Yep, it's all part of his survival, how do you think a man that is homeless obtains expensive stuff such as skis and skateboards? I'm guessing not legally.
I dunno how this randomly came up in my recommended in 2024, and I don't know why I decided to watch it all the way through.. but I loved every minute of it.
I'm so glad the algorithm just randomly decided to resurrect this gem. I used to vibe like this back in the day with the climbing community. I live a "poser" life now according to old school Charley and I'm happy, but wow do I miss those days.
Everybody has some life story like this now where it's like yeah I used to be all wild those were the days. I think 99% of such origin stories are total BS but it helps people to conform to the machine to put false narratives in their history.
bro forgot to turn off auto stabilization. also u can get these fishies easy now. get a few adapters and u can get an MK distortion on a handicam. vignette in this is awful
He lives in Vancouver now working construction. So much respect for Charley, no one can land switch in powder like him. No one loves skiing as much as Charley, legend.
Sounds like as a construction worker he went the “poser” route. I grew up with a dude like this. They actually need money, lots of it. They go around with cute catch phrases begging and getting one way gifts from friends until the joke is over. Then they move and work construction. When he breaks a bone he really becomes a “poser”. Never ends well. Sad cause he seems talented.
Drum rolling tobacco and shredding the nar.........a contentment and peace very few will ever know and even fewer will understand. Epic video from a place in time that no longer exists.
Lived in whis like a bum for 2 summers in 17-18 for mtb riding. Learned so many tricks to skate by on the 1500 bucks I brought with me. best times ever. Long live the big green house and Patrik Martin. Nothin beat a long day of riding and heading to crystal lounge for a few pints or going for a swim at lost lake. I cherish those days and the people I met along the journey.
@@Circumnavigate for one make friends, everyone knows someone to hook a homie up. Tim Hortons, day old slices at avalanche pizza. Just pinch pennys and make friends and ride your f’n bike haha
Yea lived three years there (13-16) it was changing quick while I was there and I was already late to the party haha but some unforgettable times ill look back on till im gone
@srithongkun actually, this was filmed years before he made it in the pros. before made it skiing professionally, he lived in his truck for four years, and when he crashed his truck in a ditch, he moved into the tent in this movie. he really was a SKI BUM and was getting no "money and shit".
I hate people like you. Who the fuck cares? It's all painfully southern BC. Everyone out there thinks they're tough. I hear a bunch of talk. Never seen one true story though. Buncha pansies.
UA-cam has recommended this video to me countless times and I finally just decided to watch it. Crazy how this dudes video went viral after 14 years. Pretty funny and very 2009.
I used to eat table scraps to get by and skip lift lines everywhere I went just so I could board everyday and those were some of the best days of my life
Same. I ended up in WP CO. It's a major reason I pursued being a ski bum. Alterra and the mega ski corps are killing the lifestyle and the love. Saw a dumb Facebook reel about washing ski gear and it made me think of "wash socks? Theses are ski socks bro!"
@SorryNoFatChicks its not fake, a little exaggerated for comedic effect maybe, but this was a sincere and accurate representation of how he lived at the time
great collaboration. he is a natural character and the 'scenes' almost don't feel like scenes at all. you guys captured this well. it feels very authentic and representative of 'the times'
Wow. I worked the lifts for a season at Whistler Blackcomb in 1990/91. What surprises most is how the Wizard Lift is still the same in 2009 as it was back then!! 😅
‘To be young again with not a care in the world’, but these days after having been a slave in the matrix for over thirty years I am fond as for the freedom ❤
The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience. A process that cannot be understood by stopping it. We must move with the flow of the process. We must join it. - Charley Ager, Whistler ski bum
I see no problem with being a ski bum as long as you don't mooch off friends. I made the mistake of not providing enough on own and relying too much on others. I lost many friends because of it. Only rely on yourself, not your buddies.
Right ON for K2...although a canuck I prefer K2's and all the history in em...Kind of relate to Charley Harley about this life...I tasted some...went pro on the railway though lol!
We had a guy like this in Canmore, Alberta living near the "rock pile" next to the bow valley river except he was like 40 but he was the coolest dude ever. He'd hitch hike to Banff or Lake Louise, spend a week then come back to work a few shifts at one of the restaurants to get enough money to do it again a week or two later lol. He'd pay one admission fee for the hill then hide after closing time on t he mountain and just camp out. I miss that time in my life, 2010-2014 in my late teens-early twenties. I'll probably head back out there at some point permanently. This is how alot of people live out there man. People from the east just don't get it. It's super lax in these smaller mountain towns.
All old youtube that is preserved will be golden. It was a time when people uploaded because they wanted to share their life and ideas. Never incentivized by advertisements. Purely from the human soul.
randomly in my recommended 14 years later. A work of art
Same
SAME
like digging up an internet time capsule
same
Ya im here have a thumbs up for all the roughneck rednecks in the world who make grind out sweat every day
This guy was so ahead of his time, the algorithm wasn’t ready to share this with us mere mortals until now. 😮
We’re finally ready as a society. Congrats to everyone here
to anyone wondering they interviews Charlie 5 years ago on a pod cast "TPM Episode 108: Charley Ager, Missing Pro Skier"
@@HydroMind 🤝
faxts lmao
Well said
Homie was really good at discreetly breaking into places lol
Absolutely, I know 10 people just like this growing up 30 mins from a ski town
@@badbadthingssumm ok
Yep, it's all part of his survival, how do you think a man that is homeless obtains expensive stuff such as skis and skateboards? I'm guessing not legally.
@@badbadthingssthe video is dramatized lol
@@Eliment51dont you think youre making a lot of assumptions about this guy?
I dunno how this randomly came up in my recommended in 2024, and I don't know why I decided to watch it all the way through.. but I loved every minute of it.
Me to haha
@@poserboy5262 Me three
@@brianwilsonct Weird
@@StephenAndrew777 Me four
@@brianwilsonct No, me
I'm so glad the algorithm just randomly decided to resurrect this gem. I used to vibe like this back in the day with the climbing community. I live a "poser" life now according to old school Charley and I'm happy, but wow do I miss those days.
No posers, no lifts
Everybody has some life story like this now where it's like yeah I used to be all wild those were the days. I think 99% of such origin stories are total BS but it helps people to conform to the machine to put false narratives in their history.
Miss those days alot
@@woody6791 not a care in the world dirtbaggin in ‘09
weird flex but ok
The fish eye lenses were the shit back in the day!😂
bro forgot to turn off auto stabilization. also u can get these fishies easy now. get a few adapters and u can get an MK distortion on a handicam. vignette in this is awful
They were shit alright
Good use of a fisheye on a vx1000 or the like is undefeated for any skate or ski or similar video
Let’s GO! Showers for posers… ❤
Nice editing on the skateboard break.
the cool guys back when i was a small kid
The comment I was looking for
@@thefoonmaster5960 the comment your mother was looking for
These guys will always be the cool guys
i wasnt even born
@@novavi9ttusaatana then I’m getting old
He lives in Vancouver now working construction. So much respect for Charley, no one can land switch in powder like him. No one loves skiing as much as Charley, legend.
@@slightlytattedupI’m gonna find you
Lol
@@MonumentalDong going out of the effort to find someone because they called you a poser? what a kook.
Sounds like as a construction worker he went the “poser” route. I grew up with a dude like this. They actually need money, lots of it. They go around with cute catch phrases begging and getting one way gifts from friends until the joke is over. Then they move and work construction. When he breaks a bone he really becomes a “poser”. Never ends well. Sad cause he seems talented.
@@stevenshome3970 respectfully disagree. That’s a big assumption. He’s a successful married man and I think he has a family too.
Modern day diogenes... Legend.
Does Charlie take a dump in public?
So true lmao
Exactly what I was thinking the whole video
Diogenes was the original Folk punk / crust punk
Absolutely.
Drum rolling tobacco and shredding the nar.........a contentment and peace very few will ever know and even fewer will understand. Epic video from a place in time that no longer exists.
Gnar*
Found this randomly today and I've watched it about 5 times. There's something greasy and magical about it
Damn. That took 14 years to become popular.
I love it.
“Anyone can get a job, but it takes heart to be a bum.”
Damn.
Lived in whis like a bum for 2 summers in 17-18 for mtb riding. Learned so many tricks to skate by on the 1500 bucks I brought with me. best times ever. Long live the big green house and Patrik Martin. Nothin beat a long day of riding and heading to crystal lounge for a few pints or going for a swim at lost lake. I cherish those days and the people I met along the journey.
How did you afford drinks and get by on so little?
@@Circumnavigate for one make friends, everyone knows someone to hook a homie up. Tim Hortons, day old slices at avalanche pizza. Just pinch pennys and make friends and ride your f’n bike haha
Where did you go for the other three seasons?
The insatiable thirst for money quote really hits different when u graduated college and now work full time for a living and can’t do this anymore
It is never too late
Being broke when you’re old is a scary thought tho.
Bro you just started lmao.
@@305Flopez the point is last year I was unemployed and could ski every single day now I literally can’t I have to work and make money
@@TmoneyProductionsmaking moneys for posers
The good old days of Whistler. I lived there from 08-12 and honestly the best days of my life!
A single day pass today is the same price as a season pass was back then (with the student discount)
Yea lived three years there (13-16) it was changing quick while I was there and I was already late to the party haha but some unforgettable times ill look back on till im gone
Same bro. Such a wild ride
06-10. Best time of my life
Are yall real
Running into this video after 14 years of it being up and hearing Atmosphere made me smile. Minneapolis love
Same. ✌️
Same Wisco kid moved to the PNW.
Atmosphere is extremely underrated, only found him a few years ago
@@ekay4495 slug and ant! Sean and Anthony! They are wonderful people who make dope tracks
@srithongkun actually, this was filmed years before he made it in the pros. before made it skiing professionally, he lived in his truck for four years, and when he crashed his truck in a ditch, he moved into the tent in this movie. he really was a SKI BUM and was getting no "money and shit".
We did blow one time and tag teamed a Roxys girl in the back of cinnamon bear
Yeaaah this was filmed in 2005
I hate people like you. Who the fuck cares? It's all painfully southern BC. Everyone out there thinks they're tough. I hear a bunch of talk. Never seen one true story though. Buncha pansies.
@@denghyurfhurshureshure289👌
@@denghyurfhurshureshure289 im gonna believe this
Fast forward to today now we have people living in tents everywhere!
Charley was an innovator for sure 🤣
hes different than them though lmaoo. At least he is just doing what he loves and not taking up space on a busy street to smoke crack
He's a strong leader.
@@HolyRare oh yea, much better to be steady polluting some random creek WHILE also smoking crack! You people truly live in a fantasy lmao
You are taking space here too, you human waste
UA-cam has recommended this video to me countless times and I finally just decided to watch it. Crazy how this dudes video went viral after 14 years. Pretty funny and very 2009.
I used to eat table scraps to get by and skip lift lines everywhere I went just so I could board everyday and those were some of the best days of my life
Why did you skip lift lines?
@@barnyardian22 cuz I didn’t want to pay for a pass just duck the rope and hop in
this is a fucking banger. so much rich context with so little exposition. greasy and golden. the people who made this film know how to savor
Greasy. Real greasy.
I’m getting all these cool old videos from the 80 ‘s and 90’s in my algorithm and I’m enjoying them.
I remember watching this way back when. I was young young. I'm 32 now. Holy smokes the memories this brought up
We really weren’t ready for this 14 years ago, but now we can truly understand his greatness
A man living for nothing but his passion, this is how life should be.
idk man i nice hot shower everyday is pretty fucking sweet
Hell, no, @WW3DGen - passion is for posers!
@@MLPAbraxas1we should be able to live and breathe our passions and have a hot shower everyday
@@sage8573 this isn't star trek dude, you can't have everything, sacrifices need to be made and those choices are up to you
Shower is for posers!!
Took some time off after highschool and lived this kinda life... ahah it was awesome but couldn't do it forever.
as least we got to do cool shite
I did it at 14. Was fun but HARD dude. And I was in Sask. Not pussy-ass BC
heavy trailer park boy vibes on this shit
Best documentary I've ever seen.
this video played a crucial role in me becoming who I am and moving to whistler after high school
cool to watch it back after some years
Same. I ended up in WP CO. It's a major reason I pursued being a ski bum. Alterra and the mega ski corps are killing the lifestyle and the love. Saw a dumb Facebook reel about washing ski gear and it made me think of
"wash socks? Theses are ski socks bro!"
@@24karatHAMSTER🤦♂️ 🤫
@@carterlemcke9036 🤷♂
2009 was simpler times wow
terrain parks were like an xbox 360 mw2 lobby back then
@@enduroian Fr they still are haha. Realistically behind all the banter are some cool guys and nice people most of the time.
2009 was literally the middle of an economic crisis
@@3pnk ya he probably lost his investments on Wallstreet then ended up by the river due to the housing bubble😅
They were watching the longest yard in the movie theater, that came out 2005.
The way that Atmosphere hit was nostalgic AF!!!!
Top of the recommended page for me. Hope you're still out there living life Charley!
this is a cinematic masterpiece
cringe. go outside
Classic Atmosphere, my heart.
Atmosphere forever underrated ;(
Damn every so often I stumble across this video in my saved list. Always puts a smile on my face, thanks Charlie. Sick licks for lyfe
Why is this only coming up now? Why did i watch this and love it? I don't even ski lmao
@SorryNoFatChicks its not fake, a little exaggerated for comedic effect maybe, but this was a sincere and accurate representation of how he lived at the time
great collaboration. he is a natural character and the 'scenes' almost don't feel like scenes at all. you guys captured this well. it feels very authentic and representative of 'the times'
When was this filmed?
It's easy to be a bum in BC. Try being one in Regina Sask. We'd eat him alive back in the day. Southern BC people talk tough, but it's all talk.
2005
Just what I needed on this sunny spring day before shredding
I shredded a block of cheese
shred some gnar
This was an amazing video to finally be recommended to me this is such My style please keep recommending more videos like this to me UA-cam
crazy… absolute, total, pure, unfiltered gnar
Wow. I worked the lifts for a season at Whistler Blackcomb in 1990/91. What surprises most is how the Wizard Lift is still the same in 2009 as it was back then!! 😅
I guess its better 14 years later than never. Well done again YT algo!
this was sick af, what a legend
Greatest video ever to grace my eyeballs
Atmosphere song to start it off.. man I’m in!
"Time to shred some gnar" is my new go-to expression 😂
The sheer amount of people not realizing that this is largely satire & exaggeration is actually insane...
You have no freakin clue !
90s and early 2000s.. the golden age
Ya man, it was just like this back in the 80's too! WB, using skills to survive!
youtube has been insisting I watch this for over a month. love it
I miss these days
Opened with Atmosphere. Gonna be a good watch
‘To be young again with not a care in the world’, but these days after having been a slave in the matrix for over thirty years I am fond as for the freedom ❤
This is absolutely incredible
Makes sense this is popping back up. this is what’s popular now. Legend stuff
We’ll played. Good to see the ski bum culture alive and skiing. Skiing is life.
This was 14 years ago
Ya it's not like this anymore. Them were the glory days.
As much as I agree, no one can sustain this lifestyle if they aren’t a trust fund baby. you need money for everything nowadays, which is sad
I used to think just like that, before I grew up haha. stay gold.
we needed this. I dont know where Charley is now... but I think he needs to be in charge of everything. we could all learn a lot from him 💪
That was really funny 😂
Good stuff and thanks to the algorithm for recommending it 14 years later
Love the atmosphere at the beginning of the video
The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience. A process that cannot be understood by stopping it. We must move with the flow of the process. We must join it. - Charley Ager, Whistler ski bum
This reminds me of the early 2010s when I’d spend summer days up on the glacier
As a graff writer i roamed and lived life with this philosophy for a while. But couldn't do it forever man... This guy is such a legend
Inspired, you just made my life have meaning. Surf bum!
I see no problem with being a ski bum as long as you don't mooch off friends. I made the mistake of not providing enough on own and relying too much on others. I lost many friends because of it. Only rely on yourself, not your buddies.
superb filmmaking
Seems like a totally chill guy 👌🏻 super good vibes of this dude
This little documentary gives me the same cozy vibes as that Australian graffiti doc “Jisoe” .
Right ON for K2...although a canuck I prefer K2's and all the history in em...Kind of relate to Charley Harley about this life...I tasted some...went pro on the railway though lol!
apparently im a poser.
I respect a bum that doesn't trash everything around him
This guys a fckm parasite idk how anyone can admire smbdy so selfcentered.
CULTURAL MASTERPIECE , WAW! ... THIS HAVE TO BE SEEN!
Jus found this. Hope charlie is doing good in life
Listen to the podcast, he owns 2 homes and is married
"ive got some drum!"
hahaha..charley's the shit!!
what is drum?
@@dylanisley4873a rolling tobacco
Definitely remember skiing in whistler in 2009 thx for sharing
We had a guy like this in Canmore, Alberta living near the "rock pile" next to the bow valley river except he was like 40 but he was the coolest dude ever. He'd hitch hike to Banff or Lake Louise, spend a week then come back to work a few shifts at one of the restaurants to get enough money to do it again a week or two later lol. He'd pay one admission fee for the hill then hide after closing time on t he mountain and just camp out. I miss that time in my life, 2010-2014 in my late teens-early twenties. I'll probably head back out there at some point permanently. This is how alot of people live out there man. People from the east just don't get it. It's super lax in these smaller mountain towns.
He still has his skateboard at the movie theaters haha
quality content
One of my favorite songs of all time. Hell yeah.
All old youtube that is preserved will be golden. It was a time when people uploaded because they wanted to share their life and ideas. Never incentivized by advertisements. Purely from the human soul.
What a classic! This is why I watch UA-cam!
why would anyone dislike a anything with Chuck Ager in it? 5 people are constantly grumpy...
“How I’d rather live in a tent than bust my ass to pay the rent” -Slug
Algo is doing big things 14yrs later💯😂Wonder where he is now....
A true gem. Timeless
Yeaaah, this is my backup plan!
This, this is core
14 years and now you pop up?! What a gem
This is amazing.
4:20 bro is a beast
dude whatever the fuck this is the humor is so ahead of its time
The algo has been HYPER nostalgic. I get it buddy. I get it.
B&e just the right skill every skier needs😊
The algorithm blessed us boys
This man was born to be a snowboarder
see that's what i thought.
he is me when i go skiing
Brings back memories of living that life in whistler.
Look at Charley man, so inspirational
No man, showering is for posers!
This is one of the best vids on YT...I LOVE it!
that garage door better be unlocked next time im up there...
I vibe with Charley's energy
fantastic video...14 years later