Skiing, young people, a new generation of spenders.
On New Year's Day holiday in 2022, a large number of young people, wearing ski suits, carrying skis and holding GoPro, went to ski resorts all over the country, just for the pursuit of 17 and 18 snow slopes. Then upload pictures or videos that record exquisite actions to social networks.
Poor skiing skills, you can also choose to hold the veneer by hand, and the lens is tilted at 45 degrees to pursue the visual effect of lengthening the body. After that, you can adjust the color and polish it later. A beautiful skiing photo that can be put in a circle of friends or a little red book is completed.
For many people who have been tossing to international ski resorts and resorts, the most important thing for skiing is to get a "film"-to take good-looking photos. Ski photos like wearing down jackets are unacceptable, too amateur, like playing "sliding" in the snowfield.
Every beautiful ski photo is burning money behind it, ranging from thousands to tens of thousands. Skiing has become a luxury activity for "hollowing out" young people.
For those who really love skiing, skiing has become more expensive, and they need to find more remote snow fields to avoid "busy people". Being remote means paying more expensive transportation fees.
Love skiing, too much need to "heat with money"
1 .coach 3 hours 1200 yuan
Skiing is so hot? Xiaomei sighed after seeing photos of many friends in her circle of friends.
But a few years ago, skiing was not loved by people around you.
At the end of 20 16, Xiaomei's company held its annual meeting in a hotel in Chicheng, Hebei. The next day's free activities are arranged by the administrative department, including hot springs and skiing. In the end, there were more than 50 department colleagues/kloc-0, and less than 10 chose skiing, all of them were young people.
Xiaomei and her colleagues in the same group discussed whether they could go skiing with her, but the other party refused, saying it was too cold and warm in the hot spring to ski. The colleague who once rejected her went skiing in Panshan Scenic Area in Tianjin during the New Year holiday. In the photo released by the circle of friends, this colleague wore a down jacket and stepped on the double board, laughing and saying that he "failed in school".
However, Xiaomei has given up skiing.
She once fell on the snowy road, sat on the ground honestly, without wearing any protective gear, and felt the pain of the coccyx. What is more worrying is the demise of society. The place where she fell was close to the escalator that transported tourists in the snowfield, so many people saw her sitting and couldn't stand up for a long time.
No one around to help her. The colleague who came with her slipped in front of her for a long time. Xiaomei wants her colleagues to wait for her when she falls. Later, she calculated the speed of light in her mind. If she shouts at each other, more people around her will notice her and she won't make any noise.
Finally, she fiddled with the double board herself, trying to find a support to stand up first. I tried several times and I was sweating all over, but I didn't succeed. Not far away, a couple kindly slid over and helped her stand up. About half an hour later, my colleague found her on the snowy road and asked her where she had slipped, but she was nowhere to be seen. Xiaomei responded in her mind, I didn't move, I have been here.
A sincere fall made Xiaomei carefully evaluate the sports risk of skiing, and another thing to discourage her was too expensive.
Xiaomei's classmates went skiing in Chongli last year and asked her if she wanted to go with them. At first, she was very excited. Because of the epidemic, the trip she booked with her classmates was cancelled. Her classmates, including air tickets and equipment, were all arranged, but none of them made it. Xiaomei always felt that she had "cheated each other" and was bent on making up for it. So when the classmate said that she had bought a snow ticket and a hotel to Chongli, Xiaomei replied that she would go quickly.
It's already Thursday, and there are only two days left to prepare for skiing at the weekend. Xiaomei hurried to find a coach on the idle fish. 800 yuan's coaching fee was originally scheduled to be 3 hours. Because going to Chongli and going out of Beijing, the cost becomes 1.200 yuan, and the cost of the long-distance bus snow ticket is also borne by Xiaomei. If you find a coach in Xueyuan, the cost of three hours will exceed 1000 yuan.
Finally, Xiaomei estimated the cost of skiing in Chongli, including round-trip fare, one-day accommodation, two-day private education, snow tickets and ski rental, which is about 4,000 yuan. It is equivalent to the cost of a 4-day tour of Qinghai Lake Small Ring Road.
Distressed about the cost and the "psychological trauma" left by skiing, Xiaomei abandoned her classmates again, but she didn't go in the end.
2. The snow ticket is for 200 yuan, but the transportation fee is 4,000 yuan.
People living in the south like skiing and are doomed to "burn money to support".
Xiao Chang, who works in Shenzhen, has been skiing in Xinjiang every year for the past two years. She thinks it snows better there.
For example, the Cocotohai International Ski Resort, which I often visit, has planned nine ski trails, including the initial, middle and advanced stages, which are called "Gem Ski Trail" and "Diamond Ski Trail" respectively, which is simply the "Bai Yueguang" in the minds of skiers. Like Diamond Road, the drop is 1 100 meters, the length is 4 kilometers, and the slope is even. The initial slope is less than 20, and the middle and late slope is between 23 and 26. It's cool to slide.
However, the distance between Shenzhen and Cocoto Sea is over 4,000 kilometers. Every time Xiao Chang goes skiing, he needs to fly from Shenzhen to Urumqi, and then from Urumqi to Fuyun County in Altay region. When you arrive in Fuyun county, you have to take a car ferry, which is nearly 100 km before you can reach the ski resort. Basically, when people go to the snowfield, they will spend a day tossing. It takes nearly two days to ski in the snow.
Skiing is like a ceremony. You have to count the holiday days, pay attention to the special fares and try your luck. I hope there are not too many people on the snowy road that day. Because there are more people, it means that uncontrollable risks have increased.
Skiing also means an expensive trip. Since 20 17 contact skiing, Xiao Chang has spent at least 5000 yuan on skiing every year. Air tickets and hotels are the main expenses, but snow tickets are not expensive.
Usually, ski resorts are built on the edge of the city, and some well-known ski resorts basically have holiday functions, such as Wanda Changbai Mountain Resort Hotel and Vanke Songhua Lake Ski Resort, which mainly focus on leisure tourism, skiing and hot springs. For example, Wanda Changbai Mountain Resort, the snowy road is in the deep mountains, and you can overlook the main peak of Changbai Mountain when skiing.
Xiao Chang has been to all these places, but he has never been there for the second time. There are too many people, and the slope of the snow trail is small, so it is not too exciting to slide.
In the end, Xiao Chang locked in the skiing place in Xinjiang, because it was too far away, there were relatively few skiers and not many people on the snowy road, so she could skate at her own pace. It is also because it is too far away. In the last two years, Xiao Chang has been skiing alone and can't find friends to accompany her.
Skiing depends on your own exercise. After stepping on the snowboard, you can only make your own decisions. She found it difficult to make friends in skiing. "We all slide separately. We can't see a person skating well on the snowy road, so we stop him from skating together. "
It is this sense of alienation and the feeling of controlling the rhythm alone that attracts Xiao Chang to the ski resort every snow season. Working in a government office, she is too eager for this free pace and speed.
The "side effect" brought to Xiaochang by skiing in Xinjiang is that the pace of equipment upgrading has slowed down, because the money is spent on transportation expenses. The year before last, she took a fancy to Burton's board, which can be carved smoothly. But the price was close to 7000 yuan, and she didn't give up. Later, she bought a second-hand veneer, less than 2000 yuan.
After skiing for five years, Xiao Chang didn't spend a penny on equipment. Ski clothes are bought online, less than 200 yuan, and the material is airtight. Stick to your body like a plastic sheet after sweating. Veneers and fixtures are used, as are snow goggles and helmets. The most expensive equipment in the whole body is snow shoes, which cost nearly 3000 yuan. If the shoes don't fit, your feet will hurt too much.
In this way, the expenditure on skiing has exceeded 40,000. After all, to meet the intermediate needs 10 hours of study and 80 hours of practice, all of these will cost money to complete. Her next goal is to change into an advanced ski suit, which will cost thousands of dollars.
After obsessed with skiing, Xiaochang's winter turned into a reverse migration, from warm places to cold areas.
3. A pair of ski socks is 269 yuan
Friends keep flashing out, car rental is good, snow tickets are booked, and snow goggles buys links and other news. While watching the news, McDull struggled to join the skiing activities on New Year's Day.
My friend organized a skiing trip to Dujun Mountain. Mcdull doesn't like skiing and doesn't want to take part in it. But if you don't participate, you will play by yourself on the first day of the New Year, because all your friends have gone skiing.
Struggling until February 30, 65438, McDull decided not to go. Skiing is cold and expensive. Ski instructor charges 480/ hour, the average price of ski tickets (including ski equipment) is 400 yuan, and the cost of chartered car is 150 yuan per capita. A holiday activity has made poor families worse.
After learning that McDull couldn't go, a friend asked her, "Really? Are you sure you don't want to skate? Never go skating for a lifetime? "
65438 10-2, friends went skiing in Dujun Mountain armed to the teeth, and McDull stayed in the greenhouse to brush the drama.
Friends circle is a group of people who eat, drink and have fun. After the skiing activities, it became a skiing discussion group. The next day, friends uploaded photos of skiing to each other in the group, and the next day, photos of skiing after intensive training were uploaded to the circle of friends.
After the activity, the friends remained enthusiastic. They discuss ski equipment in groups, from ski socks and anchors to snow suits and snow goggles. They are going to start skiing equipment and plan to go skiing again years ago.
Of course, buying ski equipment is a gradual upgrading process. After all, on the e-commerce platform, a pair of ski socks costs 269 yuan. As the saying goes, poor students have a lot of stationery, and many sudden enthusiasm begins with the purchase of equipment and ends with the purchase of equipment.
Meadow looked at the lively discussion in the group, which had nothing to do with her for the time being. She doesn't want to pay for this "cold" sport.
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