No, my airplane is not a toy. It's a business tool. Just ask my accountant. Some performers fly up to 30 airshows a year. Winter is also time to catch up on paperwork, finding new sponsors and keeping existing ones up to date on our activities.
Winter goes very quickly for the airshow performer.
After 12 years of airshows and competition flying, it never loses its charm for me. I take December, January, and February off from aerobatics, flying enough to keep up my G tolerance. And, like most performers, I take advantage of the winter to fly other airplanes or helicopters, and to do a little instruction. My training begins again in earnest in early March. I start off by flying once a day for a week, then twice a day, and after several weeks start flying three times a day, especially if my coach is in town.