How can I make a living snowboarding?
Question:Conditions:
I will never be a pro. (But I can ride well)
I need to be close to a software engineer's salary.
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I've been ice skating for 8 years? Am i a loser?
Pro snowboarding photographers/ videographers can make a salary equivalent to a software engineer and get a lot of time on a snowboard mostly in the backcountry with great snow.Otherwise most well paying jobs are on the periphery of actual snowboarding - snowboard rep, snowboard shop owner, snowboard tour manager, product designer for a snowboarding company, real estate agent in a ski town (or any other professional job that lets you live in a ski town). There are also a fair number of snowboarding jobs that pay less than a software engineer but get you a fiar amounbt of actual snowboarding - backcountry snowboarding guide, snowboard instructor, snowboarding ski patroller, on-mountain ambassador (often volunteer position), or marketing surveyor (do surveys on the lifts up and ride down).
OK if my weight is 130 Lb. and I'm 5'8 and boot size is 11 or 12 how big should my board be?
If you want to make a living doing it you have to be able to perform on a level that is above everyone else and be creative enough to invent and reinvent ways to use snowboards and do stunts and tricks that no one else has thought of. I think you would be better off being a software engineer.Are there any winter sports you can enjoy with no snow?
If you make a living-you are getting PAID-- to do something, then you are a professional.You might not be a GOOD professional or an EXPERT, but a professional.
Software engineers make a fairly good living I would think.
There are 2 ways to make the same amount of money doing both:
Be an UNEMPLOYED software engineer, or
Don't wake up from your dream.
Sorry.
My suggestion: Go to college, and major in something you like to read about. History, politics, sports, anything. Find a REAL passion--that OTHER people need.
Then you can afford to go on VACATIONS to snowboard for a month.
I work at a ski resort and I'll tell you that it's hard to make a living doing that. There are numerous positions in the world of snowboarding that can provide well for you. The first thing that comes to mind is to become a sales rep for a snowboard company. Tons of leg work and lots of time on the road but, if you're good, there are reps that make six figures.
I do have to caution you about making something you love your job, it changes your relationship with it. It's important to go for a job that you'll enjoy but be careful not sour yourself on something that you love.
Snowboarders: Any comments on boards from the company 5150?
Very good points by everyone...I'd like to add that the physical act of snowboarding itself isnt the only career available, so keep your options open!
But what's wrong with software engineering? Perhaps you can write a program for a new snowboarding game or something... again, keep your options open and be creative!
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