I don't miss skiing anymore... am I broken?

switchlip2The voices are inside my walls

Icant_kfedCan I be inside your mom?

switchlip2I miss skiing so much I can’t sleep, eat, or walk

DingoSeanI haven't been excited to ski in so long... probably for a whole year now...

This last winter I just had no real motivation to do it. I got in maybe 20 hours or so in total all season. I went out simply for the sake of it. I was constantly trying to find that spark that always made me so amped up to slap on skis and go for it. I didn't even go for a backcountry tour one time.

My last day of skiing was way back in February. It was sunny and beautiful and cruisy and nice. The snow was good. Everything was pretty ideal. But I was over it. I haven't thought much about it since, nor felt the itch.

Usually by this time, if I haven't skied for a matter of months, I feel this desire... this itch... this FOMO... this urge to get out there and go for a ski. This year, I just don't really care.

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Has anyone else gone through this? Where they just... don't care about skiing as much anymore? Perhaps you've taken a break for a while and came back to it with a totally new energy? I hope to get the stoke back... This sport has meant so much to me and taken me almost everywhere I've been...

mystery3What else is going on in your life? Are you hyped or motivated about something else? Career, other hobbies, or lifestyle that you're passionate about or do you basically not feel spark about anything?

switchlip2No delete ur account

weastcoatDo you have a girlfriend? Could be the common cause. Way too many people I know will pick up a chick and never have the drive to really ski again.

DingoSeanI mean I'm definitely focused on grad school and my photography, but these sorta things never prevented me from being stoked about skiing before in the past... So it's pretty hard to say why I just don't feel any itch towards it now. Normally I'd be thinking already about how I'm going to fit skiing in around the rest of my life.

Like... I feel like don't even care about skiing next winter. My general feeling towards it is that if I don't then it won't bother me at all. I've never felt so apathetic about it in my life - even during 2015 when there was just a really bad lack of snow where I was living.

It's just really weird. Maybe my brain is just prioritizing things differently.

switchlip2The voices are inside my walls

switchlip2I miss skiing so much I can’t sleep, eat, or walk

DingoSeanI haven't been excited to ski in so long... probably for a whole year now...

This last winter I just had no real motivation to do it. I got in maybe 20 hours or so in total all season. I went out simply for the sake of it. I was constantly trying to find that spark that always made me so amped up to slap on skis and go for it. I didn't even go for a backcountry tour one time.

My last day of skiing was way back in February. It was sunny and beautiful and cruisy and nice. The snow was good. Everything was pretty ideal. But I was over it. I haven't thought much about it since, nor felt the itch.

Usually by this time, if I haven't skied for a matter of months, I feel this desire... this itch... this FOMO... this urge to get out there and go for a ski. This year, I just don't really care.

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Has anyone else gone through this? Where they just... don't care about skiing as much anymore? Perhaps you've taken a break for a while and came back to it with a totally new energy? I hope to get the stoke back... This sport has meant so much to me and taken me almost everywhere I've been...

Abomber22Then there's this guy.
100+ days x 28 years

3maniaI got this guy beat by plenty. 38 consecutive seasons. Only 1 with less than 100 day (blew my knee in 93). Lots of years with 180+. Opposite of OP, i got a problem, but at this point I'm just gonna run it til the wheels fall off. I made my decision, it worked out pretty well for me. Not the call for everyone, that's for sure.

LippamaniMy life goL right here

Abomber22Let's guess you're 17
17+38 seasons = shitton of medical bills, emma right?

Abomber22Let's guess you're 17
17+38 seasons = shitton of medical bills, emma right?

MaimHelpShit gets old, I lose it when I only ski park for a while or anything else.


if you do ski try something new, ski weird, that’s how I keep interested. Doing the same line all day sucks let alone all season

Loco-Deer-SlayerLife changes. I would just go with the flow. If skiing isn't doing it for you pursue other hobbies. Skiing will always be there when you want to come back to it. Life is so full of awesome things there is no use pigeon holing yourself to one thing, especially if you are not enjoying it.

I was an avid skier for 20 years. Absolutely obsessed with it. At the time I couldn't imagine life without it. Now in the past 5 years I've skied 20 times. I still enjoy getting out for a skinner to get some fresh air, but my passion is nothing like it used to be. Surfing, MTB, and moto has taken over my life these days. No regrets.

weastcoatDo you have a girlfriend? Could be the common cause. Way too many people I know will pick up a chick and never have the drive to really ski again.

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SavageBiffI felt very much like OP this season, it took a much higher risk level to excite me this year, but even then, it was kinda just a chill “am I getting old”, what’s goin on kinda season, and I had some great days, but idk something was different, and I think the reason why, at least largely in part for me, was over stimulation, too much dopamine coursing through my system, from both weed and non stop stimulation the months prior, I did a lot of traveling, biking, sky diving, water sports, climbing, roading, lifting and other bs before ski season, where normally, I work and sit around waiting for ski season, and I think I literally wore fun receptors out, if I wasn’t pushing it and afraid, my fun level was down, and I don’t like that, I was almost in a hurry for the season to end so I could get to hibernate and wait for next season, even mid season I felt like I had to get to the next year, skiing is normally aggressively chill for me , can’t wait to go….not extreme and def not boring….prob doesn’t help that I see almost no point and have very little fun at my local resorts nowadays, I’ve really fallen in love with BC and especially resort side country and the big open bowls, steeps out west
I also went on a stupid low carb diet, and spent the better part of a year being half asleep and low on nutrients so maybe check your diet op🤷🏼‍♂️ I feel waaay better carbd up
Andrew Huberman is a professor of neurology who does free podcasts on you tube if anyone feels like this is them, he’s got advice on dopamine, sleep and a lot of other stuff, I went along with some of his ideas and they’ve improved my life in different aspects ranging from minor to significant improvements.

3maniaIn my 38 seasons
Blown knee (getting out of truck at 2am) not ski related, $1000 deductible
Broken Collar bone Grabbed the bones pushed them together, back skiing in 21 days. No doctors involved
Popped my shoulder out of socket had to go to the ER $1500 deductible
Moral of the story don't wreck so fucking much, and learn how to fall.

CahalI like this thread. Just re set my password so i could log in and make my first post in years. I have been struggling with the same problem. skiing consumed my life and thoughts for a long time but i no longer have the same love. Part of it is getting older and finding new passions but the other part is me just being bitter and at least ill admit it. Skiing used to feel a lot more special especially freestyle skiing. Now a days it seems like a lot of bs. Almost like we are in the TikTok era of skiing. What people used to do to make themselves different is what everyone does now. This is just from a social media perspective, when i do get on hill i have a good time but watching skiing from a distance these days just kind of cringes me out. Perhaps i used to care more about fitting in and now i just want to have fun? And fun now means putting minimal effort into it so i can enjoy myself! I swear to god every fall i used to get pissed trying to find new skis and gear since i break them every season and it would stress me out. Driving 2 hours to ski one way stresses me out, tourists stress me out, and spending tons of money is not fun every year. I am aware that everyone experiences the same downsides but for me the cons just out way the pros of struggling to get on hill. I can say that when i do go out 3-5 times a season i am a lot more laid back then i was when i was trying to ski 4 days a week. It will always be there but for now im having fun exploring new things

DingoSeanI haven't been excited to ski in so long... probably for a whole year now...

This last winter I just had no real motivation to do it. I got in maybe 20 hours or so in total all season. I went out simply for the sake of it. I was constantly trying to find that spark that always made me so amped up to slap on skis and go for it. I didn't even go for a backcountry tour one time.

My last day of skiing was way back in February. It was sunny and beautiful and cruisy and nice. The snow was good. Everything was pretty ideal. But I was over it. I haven't thought much about it since, nor felt the itch.

Usually by this time, if I haven't skied for a matter of months, I feel this desire... this itch... this FOMO... this urge to get out there and go for a ski. This year, I just don't really care.

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Has anyone else gone through this? Where they just... don't care about skiing as much anymore? Perhaps you've taken a break for a while and came back to it with a totally new energy? I hope to get the stoke back... This sport has meant so much to me and taken me almost everywhere I've been...