article_snippet: As a pro-snowboarder Mike Basich earned $170,000 a year, lived in a 4,000 square-foot home and traveled around the world for international tournaments.
article_snippet: But Mike Basich has since shunned the frantic lifestyle and opted to live somewhere far closer to Mike Basich beloved slopes.
article_snippet: Mike Basich now lives in a tiny, isolated cottage in the Sierra Nevada mountains near Truckee, California, and now lives with no electricity or indoor plumbing - but has 40 acres of slopes with no one else in sight.
article_snippet: Mike Basich has built a tiny, isolated cottage in the Sierra Nevada mountains near Truckee, California, complete with Mike Basich very own hot tub (bottom left)
article_snippet: Now Mike Basich has Mike Basich own sanctuary complete with a hot tub and a chairlift Mike Basich made from scratch with Mike Basich friends.
article_snippet: Mike Basich sleeps in a bunk next to a stained-glass window and there are no curtains. '
article_snippet: Mike Basich stopped participating in competitions around 15 years ago and now spends most of Mike Basich time taking pictures.
article_snippet: As a pro-snowboarder Mike Basich earned $170,000 a year, lived in a 4,000 square-foot house and traveled to a different country almost every week .
highlights_snippet: Mike Basich bought a 4,000 square-foot house when Mike Basich was professional and earned around $170,000 a year .
  
highlights_snippet: But Mike Basich shunned the lifestyle for the Sierra Nevada Mountains and has built Mike Basich very own tiny home from scratch .
  