Ski Bums by John Zaritsky, National Film Board of Canada
This feature-length documentary by Oscar winning filmmaker John Zaritsky depicts Whistler BC’s alternative ski bum lifestyle. Following a group of extreme skiers and snowboarders, the film highlights the talents of Johnny Thrash, Red Eye Lisa, Crucial Mike, Napoleon, Punchy, Luddy and many others. Looking beyond the sex, drugs and rock and roll clichés, Ski Bums explores the seductive power of a life devoted to the mountains.
these SON o’ Bitches! How dare they rub it in my face!
they have the life! If i only had the balls to give it all up! Man…. the life, like it or not, “living the dream”
Glad I stayed up late…
Step 1 for any successful ski bum lifestyle – start with a trust fund.
12 year old documentary. It’s gotten harder to do since then.
dude, dont blow my happy future!
I am holding out to give up the DC rat race and live my life like this. IF ONLY I HAD THE GUTS!
just quit being a puss an move to mountains..
I’ve been skiing 120-170 days a year for 21 years now. No health insurance, car needs work, but I have 11 skis in the quiver and nothing’s more than 3 years old. I take every winter off and work my ass off in the summer. Not using my degree in aforementioned line of work. It’s not any harder than any other life, for me it would be impossible to work in an office for even one day. If you decide this is the life then make the change you want to see. No one will do it for you and time is running out. You’re not gettin any younger!
Cool story bro. Maybe sell 8-9 pairs of skis and use the money for health insurance?
Oh yeah, you said you are purposely NOT using your education…
9 pairs of skis = 2 months of health insurance, stay in your cubicle kook!
Plenty of people bust their a$$es for near minimum, or barely living, wages and their employers have no intention of ever offering them any insurance- or other benefits. And these are college graduates from places who sold them a degree putting them in debt – preparing them for jobs that don’t exist. Not everybody can select the parents that put them in the proper private school…. that’s 21 years of skiing/temp work, he must be doing something creative to pull that off. He’s using his education, alright. Plenty of 45 year olds are always going, if only, if only….