Start of the finals of the Skier X event.
So back to me...I would like to say that by volunteering for the XGames I was an indispensable cog in the wheel but the truth is that I was demoted to the "position" of gatekeeper for the second day. It's kind of like on the Apprentice, when the team manager gives someone "busy work" to keep them out of trouble...
I asked Ryan, our volunteer coordinator, if he was discriminating because I was female. He said no, that wasn't the case. Then I asked him if I was relieved of my slipping duties because I wiped out on the course the other day. He said yes. I should have stopped there, but I couldn't help myself.
I had to give him some honesty points for that but the conversation went downhill from there, literally. Whatever. Maybe I'm just bitter because I got up at 6:30 am on a Sunday to stand around all day and do nothing, or maybe I'm bitter because they saw me after I went down but didn't see me trying to avoid the snowmobile, but I do believe in giving fair warning before ousting someone. Or maybe I'm bitter because my volunteer coordinator was kind of cute in a chauvinistic sort of way, and I know he was doing his best.
I did show up, after all, and I wore the dorky yellow vest. I expected to be given some sort of a job to do, or maybe send me an email so I could have had the day off if I wasn't needed. They organizers had emphasized that we needed to either show up on the days we were assigned, or let someone know if we weren't going to be able to make it, so where was the reciprocal courtesy?
Oh yeah, and you guys call that stuff breakfast, lunch and dinner??
Bottom line is that for the most part it was fun, and I did get to see the XGames from a great seat. But I would have done a few things differently if I was in charge of volunteers.
Sara D., my partner in crime. 
Fun with Photoshop on the Big Air course midday Sunday
