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Rentals, liftie or instructor
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whats a better job at the hill pros and cons of each i well probably work at rentals as i know lots of pepole that work there but i still want to know what is the best job
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I can tell you about liftie and instructor.
I have a buddy who was an instructor, and new a couple at my job (i was a liftie) and they said
Cons- fun, rewarding, get to ski all afternoon (if you don't have a lesson), get to ski alot.
Pros- little kids are annoying/crazy/ suck to work with.
Now i was a liftie
Cons- boring as hell, not too much ski time
Pros- easy as hell, meet alot of cool people, and where i live i got paid really well.
In my book, id way rather be a lift.
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yeah and i dont really want to pay for my instructor course
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Be an instructor. Then you could ski all day and teach the kids what they need to know, not how to make pizza slices and snowplows. Teach them to ride switch from the start, then in a couple of years they'll blow your mind away when you see them in the x-games or something.
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my brother was a liftie for a season and he loved it. he met tons of people to ride with and got to ski almost everyday
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rentals.
i've worked rentals and liftie. after ur awhile ur hate life as a liftie. specifically, anyone who gets on ur lift u will want to fight. rentals is way better, plus you usually work in the mornings or afternoons so u get midday to ride. instructers work really stressful jobs all day for shit pay and don't ski enough
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Fuck rentals. You have to be sober all day at work because someone might get hurt, and you have to give them the right size boots and skis. And you are supposed to be certified and you are supposed to set their forward pressure, fuck that hippy bullshit.
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its not like thats hard enless your a retard
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i think i would rather have like, restuarant job, or like, hotel reception, something with a shift 4-12 or 5-1 or something like that... ski all day, work aft/ night, sleep from 1 to 9... repeat...
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Don't work as an instructor unless you've got a truck-load of patience...
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Yea, it, fucking, is. Especially when there are no size teeeeeeeeeeennnnnnnnnns.
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It's harder than you think.
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There is nothing more fulfilling than filling out a crash pack where someone's K2 4s were not holding up in the train park. A torn ACL ended your season? It made my day. Our motto: We'll end your season before our's ends.
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i lost my cousin once and we found him at a ski shop cuz he busted his race skis doing the stuntditch. yea he hurt himself, but he was like that dude in the xgames. 40ft dang feet off the ground! i swear! yea, he rented 'em from christies
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Rentals
-Pros
Free Seasons Pass
-Cons
Smelly Boots
Inside
Gapers
Lifie
-Pros
Free Seasons Pass
Get to talk alot
Get to see funny shit
Outside in the snow
-Cons
Picking up little kids
Instructor
-Pros
Free Season Pass
You get free clinics and become an even better skier
You get paid decent
-Cons
Teaching people
picking up the kids once they fall
having them step all over you when your trying to get off the chair lift
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I heard gay dudes, get gay percent off if they show their gay card at gay Charter.
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It depends on the mountain. But at alta as a liftie you work 45 min ski 45
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im thinkin about being an instructor but i only get to ski on the weekends with school and all so i might just ski this winter
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Ok I've worked all of the above
I worked as a liftie when I was 16, sucked had to watch other people ski and stand in the cold.
I worked as an instructor when I was 17, better than being a liftie but you're more or less a baby sitter for parents who want to ski without their spoiled children.
I worked as a rental tech last season, not on the hill but in town. I loved it, gets a little stressful when busy but super fun. It normally got me 5 days of skiing a week.
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^^^^ id hav to say it depends where u r working cause i was a instructor bitch and a liftie ...i love being a liftie this will be my 3rd year all i do is smoke weed, listen to music, and meet sweet ppl
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It really depends on the mountain
I was an instructor/still am, at a small local mtn in NY. I teach the lil kids how to ski and whatnot. Every weekday, i have 2 or so hours after i finish to ski, which is cool because the park is real small, one lane with a tiny ropetow. I loved the job, it wasn't too bad at all, and i got to ski alot more then the prvious seasons.
Now, from skiing 2 extra hours every day, i got to know the lifties real well. I became real good friends w/ some, and even smoked bowls every day with one of them. Which was sick. He liked his job when he worked the park tow, because there was usually 2 guys working there. So one could take a few laps, while the other watches the tow. So it was real easy for him. He said it sucked when he had to work the triple chair tho, real boring, and no lapping to do.
It really depends on where you are, what you get paid, blah blah blah
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thank god you corrected yourself in the next line. i thought all those snowmobile fumes had gone to your head
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rentals is the shit. you dont have to work alone and you dont have to be with the same people for an hour that dont know what theyre doing. its great. at my resort when theres no one in there they play lava. where they have to get across the place without touching the ground. they have to jump from rack to rack and such. great fun
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