{"id":10476,"date":"2009-12-28T06:00:01","date_gmt":"2009-12-28T11:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yobeat.com\/?p=10476"},"modified":"2020-11-18T15:46:51","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T20:46:51","slug":"how-to-keep-the-dream-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brookegeery.com\/?p=10476","title":{"rendered":"How to Keep the Dream Alive"},"content":{"rendered":"\t

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This is from the 90s. I was sure I would “make it” and be as cool as JP was soon!<\/em><\/p>\n

If you are reading this site, there\u2019s a good chance you do now, or at one point, wanted to be a pro snowboarder. I know I did. All the glamor, travel, and most importantly free stuff seemed mighty tempting. For me an injury essentially ended my \u201ccareer,\u201d but for most life just happens. One day, you wake up and realize you\u2019re in your mid 20s and 17-year-old kids are way, way better than you ever were or ever will be. But don\u2019t fret. The dream doesn\u2019t have to die with your desire to do a double cork. Here are a few suggestions for keeping the dream alive.<\/p>\n

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1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Start a video production company<\/strong>. It\u2019s totally legit to film your semisweet skills if you are part of a \u201ccrew.\u201d Sure, you personally are nothing that special anymore, but since you and all your buddies are \u201cmaking it happen\u201d it\u2019s totally cool that you get a short part in the film. Since you\u2019ll likely be overshadowed by others\u2019 sweeter skills in the video, be sure to re edit your part to make sure you keep those free boards flowing! (Love you Pat!)<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Get an industry job<\/strong>. Those industry guys get tons of free stuff, after all, they are the ones who give it out. But be warned, the best jobs, the ones the include travel and the most free gear, usually go to ex pros who\u2019ve already lived the dream. If you don\u2019t have any real skills, customer service is probably the best you\u2019ll do, but at least you can tell people about how cool the company you work for is. (Love you Nate!)<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Get a camera<\/strong>. There is tons of money in snowboard photography. You will be making so much of it you can go to the store and buy whatever you want, whenever you want, which is truly the dream. (Love you Robbie!)<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Date a pro<\/strong>. Obviously this is easier for girls than boys, but there are a few single somewhat lovely ladies who will totally hook you up with their hand-me-down gear when they get rid of it. If that\u2019s not a dream, I don\u2019t know what is. (Love you Shaun White’s girlfriend!)<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Work for a magazine<\/strong>.<\/span> Sorry kids, print is dying, better not get your hopes up for this one. You could probably start a blog though. I\u2019ve heard it\u2019s not that hard. (Love you magazines!)<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Just go snowboarding for fun<\/strong>.\u00a0 Be a smart shopper and buy a new board when you need one. Get exactly what you want. Have the most fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Archives This is from the 90s. I was sure I would “make it” and be as cool as JP was soon! If you are reading this site, there\u2019s a good chance you do now, or at one point, wanted to be a pro snowboarder. I know I did. All the glamor, travel, and most importantly free stuff seemed mighty tempting. For me an injury essentially ended my \u201ccareer,\u201d but for most life just happens. One day, you wake up and realize you\u2019re in your mid 20s and 17-year-old kids are way, way better than you ever were or ever will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":10477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[2251,2194],"tags":[1554,1221,1555,1556,1183],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brookegeery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10476"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brookegeery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brookegeery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brookegeery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brookegeery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10476"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brookegeery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91758,"href":"https:\/\/brookegeery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10476\/revisions\/91758"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brookegeery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brookegeery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brookegeery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brookegeery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}