I am currently looking for something new by way of employment. I am graduating from the U in marketing in May, and I am ready for the next step. One of the places I am looking at is a local sports marketing firm that puts on large scale events all over the world. This Friday and Saturday I volunteered some help at the US Freeskiing Nationals at Snowbird to try to get an idea of how things go down and to see if I am into it - as well as to see if they are into me. I got up there at noon after some work at Voile on Friday and met up with some of the guys. We then took the lunches up to everyone and then sat around and watched the competition happening in Silverfox that day. It was pretty cool to watch. The culture is totally different, however, to what I am used to. It is the whole mainstream bro culture that was a bit of a shock - the matching ski outfits, the language, the sponsors, the shout-outs, etc.
I would go back and forth as to whether I was into or not. I did get to ski a couple runs while running errands and moving gear around the mountain. The end of the day actually included skiing down a couple runs to the site for Saturday (North Baldy) while holding a large satellite dish with two other skiers. We prepped the venue that night and I left around 7pm. I met others for carpooling at 6am Saturday morning. We made it up to Snowbird in time for breakfast and then out onto the mountain. On the tram one of the dudes from MSI called another something of a choice phrase that seems to be a term of endearment amongst the bro community (let me give you a hint by saying it is two words and starts with mother f...). Bob Bonar, the president of Snowbird, happened to be standing right there and there was some confrontation. I found this to be humorous since I was the only one who recognized Bonar. We set up the event and people began skiing around 10am. It was really exciting to watch. The skiing was great even though there wasn't a single tele guy in the crew - there were a few the day before, but none of them had made the cut to the finals. There was a chick who totally tore it up and was sending lines that the bros weren't even skiing. I really mostly just sat around all day trying not to get sunburned with the beautiful weather. When the event was over we tore it all down and then had to get it all into the trailers since this was the last day of the competition. This took a long time. I did not get back to my car until 10pm. I just gave a 16 hour day of work for free. What am I thinking? I did have a good time, and the bros were rather nice after I figured out what they were saying. I will see what happens regarding employment in the next little while and keep you all posted. I am looking forward to getting back out in the backcountry next week. I was feeling a little down this weekend while staring at Superior while I was stuck at the resort. On Ski.
The irony, of course, is that you are THE bro, Bro.
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