Something for nothing, as what a hitchhiker seeks

• Full scholarship, informally
• 37-Down follower on a calendar
• 1973 hit for the Edgar Winter Group
• Advantage you don't have to pay for
• Edgar Winter classic
• Easy time
• Benefit obtained without cost
• Dire outcome of participation having no consequences?

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (context sport English) To snowboard without goals or rules.