Door County Guides

When I first lived in the mountains, I needed to get a job quickly, as I was couch surfing and lift tix weren’t cheap, I didn’t have much to my name. So I decided to get a job as a snowboard instructor, the hours were flexible, I would be out in the sun all day and of coarse there were always the good tips from getting someone from never ever to cruising down the mountain.  “”Shit,” I said, “they pay people to do that?” the standard response you as guides will get in the future working out on the water with guests.  There was only one problem, I had never snowboarded in my life and the tryouts were in 3 days.  But, the luck started poring in, after signing up for the training, you got 2 few free lift tickets, I had some raggedy used equipment and so I went to the mountain.  By the way, its always easier to learn something on good equipment, worth the investment with snowboarding at least!  But college life doesn’t always afford you that privilege.  I don’t remember the details of learning, but I spent those three days focusing on learning and picked it up within those moments enough to walk up to training with my head held high.  The following two weeks were spent with the group critiquing our riding and teaching style and the lessons learned honed us as riders and instructors.  Those two weeks were intense and tough, but we all came out in the end instructors.