, love ya man, even if you don't ski no more.

a friend of mine is going to Australia for some time to surf. skipping most of ski season,

**This post was edited on Dec 10th 2017 at 1:51:43pm

I don’t know if my opinion would help you, but after reading all the comments my conclusion is that something that will help you is:
First, start working out and make progress in the park, put yourself some objectives to archive like new tricks or something like that.
Then, I agree with that socialice and have new friends that push you to do crazy and new things is a really helpful and funny way to get motivated. Skiing is not a team sport, but is really fun when you are in groups.
So, go out there, meet new people and have some fun.

The dumbest thing anyopne can do is completely tie their enjoyment of an activity to progression in it. Sliding on snow for the sake of it, is just fucking fun.

Honestly, if you ski park most of the time, grab some noise cancelling ear buds, wait for a pow day and when that day comes, ski the first half of the day with no friends, no cares and both earbuds in shredding that gnarly pow brah. Second half, grab some friends and send the nearest cliff lines. That's what I did today, and I had one of the most fun days of my life.

Two years ago I experienced a major knee injury and even before that my stoke was fleeting. I continued skiing but not enjoying as much as I once did. Sunday River has brought a new spirit to the parks this year and it has completely restocked my stoke levels . It’s gonna be a fun year.

Haha I usually have the opposite problem. In the morning I never feel like grabbing all my gear and hustling out into the cold to go up to the mountain. But once I get to the bottom of that first run I am happy I went. There are the odd times where I'm just not into it when I'm out there though. Couple things you can do.
1)Ski in a different way: For me this would be hiking out into some new slackcountry lines, riding with no poles for the day, only skiing cat track jumps because I don't jib around much.
2) I usually ride with 1 or 2 people. Once when I got bored I started riding alone a bit and I found I focused on progressing a lot more. I could do a couple laps by a feature checking out the snow and landing and getting myself hyped to try something. With friends you usually follow eachother around on laps and hope something cool pops up and you can do it before moving on.
3) Get a good rowdy group of people and make some sort of day out of it. Play a game of SLVSH in the park. Or bring a camping stove and some beers and have a beer BBQ somewhere. Go walk somewhere and build a jump or feature. Just think of anything other than doing lap after lap of the same shit.

If none of that sounds fun or interesting, maybe you're just not a skier anymore :'(. Nothing wrong with taking a break though

My problem is i’m worthless in winter because i ski too much. As long as you do something else productive with your time you would be skiin just embrace the change. No need to force it if you dont enjoy it. It can be a hassle and expensive

Same happened to me some years ago - that was a hell of a time. Got really depressed and didn't know how to have fun again. But I kept doing it, surrounded myself with positive people and tried to look at the sport from a new perspective. Filming and making movies also helped a lot, because it was a complete different process. Skiing for me now is more like doing art or so. The difficulty of tricks doesn't really matter as long as you try to do them your way.

If you agree with this, you will probably like our new movie, which is going online soon. Trailer has already been dropped:

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/885139/WAKING-HOUR---OFFICIAL-TRAILER

The movie is not only about skiing, but about what its worth to spend time on, especially when you are young.

No matter what, you will spend your time right!

Greets from Innsbruck, Austria

I went through the same thing at one point. Just got bored with skiing. Decided to start snowboarding so that the novelty and challenge might inspire me. It did in a HUGE way. I snowboarded exclusively for several years. Then I started to get the itch to get back on skis. Now I trade them back-and-forth to keep up my interest.

Get a pair of Vishnu's they have re-invinted skiing for me and I can't stop having fun on them.

I kinda fell out with skiing when I discovered architecture and design and urbanism in general. It engaged my mind more and I felt more interested and productive and like I had a place in the world so I just kinda stopped thinking about skiing.
But to be honest I fell in love with skiing again. As a result of my distance I stopped caring about progression, new tricks or the "scene". I don't know what gear is cool or what amateur is about to blow up, or who is sponsored at the local hill. And I'm so happy about that. I choose to go up way less than I used to but I love it even more when I do. It's a huge part of my life again and it became way more enjoyable when I stopped trying to define myself by skiing and skiing only.
It's just skiing and it's fun as hell when you literally only do the things about it that you like. Or it's not and maybe you need a real break from it - there's a whole world out there so why force skiing to be your thing just because it's what used to make you happy?

That sucks dude. Try being active on NS and maybe watch a ski movie or two as I feel like this gets me very eager to ski. I live in the midwest/east coast where getting 20-30 days a season at somewhere respectable is a serious challenge. I'm always left wanting more because I never get enough days and the gaps in between trips are large.

Skiing with friends, chatting folks on the lift, being creative with your skiing and trying new things can help. Is life also depressing and not exciting?- Or is it just skiing? Because a sign of depression is lack of interest in things that were once enjoyable. Perhaps get checked out- no shame in that.

I started to lose some engagement in skiing when I started working a desk-job and exercising more often. Having a girlfriend that doesn't ski (doesn't ski well) doesn't help, either. Work takes up 50hrs of my week, CrossFit & weightlifting take up another 1.5-2.5hrs of my day. Then, I spend the remaining time with my girlfriend.

I have pretty easy access to mountains being that I live in Boston, but it's tough to leave the city on a weeknight to drive 90 minutes to Wachusett. Weekends can be hit or miss for weather and I am usually pretty busy on those, too. All of this was a recipe for me to lose touch with skiing as a hobby.

I try to say as in-touch with skiing via NS as I can. I do love skiing, but I'm finding I have a lower and lower tolerance for the cold and shitty conditions as the years go by. I also have a lower tolerance for paying $100+/day to ski on shitty snow if the weather isn't cooperating. Two of my roommates snowboard, but if I want to ski, I am generally going by myself. I am a little of a loner and prefer it this way, though.

The last few years have been great because I have been doing yearly trips out west. I am experiencing new snow, new sights, new terrain. I am getting into some touring. It's stimulating, it's new, it's exciting. I am much more risk averse today than I was maybe 5 years ago, so I really just want to ski mellow but fun stuff. If I ski 15 days a season and 7 of them are spent out west, then I'm ok with that.