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Who here works at a ski resort or ski shop?

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I have been wondering about this for a while, since NS has gotten so big I was wondering how many peple actually do work at resorts and ski shops that are pretty active on the site. I mysef patrol and i love coming on the site.
Any type of job:
-ski instructor
-ski patrol
-park crew
-liftie
-cafeteria
-lodge
-rentals
-grooming
-snowmaking
-operations

--anything else

Jan 3 2008 7:29PM

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Shop

Jan 3 2008 7:29PM

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Ridiculous

boreal park crew here!

Jan 3 2008 7:37PM

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I cook at Telluride.

Jan 3 2008 7:38PM

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They keep me in the back shop with all of the others.

Jan 3 2008 7:39PM

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No Life

i work at the ski shop there

Jan 3 2008 7:42PM

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instructor

Jan 3 2008 7:45PM

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Shop.

Jan 3 2008 7:45PM

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understatement of the year!

Jan 3 2008 7:47PM

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hey sweet, I'm at Killington all the time. haha, I'll drop by if I break my skis.

Jan 3 2008 7:48PM

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Instructor

Jan 3 2008 7:50PM

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i work in the park in a little place where you can get hot dogs haha it's like 5 hours ski 3 work and also some times instructor here in Chile

Jan 3 2008 8:16PM

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instructor at waterville

Jan 3 2008 8:24PM

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ima shop tech

Jan 3 2008 8:27PM

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I think a bunch of people on this site work at resorts and already in the past two hours its been up skiers have already made a connection. That is the purpose of this thread. ome of us work at resorts with 100's of employees and we might not even know that they are on ns as much as we are.

Jan 3 2008 9:54PM

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Loner

I am operator at the snowpark lift (piedmon) at avila, MSSI

Jan 3 2008 10:09PM

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I work as a full time chairlift rider/slope tester.

Jan 3 2008 10:31PM

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Loner

Shop and instructor, plus Mr. Mom. Now looking for a real job too. Any help in the MSP??

--rick

Jan 3 2008 10:33PM

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race coach in upsate NY

Jan 3 2008 10:36PM

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very nice

Jan 3 2008 10:44PM

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I'm an instructor and work in a shop currently

Jan 3 2008 10:51PM

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If you were a woman, I'd marry you...

no homo

Jan 3 2008 10:53PM

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lifty at horseshoe ontario as of tuesday. the only thing I dislike is that Ive been working a lot and skiing less

Jan 3 2008 11:04PM

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I make run signs

Jan 3 2008 11:10PM

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Instructor

Jan 3 2008 11:13PM

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I used to be a lifty, it was pretty fun. I miss it.

Jan 3 2008 11:27PM

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park crew at 7 springs

Jan 4 2008 12:10AM

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former instructor, now shop employee

Jan 4 2008 12:18AM

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salesman and tech at north shore ski and board

Jan 4 2008 12:24AM

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I'm a tech in Avon (Beaver Creek/Vail). Used to Patrol at Winter Park. Yeah!

Jan 4 2008 1:46AM

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i will never be a ski patrol. and if the misfortune of that happening i will encourage rule breaking and teach the young whipper snappers when they fall

Jan 4 2008 1:50AM

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park and pipe instructor/little kids

Jan 4 2008 2:29AM

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Newb

instructor for lil kids at maple ski bump, NY.

Jan 4 2008 6:34AM

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most funny thing ive read in a while

Jan 4 2008 7:32AM

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wow man your so cool !!!
I wish i could be like you

Jan 4 2008 8:50AM

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haha nice resort were you the tele skier there

Jan 4 2008 9:48AM

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Steamboat accountant...

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ski instructor for youngins at gore mtn

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thats depressing. Money is most definitely NOT everything. There is so much more to life than money. Theres this little thing called being happy...

Jan 4 2008 10:35AM

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shop. yes minimum wage!

Jan 4 2008 10:46AM

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haha same here yay minimum in washington and to waxing and scraping skis for 10 hrs!
i work in a shop

Jan 4 2008 12:05PM

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haha same here yay minimum in washington and to waxing and scraping skis for 10 hrs!
i work in a shop

Jan 4 2008 12:06PM

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Newb

Yep, ski school for 23 years, USSA freestyle judge for 10....

www.ewhalen.com

Jan 4 2008 12:21PM

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Insane

do you need to be 18 to work in a shop? Thats what a shop told me

Jan 4 2008 12:43PM

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No Life

sold skis for a bit and hated it
back at the hill as a liftie and work in the tuneshop there as well.

Jan 4 2008 1:02PM

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ski patrol

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i "work" at a shop. If you can call working in a ski shop work

Jan 4 2008 4:22PM

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yea i pretty much get paid to hang out and wax skis its sick, im thinking of becoming a liftie

Jan 4 2008 5:08PM

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ski shop, sell skis, boot fit, etc.

Jan 4 2008 5:42PM

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ski instructor..woot woot

Jan 4 2008 5:44PM

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I work at a shop and it kicks ass.

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