Quiting & moving to West Coast

VoLcOm WaKe ChIcK · Posted: Oct 07, 2003 7:39 pm Post subject: Quiting & moving to West Coast

Anyone else want to quit school, move to the west coast, become a bum, and open up a wakeboard shop???...just an idea...Come on, I know someone wants to. Wink

School sucks hardcore...

Wake Hobo · Outlaw Joined: 31 Jul 2003 Posts: 227 City: Kemp

In hawaii as long as you move at 20 ft everyday you can live on the beach that is my plan

ohsix · Posted: Oct 07, 2003 8:16 pm Post subject: Re: Quiting & moving to West Coast

Jello John · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 1936

Liza · Outlaw Joined: 31 Jul 2003 Posts: 166 City: nashville

ive thought that scenario over and over and over. ive always wanted to pack up and leave and move to key west and work on a boat or sumthin, live in a lil hut, no fone, and just enjoy the hell out of life...it's not very practical for me. cause who knows i may get there and be screwed. i used to want to stay b.c of my best friend, my fiance, work (i have my own business) and my friends....now im not allowed to see/talk to my best friend (attorney said so, loooong story)...my fiance and i broke up....and come to think of it the majority of my friends are living in other cities....but school is all i got and i really need to make something of myself because i gots nushin rite now....stick school out another semester or two then decided if u wanna pack it up and move west....noble thought, just go over the realistics

Nor*Cal · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 9479 City: Sac

Come on over... I have a couch waiting for you. Not near the beach but the riding is great here and we just all bought season passes to Northstar/Sierra at Tahoe. Wakeboarding and Snowboarding all winter could it get better?

Leggester · Posted: Oct 08, 2003 9:12 am Post subject:

Hmmm, quite contrary to you're signature isn't it?

ohsix · Posted: Oct 08, 2003 9:57 am Post subject:

Liza · Outlaw Joined: 31 Jul 2003 Posts: 166 City: nashville

no it's a really long story....he was a brother to me....it always worked out wes Wink

B-rad · Posted: Oct 08, 2003 11:10 am Post subject:

umm... maybe? I love Texas and Austin, but change is always good. Especially to a warmer climate, I hate the club so that colorado thing never floated my boat.

HeadRush · Posted: Oct 08, 2003 11:21 am Post subject:

Yeah, opening a shop should be inexpensive on a bum's income and tax's may be different now that Arnold's in the house.

jbelson · Guest

Stay put! The west coast is crowded enough as it is!

listen2cky · Posted: Oct 08, 2003 11:22 am Post subject:

cptnboom · Criminal Joined: 23 Sep 2003 Posts: 54 City: Fort Collins

I thought long and hard about moving somewhere warm...where the water never gets cold...the boats never run out of gas...mmmm...and there is always beer in the cooler! i love beeeeeeer Razz

cptnboom · Criminal Joined: 23 Sep 2003 Posts: 54 City: Fort Collins

oh yeah...and the water is nice and smooooooooooth....no one else on the lake...about 85 degrees out...just me and VoLcOm WaKe ChIcK rippin' it up...............then my boss taps me on the shoulder and says, "DO YOU HAVE THOSE TPA REPORTS DONE YET?!?!? MMMMMK?! SH*T!!!!!!! Rolling Eyes

BR_WB · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 2850

wes reeves,
Were you going to go to ATP school or just start flying out at a local airport and quit school? I wouldn't mind moving to Orlando or out West, there isn't much here for me besides family, school, and flying...most of my friends have moved.

K-dub · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 14760

a wakeboard shop would go over like a fart in church here in Cali. There's already too many of them.

ohsix · Posted: Oct 31, 2003 7:58 pm Post subject:

BR_WB · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 2850

wes reeves,
I've just been flying whenever I can, and I'm about to start working on my instrument rating. A guy died last week at my local airport, and it was in a plane I had flown three days earlier. He took off one end of runway and crashed on the opposite end; they believe it was engine related. Flying can be sketchy, but it's safer than driving.

Josh R · Posted: Oct 31, 2003 8:52 pm Post subject: Re: Quiting & moving to West Coast

ontrider · Ladies Man Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 16491 City: Russia

Josh R,

That's right up there with today's hyperlite POS joke! Laugh

Maestro · Posted: Oct 31, 2003 10:22 pm Post subject:

Man, join the club... I'm trying to figure out what the hell I'm going to do for the next few years myself. I took a year off school this year and now I really don't wanna go back. The plan was to move to Florida or British Columbia and work whatever jobs necessary to just enjoy the life. Go to school once I figure out what I want to do when I'm like 25 or so... But the parents seem intent on me going to school... we'll see if we can "compromise"... haha

ontrider · Ladies Man Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 16491 City: Russia

Maestro, I think the longer you stay away from school the harder it is to go back. I'm being pressured to go back as well, but I said no. Laughing

Maestro · Posted: Oct 31, 2003 10:31 pm Post subject:

Yeah it's so true ontrider. My parents are telling me to apply to all these schools in Ontario and I'd already established that I'd only go to school in Florida, BC or California... They pretend like I don't say anything keep pushing their ideas on me. Hell they even tried to use guilt to their advantage - "If you move out of the house this early you know you'll break my heart!" - coming from my mom - I guess it's hard to let go of the "baby" but it's time to...

ontrider · Ladies Man Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 16491 City: Russia

I'm getting told to go to school and I've already graduated dammit! Laughing

Going to school in Florida or California would probably be expensive as hell, I wouldn't really want to live there though. A vacation in florida would be nice, interested in going to murray's for a week Laughing

I'm saving up and trying to swing that somtime this winter while I still have some freedom.

Maestro · Posted: Oct 31, 2003 10:44 pm Post subject:

For real eh? Damn... graduated and going back for more... couldn't do that! But if I can just get out of the house I'd be away from the constant nagging.

School would be expensive, but they want to send me to some Christian Uni in BC that costs 20,000+ a year... and there's no way in HELL that I'm doing that... I figure I live in Florida for a while, then I don't have to pay out of state tuition. But the more I hear about it, the more I'm unsure about living there.

Murray's would be sick... my parents were talkin' about sending me there for my birthday... but I don't know, I'd rather get a boat! Rolling Eyes

ontrider · Ladies Man Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 16491 City: Russia

There's an idea, maybe I'll ask for that for my birthday... I'd probably get a swift kick in the @ss if I did. I'm definitely looking into it though.

The cost of going away to school is pretty crazy, I have a few friends in the states but they're all on athletic scholarships, otherwise I seriously doubt they'd be there. I can't say I got too much out of the academic part of post-secondary, it's more about learning life skills, managing your time, your commitments, being independent and so on...

good luck on the boat Rolling Eyes

Garrett Cortese · Moderator Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Posts: 300 City: Orlando

I'll be done with school in May and back living on the West Coast doing the wake photography thing. It's not a board shop, but it's a business in the industry. If people are ever out in the Nor Cal area they're welcome to hit me up - it's always a good time out there - chillin', riding, and taking some pictures every now and then.