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Colin Clancy

Ski Bum Paperback – Large Print, October 13, 2022

by Colin Clancy (Author)

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A flunking college student drops out to chase a dream of traveling west to live the ski bum life. In Colorado Jimmy finds a home amongst a group of like-minded, often degenerate, ski bums whose lives of adventure seem far more appealing than what he left behind. At Silver Mountain, Jimmy realizes a ski town is the ideal place for young people to raise a middle finger to societal norms and do as they please. Jimmy and crew live a spontaneous life of partying, hot tub poaching & illicit sledding; living scrappy and poor in a place where rich people vacation.

In the sport he loves and its accompanying culture, Jimmy is chasing a high. He questions whether he’s come to the mountains to experience just a taste or to succumb to it completely, all while trying not to fall victim to the excesses of resort life. When an impromptu road trip turns catastrophic, Jimmy’s relationships and newfound sense of freedom are strained to a breaking point. As ski season becomes spring, Jimmy struggles to find his own path forward—if there is a path at all.

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224 pages
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October 13, 2022
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6 x 0.51 x 9 inches
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1954253273
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978-1954253278
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scott helgeson

Excellent writing

Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2023

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I cannot believe this is his first book. He writes with clarity and a sense of being there. A taste of life as a ski resort employee

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Joe Wirth

Take me back to Silver Mountain

Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2024

I live in Breckenridge CO, which is close to the setting of this story (Silver = Copper). Every time I read one of the ski scenes in this book, I could really see myself on my skis and visualize the feelings of a day on the slopes. I credit the author’s imagination for transporting me to my happy place.

The characters also feel like people that you’d meet in a Colorado ski town, and the relationship dynamics in this story strongly resemble how co-worker flirting turns into love. ‘Ski Bum’ is about taking chances in life, for better or worse. It’s about giving a middle finger to society’s status quo and doing what you love—just because you do.

It’s also about grappling with financial instability, and how a lack of money sometimes leads to people judging you. It’s also about your true friends showing up to have your back when you need them.

I enjoyed this book, and I hope to read more of Clancy’s work in the future.

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Morgen

Great words!

Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2024

Colin’s story telling is like no other. Read this if you’re excited for ski season!

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Adam Wagner

An Essential Read for Skiers and Bums Alike

Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2023

I’m writing this review while sitting in an office, alone, listening to the Pandora Riot Grrrl station. I might be here a while, mulling the point, wondering how long it will be before I pack up the tent and disappear for a while. This happens a lot, and that daydream usually ends when I realize I have cats to feed and niflings to buy Christmas presents for.

Colin Clancy’s debut novel, Ski Bum, speaks directly to that part of my soul. There is this secret life you’ll never know, and friendships, born amongst voluntary poverty, the radiant love from which you’ll never feel, unless you decide to give up everything.

But you can gleam it here.

We ride shotgun with Jimmy as he ascends the Colorado Rockies. We’re introduced to a cast of misfits, each their own genuine representation of this mountain life. We search for the true value of a dollar at the bottom of countless empty tall boys. We do this through a voice and prose that reflects the time, the life, and the chase of that fleeting feeling of serenity that accompanies any good run.

This book reads like you’re waiting for the skis to touch back down. It is essential for anyone who’s ever ridden a chairlift, or anyone who’s ever wondered what would happen if they just said screw it and headed out into the unknown. I would buy Clancy a beer, should we ever meet in the future.

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James Seidler

An Easy, Rewarding Read

Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2023

"The thing that sucks about trying to live in the moment is that you end up broke and hungover when you wake up tomorrow."

Direct and down to earth, Colin Clancy's "Ski Bum" follows ski enthusiast Jimmy as he drops out of college in Michigan to head out west to chase the big slopes of Colorado. Aimless and romantic in an understated, blue-collar kind of way, Jimmy is looking for more than fresh powder. He wants to live life, to chase new experiences, even as he discovers how tough that can be on a part-time ski instuctor's budget.

Living in workers' quarters, Jimmy falls in with a crew of friends and quickly settles into a service-job routine: shots at night, the monotony of teaching rich kids to ski in the mornings, and stealing moments on the slopes whenever he can. Uncomplicated without being simple (just like Clancy's writing style), Jimmy seeks basic pleasures alongside the more difficult work of determining who exactly he wants to be.

That's when he's sober. When he's partying, Jimmy can turn into someone else entirely--throwing his phone into a snowbank after a screaming match with his girlfriend or wading into a bar fight for the thrill of it. But he's not the worst drunk in a party scene full of them, and Clancy does his strongest work capturing several hellish bacchanalias, the kinds of bleary binges that render the next morning into slush under your boots.

The group's excursion to New Orleans is a particular lowlight, taking what's supposed to be a fun party weekend and transforming it into something hateful and queasy, half-riot, half-purge. The characters are still young enough that it's fun for them to tie one on and get out of control; I'm much older than they are now, and reading Clancy's book, I couldn't help but worry for them, seeing the trouble on the horizon.

But the book reminds us they're still young enough to make mistakes, to flounder, and to bounce back. "Ski Bum" does a memorable job capturing a slice of youth in a special place. The characters aren't sure what they're doing, but they don't have to be quite yet--they still have time to bum around a while before shifting back to conventional lives, finishing school, getting real jobs.

It's unclear how things will turn out for these characters, but the easy read rewards us for the time we spend with them.

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Harrison Buberniak

Sneak peek into the skiing world!

Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2023

This book gave me a behind the scenes look at what goes on a ski resorts. It also illustrated all the types of characters that work there! This book is easy to read and very entertaining. I didn't want to put it down!

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Don’t waste your time

Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2023

I have lived in the mountains of Summit County (this book’s setting) for over 30 years, and this is a Freshman stab at telling his personal story of chasing women and drunkenness. It doesn’t embody the ski culture in any romantic way and stirred nothing for me. It is what a first season liftie or ski school instructor might experience, but there are episodes of misspelling, poor grammar, and a newbie outlook on ski life. I’d save this for the under-25 crowd.

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Catherine

Excellent

Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2023

Fun, entertaining, and a accurate insight into mountain life. Very good coming of age story.

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