Why I Won’t Be a Professional Snowboarder

26 December 2008 | By Ben in Travel Misadvertures

I’m pretty good at snowboarding. In fact, at this current moment, I’m much better at snowboarding than I am at stand up comedy. Last year, when I was frustrated with my day job, I thought about becoming a snowboarding instructor. I even looked into the certification process.

Ben getting some air

The snowboarding instructor idea is now dead. For my Christmas vacation, I spent 6 days snowboarding. The last 3 days of the trip, I didn’t want to get out of bed or get on the slopes. Especially the last day, when I got upset that the weather got better and we were going to go to the lifts. I learned that my maximum tolerance of snowboarding is 3 days.

Which brings us to Big Ben’s Big Law #62: Don’t consider turning a hobby into a career if you can’t do it for 10 straight days.

I’ve done comedy for 10 straight days and not been tired of it (tired of the lack of response at the open mics, yes, but not tired of comedy) so there’s hope…

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2 Comments on “Why I Won’t Be a Professional Snowboarder”

  1. 14 January 2009 | More Big Laws from Big Ben | Ben Rosenfeld - Comedian Said:

    [...] I made up a law in my snowboarding post, people have been asking me what other laws I have. So without further ado, I [...]

     

  2. 16 January 2009 | jason kenny Said:

    Nice writing. You are on my RSS reader now so I can read more from you down the road.

     

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