so annoyed by sellouts

[ill-advised strategy]

I don't even know what core is or what makes somebody core.

Just don't accuse me of being lazy. Fact is, I wouldn't be so irritable if it weren't for the total destruction of my personal life that's come from working so much: doing the only thing I can do to pay for skiing and still ski.

I just love my sport, obviously to a fault, and wouldn't have ever expected people on the TGR board to come with a negative outlook on ski bums. This makes no sense to me.

If I've learned anything from the mosely thread and this it's that I have a lot of issues that I haven't dealt with and I'm a little surprised and sometimes embarrassed at how pissed off I am about everything.

anyway, carry on.

[robokill1981]

Fact is, I wouldn't be so irritable if it weren't for the total destruction of my personal life that's come from working so much: doing the only thing I can do to pay for skiing and still ski.

Last I checked there were 1000's of jobs that will let you pay for skiing and still ski as much as you can without ruining your personal life.

[flatlander#2]

"If I've learned anything from the mosely thread and this it's that I have a lot of issues that I haven't dealt with and I'm a little surprised and sometimes embarrassed at how pissed off I am about everything."


I have a headache after someone hit me with the obvious mallet.

[Arty50]

I'd just like to point out that Bloom gave up football to keep skiing. By missing out on his college football days, his NFL stock has dropped tremendously. The kid is beyond reproach.

[vinzclortho]

at this point the only way to settle this is by staging a Kumatae tournament at the next summit a la Jean Claude Van Damme


TWO MEN ENTER ONE MAN LEAVES!!!!!!!!!









and of course BFNR

[skiguide]

I'd just like to point out that Bloom gave up football to keep skiing. By missing out on his college football days, his NFL stock has dropped tremendously. The kid is beyond reproach.

Yea, it'll be more difficult for him in that way, not going into the draft straight from CU, and having missed a few football seasons, that'll be tough. so yea, I could see many teams not too eager to spend an early round pick on him.

BUT, if he comes off a good performance in Turino, his visibility will definitely be raised, so he won't be off the radar completely, and let's assume he's got a kick ass agent working on the NFL side of things, and at least getting him camp workout spots.

worse case scenario, he goes to NFL europe for a season or two, and gets back into the fold that way.

(assuming no career ending injuries by skiing the Olympics)

[Mountain Freak]

Ever think of this angle... Bloom is a football player that sold out to ski. Now he's going back to what he really loves.

[freshie247]

I'll give you an example. KS lives in St Louis. I skied with him (briefly) at the summit. If you just judged him based on where he lived, you would be very humbled after skiing with him. Don't judge us because we don't live the life you live. We have all been there.[/QUOTE]

KS has skied hard all his life & has lived in the MTNs .He & his bro in law are FF(Flatland-FREAKS)! They train really hard & are very tough.They are not your average party-goers by any means.

JB should be able to do most anything he sets his mind to.I believe his family is well off,but I can't blame him for wanting everything he can obtain professionally.

I am the guy you're talking about who has forsaken most everything to live the dream for the last 15 years. I love skiing & for the most part have a cushy life,but there are many unsavory aspects to my life that I really have to work at tolerating.Lousy car,no money(health insurance was a luxury I couldn't afford to have & now couldn't afford not to have),living paycheck to paycheck,barely making it through the season financially.It gets harder & harder every year to make it fly.

Women are thrilled with my athletic prowess & musical talent for about 3 months before they start questioning my lifestyle & through it our relationship.

Most women that are attractive , ski well & are over 25 go for guys with a more stable financial picture.

In short, there aren't a whole lot of people I'd recommned follow my lead in the lifestyle catagory.It's hard to break out of the cycle of addiction.Every year I'm fighting harder to try & break this self-perpetuating cycle & find my way in the world.

[FNG]

Thank god someone started another one of these threads.

A conversation between me & my boss at the ski shop a couple years back.

Me: "I think it'd be cool to be a manager of a big resort."
Boss: "Fuck that. I'd rather be rich so I could buy a slopeside condo, a season pass, then ski whenever the fuck I want and not have to kiss-ass with these yuppie idiots for 8 hours a day."

Seriously though Tanner, get well soon.

[runethechamp]

I'm annoyed by people being annoyed by someone they think is a sellout. You're all just jealous.

[CUBUCK]

I'm annoyed by people being annoyed by someone they think is a sellout. You're all just jealous.

fuckin sellout!!

[runethechamp]

fuckin sellout!!

Are you calling me a sellout, sellout?

[CUBUCK]

Are you calling me a sellout, sellout?

Shit I sold out

[funkendrenchman]

I'm annoyed by people being annoyed by someone they think is a sellout. You're all just jealous.

I absolutely agree, especially when it comes to music. Sellout seems to mean popular. Often it is used when someone is talking about a band that wasn't too well known becoming well known and played on the radio.

[hop]

Option 3: waking up at a place you want to live (instead of "shit, I've been drafted by kansas city....") and knowing that all you have to do to make a living is be a "ski ambassador" and shred around with a VIP or two. Hey...it's a powder day and no work! Better than football, better than hammering the same zipper line over and over again, better than trading stocks, better than just about anything I can think of that pays money.

Once again, you're imposing your dreams on other people.

[ill-advised strategy]

Once again, you're imposing your dreams on other people.

No kidding, how foolish of me to figure that a US ski team member and people on the TGR board are into skiing.

[basom]

hop totally hates skiing. so true.

[ill-advised strategy]

know who really hates skiing: Tresckow. What a bastard.

[Monique]

hop totally hates skiing. so true.

Funny you should mention it, I noticed that too! One of the first thoughts that went through my mind when I met him was, "This guy Hop, he seems to hate skiing a lot."

[hop]

No kidding, how foolish of me to figure that a US ski team member and people on the TGR board are into skiing.

Just because I'm good at skiing doesn't mean it's the only thing I'm passionate about. Broaden your horizons... you might be surprised what else is out there!

Just put me a the helm of a research boat anywhere near a killer whale, or hand me a guitar and some friends to jam with, or maybe a surfboard and a beach with some (not to big because I'm still learning) nice waves... whoooooooeeeee! For me, a good day with any of those three rivals a good day on skis.

edit: that being said, I've been wearing my T-races for about 3 hours now...

[phUnk]

I want to go on record as saying that even though YetiMan comes across as an angry psycho on the TGR board, he's actually a pretty mellow psycho in real life.

[ill-advised strategy]

somehow the filters don't work when I'm on here.

I don't know how that works.

Thanks though, I'm pretty sure everyone thinks I'm a giant douche by now....I'm just a giant douche on the inside. I'm really quite personable on the outside.

[cj001f]

I'm just a giant douche on the inside. I'm really quite personable on the outside.

Being stuck inside pussy affects us all in different ways.

[snowballing100]

Being stuck inside pussy affects us all in different ways.

I'm offended! Being stuck inside YOUR disease filled pussy is the only way any of us would be affected!!

[Arty50]

or hand me a guitar and some friends to jam with

Don't forget the spandex. It's all about the spandex.



God help us all...