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Park Skiing & Aging

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Pac2
Posts: 800 - Karma: 3,042
This sounds crazy as I am only 24, but I have been skiing and skating for most of my life, and I think it's finally catching up to me. Have a full time job now, don't live as close to the mountains as I once did, my joints hurt, and it absolutely blows. I am constantly torn between the risk to reward of skiing park; on one hand, I love it and don't want to give it up as I have put a lot of my time into it, but on the other, I sometimes question how worth it is to risk my body for some corks and rail tricks at this stage of life. That said, I know my time is running out and I want to make the most of it, I'm sure I am not the only one who has had this dilemma. I feel as though my future self would thank me for still pushing it even if I do experience some form of injury or slowing down as I imagine it only gets more difficult.

I used to ski all day and wake up fine the next, now I ski for 3 hours and feel like there is a bag of bricks weighing me down. It literally feels like someone dipped my feet in concrete sometimes, I'm just not as snappy as I used to be.

That said, I am sometimes unsure if this is due to me just not being in as good of shape or if it's just my age, or possibly both? I workout fairly frequently, but I also work an office job which doesn't help.

I guess my main question is, for the the people who have felt this, have you been able to bounce back? Or is it really downhill from here and I just gotta learn to fight through it?

I wanna keep the fire stoked.
Dec 4 2023 9:54PM
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hi_vis360
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muffMan.I would try to ween off that as well, at least smoking it. I smoked a lot until I was around 20, and feel so much healthier lung wise at 23 now without it.

There is so much weed tech out there, check out dry herb vaporization if edibles don’t cut it, it’s basically just heating up the weed until THC and other cannabinoids are extracted, leaving the nasty plant matter out.


I’m all about that dry herb vaporizer lately, edibles always seem to fuck up my sleep cycle way worse and give me more negative mental effects
Dec 10 2023 2:24PM
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MonkeySlides47
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Farmville420If you want someone to talk to DM Elliot DeLeo on Instagram. He just turned 30 and has progressed a crazy amount in his late 20s, he's currently at his apex of skill and works as a full time landscaper, and STILL seems to get better every season. He can tell you better advice than anyone, be ready for some tough truths tho, he's 5 years sober as well and I don't think that's a coincidence.


Piggy backing this comment. The guy is legit and also seems just like a super stand-up dude.
Dec 10 2023 3:29PM
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arnie_grape
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i blew my second acl at 24 and did my best skiing ever the next couple years after that.
Dec 10 2023 3:59PM
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