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Do your parents pay for your gear
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My parents said theyd spend 300 on my new skis cuz I broke old ones so I found mojo 80's for 450 and I owe them 150 (canadian). I think thats pretty fair but I know a lot of you guys work for all your own equipment or your parents pay for all of it. btw I made this after I saw the "RIP skis" thread
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only time my parents will buy me shit is for Christmas or Birthday.
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I spent about 1000 dollars this yer on ski shit
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they will pay for part of it, like i buy the skis they get the bindings, but now i just am going to switch my pivot bindings next time i get new skis
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the last time they paid for my skis was 2004.. but they paid for my coat (x-mass) present.
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Parents pay for pass, hotels, food. I have bought all of my own stuff for bout 7 years now. the way i see it is they are going to loan me money for university so i dont get into debt, i just pay them back when i can. i don't buy much anyways, i use skis for atleast 5 years, same with mt bikes, cloths, ext.
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i pay for my own shit...but the only really nice stuff i have are my boots (spk's) and skis (watch life's)
i crochet hats, so i get up to 600$ per winter....my coat is an oakley one that was 100$, my mom helped me out with 20$ on that one. otherwise everything i bought myself. including oakley link pants for 20$.
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my parents will pay for most of my snowboard stuff, ut they usually tag it as christmas presents even if i get it in like july. i cant complain though
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my family owns a ski shop, so i get skis/poles/boots for free and my dad only sells atomics. if i wanted something besides atomic, i need to buy it myself. its a really good deal
everything else i have to pay for on my own, softgoods, helmet, goggles, etc.
if i keep my grade average above a 4.0 i get a free pass from the school.
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my mom got my beacon for me. out of piece of mind for herself. i think thats fair :)
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my dad is real into skiing so he will usually buy me what i need. But when i want something that i dont really need, such as an extra pair of skis or a new jacket something like that. Then i have to pay
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my mom pays for my outergear..i have to pay for skis..she pays for bindings though:D
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i pay for all my shit. i think i got gloves for christmas but that was it everything else i bought
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no, but i wouldnt be skiing withour them. like season passes rides to the mountains/ lending me cars, paying for competitions. paying for wateramps and stuff. pretty much all i do pay for is my gear. and they bought me skis until i was 10 and then paid half till i was 13.
its alot easier for kids whos parents ski i guess.
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My parents pay for it cuz im too young to have a job and they want to keep me involved I guess.
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i pay for mostly all of my shit except this year cuz my mom bought me a new jacket
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my parent dont pay for any of my stuff, except for my helmet, cause i told them that i just didnt have the money for it and they would prefer that i dont die.
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my parents pay for my shit cause i already get them with discounts and 3 free ski passes with my job
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hell my parents will never buy any things, i have to buy all my stuff.
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my parents pay for half. sometimes they pay full if i get a pro form.
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This year my parents made me a deal if I get higher than a certain grade, they would pay for my whole setup. I got my setup and as soon as ski season started my marks plummeted and they threatened to take my whole setup away.
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I work for my stuff. I pay for anything i want/need.
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my parents have never paid for my ski shit and i don't think that is a problem if you have a job skis aren't really that expensive
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what kind of skis do you use that they last for more than a month
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my parents buy it all. they're really supportive of skiing, and the fact that hundreds of thousands are spent on my sister's horse riding makes what they spend on my skiing seem like a joke.
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My parents pay absolutely nothing.
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yea I can convince my rents to pay for a helmet cuz that's for safety and they really want me to ride with one. if I ever am really stuck and need somethin asap and dont have the cash they'll front me for it, but sadly I'm no longer completely spancerized by my rents. those were the good ol' days.
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If it keep my gpa above a 3.5 they help me out with what i need to buy, but thats not that much anymore
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They buy me a seasons, and my dad bought me a coat for christmas. That's it.
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sadly no. once i got a job they washed their hands of buying me stuff. going to college doesn't help either.
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I like to think I pay for most of my stuff, but between christmas, birthdays, and "deals" we make (ex. they bought my old skis from me), they end up paying for a lot of it. They got me my boots and my ipod for christmas, put $150 towards my new skis/bindings (they bought my old skis), and they got me a season pass for my birthday. I did pay for my goggles and my car, and I pay for all the gas to get me to the hill (90 miles roundtrip and my car gets 20mpg if I'm lucky). Next year I'm pretty much on my own though, since they'll be paying for my college.
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