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March 04, 2006

Work

So I started work in Summit, 2 days of training to learn all the various ropes.
Learning how the rental process works, to fitting peoples skis and boots to returns and repairs. All good fun.
Furthermore I am now a fully qualified Ski techncian, having sat the exam and passed with 100% ;o)

I start work 'proper' at one of their smaller satelitte stores later this week working 8am-6pm. I work there Thursday, Friday, Saturday with a split shift on Thursday so I can get upon the hill. I may also be able to pick up a shift on Sunday in the main store, which would suit we well as with my new Midweek season pass I have to pay to ski at weekends.

Thursday night was a Summit staff party - Curling. Everyone met at the main store at 6:30pm and started to drink the provided booze. The bus left at 7:30 (with more drinking) and we were on the ice for 8:30pm - supported by snacks and an open bar...
I was in team 'Africa' - not sure how the name came about, but we had the same prowess on ice as you might imagine a team from Africa would have.
Curling is crazy difficult and we weren't up to the challenge. Trying to get a 20kg weight to slide about 30m is incredibly hard - especially as you can only made the stones speed up (slightly) by scrubbing with your brush (felt covered stick..)

Regardless of the problems it was a great night :o) some photos are in the album - unfortunatly my batteries died on my camera before I could get more.

I also spent some time yesterday editing together a video of the Showcase Showdown, I tried various things to make it a bit more exciting, but gave up and just made it a simple cut and paste job, you may have to watch it a few times to see everything - especially the height the second guy gets when entering the pipe, look top left...

** To play it you will need the Xvid codec just download and install **

Anyway, I'm going to get changed and get on the hill.

Quote of the moment:
Its time to seperate the awkwardly feminine from the possibly Canadian

Posted by edwardnorthridge at March 4, 2006 09:05 AM

Comments

I'd like to add two more quotes:
"A great shot from the submissive there!"
and
"Is it necessary for me to drink my own urine? No, but it's sterile and I like the taste."

I'm sorry, I've lowered the tone of your blog.

I think I need to install the codecs you gave me as I can only hear the Pipestyle movie at the moment. But it sounds excellent!

Posted by: Mark at March 6, 2006 03:46 AM