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dubmasterskanka
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Hows life treating you?
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DraculaFlow
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VTshredder69How are all of us old folk's knees be feeling lately?


What about everyone's back? I wake up and feel like a torn every muscle in my back from sleeping weird some days.
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Poikenz
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DraculaFlowWhat about everyone's back? I wake up and feel like a torn every muscle in my back from sleeping weird some days.

Knees are fine, can do bumps without pain, no problem.

I have recurring lower back pain from an injury I received during the pandemic. It's becoming a once a year thing, but focusing on bodyweight core exercises really helps me. Had some pain a couple weeks ago but it was due to tight quads and glutes. Really had to roll that shit out. I don't really feel sore in the morning, but you might benefit from a super firm mattress if you don't already have one.
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skierman
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DraculaFlowWhat about everyone's back? I wake up and feel like a torn every muscle in my back from sleeping weird some days.


Its because you're a weak fuck.
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Sno.
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I was having such terrible back pain in the mornings but then I got one of those back stretchers that you lay on from Amazon on a whim not expecting it to work and it worked wonders. I think I had a compressed disc and it fixed it.






DraculaFlowWhat about everyone's back? I wake up and feel like a torn every muscle in my back from sleeping weird some days.
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Sno.
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I was having such terrible back pain in the mornings but then I got one of those back stretchers that you lay on from Amazon on a whim not expecting it to work and it worked wonders. I think I had a compressed disc and it fixed it.






DraculaFlowWhat about everyone's back? I wake up and feel like a torn every muscle in my back from sleeping weird some days.
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partyandBS
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skiermanIts because you're a weak fuck.


i listened to the slim shady lp recently and now i read your comments with a ken kaniff voice lol

but he’s right. do a fuckin situp for once
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iH8pow
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Nobody warned me that in your 30s all your friends turn into sex perverts and just want to have sex with eachother I’m so jaded now any time a friend is like “we should go to a couples vacation to…” and I’m like why you sick-o…. Can’t even trust anyone or friends anymore. Just blows my mind when people have a marriage of 10+ years and kids but gotta be like “but what if we slept with…..”
seriously tell me that shit wouldn’t ruin you as a kid finding out your mom is fair game, was the Connor Bedard’s mom shit real? This kid on my hockey team back in the day that I absolutely hated apparently his mom was a hockey tourney hotel whore no matter how bad I hated him I would never put that on him. It’s crazy how parents can act like that

anyways
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VTshredder69
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It's funny because my married friends told me they got married and thought they could have sex all the time. Now they tell me they don't even get laid any more.

iH8powNobody warned me that in your 30s all your friends turn into sex perverts and just want to have sex with eachother I’m so jaded now any time a friend is like “we should go to a couples vacation to…” and I’m like why you sick-o…. Can’t even trust anyone or friends anymore. Just blows my mind when people have a marriage of 10+ years and kids but gotta be like “but what if we slept with…..”
seriously tell me that shit wouldn’t ruin you as a kid finding out your mom is fair game, was the Connor Bedard’s mom shit real? This kid on my hockey team back in the day that I absolutely hated apparently his mom was a hockey tourney hotel whore no matter how bad I hated him I would never put that on him. It’s crazy how parents can act like that

anyways
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JAHBRADOR
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Does anyone just straight up not enjoy skiing anymore?

I have loved skiing as long as I can remember. Now, when I go skiing, I really feel like I’m forcing myself to enjoy it. Even on the most banger pow days or spring park days.

I find myself reminiscing about my early-mid 20’s and really missing those days and being jealous about how easy it was to be happy and content.

Is this what skiing burnout feels like? Has anyone else felt this way, taken a hiatus and felt differently?
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OregonDead
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JAHBRADORDoes anyone just straight up not enjoy skiing anymore?

I have loved skiing as long as I can remember. Now, when I go skiing, I really feel like I’m forcing myself to enjoy it. Even on the most banger pow days or spring park days.

I find myself reminiscing about my early-mid 20’s and really missing those days and being jealous about how easy it was to be happy and content.

Is this what skiing burnout feels like? Has anyone else felt this way, taken a hiatus and felt differently?


Are you still on 2 planks all the time?
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VTshredder69
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THE past 5 years i've only gotten in 2-3 days on my old skis and I wasn't really enjoying it. This year with new skis and a great seaon im back to being obsessed with it again.

I hear ya though I lost my passion of it for a while. Thankfully i got it back.
JAHBRADORDoes anyone just straight up not enjoy skiing anymore?

I have loved skiing as long as I can remember. Now, when I go skiing, I really feel like I’m forcing myself to enjoy it. Even on the most banger pow days or spring park days.

I find myself reminiscing about my early-mid 20’s and really missing those days and being jealous about how easy it was to be happy and content.

Is this what skiing burnout feels like? Has anyone else felt this way, taken a hiatus and felt differently?
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JAHBRADOR
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OregonDeadAre you still on 2 planks all the time?


Every weekend if I want to be
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dubmasterskanka
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JAHBRADORDoes anyone just straight up not enjoy skiing anymore?

I have loved skiing as long as I can remember. Now, when I go skiing, I really feel like I’m forcing myself to enjoy it. Even on the most banger pow days or spring park days.

I find myself reminiscing about my early-mid 20’s and really missing those days and being jealous about how easy it was to be happy and content.

Is this what skiing burnout feels like? Has anyone else felt this way, taken a hiatus and felt differently?


I feel you bro, what really started to wear on me (NZ resorts btw) was the amount of driving I had to do to get to the slopes, not even taking a shuttle bus up. Also dealing with bigger crowds as more people have cottoned on that you can do other activities besides skiing which makes NZ resorts more appealing for a general family holiday that includes skiing. The mid-winter hard pack here can be brutal if you take a slam on it. I love skiing but I've been getting more into surfing recently and its so much fun.
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OregonDead
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JAHBRADOREvery weekend if I want to be


Try just one ski to spice it up
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Sno.
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This is some of the weirdest shit I’ve read on here. What? Are you saying your friends invite you on vacations to swing?
iH8powNobody warned me that in your 30s all your friends turn into sex perverts and just want to have sex with eachother I’m so jaded now any time a friend is like “we should go to a couples vacation to…” and I’m like why you sick-o…. Can’t even trust anyone or friends anymore. Just blows my mind when people have a marriage of 10+ years and kids but gotta be like “but what if we slept with…..”
seriously tell me that shit wouldn’t ruin you as a kid finding out your mom is fair game, was the Connor Bedard’s mom shit real? This kid on my hockey team back in the day that I absolutely hated apparently his mom was a hockey tourney hotel whore no matter how bad I hated him I would never put that on him. It’s crazy how parents can act like that

anyways
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VTshredder69
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my post college early 20's were definitely my best skiing years.

Under age 25 pass to Mount Snow & Stratton for $299 with no blackouts.

Living at my parents house in CT and paying $0 in rent $0 in food and attempting to prove myself by mowing their lawn in the summer & splitting wood for their woodstove in the fall.

Driving up to VT every Friday night with friends or alone and staying at a few different motels that i ended up becoming friendly with the owners of.

Skiing Saturday & Sunday at carinthia and eating shit on kink rails, dialing the 3 or practicing the 5, focusing on the 270 off.

No GF, No rent, no overhead costs. I'd love to be back to that time but i'm glad I have the memories.
JAHBRADORDoes anyone just straight up not enjoy skiing anymore?

I have loved skiing as long as I can remember. Now, when I go skiing, I really feel like I’m forcing myself to enjoy it. Even on the most banger pow days or spring park days.

I find myself reminiscing about my early-mid 20’s and really missing those days and being jealous about how easy it was to be happy and content.

Is this what skiing burnout feels like? Has anyone else felt this way, taken a hiatus and felt differently?
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iH8pow
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100% if it wasn’t for getting to take my cars on a rip through the mountains idk if I’d do it

I’ve felt the burnout for years though. It’s just that “well I got a day off, I could accomplish this and that but it’s ski season I must go to the mountains”.. but now my kids are getting into it so maybe I’m double screwed. Why do we do this to ourselves
JAHBRADORDoes anyone just straight up not enjoy skiing anymore?

I have loved skiing as long as I can remember. Now, when I go skiing, I really feel like I’m forcing myself to enjoy it. Even on the most banger pow days or spring park days.

I find myself reminiscing about my early-mid 20’s and really missing those days and being jealous about how easy it was to be happy and content.

Is this what skiing burnout feels like? Has anyone else felt this way, taken a hiatus and felt differently?
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iH8pow
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VTshredder69It's funny because my married friends told me they got married and thought they could have sex all the time. Now they tell me they don't even get laid any more.

Yea I definitely think sex/lack of is a huge issue in many marriages, whigh is why ideally you don’t have sex until 3rd or 5th date to make sure you have chemistry but also waiting that many dates will get you friend zoned if you’re not careful
Sno.This is some of the weirdest shit I’ve read on here. What? Are you saying your friends invite you on vacations to swing?

idk, more so the topic has been joked about by with so many friends and I just don’t know how much people are even joking now I’m paranoid. Doesn’t help that my close girl friend is always egging me on too
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VTshredder69
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I have a couple of ski buddies who have been MIA since their marriage and childrens births. We're talking 7/8 years at this point. Now their kids are around Kindergarten / 1st grade age and they're just as stoked now to bring their kids to the mountain as they were in college. Last weekend We were back to ripping shots of Jamo but now it's on the bunny hill. It was equally as euphoric as it was in the woods or park Everyhing comes first circle.
iH8pow100% if it wasn’t for getting to take my cars on a rip through the mountains idk if I’d do it

I’ve felt the burnout for years though. It’s just that “well I got a day off, I could accomplish this and that but it’s ski season I must go to the mountains”.. but now my kids are getting into it so maybe I’m double screwed. Why do we do this to ourselves
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VTshredder69
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wiser words have never been spoken.
iH8powYea I definitely think sex/lack of is a huge issue in many marriages, whigh is why ideally you don’t have sex until 3rd or 5th date to make sure you have chemistry but also waiting that many dates will get you friend zoned if you’re not careful
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maaattt
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JAHBRADORDoes anyone just straight up not enjoy skiing anymore?

I have loved skiing as long as I can remember. Now, when I go skiing, I really feel like I’m forcing myself to enjoy it. Even on the most banger pow days or spring park days.

I find myself reminiscing about my early-mid 20’s and really missing those days and being jealous about how easy it was to be happy and content.

Is this what skiing burnout feels like? Has anyone else felt this way, taken a hiatus and felt differently?


The difference between skiing with your roommates in your twenties and skiing by yourself afterwork in your 30s is a big one
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2YearParmesan
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I've had some ski burnout for sure, I feel like its attributed to the crowds and commutes and overall costs these days. We had a seasonal rental at Jay for 10 years college thru post-grad and it was just so easy and fun, now it sometimes feels tougher to plan things out way in advance.

this weekend was a prime example, I had a super productive Sunday cleaning the house and doing a lot of stuff I have been procrastinating on. In my younger years I woulda been mortified to spend a weekend at home doing chores but didn't even bat an eye this time around
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Bloc_chain
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JAHBRADORDoes anyone just straight up not enjoy skiing anymore?

I have loved skiing as long as I can remember. Now, when I go skiing, I really feel like I’m forcing myself to enjoy it. Even on the most banger pow days or spring park days.

I find myself reminiscing about my early-mid 20’s and really missing those days and being jealous about how easy it was to be happy and content.

Is this what skiing burnout feels like? Has anyone else felt this way, taken a hiatus and felt differently?


I hit that wall a bit over 10 years ago, and went skiing again for the first time in a decade this season and am instantly hooked again. Take a season or 2 off, go find a new hobby. Sports cars are a good alternative.
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VTshredder69
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Shoulder dislocated but even 3 days after it's feeling better. I'm a big believer in amino acids, protein and peptides.

Just glad my knees are still at 100%. Got 8 days to rehab before Vail and I will be skiing at least 4 days there.

We don't care, WE'RE FREAKS
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Casey
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BaltoI hit that wall a bit over 10 years ago, and went skiing again for the first time in a decade this season and am instantly hooked again. Take a season or 2 off, go find a new hobby. Sports cars are a good alternative.


Yeah I feel that, I wouldn’t say I was burning out but my group of regular riding buddies started to fade and I found myself skiing alone a lot or just kind of fucking around at the lodge drinking with people that worked there. I took it massively for granted, which having kids and other life events was a sharp reminder that it’s not always going to be so easy.
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JAHBRADOR
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Thanks for all the replies.

i understand that the logistics of skiing for some people (driving, money, crowds) is what might lead to burnout for some people but I’m not really in that boat. I live 30 mins from one of the best ski hills around that has pretty much 0 crowds even on pow days and I have lots of great friends to ski with too.

I know I only made my post like a week ago but about 4 days ago I got on antidepressants for the first time and that shit has already changed my life significantly. It’s crazy. All my motivation has come back for literally everything in life, including skiing. I fell like a dark cloud has been following me around for years and I never really noticed, but the signs were there. I was always very anti popping pills and I still am somewhat but therapy was doing pretty much nothing for me anymore.

Just wanted to share this with all the 30+’ers as I know this can be a tough time - trying to figure your shit out but also keep living a life that you want.
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iH8pow
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I don’t wanna take anti-depressants since I might want to still be a pilot someday

I’m here ready to hang up the skis (just cutting back heavily) but now my kids are getting into skiing, so I sit on I70 on school holidays and weekends. This is 30(+)
JAHBRADORThanks for all the replies.

i understand that the logistics of skiing for some people (driving, money, crowds) is what might lead to burnout for some people but I’m not really in that boat. I live 30 mins from one of the best ski hills around that has pretty much 0 crowds even on pow days and I have lots of great friends to ski with too.

I know I only made my post like a week ago but about 4 days ago I got on antidepressants for the first time and that shit has already changed my life significantly. It’s crazy. All my motivation has come back for literally everything in life, including skiing. I fell like a dark cloud has been following me around for years and I never really noticed, but the signs were there. I was always very anti popping pills and I still am somewhat but therapy was doing pretty much nothing for me anymore.

Just wanted to share this with all the 30+’ers as I know this can be a tough time - trying to figure your shit out but also keep living a life that you want.
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iH8powI don’t wanna take anti-depressants since I might want to still be a pilot someday

I’m here ready to hang up the skis (just cutting back heavily) but now my kids are getting into skiing, so I sit on I70 on school holidays and weekends. This is 30(+)

If you feel like you need antidepressants but don't want to take them check if you have ketamine therapy clinics in your area. You don't need to take it long term, you spend like 8 hours total at the clinic for the 6 sessions and are fine after. Did a ton for me.
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OregonDead
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^consider getting a monoski. Makes everything a little different and potentially more exciting. First time up the chair you will think all kinds of thoughts for sure which is good to challenge the old brain IMO. Then you will be mentally gripped and have to rip because you for sure don’t want to wreck. Heard similar things from people with snow skates etc. Monoski has been good for me lately though
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partyandBS
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i just flexed a butt cheek and my back popped lol. also was so stoked on getting a good night sleep which in my 20s i thought was a waste of time
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Sno.
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You can’t be a pilot if you take antidepressants?
iH8powI don’t wanna take anti-depressants since I might want to still be a pilot someday

I’m here ready to hang up the skis (just cutting back heavily) but now my kids are getting into skiing, so I sit on I70 on school holidays and weekends. This is 30(+)
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iH8pow
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somethin like that but im open to corrections. FAA medical is very thorough and strict but you can always deny, or in a few years after we’ve disbanded FAA anyone with enough money can probably get a pilots license
Sno.You can’t be a pilot if you take antidepressants?
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roddy116
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JAHBRADORDoes anyone just straight up not enjoy skiing anymore?

I have loved skiing as long as I can remember. Now, when I go skiing, I really feel like I’m forcing myself to enjoy it. Even on the most banger pow days or spring park days.

I find myself reminiscing about my early-mid 20’s and really missing those days and being jealous about how easy it was to be happy and content.

Is this what skiing burnout feels like? Has anyone else felt this way, taken a hiatus and felt differently?


I was really apathetic about skiing for a few years until I moved away from big sky, I think the redundancy of going to the same place all the time, and seeing it definitely not in its dirtbag glory days kind of killed it for me. Now that im in Japan i have definitely started to enjoy it again in a different way.

Also I'm writing a personal blog now to practice writing/ photography and give a new goal around the reason I'm driving 4-6 hours every saturday and sunday.

**This post was edited on Mar 16th 2025 at 8:38:36pm
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2YearParmesan
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partyandBSi just flexed a butt cheek and my back popped lol. also was so stoked on getting a good night sleep which in my 20s i thought was a waste of time


I am a huge proponent of good sleep these days, used to be the same and not care at all but now I value the rest big time
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nmwninjart
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I require at least 7 hours of sleep for a good day. I function ok on 6 hours . Any less, I'm grouchy.
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dubmasterskanka
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Do you guys think getting a Drone pilots licence would be useful?
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maaattt
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dubmasterskankaDo you guys think getting a Drone pilots licence would be useful?


An old roommate got one and then got work almost immediately
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