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Personal development through skiing

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burnsey.
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I'm doing a project for school about creating terrain parks in urban parks during the winter months. Part of it is about the benefits it would bring to local youth, so I'd like to hear from newschoolers is how skiing has helped you grow and develop as a person.
Jan 22 2019 6:37PM
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xxACIDTRIPxx
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For me learning the process of learning a trick translates to everyday life tasks. You keep trying diffirent things and methods until you get it. That can apply to getting the job you want, getting a hot gf etc. Or learning a three
Jan 22 2019 6:44PM
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HaydenB
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Persistence!
Jan 22 2019 6:57PM
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skiguy04
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burnsey.I'm doing a project for school about creating terrain parks in urban parks during the winter months. Part of it is about the benefits it would bring to local youth, so I'd like to hear from newschoolers is how skiing has helped you grow and develop as a person.


Good idea could use an urban set up paid for by the government
Jan 23 2019 11:32AM
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GrandThings
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Skiing 100% has improved my self-confidence.

It might sound crazy but when I'm in important meetings or out at bars with people I've never met before feeling self-conscious, I just think "ok I might not be chugging the most beers or bringing home all the girls, but none of these people can keep me from skiing, or fuck with me on the hill so at the end of the day, idgaf because thats what's important to me." Remembering this helps me relax and feel good about myself.
Jan 23 2019 11:48AM
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DirtYStylE
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You make me want to write an essay. Theres too much to pick from. Ill just pick three big ones.


You vs the mountain - For almost every other sport you have to play with an opponent or team mate. So there is always that factor while playing sports. Skiing removes that and you are 100% responsible for your crashes and landings. You can't blame anyone except yourself.

Passion - Most people lack this, they don't have a hobby that they really enjoy or look forward to

Instant feedback - You know how good you are at skiing, if you don't you will break something. You learn your capabilities and learn how to push them (hopefully) without injuring yourself
Jan 23 2019 12:50PM
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burnsey.
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DirtYStylEYou make me want to write an essay.


Feel free to do that and send it my way as that's what I have to do essentially hahaha. I can post my finished product on here if there's interest or I can PM it to you if you're really interested. I was honestly surprised at the lack of threads on this topic when I tried to search bar'd this, maybe I was using the wrong words. If anyone knows of preexisting threads on this general topic I would appreciate the link!
Jan 23 2019 2:01PM
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Dlonetti
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skiing has helped my own mental health a lot. Its gotten me through a lot of shit by just knowing that once im in the park I can always forget about all of it, its my escape from difficulties of the real world
Jan 23 2019 2:30PM
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AlmostCooler
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Skiing has me send challenging rails knowing with 100% confidence that I'm going to eat shit. If I can do that, I can do anything
Jan 23 2019 3:27PM
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michigang
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GrandThingsSkiing 100% has improved my self-confidence.

It might sound crazy but when I'm in important meetings or out at bars with people I've never met before feeling self-conscious, I just think "ok I might not be chugging the most beers or bringing home all the girls, but none of these people can keep me from skiing, or fuck with me on the hill so at the end of the day, idgaf because thats what's important to me." Remembering this helps me relax and feel good about myself.


I feel this
Jan 23 2019 7:40PM
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michigang
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Skiing helps so much with improving your mental health/it's a great way for kids to have healthy competition and get some exercise/make friends/become more confident and hardworking while they're doing it, plus it's just a great way to get outside in the winter which is something that most people don't want to do.
Jan 23 2019 7:42PM
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Schoess
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https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/864016/On-getting-up-again---Rodney-Mullen---TEDxOrangeCoast
This 100% applies to skiing.
Aug 10 2021 9:35AM
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Schoess
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Also, skiing is a great place to meet a lot of great people. Beyond just individual development, you're building a strong community and developing relationships constantly
Aug 10 2021 9:37AM
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SendyMcSendyface
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Aight, op, I love what you're doing it, but your justification is stupid as fuck. There's this aspect of American/Western culture that says that everything you do must have a purpose. Sure, maybe skiing does help your personal development. Maybe you become more disciplined, more driven, more fit. But is that really why we ski? No. Nobody goes skiing because it'll give them the skills for their next big career move. We ski because its fucking fun. Fun, pure fun, with no strings attached, is undervalued by our society. So maybe don't talk about personal development, maybe just talk about the value of giving people fun shit to do. For fun.
Aug 12 2021 9:00PM
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a_burger
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SendyMcSendyfaceAight, op, I love what you're doing it, but your justification is stupid as fuck. There's this aspect of American/Western culture that says that everything you do must have a purpose. Sure, maybe skiing does help your personal development. Maybe you become more disciplined, more driven, more fit. But is that really why we ski? No. Nobody goes skiing because it'll give them the skills for their next big career move. We ski because its fucking fun. Fun, pure fun, with no strings attached, is undervalued by our society. So maybe don't talk about personal development, maybe just talk about the value of giving people fun shit to do. For fun.


OP didn't say anything about skiing needing a purpose, and learning to have fun in a non self-destructive way is a big part of personal development anyways. I think it goes both ways too, taking skiing super seriously is fucking dumb but acting like your too cool to have been impacted by it when it's one of the biggest parts of your life (probably not a wrong way to describe a lot of ppl on NS) is kind of disingenuous
Aug 12 2021 9:29PM
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burnsey.
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SendyMcSendyfaceAight, op, I love what you're doing it, but your justification is stupid as fuck. There's this aspect of American/Western culture that says that everything you do must have a purpose. Sure, maybe skiing does help your personal development. Maybe you become more disciplined, more driven, more fit. But is that really why we ski? No. Nobody goes skiing because it'll give them the skills for their next big career move. We ski because its fucking fun. Fun, pure fun, with no strings attached, is undervalued by our society. So maybe don't talk about personal development, maybe just talk about the value of giving people fun shit to do. For fun.


Nihilists.. fuck me dude…
Aug 13 2021 9:21AM
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burnsey.
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SendyMcSendyfaceAight, op, I love what you're doing it, but your justification is stupid as fuck. There's this aspect of American/Western culture that says that everything you do must have a purpose. Sure, maybe skiing does help your personal development. Maybe you become more disciplined, more driven, more fit. But is that really why we ski? No. Nobody goes skiing because it'll give them the skills for their next big career move. We ski because its fucking fun. Fun, pure fun, with no strings attached, is undervalued by our society. So maybe don't talk about personal development, maybe just talk about the value of giving people fun shit to do. For fun.


It all goes together though. A skill or character trait you learned/adapted directly from skiing could be what gets you a job. This says it more eloquently than I ever could:

“You’ve got to live right, too. It’s the way you live that predisposes you to avoid the traps and see the right facts. You want to know how to paint a perfect painting? It’s easy. Make yourself perfect and then just paint naturally. That’s the way all the experts do it. The making of a painting or the fixing of a motorcycle isn’t separate from the rest of your existence. If you’re a sloppy thinker the six days of the week you aren’t working on your machine, what trap avoidance, what gimmicks, can make you all of a sudden sharp on the seventh? It all goes together ... The real cycle you're working in is a cycle called yourself. The machine that appears to be ‘out there’ and the person that appears to be "in here" are not two separate things. They grow toward Quality or fall away from Quality together.”
Aug 13 2021 9:34AM
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NotEnoughSkiing
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I've found the smallest terrain parks and features or even ski hills allow people to just relax and work on a skill. There's a tremendous amount to be accomplished skill wise that way but it goes beyond that. It can teach you how to go about tackling the big obstacle or trick or whatever in life that looks daunting at first. You'll find your own personal style that is on how you learn.

Beyond that it's social, outdoors, and something way better than doritos + couch + TV.
Aug 18 2021 12:29AM
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Casey
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One thing you might consider talking about is urban skiing is a lot cheaper and more accessible potentially to communities that traditionally do not partake in mountain activities- you don’t need 4wd, tons of extra time, 1000 dollar ski suit 1000 dollar pass etc you can get a lot more low income kids skiing park in the city than skiing park city
Aug 18 2021 1:46AM
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