{"id":15066,"date":"2010-08-30T10:55:59","date_gmt":"2010-08-30T15:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yobeat.com\/?p=15066"},"modified":"2020-11-18T15:43:35","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T20:43:35","slug":"how-to-get-out-of-the-snowboard-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brookegeery.com\/?p=15066","title":{"rendered":"How To Get OUT of the Snowboard Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"\t

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Plenty has been written about how to get your foot in the door in snowboarding, but everyone knows the true path to industry success is starting a blog, so no need to write another story about that. No, this story is for those people who\u2019ve already \u201cmade it.\u201d The ones who put in their years as a rider, then moved on to an industry desk job, and now find themselves at a turning point and are looking to take that next step into the \u201creal world.\u201d It\u2019s a big decision to give up things like powder days off, cheap\/free gear and a meager paycheck, but at some point, many industry types will find themselves ready to make the leap. For you, we offer these future career plans.<\/p>\n

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Become a bouncer\/bartender<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re ready to give up the snowboard industry, but not the occasional snowboarding itself, this is a great option for you. You\u2019ll work mostly nights and weekends, leaving you all week to go snowboard. These jobs also will not require you to shave, or get a haircut, and the more menacing you look, the better. Basically, it\u2019s like your years of snowboarding have specifically trained you for a nighttime service job.<\/p>\n

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Go work in a different extreme industry<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chances are in all your years of snowboard industrying, you haven\u2019t really learned anything that valuable. At least, not in a way you can transfer your skills to a big money, high profile job in a totally unrelated industry. But there is one loophole that will enable you to advance elsewhere despite your complete lack of qualification: a different, but similar job in another \u201caction sport.\u201d Perhaps Mountain Biking is your passion, or skateboarding, or surfing. All of these jobs are basically like snowboarding, but warmer. The easiest way to achieve this goal is to target an employer such as an energy drink or footwear giant that also deals in snowboarding, but doesn\u2019t really know the difference between it and the sport you want to work in. They\u2019ll accept your snowboarding experience as valid, and all your dreams will come true!<\/p>\n

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Go back to school<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Nothing will help you make the life change you\u2019re looking for like going back to school. Sure, when you get out of school you\u2019ll find yourself in debt and hardly more qualified than when you started, but those few years will be deemed as \u201cproductive\u201d and \u201csocially acceptable\u201d and maybe by then you\u2019ll have figured out what you really want to do.<\/p>\n

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Get on a reality TV Show<\/strong><\/p>\n

Once upon a time if you wanted to be successful in a new field you would go back to school, and then work your way up the ranks slowly. Not anymore! Now if you want to be a chef, designer, artist or any other skilled craftsman, there\u2019s a TV show to get you there. Or maybe you just want to find love, preferably with a million dollar bonus at the end. There\u2019s a show for that too! And even if you don\u2019t win the grand prize, after you\u2019ve starred in one reality show, your acting career is right around the corner.<\/p>\n

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Start a restaurant<\/a> or Coffee shop<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Now that you\u2019ve conquered the snowboard industry, there is no reason you can\u2019t dive into your own business. And what business is more likely to succeed than a new restaurant! Ok, that is a lie, but it hasn\u2019t stopped many former snowboarders from embarking on such a journey. And hey, if your restaurant starts failing, there\u2019s a reality show<\/a> for that, too!<\/p>\n

Move to Brooklyn<\/strong><\/p>\n

It won’t really work though. The snowboard industry is sort of like the mafia — once you’re in, you’re in for life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Archives Plenty has been written about how to get your foot in the door in snowboarding, but everyone knows the true path to industry success is starting a blog, so no need to write another story about that. No, this story is for those people who\u2019ve already \u201cmade it.\u201d The ones who put in their years as a rider, then moved on to an industry desk job, and now find themselves at a turning point and are looking to take that next step into the \u201creal world.\u201d It\u2019s a big decision to give up things like powder days off, cheap\/free […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":15067,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[2251,2194],"tags":[753,1221,1747,1748],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brookegeery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15066"}],"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=15066"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brookegeery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91709,"href":"https:\/\/brookegeery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15066\/revisions\/91709"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brookegeery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brookegeery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brookegeery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brookegeery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}