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12-27-2021, 12:21 PM #51
Taking a year to ski before getting back into your career isn’t becoming a ski bum.
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12-27-2021, 12:26 PM #52Registered User
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12-27-2021, 12:28 PM #53
Surfing is another option.
Relatively low post count.
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12-27-2021, 12:35 PM #54
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12-27-2021, 12:42 PM #55
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12-27-2021, 12:44 PM #56
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12-27-2021, 12:44 PM #57Registered User
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OP, did you ask this question on the finance forum you hang out on also? How do the responses compare?
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12-27-2021, 01:00 PM #58Registered User
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12-27-2021, 01:08 PM #59
I've been a pro patroller for over 20 years, have a dog, own a house, own my Tacoma that I bought new, have a hot wife, credit in the 780's, have my own business for the off season, if you are eating crackers and catsup soup living in a van getting no pussy you're doing it wrong
“I have a responsibility to not be intimidated and bullied by low life losers who abuse what little power is granted to them as ski patrollers.”
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12-27-2021, 01:30 PM #60
Pffft POSER! Real ski bums find a a free ride to southern hemisphere and bum there in the "off season". But ya, being a park ranger or EMT or other day job/side gig is way too responsible to be a true "ski bum". Tree farm is a pretty cool and lucrative side gig to pay bills and ski late December through June.
Go that way really REALLY fast. If something gets in your way, TURN!
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12-27-2021, 01:50 PM #61
Here to bring everyone down. What do you want to do, work at a ski hill live in staff accom ski party and help make the world work or move to a town rent a place at a rate that makes skiers need to leave. In other words part of the solution or part of the problem? If the former good on you, come work, fuck around and have a great time. Be a lifty if you want, work in a rental shop, bus tables or whatever. Make some friends and live a bit. All I am saying is don't buy into the idea of being part of something without really being part of something. The community will remedy your WFH not doing anything blues but you need to jump into it not hide on the edge pretending.
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12-27-2021, 01:52 PM #62
This is very good advice.. I'll add in be sure 1-2 years doesn't turn in to a decade and an expired advanced education. I can also testify that working part time as an instructor someplace besides a destination resort where hosing is ridiculous can work out well/ Free skiing, pro form, food discounts... and instructor clinics to fine tune your turns. Meeting people.. Powder days getting paid to ski with someone else who just wants to cut lines ain't bad either. On site gear storage and locker rooms to boot up in, eat your sammiches, etc.. Lineups during the holidays totally sucks though. Other than that it's pretty sweet.
Go that way really REALLY fast. If something gets in your way, TURN!
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12-27-2021, 02:00 PM #63
Although a lot of us have different opinions on how to do it or what exactly constitutes being a ski bum I think we are all in agreement that the op should make a change and get after what ever this means for him/her.
There's all kinds of ways to do things, none of them are wrong or right, only the op knows what's right for themselves.
But yeah, make the move op.dirtbag, not a dentist
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12-27-2021, 02:01 PM #64Registered User
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arent "wisdom" and "ski bum" mutualy exclusive ?
around here I run into a lot of firefighters and tree planters up the hill who make pretty good coin in the season and just ski in the winterLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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12-27-2021, 02:30 PM #65
I feel it is important to call myself out on this. I was (white, suburban, upper-middleclass) privileged enough to leave college relatively debt free, and I was still on Daddy's insurance. That doesn't change my advice that you go for it, but I had it easier than some.
The most important advice I can give Skimples is get MORNINGS OFF!!! (unless you bang chairs, patrol etc.) Open to 11 is when the magic usually happens.
also thanks Smiley, you triggered some kind of PTSD. The mere thought of opening those chili cans early in the morning while completely hungover caused me throw up in my mouth a little.
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12-27-2021, 02:49 PM #66
My advice: do what feels right while enjoying life. What’s the point if you ain’t enjoying it.
"boobs just make the world better really" - Woodsy
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12-27-2021, 02:58 PM #67
Move to the beach or the mountains, all young people should do it at least once during their lives. Aimlessness is a privilege of youth, so don't blow it.
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12-27-2021, 03:14 PM #68Registered User
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12-27-2021, 03:19 PM #69Registered User
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The danger is alwasy getting sucked into the vortex of not getting done what ever it was you thot you wanted to do
I usually see it start as blowing off school to ski for a season but then it morphs into full on blowing off school to plant trees/ ski/ play music/ grow vegetables and be a carpenter who does all of the precedingLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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12-27-2021, 03:23 PM #70
I think there's a few things you already know:
0) This is the wrong place to seek wisdom.
1) Wisdom comes from personal experience, it's not secondhand.
2) Only you can answer your question.
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12-27-2021, 03:46 PM #71
Sent from my iPhone using TGR ForumsI need to go to Utah.
Utah?
Yeah, Utah. It's wedged in between Wyoming and Nevada. You've seen pictures of it, right?
So after 15 years we finally made it to Utah.....
Thanks BCSAR and POWMOW Ski Patrol for rescues
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12-27-2021, 03:53 PM #72Registered User
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Is this thread for real?
I woke up smoked a joint and carried onwards been working out pretty well for some time now I'd suggest trying it to
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12-27-2021, 04:16 PM #73
I wanna be a ski bum.
What are the requirements?
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12-27-2021, 04:18 PM #74
All I can say is I’m glad I spent two seasons working on the hill.
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12-27-2021, 04:27 PM #75Registered User
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