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Originally Posted by Slava
Watching the Olympics the other night and they were talking about a snowboarder who had their family move from wherever else in the US to Colorado so that they could build their own park to train in. Like sure, it's obviously a party for rich kids, but that strikes me as insane. I can't imagine uprooting my family and everything for snowboarding, but maybe I'm a terrible parent.
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To be fair, there's a HUGE difference between going all-in on nurturing olympic-level talent and having lil' 4 yo Johnny in every camp and skills class before he can even skate.
Edit - furthermore, look at all the athletes that still uproot to move to our area to train... I would think snowboarding is far more marketable than the vast majority of Olympic sports... Can you imagine moving your family across the country to train for luge? At least a snowboarder at that level has some shot at recouping costs through sponsorships, etc... The luger? Not so much...