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FoxRiderAR77
Posts: 231 - Karma: 12
...that wants to completely give up on school, and become a ski bum?

Sorry if this is a super repost, but lately, I haven't seen the value in getting a super expensive degree and then making ridiculous amounts of money while only skiing a few weekends a year.  Why not put skiing first and money second, are we really that greedy?
Oct 11 2010 10:48PM
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loganimlach
Posts: 5132 - Karma: 14,052
sounds good buddy, have fun working dead end jobs until the day you die. but don't try and spew your naive bullshit on a kid who has obviously hit a rough patch on the path to creating a better life for himself.
Oct 12 2010 2:38PM
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AssMunch
Posts: 358 - Karma: 78
I'm just telling him that I THINK not that he HAS TO do what he really wants.
You call me naive, please stop doing that. I have more experince with stuff then you know. Stop assaulting me for telling him what I would do. Chill, it's all fun and games.
Oct 12 2010 2:43PM
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jibbpeter
Posts: 1613 - Karma: 4,083
how aboute getting a decent job with your collage degree, work 8-3 and ski from 5 to 10?  sound good?
Oct 12 2010 2:48PM
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Tex.
Posts: 1106 - Karma: 124
you sound just like me at 15 man, i don't know if you live in america, but it is definitely not a free country. its costs a lot to just live and the real world ain't all fun and games even though i want it to be. When you're an adult thats is paying for life on your own, and i mean everything on your own, shit happens, and when it does if you're not ready for it, the world doesn't give a fuck and you better have the means to fix whatever is going on... if you don't you can expect unimaginable debt, if you don't educate yourself to how the world works, it will take advantage of you so fast...

to each his own though man, there are a few that make it work, but if you're truly going to live the ski bum life, get ready to say goodbye to a whole lot of nice things.
just remember that there's a huge difference between a ski bum and an enthusiast.
Oct 12 2010 3:22PM
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UFOsarereal
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I usually think you're an asshat, but somehow you picked out two perfect words to describe it.  When you're a ski bum and not skiing..... life really sucks sometimes, haha. 

I finished school before moving out to Hood & it's nice knowing that I can bounce back into society when I get sick of crushing cardboard & counting sheets for a living.  I think if you're already there, you might as well stick it out... like someone said above... it's going to suck a lot more trying to re-enter that world once you've lived a life that revolves around skiing as much as possible.

That being said, move to the mountains right away after graduating and start skiing... it's definitely one of the most gratifying decisions I've ever made.
Oct 12 2010 3:22PM
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AssMunch
Posts: 358 - Karma: 78
I don't live in America. My education is free until im like 60. If becoming a ski bum fails... well... That's not an option.

Here is a few qoutes that will describe how I wan't to live.

"Live like you were dying."

"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take"

"I can & I will. Watch me"

"Remember that guy that gave up? Neither does anybody eles"

"Exspect the best, be prepared for the worst, fuck what others think & do your own thing"

That's just a few. I got nothing to lose so why not?

Oct 12 2010 3:32PM
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[~_~]
Posts: 20239 - Karma: 1,273
Being a ski bum is great for a year when you're a stoney young adult, but based on what I've seen, it sucks ass when you're old enough to realize that you're a worthless human being.
Oct 12 2010 3:54PM
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[~_~]
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Optimism is not a substitute for logic. Never underestimate life's ability to make shit turn real.
Oct 12 2010 3:57PM
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loganimlach
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i typically don't agree with you on a lot of things, but that was spot on my friend.
Oct 12 2010 4:02PM
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TijmenDal
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This is what I'm doing...Or probably take school really slowly.
Idk how it is in the Netherlands, but I'm most likely just gonna study in aug/sept/okt/nov. Then ski from Dec till April and then May/June/July go studying again...
Fuck I love the dutch education system
Oct 12 2010 4:31PM
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Daydreaming
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Your post and the post that you quoted are both very high quality.
K for the two of you.
Oct 12 2010 6:04PM
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Daydreaming
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There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.
-Socrates

Knowledge is power.
-Francis Bacon

This last one is the kicker:
I am not young enough to know everything.
-Sir J.M. Barrie
Oct 12 2010 6:15PM
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LostandFound
Posts: 14 - Karma: 10
My digital exploration teacher got his 1st degree then bummed in Park City for 2 years. He said we should all experiance it.
Oct 12 2010 6:21PM
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Elmo.
Posts: 4317 - Karma: 663
i hear ya man... i mean if i can ski for like 500 bucks a year at loon and get a small apartment ski like 90 days work nights and eat ramen all the time i would love too... but its just when i want to stop that habit which will happen at some point, i will suffer then
Oct 12 2010 6:24PM
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skiierman
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so kid, how's imagination land these days?
Oct 12 2010 6:30PM
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Cthulhu
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the way i see it is your given 1 life to live, do with it what you want, i see no reason to drag yourself through a school you hate so that you can work some    9-5 for the next 40 years of your life to wake up one day and realize you have realy done nothing. as soon as im done my 5th year of h.s. im gone, i could care less about the nicest car and the biggest house, if i have a roof over my head, food in my stomach and skis on my feet i dont think that life can get any better, althought i still do plan to settle down one day
Oct 12 2010 6:55PM
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Daydreaming
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I think what most people are trying to say is that just having a roof over your head and food in your stomach is much more difficult without a degree of some kind. Statistically, people with degrees get paid more. It's how the world works, doesn't make it right, but that's reality and life sure as shit isn't fair.
Oct 12 2010 7:13PM
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Bar_Down
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this is exactly what im working on, cus if i dipped out west right now, i wouldnt come back for a while, and then when only skiing wont cut it for me anymore i wouldnt be able to get a good job because i have no education
Oct 12 2010 7:22PM
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lineskier87
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So, how are you prepared for the worst? What if the worst thing to happen to you is that you can't ski anymore? What do you do then?

To the OP, I say finish school up. Just because you get a degree in something does not mean you have to work in the that field/career when you get older. It does show to an emloyer, however, that you are willing to rough it out and that you are capable of learning. As others have said, things are expensive and just being able to feed yourself isn't exactly cheap... what happens if you settle down and have a family? I personally have thought about dropping out of college before... hell, more than once. Not including this semester, I have one class next semester I have to take and then im finished. When I graduate, I am going to  head out west for at least a year or two and ski as much as possible. Although, I wish I could ski everyday and not have to worry about anything in the future, it just won't happen. Best of luck man.

Oct 12 2010 7:54PM
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Mr.DarthVader
Posts: 1322 - Karma: 556
I totally agree. When I get Out of highschool I'm driving my car across country and skiing in all the sickest spots while living in my car
Oct 12 2010 8:01PM
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_Jesus_
Posts: 2070 - Karma: 260
this, except that skiing will never get old.
Oct 12 2010 8:02PM
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majora
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thank you
Oct 12 2010 8:46PM
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JahJahBinks
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No one on this site likes you.
Oct 12 2010 9:09PM
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Film.
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Don't we all??
Oct 12 2010 9:23PM
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FoxRiderAR77
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+K for you man, exactly how I feel.
Oct 12 2010 9:35PM
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FoxRiderAR77
Posts: 231 - Karma: 12
Double posting cause I can't read, I agree you should do something with your life when you have time.
Oct 12 2010 9:40PM
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ted.d
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Do you realize how shitty the world would be if everybody had your attitude, do you realize who is going to have to pay for your lazy ass when you hurt yourself or get old and sick?... people that actually work hard will.
Oct 12 2010 9:48PM
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Njens.
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Exactley what im doing.
Oct 12 2010 10:03PM
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harmoon
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everyone is going to die in 2012 anyway so i say do it!
Oct 12 2010 10:08PM
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skiierman
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you and your lil friends don't like me and that's totally cool because i bet in person you'd love me to hate fuck you.
Oct 12 2010 10:33PM
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Brock.
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emptiness and turmoil? You live in the fucking united states and can afford to participate in an internet forum for more than an hour a day and ski frequently.

You lead SUCH a hard life "skierman", sooo much pain and Suffuringgg!!


p.s. grow up pussy and go fuck your own self.
Oct 12 2010 10:43PM
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harmoon
Posts: 210 - Karma: 57
you must be straight outta compton
Oct 12 2010 10:46PM
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MothaHucker
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im 100% with u
Oct 12 2010 10:55PM
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Brock.
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you must be a stupid little 14 year old fuckface idiot that doesn't know that a little less than half of the worlds population lives on 4 $ a day and doesn't even know what skiing is.
Oct 12 2010 11:08PM
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harmoon
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you must pissed off
Oct 13 2010 12:11AM
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harmoon
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*must be
Oct 13 2010 12:14AM
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.jersey
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im a senior in highschool now and i plan on going to college in vermont and then once i graduate im gonna buy a pickup truck and put a little camper thing on the back and travel across utah and colorado and ski all day errday
Oct 13 2010 12:14AM
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AssMunch
Posts: 358 - Karma: 78
Thank you :) People Don't seem to like it when I tell them I want to live my dream ;o
Oct 13 2010 2:32AM
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[~_~]
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hahaha
Oct 13 2010 12:47PM
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Treestman
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you speak as if in 10 years where you're at is all that matters. What about after that? when the educated college degree persons making money and skiing quality skiing nd youre still strugglin in a shithole appartment drinkin beers eatin ramen. Think about how old it would get
Oct 13 2010 12:59PM
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VanMelle
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forget college, skiing is where its at
Oct 13 2010 1:10PM
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White_raven
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Yeah its nice to ski for some time but you have to grow up sooner or later i think. Education = more challenging and interesting life/job
Oct 13 2010 1:28PM
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AssMunch
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What after? I live in a country with a safety net. I will always have a roof over my head, food in my stomac and free education WHENEVER the fuck I need it! But during my "young" years I really fucking can't be arsed sitting in door "learning" from a book! True knowledge come from experience.

If I'm done with skiing I can get my education then, if I want.

Oct 13 2010 1:35PM
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[~_~]
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Maybe if you understood how European government works, you will finally let go of the stupid juvenile ideal that life is perfect or even remotely fair.

Or you could just ignore the whole concept of taxes/public benefits and pigeon-hole yourself into being a worthless, uneducated waste of space for the rest of your life.
Oct 13 2010 1:42PM
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AssMunch
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I understand how it works duhh >,> But if I don't earn any money I don't have to pay taxes and if I earn little money I don't have to pay so many taxes. Life is not perfect nor fair, but I'm that kind of guy that don't give a shit and do my own thing
Oct 13 2010 1:46PM
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AssMunch
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I know waaaaaaaaaaaay more about the goverment then you do. You're telling me a good education is the key of life? Where I'm from I can say "fuck everything" and do NOTHING at all! Just sit home in a small apartment getting monthly money for doing NOTHING. THAT is how it works.
Oct 13 2010 1:50PM
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[~_~]
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Not to mention abstinence; surely no woman is going to go near a homeless, uneducated 40 year old who reeks of ass biscuts.
Oct 13 2010 1:51PM
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snowbombz
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lets all remember this super steezy pro who also goes to school.....

Click for larger image

when you get old and have two fake legs, remember that you could be employed in something other than 7/11....and when i mean old i mean like 50
Oct 13 2010 1:56PM
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Legoman
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 Hahaha, this thread is funny as well as logans comment in the rail thread.

But seriously you guys need to stop defending your life options so vigorously it makes you all sound immature no matter whether your 15 or finishing your engineering degree. Let people do what they choose to do its their life either which way they want to do it there are positives and negatives of both.

Anyways I dropped out of uni to go ski, I don't regret it but I think a lot of people, especially younger people ( not hating ) see that ski bumming is an ideal world where you ski all the time and it dusnt matter that you have no money.

But anyways a few words of advice:

You will get tired of being poor all the time, now that dusnt really matter during ski season as your skiing, but the summer time sucks, you have to work your ass off to get the cash together to go again, buy new gear, your pass, travel etc.

If you dont ski in your own country like I do, its even more expensive, It costs me about $3000 to get set up when I first get out to Canada. I have to get visas ( fees for visas and police checks), flights, lift pass, insurance, first months rent, getting food in, car, car insurance, winter tyres etc etc (also with the amount you ski you go through a lot of gear which needs replacing im not even including gear in that 3000). Now you have to save that money up over the summer which means living a pretty crappy existence as unless you have a decent paid job ( it is hard to find seasonal jobs where your gonna leave come the winter, let a lone one that pays well)  and your more limited by your lack of qualifications by not going to uni. This can get you down for a good part of the year but it is all worth it when your skiing, but after a few years it will get boring, this is my 3rd summer being poor and its not fun.

When your out there sure you can ski a lot but you don't earn much there are differnt jobs that allow more ski time etc etc but you also need to be qualified just like you would in the real world.  You will ski a lot less than you think you will in dream world that is a fact.

Im not trying to put a downer on things but it will get boring being bored and you have to be seriously commited, you probably think you are but when you've put yourself through working tough jobs for long periods of time and still being poor it does wear you down.

I know I will have to go and get an education at some point and lead a normal life, but I am quite happy for the moment to take advantage of my youth.

Also Haxors just something for you being from Dennmark, if you want to move to Canada or the states to ski you have to emigrate, thats a lot harder than you think, and pretty much requires you to have a degree plus a few years experience, plus there is a lot of time and money involved in this process. All though you can go to anywhere in the EU pretty easily.

Although you do have the crazy danish education system to fall back on, I know a couple of danish guys who don't work at all and just pick up courses and get given an ok amount to get by on.




Oct 13 2010 1:56PM
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AssMunch
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You still don't get the fact that I won't be homeless at any time do you? Only if i waste my money on drugs which I doubt will happen. Your're just pissed because you can't fucking manage without an education and you dislike people like me who don't even need one to survive and won't ever be able to become homeless! Now Please leave me the fuck alone, and start studying or something, if education is so important to you.
Oct 13 2010 1:57PM
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