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Basically every winter sport has the same story: Your parents are millionaires and can affort to regularly take expensive trips to resorts. Gear, lessons, and any other fees are all taken care of from the time you were 4.
Most summer sports have many stories about poor athletes making a name for themselves and getting traction. That's possible when the upfront costs are a soccer ball and shoes, not a custom-tuned piece of modern engineering and 5 accessories.
Eh there are plenty of people who live near the mountains where the resorts are affordable. Particularly in Europe.
*if you live in the US
I mean yes, but I also managed to ski whole seasons by working as an instructor and bought a second hand pair of skis for a case of beer.
And what did you do to gain the skills necessary to instruct other people?
I don't want to take your accomplishment from you but this somehow feels like the anecdote about ancient Egyptology being a literal pyramid scheme. i.e. only job you get is a lecturer in ancient Egyptology. My thoughts are known to be highly incoherent so don't ask how is this even remotely connected. It makes sense in my brain, just roll with it for a while.
Somehow I feel like your achievement wouldn't be possible without millionaires who can afford regular ski-trips. So you are kinda subsidized by them and the subsidy quota isn't high as there can only be so many 'instructors'.