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AndrewGravesSVYou mean youre burnt out in a career sense and now are being a ski bum or burnt out on the ski bum lifestyle?
Either way w33d
STEEZUS_CHRI5TSkiing in your used fap socks
mystery3You wear special socks for that?
Young_IPMCWhen you’re kind of hoping you get fired so you can ski tons while looking for the next job.
3oh3lowkey this is me right now. im rollin into the office at like 9-930 most days now because the worst thing that can happen is i live the dream of skiing everyday
DolanReloadedIts sad ski resorts pay so little to most of their employees. For 9 bucks an hour, the resorts should literally be defending and paying for employees legal costs when the get busted for selling drugs, because thats pretty much the only way to make it when your basepay is 9 fuckin bucks an hour. Base at resorts should be 15.
Young_IPMCWhen you’re kind of hoping you get fired so you can ski tons while looking for the next job.
STEEZUS_CHRI5TYea but everyone wants to work at their dream mountain, it’s not a scarce position where they need to increase pay to draw in employees. You work in the sacred environment you love while 95% of the population is at the office or in traffic. You get to hang out with people who share the same passions while getting paid for stress free work. People don’t pick those jobs for the salary, it’s a job that allows a lifestyle.
**This post was edited on Dec 21st 2019 at 10:28:36am
SegsxiWhy is this me right now lol
Pigeon.someone asked me to name all the continents recently and i couldn't, that was enough of a sign for me
F.W.Y.HPigeons can’t smoke
Pigeon.bet u feel real dumb rn
skiP.E.I.Finding a different place to crash, pitch your tent or squat every few days.
Feeling like your welcome is worn out.
Riding in constant fear that your skis/bindings/boots will give out on the next send.
Having bases that are >30% epoxy.
Using your avi shovel blade as a frying pan.
Sorting through your clothes each day in vain to try and find the least filthy garments to wear.
Never being completely dry.
Maxed out credit card.
Shopping at grocery stores that will cash your EI cheque.
Dumpster diving.
Filling your water bottle/hydrapack from outdoor hose valves.
Poaching the shower at the local pool.
Eating leftovers on the tables in the lodge.
Devoting a portion of each day to finding firewood.
**This post was edited on Dec 23rd 2019 at 11:21:25pm
IHUFFPAINTPaint starts being used not for painting.
Pigeon.bet u feel real dumb rn
IHUFFPAINTPaint starts being used not for painting.
wass41When you are more excited about going home and getting high then you are about waking to and going skiing.
TRVP_ANGELYes working outside leaves my neck red, yes I own a large ranch a very large modern home, 1014 acres, several atvs, rtvs,, a boat a ski, a trailer larger than your shanty and a shop, business and plethora of rental units, however I’m rather urban and spend 90% of my time in the city of pgh, pay my employees 2x the average , but if growing up country, kind , well mannered, consistently standing for my beliefs is a bad thing well ya got me , touché
Yes I am a boy thanks for acknowledging 😃
my hairs rather close to a spiked crew rn FYI since your so interested in my hair, I am growing it long tho, looks great especially in a suit, got a very full thick moist mane of a hair bc im quite healthy, well fed and overly groomed 😘
Here’s my latest 1wk Check, you should see the 90 day checks!!! Do you get checks? Bc as I recall , you made an honorable agreement and turned it dishonorable, must be the orange in ya
skiP.E.I.Finding a different place to crash, pitch your tent or squat every few days.
Feeling like your welcome is worn out.
Riding in constant fear that your skis/bindings/boots will give out on the next send.
Having bases that are >30% epoxy.
Using your avi shovel blade as a frying pan.
Sorting through your clothes each day in vain to try and find the least filthy garments to wear.
Never being completely dry.
Maxed out credit card.
Shopping at grocery stores that will cash your EI cheque.
Dumpster diving.
Filling your water bottle/hydrapack from outdoor hose valves.
Poaching the shower at the local pool.
Eating leftovers on the tables in the lodge.
Devoting a portion of each day to finding firewood.
**This post was edited on Dec 23rd 2019 at 11:21:25pm
STEEZUS_CHRI5TYea but everyone wants to work at their dream mountain, it’s not a scarce position where they need to increase pay to draw in employees. You work in the sacred environment you love while 95% of the population is at the office or in traffic. You get to hang out with people who share the same passions while getting paid for stress free work. People don’t pick those jobs for the salary, it’s a job that allows a lifestyle.
**This post was edited on Dec 21st 2019 at 10:28:36am
JAHBRADORYou get tired of working shit jobs just to ski and say you’re going to go to school/get a real job in the summer and then before you know it you’re 30 and you’re still doing the same shit.
Now, all your friends from the ‘golden years’ have grown up and done cool things so now you are are friends with a bunch of 22-25 year olds and you are doing the same thing as them; getting drunk every night and smoking hella dope to try and convince yourself that you still love the lifestyle but really you are doing the same 4 tricks you have been doing since you were 20 and deep down you know this life isn’t sustainable.
As soon as you feel these feelings creeping in, you reach for the bong and crack a beer before heading to your job at the liquor store and can sit and have the same conversation with every customer about how ‘sick the hill was today’ and that we are ‘living the dream’ but really you are living in a seemingly inescapable cycle of dopamine hits and depression that has long term ramifications of debilitating mental health and unfufillment.
Every ski bum should ask the question. If I take the skiing out of my life, what is left? What does that look like?
**This post was edited on Nov 28th 2020 at 4:51:52pm
SendyMcSendyfaceThe life can get old. Most people I know eventually partner up with someone, and move up to big boy jobs, and maybe even move away from the mountains to start a family. You have to stay on top of your life, or it will pass you by. Some dudes I know are in their late 30s-40s, still working min wage resort jobs and single. They got just a little too absorbed into the lifestyle, and when they stopped for a quick breather, realised they'd been left behind. There's a reason that the Rockies are the suicide belt. Ski towns have very fluid populations, very few of the people who move in one season are there for the next, and people are always moving up and on. It's really easy to get lonely, because the short amount of time that people are there, doesn't always make it easy to develop deep friendships. And the older you get, the harder it gets, because the age gap between you, and the people moving in becomes wider, and harder to cross, both romantically and platonically. As someone with limited social skills, this has to be my biggest fear When I look at these dudes, it almost feels like looking in a mirror that shows you in 20 years.
vibecheckU r ur pfp lmao
SendyMcSendyfacedoomer gang
JAHBRADORYou get tired of working shit jobs just to ski and say you’re going to go to school/get a real job in the summer and then before you know it you’re 30 and you’re still doing the same shit.
Now, all your friends from the ‘golden years’ have grown up and done cool things so now you are are friends with a bunch of 22-25 year olds and you are doing the same thing as them; getting drunk every night and smoking hella dope to try and convince yourself that you still love the lifestyle but really you are doing the same 4 tricks you have been doing since you were 20 and deep down you know this life isn’t sustainable.
As soon as you feel these feelings creeping in, you reach for the bong and crack a beer before heading to your job at the liquor store and can sit and have the same conversation with every customer about how ‘sick the hill was today’ and that we are ‘living the dream’ but really you are living in a seemingly inescapable cycle of dopamine hits and depression that has long term ramifications of debilitating mental health and unfufillment.
Every ski bum should ask the question. If I take the skiing out of my life, what is left? What does that look like?
**This post was edited on Nov 28th 2020 at 4:51:52pm
mystery3You wear special socks for that?
DolanReloadedIts sad ski resorts pay so little to most of their employees. For 9 bucks an hour, the resorts should literally be defending and paying for employees legal costs when the get busted for selling drugs, because thats pretty much the only way to make it when your basepay is 9 fuckin bucks an hour. Base at resorts should be 15.
