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To be honest I'm jealous of a lot of people on here because they grew up skiing. I didn't start skiing until I was 12 and I'm the only one in my family who does. My parents tried to subdue my skiing obsession for 3 years after I started until they realized they couldn't. They also don't know that I ski park and I probably will never tell them.
Is there anyone out there that's been in a similar scenario and if so how do you make the best out of family who hates winter.
My parents were very very reluctant to support my skiing obsession. But I was just so persistent that they really had no choice. I had to raise a lot of my own funds for the majority of the skiing related things I wanted to do, season passes, gas, skis, money for supplies-front yard setups ect. I think ultimately all this hard work made me a better person, but my parents HAD money and HAD it been any other sport they would have supported me financially a hundred percent, so that paradigm was really frustrating.
Just keep doing your thing, and never let anyone, even your parents deter you from following your passion. Fuck the haters, literally all the haters, even if its your parents.
I only skied once a year since grade 4. Parents weren't outdoor people so they just flat out refused to support anything to do with outdoor activities. I could not afford to buy my first pair of skis until I was 21, and literally pulled off my first 180 last season (I'm 23).
At the end of the day, I'm obsessed with skiing and I've positioned myself in my life so that I can get in as many ski days as I can. At this point I don't care how long it takes before I do my first 360, backflip or whatever. Better late than never and where there's a will there's a way as the old saying goes.
Just keep on keeping on. No use being jelly of other people circumstances :p