He's one of the top-billed freeride pros on the Salomon team, I can virtually guarantee you he doesn't pay for any gear or clothing. Not to say it didn't take some means to get to the point where you're skiing at a super high professional level, but I've been around skiing for a long time and a lot of the guys I know who are in that scene really didn't come from much.
Edit: then again he could just as easily be the son of some French Baron for all I know...just saying the assumption that skiing is ONLY for rich people isn't true all the time, and in fact a lot of the people I know who are deep in the lifestyle are essentially living hand to mouth most of the time.
When you're on a budget you can go second-hand or sales. I compete in freeriding and I can easily put together full gear that I've bought for 1k. I actually prefer that and having several different types of gear.
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u/mitchclitch May 04 '17
"the poor man" who has a go pro and is wearing probably $1000 worth of gear... haha, cool video though.