Comments on: Life of a Skibum – a Real-Life Story of Becoming a Skibum

By: Skibums Never Die | Homeboy

Skibums Never Die | Homeboy — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 10:58:20 +0000

[...] Becoming a ski bum was probably my number one goal back in the late 1990s. All I wanted to do was to pack my shit and head to the “European skiing Mecca” – Chamonix. It was in my mind days and nights, and I could just think about doing something else. I didn’t want to spend my life just like 98% of the population, which means go to work, go shopping, go home, and keep on repeating the cycle every day… [...]

By: b johnson

b johnson — Sun, 22 May 2011 22:39:32 +0000

I will take your last advice to heart and DO IT!

By: I Wanna Be a Sun Peaks Snow Bum - How About You? | Skiing Info, Tips, Reviews

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:17:19 +0000

[...] Sounds pretty cool. Actually Snow Peaks snowbum get a lot better treatment as traditional ski bums [...]

By: I Wanna Be a Sun Peaks Snow Bum - How About You? | Homeboy's Skiing Blog

I Wanna Be a Sun Peaks Snow Bum - How About You? | Homeboy's Skiing Blog — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:02:20 +0000

[...] Sounds pretty cool. Actually Snow Peaks snowbum get a lot better treatment as traditional ski bums [...]

By: Jarkko Henttonen Interview - Nine questions for Finland's Most Experienced Big Mountain Rider | Homeboy's Skiing Blog

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:12:35 +0000

[...] yes… I was a ski bum for quite a while, and still consider myself as [...]

By: Blast from the Past, Part I - Snow is Only Frozen Water! | Homeboy's Skiing Blog

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:06:40 +0000

[...] of doing things at the same time. And missed that feeling of freedom you have when you are just “ski bumming” with your good friends. And probably a few good parties / drunken debauchery [...]

By: marko

marko — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:03:27 +0000

Hi Ran,

thanks for your comment, I am glad you liked. Sure I am interested t oread about your experiences, but your link opened my myspace account. Could you drop a directlink to your myspace site or did I misunderstood something?

By: Ran Adini

Ran Adini — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 12:35:25 +0000

Hi,
I was glad to see your account of what ski bum life is about.

If you’re interested, check out my blog about my ski bum years in Utah, Colorado and New-Zealand.

The blog will be updated with new chapters every week.

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog&pop=1

By: Listen To Music While Skiing - Audio Helmets a Rising Trend | homeboyski.com

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:04:08 +0000

[...] Back in 1999 I was skiing in Chamonix with a dozen of other enthusiastic Finnish skiers. We crawled the backcountries day after day and we went skiing only if there was fresh powder. Yep, 1999 was an incredible season. It was on those days when I used to listen to few great metal bands. I thought I could take my portable CD player and listen to those bands while skiing. A fabulous idea, I gotta do it! Next day I went skiing Plan D’Aguille which is on the right side of L’Aguille du Midi cabin lift. I went up there with guys and switched on my CD player. Good headbanging music started to flow into my ears.. I turned my skis down and started surfing on the half a meter fresh powder. Man, that skiing was great.. but something sucked! I went down to the forest and stopped. I realized that all I heard during the previous two minutes was the guitars and screaming in my ears. I realized this is not good. I love this music but I do not want to hear it up in the mountains. All I want to hear in mountains is the sound coming from my skis, boots, breath, other dudes, the nature.. It is a peaceful and beautiful place and metal music just does not fit in there. I rather listen to metal in afterski. [...]

By: Cool Skiing Video Found by Ben Carr | homeboyski.com

Cool Skiing Video Found by Ben Carr | homeboyski.com — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:49:37 +0000

[...] appreciate you took the time and sent me your feedback! Ben enjoyed my skibum articles, namely Life of a Skibum and Being a [...]

By: marko

marko — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:07:15 +0000

Ryan, thanks for Your feedback! I am very glad you liked my article.

I agree with you. I was in university at that time as well and it was a perfect time to travel around Europe. Now it would not be possible anymore because of my job and family. It would not be a good idea to say to my kids that “hey, daddy will go skiing for 4 months. See you later..”

By: Skibum's World - To Work or Not To Work in a Ski Resort | homeboyski.com

Skibum's World - To Work or Not To Work in a Ski Resort | homeboyski.com — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:57:09 +0000

[...] by marko at 11:57 pm under How-To Skiing Yesterday I wrote about becoming a skibum and dedicating months for skiing, year after year. I would like to continue with this same topic, [...]